VK0JJJ qrv 6 meters after February 2013

This information is from VK0JJJ's qrz.com page in which Craig, VK6JJJ, explains he will be qrv from Antartica next year:

Amateur radio station VK0JJJ at Mawson Station consists of a Flex 5000A (SDR) transceiver, Emtron DX-2SP linear amplifier, MFJ - 986 Tuner, Heil PR-781 desk mic & Heil Pro Set Elite headset and a Terminated sloping triangle antenna.

I will be travelling to the Australian Antarctic Station "Mawson" by the ice breaker Aurora Australis mid January 2013 as an expeditioner on the 2012/13 Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition. I will be wintering at Mawson Station for approximately twelve months, then returning to Australia around January 2014.

 

UPDATE: Ship departs 17th Jan 2013 and arrives at Mawson station 10th Feb 2013.

 

Whilst there I hope to be active on bands from 80m to 6m with a lot of priority given to 6m operation. I plan on installing a 6m propagation beacon to monitor openings, kindly donated by David N3DB Secretary / Treasurer of The 6 Meter Beacon Project inc. (http://www.6meterbeaconproject.org/).

Modes will be SSB phone and digital modes, Satellite, 6m EME ?

 

Equipment;

 

Main rig- Flex 5000A
80m - 10m @ 1000 watts

80m - 10m Amplifier Emtron DX-2sp

6m - 400 watts (Steve VK3ZAZ has kindly donated a Larcan IPA2 power amplifier & capacitor's by Colin VK5DK)

 

6m Beacon antenna - Either 1 or 2 HO loops (Depending on site) or M2 6M5XHP spot beam

6m beacon frequency 50.300 MHz

6m beacon power 50 watts

6m beacon call sign VK0RTM

6m antenna - 5 element yagi (M2 6M5XHP)

80 - 10m antenna - terminated sloping triangle

Satellite - 2m/70cm - Arrow antenna

 

QSL manager Steve VK3ZAZ

 

Further details pending. Information will be posted here on http://www.QRZ.com / VK0JJJ

 

My contact details will be made available to a selected few operators on vklogger http://www.vklogger.com/ and any 6m beacon openings from Mawson station (50.300MHz) should be posted on the vklogger and these selected few operators can make contact with me and if I am available I will come on air on 50.110MHz.

 

Please be mindful I am in Antarctica to WORK and amateur radio is my leisure activity outside of my working hours !!

 

Any equipment / antenna donations greatly appreciated.

 

Regards,

 

Craig

 

VK6JJJ / VK0JJJ

 

http://craighayhow.blogspot.com.au/