• [UPDATE] – 

All equipment has now been washed and sprayed with bug spray ahead of USFWS inspection later this week. Meanwhile, Don N1DG sent some pics and a video (of RIB returning to SV Magnet).

KO8SCA & N1DG

Sealing bags

All sprayed and cleaned

Cleaned for USFWS visit this week


  • [MARCH 26] – NCDXF supports N5J Jarvis Island DXpedition:

NCDXF is pleased to announce its financial support for the August 2024 DXpedition to #18 Jarvis Island. The Special Use Permit was issued to the Dateline DX Assn. This will be a 100% RIB – Rig in a Box – operation with four operators on boat and many others operating remotely via satellite internet.

The group is being monitored by US Fish and Wildlife. If this trip is successful, other F&W destinations could be permitted. Some of these are in the top 20 most wanted. Most of the cost is fuel for the boat and the costs associated with F&W. Our mission statement is to provide funding to rare entity DXpeditions and to advance the technology of DXing. Jarvis is a perfect example to meet these requirements.

With that in mind, the NCDXF has granted Dateline DX Assn $75,000 to fund the DXpedition. They hope to receive further funding from other organizations and NCDXF hopes our grant will springboard other donations. They plan to upload to LoTW as soon as practical after the operation. More information on the DXpedition will be available on this website.

Click to enter Jarvis Island 2024 DXpedition website

  • [MARCH 23] 

DX-World can now reveal the N5J callsign will be used for the Jarvis island DXpedition scheduled for August ’24. Initial breaking news details and further info below:

  • [PRESS RELEASE #1] 

The Dateline DX Association is pleased to announce it has received permission from the USFWS for a DXpedition to Jarvis Island National Wildlife Reserve this August. Jarvis is ranked nr. 18 on Club Log’s global most wanted list. It is number 9 in Europe. Jarvis Island is 450 miles from Palmyra Atoll and 1500 miles from Hawaii.

Jarvis was last on the air in 1990 and permission to visit has been difficult to obtain. We have worked very hard for the past few years on this permission and after demonstrating the success of the RIB concept with remote operators from various locations in 2023 we have received a permit that allows 4 operators on the boat to visit Jarvis with 6 stations on land.

The small team of four, consisting of George, AA7JV, Don, N1DG, Tomi, HA7RY and Mike, KN4EEI, will install 6 RIB stations on Jarvis, operating on 160 to 6 meters, using CW, SSB and FT8 modes. The on-island team will be augmented by 25 remote operators from Asia, Europe and North America, running CW and FT8. FT8 operations will use the Fox/Hound mode. The RIB equipment, which makes an efficient small footprint operation possible, was developed with the support of the NCDXF.

We will be accompanied to Jarvis by a team of 3 USFWS biologists conducting science. Callsign, website and additional information will be announced shortly. We wish to thank the staff of the USFWS in Hawaii for their hard work in approving this minimally invasive operation on Jarvis Island NWR.

73 George AA7JV and Don N1DG, permit holders for the Jarvis Island NWR 2024 DXpedition