N5J – Jarvis Island DXpedition

• [NEWS UPDATE] –

At 01:30 UTC the Magnet left Pago Pago, American Samoa for Jarvis. The journey begins.

• [AUGUST 1] –

Getting ready for Jarvis N5J. Here’s Don N1DG building a 6 mtr beam. Earlier, he setup Superfox on 7 PCs. Team leave for Jarvis Friday early (local American Samoa time). As with all major DXpeditons , N5J will be fully documented here on DX-World.

Credit: N1DG

• [JULY 30] – 

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

• [JULY 28]  – K8R – American Samoa now QRT.

After a successful test operation in preparation of the upcoming Jarvis Island DXpedition, we are dismantling the antennas today (July 28th) and going QRT.  Final logs will be posted to Club Log soon.  Superfox performed much better than we’ve ever seen F/H do and we experimented with many QRP stations.  We expect to depart for Jarvis on August 2 – however we are watching a storm which could change plans.  See you from N5J and thanks for the K8R QSOs. The N5J team.

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• [JULY 26] –

Check out the choice of antennas to be used at N5J. Descriptions of each included. 

• [JULY 23] 

For info, here’s a list (updated July 23rd) of both remote CW & FT8 operators in table format. Check out the N5J website too. A reminder that the Jarvis island DXpeditions takes place during August 5-17, 2024.