• [NEWS UPDATE @ 0945Z] –

The 2 HF stations are up and running. One antenna is a DX-Commander on the beach and the other is a 40m doublet at height of 8m between coconut trees. 6m antenna is a 4 ele beam. Team mention that conditions are mixed so far with mostly CW operation. 

YJ0VK shack

  • [AUGUST 20 @ 2315Z] –

Team report that one station is setup with some 20 and 17m operating last night (local). Setting up station #2 and 6m next. Internet is unreliable. More news to follow.

A recognisable flag @ YJ0VK !

  • [QRV, AUGUST 20] – 

Shortly before 0900z today, YJ0VK hit the airwaves on 17 CW – recording by DX-World.  Documented info and pics from the previous YJ0VK DXpedition earlier this year is detailed below:

  • [AUGUST 19] –

Picture shows Luke, VK3HJ (l) and Chris VK3QB (r) departing Melbourne (August 19th @ 2020z). They’ll have a quick stopover in Brisbane and then on to Port Vila, Vanuatu joining up with Patrick VK2PN and Olgierd VK5XDX. 

  • [JULY 13] –

Team YJ0VK is heading back to Vanuatu during 20-27 August 2024, saying they enjoyed the location and operating conditions so much earlier this year they have decided to head back for a short activation. As per last time, the bands will be 40-6m, and most of the operation will be CW with some FT8. The team comprises four operators: Luke VK3HJ, Chris VK3QB, Patrick VK2PN and Olgierd VK5XDX. 

  • [QRT, APRIL 11]

YK0VK went QRT on 11 April at 2026z. The last QSO on 17m cw. The team are now home. The last 3 days were extremely uncomfortable with high temperatures and extremely high humidity. And to top it off we ran out of data on our Sim card. But hey, we were there to make radio contacts, not play Facebook or do daily log updates. The final logs have been sent to M0OXO. Do not send busted or missing qso requests to the team. Please follow the instructions on our qrz dot com page. We had a great time. More news to follow when we unpack and catch up on sleep.

  • [APRIL 9]

YJ0VK looking for EU on 30m (CW & FT8) Wednesday and Thursday, approx 0500Z.

  • [APRIL 2]

Couple more pics of ops at YJ0VK:

Matt K0BBC @ YJ0VK

Chris VK3QB @ YJ0VK

Running FT8 @ YJ0VK

  • [MARCH 31] 

On the scene with YJ0VK – credit to team for the pictures. (Logsearch is here).  Latest from Vanuatu:

We now have a 40m doublet up and 2 DX Commanders… one on the beach and one amongst the banana palms. We are fully loaded now.  The flare earlier today caused a major fadeout for us but we’re back in business this evening. Internet is very inconsistent… we’ll do a log up date when we’re able.

  • [MARCH 29 @ 0800z] 

After a delay at airport(s) for some of the team, YJ0VK has been up and running on FT8 for approx 24 hours. They mention: 

33W into a mobile whip in the garden on 12m now. 40m doublet up and will be on SSB and CW as well this evening (local time). Two more antennas go up tomorrow.

12M FT8

20M SSB

  • [FEBRUARY 6] 

Luke VK3HJ, Alan VK6CQ, Matt K0BBC and Chris VK3QB will be active from Port Vila, Vanuatu on 40 through to 6 metres from 29 March until 11 April 2024. For the first week their focus will be on SSB and CW, with FT8 as a ‘back-fill’ mode. The second week will be CW and FT8. Updates to follow here and Facebook plus DX-World.net.