Update on our trip to Saint Barthelemy - We made a total of 12,766 QSO's in a little less than 6 days operating time. 402 QSO's were made on SSB, 363 QSO's were made on RTTY, all the rest were on CW. 19 QSO's were made on 6 meters with a barefoot radio and a 3 element yagi on a ladder up about 10 feet. We had a Hexbeam for 10-20 meters which performed great, a SVDA vertical for 17 meters, and various wire verticals and dipoles for the other bands. Two radios were used, each with 500 watt amps. We stayed at a villa on a hilltop in the Colombier area of St. Barths. Saint Barthelemy is a very picturesque French island, with narrow winding mountain roads and beautiful scenery. We enjoyed our time there very much. Thanks to everyone for all the QSO's. Also thanks to my son Erik, N5WR, for sharing this adventure with me. We will be ordering QSL cards from UX5UO. It will be a few weeks before we have cards and can begin the QSLing. Hpe to CU from the next one. 73. Jeff - K5WE
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FJ/K5WE logs were uploaded to LoTW today 13Jun13.
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My son Erik & I will be active from FJ - Saint Barthelemy as FJ/K5WE and FJ/N5WR beginning 3Jun13. Operation will be all bands, mostly CW, maybe some RTTY and SSB. We will check 6 meters for openings using a small yagi, but our emphasis will be CW on the HF bands. QSL to home callsigns. Local QTH is Colombier, Grid Square is FK87.
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I operated from KP2, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, as KP2/K5WE from 18Sept12 until 26Sep12. Logged 9,326 QSOs. One day was spent on RTTY (675 QSOs), all the rest on CW. Thanks for the QSOs. QSL via home call. All KP2/K5WE QSOs uploaded to LOTW on 27Jan13.
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Erik & I operated from Bonaire as PJ4/K5WE and PJ4/N5WR from 3Jul2011 to 11Jul2011. QSL via home calls.
