Do you need the tiny island country of St. Kitts? My XYL & I will be there!

[KB1EHE]

DXpedition update:

St. Kitts has approved my visitor's license.

I'll be active "holiday style" on St. Kitts (NA-104) March 9th - March 13th as V4/KB1EHE.

I intend to try to work all HF bands via my Yaesu FT-857D using a 53-ft. end-fed wire sloper with 9:1 UNUN. It tunes and works fine on 80-10m. I will also string up a simple 20m dipole. I am bringing my portable tuner. The dipole also tunes up and plays fine on 40m and 10m.

I have been experimenting with the above portable setup this weekend and last weekend. Plenty of QSOs. So everything is performing well.

If you're interested in the design and construction of the 53-ft. end-fed with the 9:1 UNUN, check out this excellent article: http://w5bii.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=9to1_unun_antenna

As I mentioned, I will be active "holiday style". I'll be on vacation with my XYL, Elsie, KB1IFZ. I'll hop on the air whenever the opportunity presents itself and the band conditions are favorable.

QSL via home call direct and LoTW.

I'll provide further updates before I head to St. Kitts.

Stay tuned.

73,
Eric KB1EHE