	FP/KV1J
July 2017 DXpedition to Miquelon Op - Eric KV1J

Grid GN17 CQ Zone 5 ITU Zone 9
IOTA NA-032 DIFO FP-002 WLOTA 1417

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25 May - The private home that I normally operate from has been sold. I will be operating from a new location in the village and possibly moving during the trip. 160M will be dependant on ability to deploy an antenna.

7 July - Arrived in Miquelon on 4 July. Limited internet access so not able to do updates. Antennas are up but low due to property restrications. Concentrating on 10 and 6 meters looking for openings. 80 and 40 are limted due to the low antenna. May be able to improve later.\

18 July - Packing up and heading back to Saint Pierre. Conditions were tough especially with the solar events but had fun. Temporary apartment was very comfortable but was limited in space for antennas. Was blocked to Europe. Spiderbeam worked good even though it was only 12 ft up. 6 Meters had good openings in the beginning and then again on the last day. Was on FT8 mode on 6M and other bands. 15 Sec transmisisons made it more practical for this type of operation compared to JT65.
Was on for a few satellite passes. Worked Gabe in OX for a new one on Sat. Did not have a good place to setup outside for the Sat passes and was generally too wet with the fog, so operated from the car.
Logs loaded nightly to LoTW and ClubLog.

25 July - Back home. All postal mail QSL requests answerd by 29 July. eQSL logs loaded.

Schedule 2017

Time Zone is GMT minus 2 hours (daylight savings time)
Current weather

Sunday 2 July – Drive to Halifax, NS. May be on satellites during trip

Monday 3 July – Fly to St. Pierre. May operate with limited antennas (Grid GN16)

Tuesday 4 July – Take morning boat to Miquelon. Setup antennas, station.

Through mid-day Tuesday 18 July – On the air – SSB, CW, RTTY - 80M - 10M
                                                                          Primarily SSB, and RTTY
                                                                          Generally on the highest frequency band open favoring 12M and 10M.
                                                                          Will be checking 6M for indications of openings

I will also be on the linear Satellites (also possibly the FM birds) when the WX is good enough to operate from outside.

8 - 9 July – IARU HF Contest

15-16 July – NA QSO Party-RTTY, CQ VHF Contest (6M only)

Tuesday 18 July – Take down and take evening boat to Saint Pierre

Wednesday 19 July – Fly to Halifax then drive to Maine