Jan Mayen island is not placed at the top of the 100 Most Wanted DXCC list, but it’s still very wanted in some areas and modes – especially West Coast of the USA, Japan, Oceania, Africa.
JX7VPA – Jan Mayen 2011 DXpedition is being organized by:
- SQ8X – Stan (team leader, ex XR0Y, VK9LA)
- SV2KBS/LA7VPA – Vicky (ex ZL8X, VP8YLG, VK9LA, XR0Y)
- HB9ASZ – Bernhard (ex FT5XO, VP8THU, VP8GEO, ZL8R)
- NI1L – Leszek (ex XR0Y)
- SM0MDG – Bj?rn (ex JW, OY, OJ?, OH?, 5X, CU2, CT9, OY, DU IOTA trip, MS0INT)
- SQ9C – Tom (experienced contester)
- SQ9DIE – Pete (ex VK9LA)
- TF3ZA – J?n (experienced contester)
- Ania – Chilid.pl
Schedule
- July 2 – team members gather in Reykjav?k, the capital of Iceland
- July 4 – the team leaves Reykjavik and heads towards town of Akureyri in north of Iceland
- July 4 – the team departs from Dalv?k – a small village next to Akureyri around 19.00 UTC.
- July 5 – on the sea
- July 6 – seeing Jan Mayen in evening hours, landing on the island, setting up our camp/stations, a first station goes on the air
- July 6-14, 2011 – ON THE AIR
- July 14 – we start to break down the camp, the very last day of our operation
- July 15 – on the sea
- July 16 – we are back to Iceland in ?safj?r?ur – NE Iceland around 12.00 UTC
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