J38R Team will be active from Grenada Island, IOTA NA - 024, 3 - 18 March 2024.
Team - ON4HIL, ON4MA, ON5RA, ON5TN, ON6CC, ON7RU.
They will operate on 160 - 10m, CW, SSB, Digital Mode.
QSL via M0URX.
J38R Grenada Island News 7 March 2024
The antenna for 60m is up and can be used. Yesterday, we were able to borrow a radio from one of the local amateurs. We needed some improvisation to make the station operational for digital modes, but we succeeded! Last night, one of the 3 linears malfunctioned. It's not producing any power anymore. Unfortunately, we have 2 linears to use and 1 station running barefoot working in FT8. This morning, we had to battle against static on 80m and 160m. Some JA stations have been logged, but not enough, we know. We've already greeted several local amateurs... J35X, J69JC, and J35AC.
Hopefully, we'll have more success on the lower bands tonight... Until later!
J38R Team
J38R Grenada Island News 5 March 2024
Our flight went well. All our equipment had arrived. Yesterday we were able to install all antennas except for the 160m antenna. Unfortunately, there is one radio DOA. He no longer gives power. We looked into it but unfortunately didn't find the error. Today we are going to try to get an extra radio so that we can transmit with 3 stations. The humidity here is very high, with very hot temperatures. A day like yesterday was very tiring for old guys like us. The many rain showers in between mean that we have to stop regularly. The K9AY RX loop is also available.
J38R Team.
11 мар 2024
