As I mentioned, here is more info on this DXpedition supplied by Daily DX (Bernie McClenny W3UR)
VK9L – Lord Howe Island
W7YAQ, Bob, and K7AR, Al, have announced their next DXpedition will be
to Lord Howe Island. They have booked the Beachcomber Lodge for
September 20 to October 4 and have requested the callsign VK9LAA,
which has not yet been approved. They plan to operate in the CQ World
Wide DX RTTY Contest as a multi-single effort. Equipment will include
two Elecraft K Line stations, capable of running up to 500 watts. For
antennas they will have “a DX Commander vertical, Butternut HF9V
vertical, 160M inverted L, and pennant loop antenna for 160 receive”.
Listen for them on 1.8 through 50 MHz, including 5 MHz and the WARC-79
bands. They will be emphasizing working stations in Western Europe,
North and South America east Coasts. QSOs will be uploaded daily to
Club Log. QSL via OQRS, LoTW and W7YAQ.
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73 – Chuck W8PT
