From September 23 until October 6, 2020 an international team of 10 operators will be active from Swains Island as W8S.
QRV on all HF bands in CW, SSB, FT8 and RTTY with 4 stations from 2 separated camps.

Operating:
We will run 4 stations simultaneously, 24 hours a day.
The main modes will be CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. On some bands we will be active in 2 modes at the same time.
Equipment:
Radio | Amplifier |
Elecraft K3 | Expert 1.3K-FA |
Elecraft K3 | Expert 1.3K-FA |
Elecraft K3S | Expert 1.5K-FA |
Elecraft K3 | Expert 1.3K-FA |
All stations running approx. 1 KWatt.
Antennas:
Band | Antenna camp 1 | Antenna camp 2 |
160 meter | Top Loaded Vertical | |
80 meter | vertical | |
40 meter | Phased verticals | Phased verticals |
30 meter | Phased verticals | VDA |
20 meter | VDA | Hex-beam |
17 meter | VDA | VDA |
10, 12 and 15 meter | Combined vertical | Hex-beam |
RX | K9AY or Beverages | K9AY or Beverages |
The design for the two camps (Red Camp and Blue Camp) with each 2 radio stations is ready. The 4 stations are identical (K3 and Expert) but we will make two stations dedicated for 160 and 80 meters where we can use diversity reception. We have next to the regular BPF’s also a complete set of 4O3A XL high power BPF for 160, 80, 40,20,15 and 10m. Each camp has a coax patch panel to switch antennas.

The two camps will be linked via a WiFi network in order to have all logging laptops connected.

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