Be sure to try and work the Ducie Island 2018 DXpedition and VP6D – Ducie Island is a small tiny island in the South Pacific Ocean that is part of the Pitcairn Islands. The remote expedition runs from Oct 20th – Nov 3 2018.
Additional details (bands, modes) can be found on their main web site at vp6d.com as well as out on Twitter and Facebook. They will be working many modes including FT8, SSB, CW and RTTY – see the site for the complete list of bands and frequencies – remember if you are using FT8 they will be operating in Fox n Hound mode and you should be running 1.9X of FT8. Good luck! Several DARC HAMs have been able to confirm contact.
[…] concerned that people are making duplicate contacts. If you’d like to pick up this rare one—as many of our club members are—you’d better get on the air. They’re even using FT-8 in fox-and-hound […]