HA5AO - 9M4SLL Spratly 2013

9M4SLL Spratly DXpedition, 2013

06 February 2013

John, 9M6XRO; Steve, 9M6DXX; James, 9V1YC; Ben, DJ0YI / N6MUF; Don, G3BJ; Pista HA5AO; George, HA5UK; and Tony, KM0O will be operating as 9M4SLL from Pulau Layang Layang, Spratly Islands, from 10th - 18th March 2013. Activity will be on all bands from 160m to 10m, CW, SSB and RTTY, using five stations with linear amplifiers to vertical antennas on the edge of the ocean.

EQUIPMENT:

3 x Elecraft K3
2 x Elecraft K2
1 x Yaesu FT-920
1 x Yaesu Quadra
2 x Tokyo Hy-Power HL-1.2Kfx amplifiers
1 x Elecraft KPA-500 amplifier
1 x KW-1000 linear amplifier (2 x 572B)

Dunestar passband filters 160 - 10m

ANTENNAS:

1 x Titanex V160E (160, 80m)
1 x Butternut HF6V (10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 80m)
1 x Butternut HF6V-X vertical with 12/17m kit (10 - 80m)
1 x Spiderbeam 12m vertical (40 - 10m)
1 x 40m quarter-wave vertical
1 x 30m quarter-wave vertical
1 x 17m half-wave vertical
1 x 12m vertical dipole
Pennant RX antenna for 160/80m

All antennas will be located within a few metres of the ocean.

More details can be find on Tim's M0URX QSL manager website.