KH9/K9HEI

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KH9/K9HEI. James Rossi, K9HEI will be active as KH9/K9HEI from Wake Island, IOTA OC - 053.
He will operate on HF Bands.
QSL via LOTW, QRZ com Log Book.
More information will be published later.

[4L5A]

I will be going to Wake Island for a couple of weeks and will be taking a station with me. I have already talked to the USAF Comm unit on site and they have told me it will be okay for me to operate a station during the time I will be on Wake Island. I’m only scheduled to work 40 hours a week, so I should get some time to get on the air. I will try to QRV as much as I can. Dates are 8 to 22 August 2025. There may be future dates, however, no schedule has been set at this time.

The station will be an ICOM 7300 and a Super Antenna vertical. I plan to use FT8 and SSB for the most part. Sorry, not very good with CW; I’m a long way out of practice with that mode. I may bring a 1/2 dipole as a backup, it all depends on how much I can get to fit in the weight limit. Unfortunately, clothes and safety equipment I need for work will take priority.

NOTE: I have talked with QRZ and LoTW about logging QSOs. QRZ says I should change my QTH when I get there and that location will be logged with the entries as I log them. LoTW says I should send a certificate request with proof of my permission to be on the Island. I have requested a copy of the permission and hope to receive a copy by next week and hope to get the callsign registered before I go. I plan to take some pictures while on Wake and have a card made up after I get back.

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KH9/K9HEI from Wake Island on 14074 now FT8.