[Dx-qsl] LU/WD9EWK - April 2004

[Patrick STODDARD]

Hi!

I'm heading to Argentina next month, leaving Phoenix on 14
April and returning on 24 April.  I will spend about 3 days
in and around Buenos Aires followed by almost 6 days on
Tierra del Fuego (IOTA SA008) - staying in Ushuaia, but
possibly travelling around by car or boat to see more of
that area.  I have obtained an IARP from ARRL, plus I will
receive a permit from the Argentine authorities just to be
safe (and to add to the official wallpaper at home).  With
either permit, my call from there will be LU/WD9EWK.

I will take at least one small HF radio with me - an FT-817,
IC-703, or possibly both - and hope to get on the air with
one of those radios and/or from the stations of other hams
down there.  This is not a DXpedition, so my radio time will
be casual operating.  With my own radios, I'll look to work
SSB and CW, but there could be some RTTY/PSK31 activity if
I operate from a station equipped for those modes.  The QSL
route for contacts with LU/WD9EWK is WD9EWK, either direct
or through the QSL bureaus.  I will design the card after
the trip, using photos I take while I am down there.

I have started a web page with information about the trip,
and will update it as needed before and during the trip:

http://lu.wd9ewk.net/

73!


Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK

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Patrick STODDARD           E-mail: lists at wd9ewk dot net
Glendale, Arizona, USA     Web:    http://www.wd9ewk.net/