[HIham] Fwd: [hamradiohawaii] HI QSO Party - Kalaupapa KH7Q - short summary

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Subject: 	[hamradiohawaii] HI QSO Party - Kalaupapa KH7Q - short summary
Date: 	Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:28:55 -1000
From: 	Jim Yuen <jimyuen at hawaii.rr.com>
To: 	hamradiohawaii.yahoogroups.com <hamradiohawaii at yahoogroups.com>, 
Steve Prokop <Steve_Prokop at nps.gov>, Mark Miller DOH <mamksa1 at live.com>

Hi all,

Just a short summary of the HI QSO Party on Kalaupapa.

Jim Wh6GS and Bev AH6NF

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Kalaupapa in 2011

 From August 25 to 29, 2011, five Oahu hams visited Kalaupapa peninsula 
and settlement on Molokai to participate in the 2011 Hawaii QSO Party, 
activating one of the smallest and rarest counties in the U.S., Kalawao 
County.

Joe Speroni AH0A, Kimo Chun KH7U, Ron Hashiro AH6RH, Bev Yuen AH6NF, and 
Jim Yuen WH6GS, all members of the Ko`olau Amateur Radio Club, spent 
many months planning the trip not only to operate there, but to assist 
the National Park Service and Department of Health staffs in setting up 
ham radio emergency communications capability.

During the recent tsunami following the earthquake in Japan on March 11, 
2011, residents of Kalaupapa had to be evacuated in the middle of the 
night to higher ground on the peninsula with little connection with the 
outside world. This sparked the interest in having ham radio as a backup 
communications plan. Although some residents were hams in the 1940-50's, 
and possibly into the 1980s, there have been no hams living there in 
recent years.

Working with the FCC and ARRL, Joe AH0A was able to conduct a remote-VE 
test session. Three Kalaupapa staff are now newly-licensed ham radio 
operators: Steve Prokop WH6DTS (General), Lionel Kaawaloa WH6DTZ (Tech) 
and Rafael Torres WH6DUP (Tech).

For the HI QSO Party, we set up on the Paschoal Hall (auditorium) lanai 
in the center of town with vertical antennas in the open field next to 
the hall. Antennas, all mounted on collapsible fiberglass poles, were:

* SteppIR, BigIR vertical (10-40 meters)

* 20 meter vertical dipole (home brew)

* All band vertical (10-40 meters)(homebrew by NH7XL)

* Off-center-fed dipole at about 25 feet

Our rigs were:

* Kenwood, TS-480SAT transceiver with an Elecraft KPA500 amp.

* Icom IC-7200 transceiver, running barefoot.

* We kept another Kenwood TS-480 as backup.

Both stations were on the air Friday afternoon, ready for the HI QSO 
Party at 6:00 PM Friday evening, operating multi-multi as KH7Q.20 meters 
was open to the mainland, then later to Europe.Forty meters was only 
marginal.By about 11 PM the bands were slow so we shut down for some 
rest.But, we were back before dawn on Saturday morning and on 20 meters 
for the morning opening to Europe and the US mainland. Fifteen meters 
opened later in the morning/afternoon, but there was not much on 10 
meters.We worked both SSB and CW during the day from our main station 
with the amp.The second station running barefoot was less effective.

We encouraged residents to visit our stations and to see what ham radio 
was all about. A couple of them even operated. Thanks to those who were 
calling us for being patient with these inexperienced operators.We 
always had someone there to explain what the operators were doing.And, 
each of our stations had 2 headphones and external speakers to 
accommodate guests.One of the residents who had not been on the radio 
for more than 40 years took the mic and was delighted to again be on the 
air after so many years.

We finished with more than 850 QSOs, contacting 47 US states and 42 
countries as well as all continents except Antarctica.We were on 15, 20 
and 40 meters, and a little 10 meters, mostly SSB, but also CW.We took 
time to attend church services at historic Siloama church, spent a few 
hours fishing and walked around the town to take a few photos. On 
Monday, we installed 2 UHF/VHF radios in vehicles, checked connectivity 
with repeaters on other islands and worked with the new hams there to 
get them on the air and familiar with their new equipment.

Although our total number of QSOs was lower than we would have liked,we 
were pleased with our overall results.We left with plans to come back to 
assist the residents with more ham radio training and to activate 
Kalawao County again soon.Hopefully, it will not be long before we get back.

We are grateful to the staff of the Kalaupapa National Historical Park 
and the State of Hawaii, Dep't of Health for their assistance and 
hospitality.Without their support, this trip would not have been 
possible.Also, thanks to the residents of Kalaupapa for their warm 
welcome.We also thank numerous KARC members and others who provided 
equipment, advice and assistance to the group.

QSL via KH7Q or AH6NF (QSL manager for KH7Q).

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