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

Thu Sep 22 02:54:06 EDT 2011

Jim and Bev wrote it.

On 9/20/11 4:26 PM, Chuck Oh wrote:
> Ron -
>
> Nice write up.  Did you write this?
>
> Thanks for sharing the adventure!
>
> chuck
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Ron Hashiro<rhashiro at hawaiiantel.net>
> To: Ham Radio in Hawai'i<hiham at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 3:10 AM
> Subject: [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>
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>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just a short summary of the HI QSO Party on Kalaupapa.
>
> Jim Wh6GS and Bev AH6NF
>
> =============
>
> 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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