[NEWS UPDATE] – With a budget of only $5,000 you can become a part of a Luxury DXpedition to Vanuatu which is only 84 on Club Log’s SSB most wanted list. Vanuatu is an island nation between Fiji and Australia and accessible by commercial airlines. Plans for the DXpedition are being confirmed by Van Herridge, N4VGE/YJ0VV, who has made reservations at a luxury villa just outside of Vanuatu’s capital only 100m from the beach.

The DXpedition is from October 16-30, 2024 and there is enough room in a luxury villa for three additional hams and their XYLs or OM. Those not operating the radios will find a safe and hospitable, Pacific paradise. There will be several contests during the DXpedition including the CQ World-Wide SSB Contest. Timing will allow us to take advantage of the excellent Southern Hemisphere springtime propagation on top of the best sunspot activity in years. Van will be taking his Flex 6700 with an Acom 1200s amplifier. We need one more radio and amplifier to operate M2 during the contests. Antennas will include a 6-20m hex beam, 10-160 inverted V fed by ladder line, an end fed 160m long wire, multi-band vertical, vertical arrays, bazooka longwire, and additional antennas.

In addition to operating as a DX station we will have the opportunity to operate at several POTA and IOTA locations. We have secured a QSL Manager to handle the over 40,000 expected contacts. If interested contact Van, N4VGE / YJ0VV, as soon as possible, only three more hams are needed.

We leave in six months. Will you be with us?

Van Herridge N4VGE / YJ0VV
843-303-1885