Hi SOTA Folks:
Just a heads up that Joyce K0JJW and I will be visiting American Samoa KH8 from May 27 to June 9. This started out as a trip to visit the US National Park there. Of course, I noticed there were summits on the islands but no SOTA Association. So now I am the Association Manager, go figure. The SOTA Management Team did a great job of setting up this Association. In particular, Simon Melhuish did the data wrangling, and I filled in with some text for the ARM.
Many of you know we generally limit our SOTA activity to frequencies above 50 MHz (Height Above Average Terrain, and all that.) However, we will make an exception for KH8 and break out the HF gear. We will operate as KH8/K0NR and KH8/K0JJW using 20m thru 10m on SSB, FT8 & FT4, using an IC-705 with 10 watts to wire antennas.
We should have basic internet connectivity, so we will post Alerts and Spots on SOTAwatch.
We are also looking for skeds with local operators on 6m and 2m (any mode). Email: kh8@k0nr.com
Off the summits, we will likely activate American Samoa National Park (AS-0001) for POTA with a bit more power. We may also activate KH8, outside the park, time permitting. I refer to this as a Slacker DXpedition.
QSL via LoTW only (and SOTA database, of course).
We hope to work you from the only US territory south of the equator.
73 Bob KH8/K0NR