This is the only info I’ve got about this SOTA activation plan.
I guess they will have quite a huge pile-up, but may be not that huge, given the CQ WW DX CW contest will keep many operators busy…
Good luck!
73,
Guru
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I’ve just found there’s an alert on SOTAwatch:
73,
Guru
Congratulations to the NP3VI operators for a successfull activation of KP4/VQ-001.
Unfortunately I was unable to make my call copied despite having been calling them over nearly 45 minutes… 
But I heard how they made QSO with a good number of Europeans from EA, I, DL, ON, etc and also Americans from Canada, USA, KP4, CO…
Well done!
73,
Guru
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Another reason for the successful activation that it is also a rare IOTA NA-249 group. Only 16% of active IOTA program participants claimed credit for this islands group.
Darn, wish I would have seen this earlier. I have some fond memories of being out on Vieques Island back in the early 80’s as a young Marine. I spent a few weeks on a high mountain top on a comm shot back to Roosey Roads Naval Sta. Spent a lot of time snorkeling, beach combing, and partying with the local “viequeros”. They would ride up to the top on horseback and bring us some adult beverages 
and we’d trade our C-rats for grilled ham and cheese sandwiches! They showed us a walk thru hole in the security fence down on the beach which lead to a local village. We had the best duty there! Our 1stSgt couldn’t figure out why we kept volunteering to stay on site and not rotate back to Roosey Rds. Ha! Operated a PRC-104 from up there as well. Was actually hard for civilians to get access to the island due to almost 2/3’s of the island being military installations…73, Todd KH2TJ