KINGMAN REEF 24 October DXpedition Announcement

For immediate release.

Kingman Reef 2000 Update

The team has put up all antennas and plans to work 160/80/40 USA until West Coast sunrise. Then they will work JA, and finally near K5K sunrise EU.

K5K was on 80 CW last night on the 160 antenna but not the day before. There are some adjacent band problems 17/15 and 80/40 which were solved today. Last night there was coax problems with the 160 antenna and they had to stop as the terminator crossed the Rockies. Tonight they will be on all night.

RTTY should start tomorrow but by the next day for sure. They are planning a separate RTTY Yagi so that the RTTY op can operate independently. There are 5 positions operating now and they may add a 6th.

The 30 meter antenna is being tuned now so expect 30 soon.

The pilot thanks all the gentlemen who stood by on 15 SSB today for support traffic.

73
DRBill