W8A N8A 5W8A American Samoa & Samoa

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Message from Jacky ZL3CW

Aki, ZL1GO (JE4EKO) & Jacky, ZL3CW (F2CW/WE3B) have booked / confirmed their trip to American Samoa, KH8.

Operation will be from Turtle & Shark Lodge between 12 and 26 November 2013 (including CQ WW DX CW Contest).

They will join Bill, N6MW who will be there 11 to 21.

More details will follow.

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Jacky, ZL3CW updates to say the callsign used will be N8A

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JH3PRR , W6SZN , ZL1GO and ZL3CW are setting up a DXpedition to American Samoa under the Special Events Station Callsign N8A especially for the CQWW CW contest, but with extended pre-contest activity intended to make KH8 widely available.

Operations on HF 10-160m.
Significant effort on 160 meters.
Focus on EU for the high bands.
CW will be the primary mode with some SSB and RTTY possible.
Location will be well south of Pago Pago to limit mountain low angle blockage.

Website http://www.n8a.eu/

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UPDATE – John 9M6XRO joins the team.

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UPDATE: The special call W8A will be used predominantly for the November DXpedition to American Samoa.

Furthermore, four of the group (9M6XRO, W6SZN, ZL1GO & ZL3CW) are now stopping over in Samoa on their return home and will operate as 5W8A.

Full operating schedule is:

W8A – 12 to 22 November (pre-CQ WW CW Contest).
N8A — 23 & 24 November for the CQ WW CW Contest M/2.
5W8A – 27 November to 2 December.

Website http://www.n8a.eu/

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UPDATE from Jacky ZL3CW mentioning that the KH8 and 5W trip (planned for Nov/Dec) is well on track. They have received all antenna and telescopic masts from Spiderbeam and have started to put everything together. John, 9M6XRO is considering to take his Battle Creek antenna for 160m operation (waiting to know the price of shipping as quite heavy).