K8R - American Samoa

K8R Update (Jul 29)

After a successful test operation in preparation of Jarvis we are dismantling the antennas today and going QRT.  Final logs will be posted to clublog tonight. 

Superfox performed much better than we’ve ever seen F/H do and we experimented with many qrp stations.  

We expect to depart for Jarvis on August 2 and are watching a storm which could change plans. 

See you from N5J and thanks for the QSOs. 

The N5J team

K8R Update (Jul 17)

The K8R team has now spent 6 days configuring the Jarvis equipment on American Samoa and testing the stations.

We expect to be QRV another 5 days or so.

One of the important tests has been the first DXpedition use of SuperFox.   In almost 6 days we have logged 16,000 SF QSOs.   We have two stations configured for WSJT-X RC5.

While most of the Hounds have had no trouble working us in the new mode, there have been some interesting items that have popped up on Hound's ability to consistently decode our signals.  This has not been universal but some have yet to make a QSO.  Fixing these will require a new release from the Development team.   They are not critical flaws, but we do not want to deprive anyone of a K8R QSO so effective Thursday UTC 00:00 our 20 mtr SF dedicated station will remain operating Superfox while the second digital station will be on normal Fox/Hound.

When the new release is issued and properly tested we will revert to all SF.

The decision of which version(s) to operate from Jarvis will be made after all testing is done.

Remember, K8R was a test operation.   We appreciate all the callers to help us and the WSJT team evaluate this new mode.

We expect to be QRV another 5 days or so.   We depart for Jarvis on August 1.

73,

Don N1DG and George, AA7JV

K8R Update (Jul 6)

The dates initially announced have changed and K8R is moving forward. You should expect George - AA7JV from July 7-22, 2024. The objective as reported will be to test all systems on all bands; CW, SSB and FT-8 as a preview of N5J.

There will also be participation in the IARU contest as an ITU 62 multiplier.

Continuing the testing process to activate N5J, Jarvis Island Dxpedition, George - AA7JV, after operating as FW7JV from Wallis and Futuna, will travel to American Samoa. From there it will be on the air from July 10 to July 25, 2024 as K8R, it will be the time to see the performance of all systems and all antennas in CW, SSB and FT8.

They also announce their participation in the IARU contest.