Miquelon 2010

Hi! FP/K9OT and FP/KB9LIE are two ham radio operators from southwest Wisconsin, USA. Paul K9OT dreamed of vacationing on the French islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon with a contest added in. The islands are located off the southern coast of Newfoundland, Canada and count as a separate DXCC entity. Peg KB9LIE said, "Let's go!"

In 2010, for our seventh visit, we plan on driving to Sydney, Nova Scotia and taking Air Saint-Pierre to St. Pierre, then enjoying a ferry ride or short flight to the island of Miquelon. Our destination as always is ham-friendly Motel Miquelon (formerly Maxotel), once again using Room 5.

We mainly use wire vertical antennas and 100 watts, due to Air Saint-Pierre baggage limits. We do CW and sideband only, with 160-6 meter capability. Main bands are 40, 30, 20, and 17. We will participate in the IARU HF World Championship contest as single operators. Please point your beams towards FP for a nice multiplier!

Paul K9OT is building a K2/100 to take along. He runs CW and is in charge of radios, antennas, 6 meters, and sightseeing. He finished his FP/WAS in 2006 and is working on his FP/DXCC.

Paul was first licensed in 1986 as N9FVN. In real life, he is a maintenance mechanic and commercial sheepfarmer.

Peg KB9LIE is the YL sideband operator and in charge
of logging (DX4WIN and NA), publicity, and this web page. She takes her faithful Yaesu FT-900 CAT as always. The backup/6m rig is her Alinco DX 70TH. She finished her FP/WAS in 2004 and has 92 entities confirmed for her FP/DXCC (out of 115 worked so far).

Peg was first licensed in 1995 and is a department secretary with the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. She has about 35 Katahdin hair sheep.

You can QSL Paul FP/K9OT and Peg FP/KB9LIE via their homecalls (same address for both). One current IRC is fine, or one greenstamp or euro. Buro cards are welcome. Direct cards received without sufficient return means will be sent back via the buro. E-qsls will NOT be acknowledged.

Henry Pollock K4TMC at The Mast Company supplies our aluminum masts. The new guy rings come in very handy. He also carries telescoping fiberglass poles, base insulators, and pivoting bases.