The following press release is from Tim Totten, N4GN:
H40AA hits the air at 2359 UTC, 31 March, and will continue through the
early hours (UTC) of 13 April. Normally, three stations will be in
service at any given time. For the first several days, two stations
will run almost exclusively SSB--primarily on 20 and 15 meters. The idea is
to use 15 meters initially for working down the JA pileup, while 20 will be
used to work the rest of the world. During this time, the third station
will concentrate on CW, emphasizing 40 meters at night and 17 meters
during the day.
Beginning 06 April, the emphasis will change to CW operation, and paying
more attention to the other bands. Still, it is expected that the
'workhorse bands' will continue to be used for the European openings.
Throughout the operation, particular attention will be paid to working
Europe whenever and wherever possible.
While details of the operating strategy may be fine tuned according to
propagation conditions, antenna performance and other factors, the H40AA
team would like to emphasize that they intend to stick to the basic plan
outlined above. In this way, all DXers will be given the maximum
opportunity to make at least one QSO with this 'new one' during the early
days of the operation. Big gun DXers can also relax after their initial
QSOs at the beginning of the DXpedition, knowing they will have plenty of
opportunity to rack up additional bands and modes, starting 06 April.
Following is the complete, updated list of H40AA transmit frequencies,
incorporating the changes announced earlier:
CW--1824.5, 3504, 7004, 10104, 14024, 18074, 21024, 24894, 28024 and
50104
kHz
SSB--1824.5, 3775, 7045, 14195, 18135, 21295, 24945, 28395 and 50104 kHz
RTTY--14083 and 21083 kHz
QSL H40AA via OH2BN. Good luck to everyone in the pileups!
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