Vanuatu DXpedition

NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Van Herridge, N4VGE / YJ0VV
July 16, 2024 Team Leader
Issue: 5.0 843-303-1885
vanherridge@gmail.com
DX Engineering – Major Sponsor

DX Engineering has become a Major Sponsor for the October 2024 Vanuatu DXpedition. With
their help there will be two stations on the air from October 16-30, 2024. Priority for the
DXpedition will be the 2024 CQ WW SSB Contest on October 26-27. We will be operating
High Power multi-multi.
Vanuatu is an island nation between Fiji and Australia and accessible by commercial airlines.
Plans for the DXpedition are being handled by Van Herridge, N4VGE/YJ0VV, who has made
reservations at a luxury villa, Asana, just outside of Vanuatu’s capital only 100m from the beach.
Currently there are three hams committed to going: John Schroeder, K4QQG; Nick Maslon,
K1NZ / YJ0NZ; and myself.
The DXpedition is from October 16 – 30, 2024 and there is enough room in a luxury villa for two
additional hams and their XYLs or OM. Those not operating the radios will find a safe and
hospitable, pacific paradise. There will be several contests during the DXpedition including the
CQ World-Wide SSB Contest. Timing will allow us to take advantage of the excellent Southern
Hemisphere springtime propagation on top of the best sunspot activity in years. Equipment
includes a Flex 6700, Icom 7300, and a Yaesu 891 for several POTA activations. Matched to
these will be an Acom 1200s and ETO 91B legal limit amplifiers. Antennas will include a 6-20m
hex beam, 10-160 inverted V fed by ladder line, an end fed 160m long wire, multi-band vertical,
vertical arrays, bazooka long wire, DX Commander Expedition (for POTA) and additional
antennas.
In addition to operating as a DX station we will have the opportunity to operate at several POTA
and IOTA locations. If interested contact Van, N4VGE / YJ0VV, as soon as possible.

We leave in three months. Will you be with us?
Van Herridge N4VGE / YJ0VV
843-303-1885
vanherridge@gmail.com