Expedition Information
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This web site will now contain a record of our experiences on Jan Mayen, and I will be adding photos and videos in the next week or so.
The main purpose of our visit was amateur radio, and we were active as much as possible – except when propagation was not available (about 6 hours each day). We were mainly on CW on 20m and 30m, where we were looking particularly for DX outside Europe. Wojtek also made many RTTY QSOs.
We used lightweight vertical antennas, an Elecraft K2/100 radio and a Yaesu FT-857D with generators. Our location was IQ51, Gamlemetten (north West Jan Mayen), a new square for 6m.
Jan Mayen, prefix JX, is a remote and rare DXCC entity, and most certainly one of the most unusual places in Europe. As the location itself is so interesting I have included further photos and details.
Additionally, I have added some details of propagation on the HF bands in zone 40 (auroral) as it may go some way to explaining our choice of bands while we were on the air.