Miquelon 2006

Hi! FP/K9OT and FP/KB9LIE are two ham radio operators from southwest Wisconsin. 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!"

For our sixth visit, in 2006, we flew Air Canada from Chicago to Halifax, stayed overnight, and then took Air Saint-Pierre from Halifax to St. Pierre. We rode the new Atlantic Jet ferry to the island of Miquelon. Our destination as always was ham-friendly Maxotel, once again using Room 5.

We mainly used wire vertical antennas and 100 watts, CW and sideband only, due to Air Saint-
Pierre baggage limits. Main bands were 40, 30, 20, and 17, with a few sideband 6-meter contacts. We were both active in the RSGB IOTA Contest and Paul was in the North American CW QSO Party. Thanks for pointing your beams towards FP for a nice multiplier!

Paul K9OT used the Ten-Tec Jupiter again. He ran CW and was 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 commercial sheepfarmer and runs a small-engine repair shop.

Peg KB9LIE was the YL sideband operator and in charge
of logging (DX4WIN and NA), publicity, and this web page. She took her faithful Yaesu FT-900 CAT as always. The backup/6m rig was her Alinco DX 70TH. She finished her FP/WAS in 2004 and has 88 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. Peg's full log and Paul's contest logs are on LOTW. Paul's non-contest QSOs added to LOTW on request.

Thanks to all who have worked us in past years. We plan on returning to Miquelon in July 2009, when propagation is improving. Direct cards go out regularly and we are always working on buro cards.