Status update: KI4HLV

[Iain McFadyen]

I have just accepted a new job, and wanted to let you all know.

I will returning to work at a company called LIME. This is the operating name in 
the Caribbean for Cable & Wireless (where I already spent 28 years of my life).

My new responsibility will take me to 14 of the English-speaking Caribbean 
islands during the next 2 years, on medium term (4-week to 4-month) assignments.

First stop (next week): ZF1.
Then on to 8P6.
Then 9Y4 then C6 (order may change).

I'm pondering how to cope with operating from so many countries in such a short 
time. As accommodation will be hotels or corporate apartments for the 
duration,... I'm considering an FT897 or similar, with a small HF transmitting 
loop. As well as something simple for VHF for local repeater and ISS contacts.

And then the headache begins: There is no single licensing authority for the 
Caribbean, so each country requires a different application to a different 
authority, with different paperwork and delays... Took me 4 years to get my 
local 6Y5 callsign! (I got the new call the day after VAQP). But 8P6 is a 1-hour 
on-the-spot process.

It'll keep me busy, and off the streets. :-)

Some people collect QSL cards. I may start a sizeable collection of Callsigns ! 
 :-)

73

Iain  6Y5UK  Kingston Jamaica.