Status update: KI4HLV

[wb5mmb]

Hi Iain. Another vote for the FT817. I have one with a Collins SSB 
filter from w4rt.com and a very small tuner with control cable from 
Elecraft. I just throw a wire up in a tree.
      Sandy
     WB5MMB


At 09:59 AM 5/11/2011, Iain McFadyen wrote:
>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.
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