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After their 2009 activity to Sardinia Frank and Bernd had planned the 2010 EME DXpedition from San Marino. However, as soon as they learned of a Dutch group also preparing for that DXCC and being a little ahead re organisation of the activity, DH7FB and DF2ZC changed their plans and chose Jersey instead.

After extensive search on the web to find suitable locations with – as far as the pictures of the location show – good take-off to the moon directions they chose the Meadow View Appartment in St. Martin. When contacting the owners - the Vincenti family - the moon bounce plans were explained and the Vincentis confirmed not only antenna permission "we have a large garden" but also that there is always an unblocked view at the moon. The circumstances were made perfect by a free wifi connection at the site. As everybody knows this is not vital for the success of a dxpedition but can make things easier by daily suppling a list of stations worked and particularly reporting of what is currently going on at the DXpedition location, let alone to do some web surfing in periods of low acitivity.

On 19 April Frank travelled from Berlin to DF2ZC's place and late that evening they both left for St Malo in Northern France where the ferry was leaving early on the 20th. Around 9 am local the team arrived in St. Peter Port, Jersey and continued the travel to St. Martin in the North-East part of the island. On the way to there they stopped by at a restaurant at the seaside and had - as the waitress called it - an "English breakfast, the most probable best breakfast of the world". Well...it depends on what you like...unlike Frank Bernd is a friend of baked beans for breakfast.

Soon after the team arrived at the site where it was welcomed and shown the meadow with a lot of space for setting up the aerials. Which they did without hesitation started because moon rise was soon to come. At 1349Z the first QSO was complete.

A word on Jersey and the Meadow view appartments: This island is really a nice place to be and the appartment is a perfect location. We very much regretted not having time for doing the usual tourist activities. Only the last days of our stay we travelled to St. Peter and had lunch in a very good seafood restaurant. The other times we were regular guest in the local pub which also was not bad at all. We MUST come back there without ham radio. And then we sure will book again with the Vincentis as the appartment is highly recommended! We are very grateful to the Vincenti family for renting it to us:

Meadow View Appartments

Google Earth Location File of the location [ KB]

We are very grateful to UKW-Berichte and to SSB Electronic and Stecker-Profi for sponsoring this activity!

(The leading number stands for initial, the "2nd" for another contact with that station. Only complete QSOs are listed.)

20 Apr 2010 MJ/DF2ZC
1 1334-1349 S52LM -18 S5
2 1347-1352 IK1UWL -17 I
3 1351-1355 JH0MHE -21 JA
4 1355-1400 SW8KOU -19 SV
5 1359-1403 DM1CG -12 DL
6 1403-1412 PA0ZH -21 PA
7 1401-1422 DK3EE -20
8 1421-1426 SM5CFS -21 SM
9 1425-1429 JH5FOQ -20
10 1429-1436 JR3REX -18
11 1439-1444 RW3AC -21 RA
12 1443-1450 DK1CO -22
13 1447-1454 UA3PTW -17
14 1433-1459 OH6ZZ -23 OH
15 1459-1505 YO3DDZ -20 YO
16 1501-1519 DF7KF -9
17 1521-1525 UT6UG -23 UT
18 1525-1531 F1NWZ -23 F
19 1529-1533 RV9UV -25 RA9
20 1535-1539 RA6DA -14
21 1535-1544 DK8ZJ -17
22 1541-1547 DK3WG -17
23 1546-1557 RU3GX -16
24 1602-1606 SM7GVF -12
25 1607-1613 EA2AGZ -16
26 1609-1613 SV8CS -17
27 1604-1617 F1AFJ -20
28 1618-1625 PA1GYS -21
29 1625-1629 SM5DIC -21
30 1633-1637 RA9YDL -21
31 1638-1641 I2RV -19
32 1642-1646 G4ZFJ -23 G
33 1647-1651 OH7HXH -19
34 1651-1655 DK5LA -25
35 1655-1709 PA3CMC -22
36 1709-1713 DL9MS -23
37 1713-1723 G4YTL -24
38 1721-1724 RA6AX -24
39 1725-1731 DL8YHR -21
40 1725-1734 ES6RQ -19 ES
41 1733-1740 K5QE -17 W
42 1739-1743 W5UN -17
43 1751-1755 RW3WR -23
44 1757-1801 OH7PI -18
45 1807-1811 OZ1LPR -21 OZ
46 1809-1815 DL2NUD -25
47 1825-1829 UT5UAS -19
48 1831-1843 F1DUZ -25
49 1911-1915 W7GJ -20

21 April 2010 MJ/DH7FB
50 1037-1041 ZL3TY -20 ZL
51 1039-1043 VK2KU -21 VK
52 1041-1050 JE1TNL -17
53 1049-1053 JM1WBB -20
54 1053-1057 VK3AXH -16
55 1057-1103 JS3CTQ -20
56 1059-1107 JO1LVZ -25
57 1103-1109 UA4AQL -21
58 1109-1118 DM2BHG -25
59 1117-1121 YU7XL -24 YU
60 1121-1125 SM5CUI -17
61 1125-1129 ES3RF -19
62 1133-1137 DF0MU -23
63 1139-1143 DJ3VI -25
64 1143-1147 VK4CDI -24
65 1145-1155 SW8NAC -17
66 1155-1205 I1ANP -15
67 1239-1243 HB9Q -18 HB9
68 1245-1255 ZS2GK -21 ZS
69 1255-1259 I3EVK -17
70 1255-1305 PA3CSG -16
71 1306-1309 DK5SO -22
72 1312-1315 JH2COZ -22
73 1320-1323 DJ6JJ -21
74 1333-1337 DK2PH -25
75 1339-1343 RN6BN -10
76 1359-1406 F8DGY -21
77 1743-1747 PE1L -16
78 1749-1753 DJ8MS -16
79 1753-1757 EI4DQ -20 EI
80 1805-1809 RX1AS -20
81 1811-1817 K5GMX -21
82 1819-1831 HA6NQ -23
83 1832-1843 W5UWB -24
84 1843-1847 PA0JMV -23
85 1847-1855 F6BKI -18
86 1857-1901 DL1RNW -25
87 1905-1915 PA3DOL -23
88 1917-1921 KI4TZ -20
89 1921-1925 DH3YAK -17
90 1925-1929 DL4WO -20
91 1929-1933 DL8EBW -22
92 1935-1939 RZ3BA/1 -15
93 1941-1945 DC2MW -18
94 1945-1949 F8DO -25
95 1953-1957 W7IUV -23
96 1957-2001 UA9YLU -20
97 2001-2005 S52FO -20
98 2005-2009 S51ZO -25
99 2009-2013 I3MEK -17
100 2013-2027 AA4SC -23
101 2017-2021 IZ4FUA -17
102 2021-2025 I3LDP -19
103 2033-2041 DL2FCN -22
104 2055-2059 KD3UY -21
105 2059-2107 DK5WL -19
106 2109-2113 K6MYC -15
107 2113-2117 WA4EWV -20
108 2141-2145 T70A -23 T7
109 2149-2153 EB5HRZ -20
110 2157-2201 DJ9MG -25
111 2205-2211 OK3VM -24 OK
112 2215-2219 K1OR -19
113 2227-2231 GI6ATZ -24 GI
114 2241-2245 K9MRI -15
115 2247-2251 NT0V -19
116 2301-2311 AA7A -18
117 2321-2325 N7SC -19
118 2327-2331 IK1FJI -20
119 2337-2345 SP2NJI -23 SP

22 Apr 2010 MJ/DF2ZC
120 1209-1213 SP2OFW -16
121 1217-1221 S54T -21
122 1225-1231 DL1DWI -17
123 1231-1235 YT3I -24
124 1245-1249 S53J -19
125 1253-1257 RZ3BA/1 -19
126 1301-1305 DL0VV -22
127 1307-1311 F1TE -14
128 1321-1325 PF7M -22
129 1325-1331 JM1GSH -24
130 1411-1417 ZS6OB -25
131 1425-1431 HA8CE -22
132 1453-1501 F6HVK -18
133 1523-1529 DL8SCQ -20
134 1531-1535 RU1AA -18
135 1537-1541 DF1VB -22
136 1549-1555 G8VYK -27
137 1559-1603 UA9SL -23
138 1737-1741 IZ0FWE -16
139 1745-1751 DH8WG -21
140 1757-1802 DF6SM -21
141 1805-1809 9A9T -21 9A
142 1831-1835 KB8RQ -12
143 1833-1839 DK3T -14
144 1841-1849 K2BLA -24
145 1849-1855 F6APE -24
146 1857-1905 OH8MGK -25
147 1905-1909 9A3GE -20
148 1919-1925 OY4TN -25 OY
149 1927-1931 OH9GDT -24
150 1933-1937 UR3EE -21
151 1937-1953 DL8WGS -23
152 2013-2017 PA5MS -25
153 2019-2025 W4RBO -25
154 2049-2053 UR6EC -22
155 2107-2111 YL2AJ -22 YL
156 2113-2117 IZ3GKJ -19
157 2117-2125 SP2NJI -22
158 2129-2141 XE2AT -22 XE
159 2141-2145 VE5UF -25 VE
160 2203-2212 K0AWU -25
161 2237-2243 K1JT -25

23 Apr 2010 MJ/DH7FB
162 1419-1423 ON7EH -21 ON
163 1425-1429 DK3BU -13
164 1437-1441 IK2DDR -19
165 1602-1617 HS2JFW -29 HS
166 1619-1627 DK4TG -25
167 1643-1649 ZS6WAB -23
168 1657-1701 OH2LHE -22
169 1731-1737 I2FAK -25
170 1805-1809 DG8NCO -22
171 1813-1817 RL3BM -19
172 1917-1921 YU1EV -21
173 1925-1931 DK5EW -20
174 1937-1941 PA3EXV -17
175 1943-1947 OK7FA -16
176 2007-2011 YO9FRJ -19
177 2013-2019 YU1IO -25
178 2029-2033 OM3CWY -24 OM
179 2045-1049 SM2A -14
180 2051-2057 DC9YC -24
181 2113-2117 K5DNL -23
182 2139-2149 F6BEG -24
183 2217-2245 WA4NJP -19

QSLs for QSOs with MJ/DF2ZC: www.qrz.com/db/df2zc
QSLs for QSOs with MJ/DH7FB: www.qrz.com/db/dh7fb

We prefer direct QSLs if you want to have your card soon. Via buro it might take much longer up to two years.

Direct QSLs with SASE or SAE plus 1 $ within EU, 2 $ outside EU for postage, please. Direct QSLs without sufficient return postage will be answered via buro only.

Of course, we are happy about any financial support as small as it might be but nothing is asked for and nothing is expected. I repeat: We do not expect anything more than a return envelope plus sufficient postage/$s. If you like you can fund future activities but we don't ask for it.