Typically, during the July week at Champlain, we get rain, rain, and more rain.  This gives lots of time for sitting and watching the rain.  This year was different, there was not a day of rain.  That meant there wasn't much time for operating ham radio.  A few contacts on 40m SSB were made with the FT-817, but not much time was spent on that activity.

update!  Burton Island, VT (VT020L) is now (hopefully) qualified.  We made 49 contacts over a few hours of operating, see our island log here.  Pictures of the island operations below.

A second expedition specifically to Burton Island VT20L is scheduled for August 31st to September 3rd.  New antennas are made, tuned, and tested for this adventure.  Operations may be during day and/or night.  If you need any of these islands or need a specific band (160m to 70cm) and would like to setup a schedule feel free to send us an email.  Additionally, if you need other islands in the area, we may be able to activate other islands.  Again, feel free to drop us an email. 

A new higher gain collinear antenna has been built and tested for the activation.  A 7Ah sealed lead-acid battery (for alarm systems) has been purchased to supplement the NiCad batteries in the FT-817.  

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We will not have internet access during that week, but will attempt to put our longer periods of operation on the dx spotter.