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Field Day 2020 – The Impact of COVID-19

       Amateur Radio Field Day Readiness Exercise Modified by COVID-19     On the fourth weekend of June ham radio clubs in the territory traditionally conduct annual “Field Day” emergency readiness exercises. Radio amateurs (hams)literally head to the field and install portable…

NCS Cheat Sheet

This spreadsheet is meant to assist those stations acting as net control for nets in the USVI. It contains the suffixes of those stations known to be active on VHF nets. Callsign suffixes (the letters after the number in the…

Public Service in Paradise

Public Service in Paradise: The US Virgin Islands The Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands is comprised of three islands: St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix.  St. Thomas (population 40,000) is familiar to most as the busiest Caribbean cruise-ship…

HAMS In Paradise – Fall 2018

Wow, hard to believe we’re back in “season”. Here at the peak of hurricane season, the Atlantic looks like a conga-line of storms. The below photo doesn’t show the remnants of hurricane Gordon which has dissipated over CONUS. The seasonal…

Field Day 2018 Highlights

Highlights of 2018 Field Day include: 504 QSOs (Phone and CW) 69 of 80 participating ARRL Section QSOs (USA and Canada) 1,606 total points (656 QSOs and 950 bonus) 2 HF stations operated on emergency power – generator 1 VHF…