You could even operate from a site on the water first visited (by a European)
by James Cook.
Karl, W3BF
Karl Erb
5253 Strathmore Ave
Kensington, MD 20895
301 456 6212
On Jan 14, 2015, at 6:37 PM, Jeff Cochrane - VK4XA jeffvk...@gmail.com
wrote:
Another vote for VK here Jim, we tick all
Another vote for VK here Jim, we tick all the boxes.
Maybe a trip to one of the VK9 call areas like maybe Lord Howe or Cocos -
Keeling Islands?
There's always northern VK4, VK6 or anywhere in VK8.
Come and see the rainforests in and around Cairns, head to VK8 for Ularu
(Ayers Rock), Alice Springs
..orcruise into Innisfail...yeah i said cruise.it is always
raining and if by chace it is notheck just sit fer a minute or three
and it will bucket down to make up for its bad manners by not greeting you
with a drenchingGrin
G'day Jefflol
Gary
Vk1ZZ
K3, KX3, KPA500-FT,
I feel miffed Walter:-)
Yes we do speak English ( proper without an accent)grin.
VK ticks all the boxes AND we like americans...well kinda...:-)
Oh and we are down on rednecks too
All the above comments were tongue in cheek ok?
Gary
Vk1ZZ
K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3.
On
First, let me thank all of you who generously shared your advice about
interesting, warm places to spend the holidays and Be the DX.
I have acknowledged some of your suggestions personally. I will get to
the rest of you shortly.
73 de Jim - AD6CW
Contact me off-line. I can tell you everything you want to know about
operating in the Caribbean...
Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ
Owner - Operator
Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC
Staunton, Illinois
Owner – Operator
Villa Grand Piton
Soufriere, St. Lucia
Texas is a favorite destination for snow birds, and has all the attributes
you listed, weather, licensing, language, open border even for Californians
(so far!), favorable currency exchange, mostly friendly natives, 120 VAC,
and compared to CA, pretty cheap. I filled up yesterday at a Costco for
One of the coldest winters I remember was December 1970 when I was at
Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. I remember walking from one building
to another with a staff sergeant who had been there longer than I (I was there
for only 40 days) and I said Its as cold as the North Pole here!. The
On Sat, 3 Jan 2015, Jim Lowman wrote:
Anyone have any suggestions, based on past experiences?
Well, I'm at present in Kenya (with my KX3) but it probably falls at
almost every one of your hurdles. No harm in throwing a few answers
in, though, just so you can cross the place off your list. ;)
After spending the second holiday season in San Diego, and last year it
was Tucson, the XYL announced that next year she'd like to go someplace
warm. Yes, temperatures in the 50s in December feel cold to us. The
area where we live is between LA and Palm Springs, but our climate more
closely
Costa Rica would work for most US Amateurs, including language and
recip op privileges. It's also less expensive there than in most of
the islands.
This is not from personal experience, just an idea.
73,
matt
W6NIA
On Sat, 03 Jan 2015 18:19:32 -0800, you wrote:
After spending the second
On 1/3/2015 6:19 PM, Jim Lowman wrote:
I know that many fellow amateurs head for the Caribbean nations for this
purpose. That would work, as would somewhere in the South Pacific.
Anyone have any suggestions, based on past experiences?
Criteria are:
-- somewhere that English is the primary
Australia! It is summer there right now. The local dialect (strine) is fairly
close to English.
wunder
K6WRU
CM87wj
http://observer.wunderwood.org/
On Jan 3, 2015, at 6:38 PM, Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net wrote:
On 1/3/2015 6:19 PM, Jim Lowman wrote:
I know that many fellow amateurs head
Jim,
Check out any of the following:
- Bahamas
- Puerto Rico
- US Virgin Islands
- St. Lucia
- Cayman Islands
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Jamaica
- Aruba
These are just a few Caribbean destinations hams I know operated from on
vacation.
Hope this helps.
73 de,
--Ian
Ian Kahn, KM4IK
Roswell, GA
Hi Jim -
Another suggestion: Sint Maarten. The island is Dutch on the south half; French
on the north. My XYL and I stayed on the Dutch side in 2001. Actually, we were
there during the 9/11 attacks, but that’s another story. St. Maarten has
reciprocal licensing, so that’s one problem solved
Texas is a favorite destination for snow birds, and has all the attributes you
listed, weather, licensing, language, open border even for Californians,
currency exchange, mostly friendly natives, 120 VAC, and compared to CA pretty
cheap. I filled up yesterday at a Costco for $1.849, and today
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