A team of Japanese operators is planning to be active from Antigua Island (Antigua and Barbuda) as V26JJ. According to the official DXpedition website, on-air operation is scheduled for 31 October – 7 November 2026. Antigua Island counts as IOTA NA-100.
Team
The planned line-up includes JJ2RCJ (Kan Yokota), JA3PJL (Yoshio Noguchi), JH3UHG (Masahiko Nakanishi) and JA0JHQ (Nobuaki Hosokawa). DX-World also lists JA3FHL among the operators.
Bands and modes
Operation is planned on the HF bands. FT8 will be run with MSHV. According to the DX-World calendar, CW and SSB are also planned. A detailed band plan is published on the DXpedition website.
On 31 October at 10:00 UTC the team plans a TGC Pileup Game on 40 m SSB, aimed mainly at Japanese stations: V26JJ will transmit on 7.125 MHz and listen on 7.147 MHz. If the station setup runs late, the new time will be announced on the website.
Equipment
- Rigs: two Icom IC-7300s, a Kenwood TS-480 and a Yaesu FTDX10;
- Amplifiers: SPE1.3KA and AZR-550FZ (as named on the DXpedition website);
- Antennas: 2-element and 3-element Yagis, inverted V for 160 and 80 m.
QSL
QSL via Club Log OQRS. The QRZ.com callsign page also lists direct as an option.