From the time near end of 2010 we wanted to get to Guernsey for a contest, welcomed by Louis MU6FER, and have a bit of a laugh to.

Well it’s now only 2 weeks to go until Mark MØMJH & myself fly out from Gatwick to Guernsey for what I hope to be an Epic 6 days.

The plans early on were Staggering, but we finally came to our senses and scaled it down to the following:-

• Operators
  • Paul MØTZO
  • Mark MØMJH
  • Louis MU6FER
  • Jes MUØCHN
  • Colin MUØFAL (Hopefully)
  • Tom MU3ZLQ
  • Keith G6NHU
• Radio
  • Yaesu FT-450
• Antennas
  • SRC X130
  • W3EDP
  • Vert for 40m
  • Vert for 20m
  • Dipole for 6m & Collinear for 2m/70cm (when not contesting)
• Accommodation
  • Camping in Tent

In the contest we will be MUØHTJ not MPØHTJ. We decided to keep it simpler. When not contesting or if working people from the camp on other bands during the contest the MP call will be used.

Updates once on the island maybe sporadic, but we will try out best, and Paul will be adding to his Beer list as well.

On Saturday 18th Mark (Jimmy) M0MJH put the callsign MX0HTJ on the air.

He also made a point to try to work lots of UK M3/M6/2E stations.

When I get the log, I’ll update this post with more details.

Earlier today we had our first meeting to plan the trip. So far we had used a shared Google Doc to plan ideas.

Last week I sent an email to the team to meet in the Google Docs chat widget. We would then move to Skype once some had showed up. I was half expecting no one to show up. At 8pm only 3 people were in the doc, but within minutes we had about 6 or 7. Much better.

The chat went on for hours. We discussed a lot to do with the trip including travel, accommodation, catering, radio & antenna setup, operating, T-Shirts, and even some ideas for when we have a free day on the Monday.

It’s a good thing we have 2 or 3 people on Guernsey so they can help to organise & check things out there.

One good thing is this trip is looking more & more likely to happen.

See you in the Contest, de MPØHTJ