The red
dots
on the map show where I have been active from. The green ones, where I
have lived. We
lived
at:
Arlington
Heights, Middle Road, Smiths (location);
4th Avenue, Cavendish
Heights, Pembroke (location); Philston,
Whale Bay Road, Southampton (location); Shorelee
Cottage, Tween Walls, Mangrove
Bay, Sandys (location)
I
attended Whitney
Institute(location) and Bermuda
College (Academic Sixth Form Centre)(old
location). I
have lived in Smiths, Pembroke, Southampton and Sandys Parish.
Latest activity is from Hamilton Parish.
Info
on QTH Continent:
North America
CQ Zone:5
ITU Zone: 11
Time Zone: Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Daylight
Saving Time - Yes IARU
Area:
2 IOTA:
NA-005 WLOTA: Gibbs
Hill 0201, St.
David's 1480 ARLHS: Gibbs
Hill BER010, St.
David's BER009 Lat:
32.21.12N
Lon: 64.32.135W Maidenhead
Locator FM72pi
Live view
over VP9
Live view
over JA
Polar path - current data
Path from VP9 to JA [not current data]
Local winner of Bermuda Contest in April 1976 and April 1979 Operator
Paul
Evans: VP9KF, G4BKI, 8P9FT, J37KF, V31WJ, EI6LC
Station Yaesu FT-920 with Inrad CW filter or Kenwood TS-590SG MFJ-4245
45A Switched Mode Power Supply or
Jetstream JTPS45
45A Switched Mode Power Supply Toughbook CF-53 rugged PC running N1MM+
logging (DX mode), ICECAP/ICEAREA/HamCAP, Bart backup Mortty v4 CW keyer (replaced by v5) Bencher
Paddle (my 18th
Birthday present,
while living in VP9) Sony
MDR-NC20 full ear, noise
cancelling, headphones Ameritron RCS-12 antenna switch Antennas Cushcraft
A4S, 160m dipole, 80m dipole, 40m dipole, WARC bands = parallel dipole
Licence The
Radio Society of Bermuda callbookwas by no means complete. It is now much better! Many older
callsigns were missing and so was mine! For my version, please visit
here.
For reference:
Bermuda Class Three Licence - Advanced (that is not the same as the FCC
Advanced Class, it's the same as EXTRA Class)
Amateur Radio Service (HAM) Number: 3125
Callsign: VP9KF
Licensee: Paul Evans
Valid from: Saturday July 01, 2023
Valid to: Friday June 30, 2028
(originally issued in April 1979 & continuously held) See
licence (address witheld) Visiting Bermuda
Your licence will have <homecall>/VP9
on it. Please obey DXCC rule 7 or your contacts may not count: 7. Any Amateur Radio operation
should take
place only with the complete approval and understanding of appropriate
administration officials. In countries where amateurs are licensed in
the normal manner, credit may be claimed only for stations using regular
government-assigned call signs or portable call signs,
where reciprocal agreements exist or the host government has so
authorized portable
operation. Look carefully at the Schedule attached to your VP9 licence. You'll see that allocations may be different to your home licence. 5 MHz is NOT included in the VP9 licence frequency schedule (only VP9GE has an experimental allowance). I cannot work you there.
The
World from VP9
The PERFECT greyline path to JA - look for me. VP9 is currently the 54th most wanted country from JA(!) Join the 1777 stns fm JA to work me.
Activity:
1974-1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2006 March & November 2007 May/June & October/November 2008 April & November 2009 April & November 2010 April & November 2011
April & November 2012
April & November 2013 November 2018 October/November 2023 April 2024 January
We often visit about twice a year and stay here for about 5 weeks in total,
or ~10% of the time.
Please
don't confuse
me with my friend John, VP8KF
[G3VPW] I
recommend to you the QTH I use: VP9GE,
whose web site I also maintain (we have been friends since 1968!) - Reviews
Current
weather 
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