N5J – Jarvis Island

The N5J team will be operating on Jarvis Island (IOTA OC-081) from August 5th to 20th, 2024.
Team on the island – AA7JV, N1DG, HA7RY, KN4EEI.
Nearest DX Point N5J
N5J Log Searchsearch 25 operations will be remote.
They will operate on 160 – 6m, CW, SSB, FT8.
DXCC Countries – Jarvis and Palmyra.

N5J Jarvis Island News May 9, 2024

Joe, W8GEX and I have been working with Don, N1DG to get the Alliance to recognize Jarvis Island as a new independent DXCC entity. There is a good reason for this. Don has presented his report to the DX Council, but the response has been lukewarm so far. We think a “grassroots” approach may work.

Below is the text you can copy and paste into an email and send to your supervisor, department manager, ARRL President Rick Roderick (K5UR), and DXAC Chairman K2CS.

If you feel it is necessary, please send this information immediately.

N5J Jarvis Island News April 21, 2024

News Release 4
Jarvis Island N5J Expedition
April 21, 2024

Since the Dateline DX Association announced plans to launch Jarvis Island this summer, many people have asked us if we could arrange with the IOTA and POTA project organizers to ensure our DXpedition is approved.

Jarvis is one of the rarest IOTA counters, having been out of production for 34 years. 82% of IOTA project participants require it.

Due to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service permit requirements, although the station, antennas, and power sources are located on Jarvis Island, local operators must conduct DX expeditions from the MV Magnet, which remains offshore within the Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge.

Both the IOTA and POTA programs have agreed to recognize QSOs made by local operators, but not to allow QSOs made by internet remote operators to count. Therefore, QSOs made by AA7JV, HA7RY, N1DG, KO8SCA and KN4EEI will count towards the reward. The content uploaded to the clublog by the N5J team each day will identify the operator. In addition, at the beginning of each operator’s shift, the team will work to publish the operator’s call sign on the cluster so that trackers can be notified in real time. At this time, all call operations should be conducted by the island team and ensure that the pattern is 100% compliant with IOTA/POTA standards.

In addition to the 5 operators mentioned above, there is an experienced team of 24 operators from 8 countries operating up to 6 sites around the clock, ensuring that DXers around the world have ample opportunities to add ATNOs or band fills to their DXCC totals.
N5J Team.

N5J Jarvis Island News April 17, 2024

The Dateline DX Association is pleased to announce that due to the growing interest in our DXpedition for this rare DXCC entity, we will be adding another local operator to our team.

We welcome Adrian Ciuperca of KO8SCA to our Island team. Adrian is a well-known and experienced DXpeditioner, an IT consultant who is an essential component of any remote operation. He is a new member of the CQ DX Hall of Fame and a recipient of the YASME Excellence Award.

Adrian is a DX enthusiast who attends DXCC 318, 9BDXCC, IOTA, and is a passionate competitor. He participated in WRTC in Wittenberg, Germany in 2018 and WRTC in Bologna, Italy in 2023.

Adrian has participated in over 30 DX expeditions to destinations including W8S Swains Island, 3Y0J Bouvet Island, J2, Z6, OJ0, VP2V, PJ2, PJ4, A5, ZK3, V8, TX0M/TX0A, 6O, 9M0, FJ, FM, J3, J8, VK9C, VK9X, VP5, VP9 and Z2. Most recently, he has been a guest operator on 4U1UN and HV0A

His preferred mode of operation is CW, but he is also active in SSB and digital modes. Adrian is a member of several amateur radio DX and competition clubs, namely NCDXF, INDEXA (Board Director), YCCC, FOC, CWOPS, LIDXA, Order of Boiled Owls of New York, LICWC, NYCDXA, WECA, Araucária DX Group, RRC.

George (AA7JV) and Don (N1DG) from the N5J team.

N5J Jarvis Island News April 8, 2024

KH5 – Palmyra Island and Jarvis Island
We have 84 days until we depart from American Samoa for Jarvis Island. We are busy building and testing equipment. In addition to the RIB-s, much of our equipment is built in-house and is designed specifically for remote operations where reliability is critical.
We have already finalized the station configuration. We will have six stations on the island. Four of the stations are set up for remote operation and two will be operated locally, but we do have the flexibility to operate any station locally (from the ship) or remotely via Starlnk and the internet.
N5J Team.

Jarvis Island

Jarvis Island is an island in the central Pacific Ocean. The status of Jarvis Island is an unincorporated territory of the United States (officially not part of the United States, but considered a U.S. territory).

General Information About Jarvis Island

Jarvis Island is located 2,200 kilometers south of Hawaii and 375 kilometers southwest of Christmas Island, a territory of Kiribati.
Jarvis Island is part of the Line Islands. There is no one living on Jarvis Island. There is the abandoned village of Millersville on the island.
Total area: 4.45 km². Jarvis Island is a sandy coral island. Coastline: 8 km. Maximum elevation: 7 m. No natural water sources on the island. Growth: low shrubs, stilt plants, sparse vegetation. Various seabirds nest here.

Discovery and development of islands

Jarvis Island was discovered by the British in 1821.
From 1858 to 1879 it was under American control.
In 1889, Jarvis Island came under British control, but Britain did not develop it.

In 1935, Jarvis Island was again controlled by the United States. There is no economic activity on Jarvis Island to this day. The island has an outer anchorage for ships to anchor, as well as two large ship anchorages.
Jarvis Island is administered by the United States Department of the Interior, which manages the island under the National Wildlife Refuge Program.

N5J. Where is Jarvis Island located. Map.