Update October 6, 2023: Flights from Lord Howe have been cancelled, so the DXpedition has been extended until October 8th.  Limited operation, one station on 40-10m.

Update October 2, 2023: Over 15000 QSO in the log. They continue to be active on CW and FT8 until going QRT on October 3rd. 

Update August 23, 2023: They will not be 60m as this band is not allowed in Australia.

Update August 16, 2023: Callsign VK9LAA is confirmed.

W7YAQ, Bob, and K7AR, Al, will be QRV from the Beachcomber Lodge on Lord Howe Island, Australia from September 20 to October 4, 2023. The call VK9LAA has been requested but still not confirmed.

They will participate in the CQWW RTTY Contest in the multi operator single transmitter category.

Their equipment consists of two Elecraft K Line stations running 500W each. A DX Commander vertical, Butternut HF9V vertical, 160M inverted L, and pennant loop antenna for 160 receive will all be used.

They will be active on 160-6M including 60M and the WARC bands, and will be looking for stations that find the Pacific difficult to work such as western EU, east coast NA and east coast SA.

Logs will be uploaded daily to Club Log. QSL via OQRS, LoTW or W7YAQ.