🌋 PJ6Y – Saba Island DXpedition (October 2025)

📍 Location: Saba Island (IOTA NA-145)
📡 Callsign: PJ6Y
📅 Dates: October 2025
👥 Team: Nine young, first-time DXpeditioners

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🔧 Planning Progress

Excitement is building as the PJ6Y DXpedition moves “full steam ahead”! This youth-driven event is shaping up to be a standout expedition of 2025, not only for its DX potential but also for the focus on first-time DXpeditioners, bringing fresh energy into the hobby.

• Two operating sites on the north side of Saba, ~0.5 miles apart

• Both sites offer excellent takeoff angles to EU, NA, and AS

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🏗️ Station Setup

Stations:

• 3 Local stations: Elecraft K3 + KPA500

• 2 Remote stations: NexGenRiB2s (via NCDXF)

Antennas:

• 160/80m: Inverted L + RX antennas

• 40/30m: Verticals

• 20–10m: Triband Yagi & 5-band Hexbeam

• 6m: 5-element Yagi

• VHF/UHF Satellite station

Extras:

• Full filter & multiplexer setup to reduce inter-station QRM

• Club Log uploads with real-time leaderboard

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🏆 Sponsors

The DX community has rallied behind the team with major sponsors including:

• NCDXF, DX Engineering, CDXC, The Daily DX

• Regional clubs: Southeastern DX Club, Twin Cities DX Association, Madison DX Club, and more

• G3TXQ Hexbeam, Middlesex ARA, and others

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🌍 Why It Matters

This activation of PJ6 (Saba Island) is not only a solid DX opportunity from the Caribbean but also a youth empowerment milestone in amateur radio. With real technical depth and strong community support, PJ6Y is set to inspire a new generation of DXers.