Update May 11, 2025: PRESS RELEASE No.3

Our website (https://fp5ke.wordpress.com) is live! You will already discover: the composition of our team of 17 people including 16 oper ators, our equipment, the sponsors who have already placed their trust in us, a presentation page and a photo album about Saint-Pierre & Miquelon and our QTH on Île aux Marins.

For more information, especially regarding the dates, you'll have to wait a little longer as we're still exploring the possibility of earlier departures. Don’t worry, it will be in 2025. In any case, you'll be
informed well in advance by following our website, our new Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/fp5ke) or our press partners.

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From their Web page, here is what we know.

Operators:
The following are the 16 operators were mentioned: Patrick/F2DX (Team Leader), Jean-Luc/F1ULQ (Co-Leader), Olivier/HB9GWJ, Frank/F4AJQ, Guillaume/F4FET, John/F5VHQ, Vincent/F4BKV, Diego/F4HAU, Misho/F8GGV/YU3FX, Eric/ON7RN, Andy/DL3GA, Xavier/F5NTZ, Damien/F4AZF, Jimi/F4DLM and David/F8AAN.

The 17th person on the team is Jean-Christophe/FP5AC, who will do the Cooking & Stewardship (an important role for the team and therefore for the success of the DX-

BAND PLAN:
Their band plan will be published on their Web page sometime before the expedition begins.

They will be working SPLIT only! Please pay attention to the SPLIT MODE on your transceiver before calling, and listen also to the operators instructions.
  CW   : up 1-10
  SSB  : up 5-20
  RTTY : up 3-10

FT8: The MSHV program (2 to 6 slots) will be used for FT8 on the announced frequencies. As a DXpedition (FOX mode) they will not be using F/H mode. All hunters can call us in normal mode (with locator or report) and stay on their frequency even for answering. Please do not call them on their transmission frequencies! The QSO will be logged on their side once they send RR73 or 73.

Equipment:
 * 8X TS-590SG
 * 5X ACOM 1010
 * 2X ACOM 1200s
 * 2X ACOM 500s
 * 1X Satellite station for RS-44 (and QO-100 if possible)
 * 1X 2m EME station
 * 1X 23cm EME station
 * 1X Pentaplexer for 10, 15, 20m
 * 1X Pentaplexer for 12, 17m
 * 5X High power Band Pass Filter for 10, 12, 15, 17, 20m
 * 20X Low power Band Pass Filter
 * 4X Winkeyer
 * 8X laptop with Win-test for CW/SSB, MSHV for FTx and N1MM for RTTY
 * 1 X Starlink
 * 2X 4G router (spare)
 * 15 kVA Diesel generator
 * 500m of coaxial cable
 * Hexbeam 5 bands @10m with 20-15-10m Pentaplexer
 * Hexbeam 5 bands @10m with 17-12m Pentaplexer
 * 20m VDA
 * 17m VDA
 * 15m VDA
 * 10m VDA
 * 30m vertical quarter wave
 * 40m vertical quarter wave + dipole (inband)
 * 60m vertical quarter wave
 * 80m vertical quarter wave + dipole (inband)
 * 160m quarter wave vertical with top-loading
 * 6m 6el DX Beam
 * Satellite antennas for RS-44 & QO-100
 * 2m EME antennas
 * 23cm EME antennas
 * Low band receiving antennas (Beverage & Vertical-Array AEG Ultra Loop RX)
 
Equipment is private property of F6KOP except one ACOM 500s ( PRO-SIC ) and two ACOM 1200s ( ACOM )....

QSL INFO:
All donors via ClubLog with a minimum of 7 USDs/EUROs will be published on their sponsors page and will be able to request their direct QSL for free via OQRS.

LoTW(Logbook of The World)
LoTW upload will be done and FREE for everyone shortly after the DXpedition (as soon as the log is corrected).

OQRS (Online QSL Request System)
They don't need your QSL card, so please use first OQRS on ClubLog for FP5KE direct and buro requests. OQRS will be opened shortly after the DXpedition (as soon as the log is corrected). The asking price for direct QSLs is 4 USDs/EUROs for an unlimited number of QSOs. You can also help saving Buro costs when using OQRS for buro as this service will be free for you.

Direct QSL
They do NOT accept IRCs. Please cash only (USDs or EUROs) without coins.
When requesting paper cards with a letter, please enclose 3 USDs or EUROs and a labeled return envelope (SAE). Please send your Direct QSL request (unlimited number of QSOs) to their QSL manager: 

   Christian BERNARD, F5GSJ
   19, avenue Hoche
   77330 OZOIR LA FERRIERE
   FRANCE

QSL via Bureau
If you don't want to use OQRS, it will take longer but you can also send your QSL card via buro to their QSL manager: F5GSJ.

QSL policy
  * QSL cards will be printed within 6 weeks after our return.
  * Please don't forget to clear up mistakes in the log after DXpedition     to (fp5ke2025@gmail.com).
  * OQRS-Direct and Direct-Cards will be processed first.
  * Busted call requests will be processed after.
  * Buro and OQRS-Buro will be processed at the end.
  * QSL requests with insufficient return postage will be answered via the office.
  * We do not use eQSL service.

Update March 2, 2025: Preparations for our F6KOP 2025 expedition to Ile aux Marins (Saint-Pierre & Miquelon archipelago) are progressing well. FP5KE team is complete and will be made of 16 experienced operators as well as FP5AC for the important stewardship part as we will have to be autonomous. We are finaly planning 8 HF and 6m stations and 2 EME stations (2m and 23cm) and up to twenty antennas. Everything will be powered by generator(s). Further information such as dates, list of operators and our website will be communicated later.

After the success of our 9L5A DXpedition in 2024, F6KOP Radioclub of Provins has chosen for 2025 to go to Saint-Pierre & Miquelon (Ile aux Marins).

Although FP is sometimes active there has never been such a big expedition like we organize. We will be 16 operators with at least 7 active stations from 160 to 6m on all modes and probably on 2m EME. Callsign FP5KE will be used for a minimum of 10 days of traffic. Faithful to our principles the "human" modes CW, SSB and RTTY will be favored without abandoning FT8 and FT4.

QSL via F5GSJ.

Additional information such as dates and website will be communicated later