East Ship Island QSL Card

Back in October, I worked East Ship Island in Mississippi when the Magnolia DX Association activated it. W5S activated East Ship Island as IOTA NA082, US Island MS009S, and as lighthouse USA-756. Today, the QSL card from K5S arrived in the mail; it is a very nice folding card with photos of the island and operation along with information on the Ship Islands inside:

Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

K5S - East Ship Island, MS Activation

This afternoon while dialing through the 40m band, I happened upon the station K5S calling CQ on 7.243 LSB. Hearing a 1x1 callsign, I answered his CQ passing and receiving a 59 signal report. After I made my contact with the station, it immediately became apparent that he had a good sized pileup.

I had not yet had the chance to look them up when K5S announced that they were a special event station activating East Ship Island, MS. The further explained that this was the first time that East Ship Island had been activated. The island has the IOTA number NA-082, US Island Number MS009S, and Lighthouse number USA-756.

For more information, take a look at their website: http://www.k5s-na082.com/

Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net