Gear Provided by DX Engineering to Play Important Role
One of the first major activations of 2025 is almost here! The 14-operator TX7N Marquesas Islands DXpedition from Hiva Oa is scheduled for Jan. 12-27.
The accomplished TX7N team, composed of members from the Radio Club of Montceau-les-Mines (F6KJS), will be active on 160-6M in CW, SSB, Digital, RTTY, EME, and Satellites. They will be using the TX7WW call for the CQWW CW 160M event and TX7MAS for EME and Satellite activity.
Read more about TX7N’s plans for Earth-Moon-Earth traffic here.
Marquesas, a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia and an overseas collectivity of France, was ranked as the 61st Most Wanted DXCC Entity per Clublog as of December 2024. Get up-to-date details at the TX7N website.
DX Engineering joined other prominent sponsors, including RigExpert, WiMo, and DX Commander, to help make TX7N possible. DX Engineering provided the following gear to be used on Hiva Oa:
- MFJ 1779C 20-6M Single-Band Dipole Antenna Kit (in stock at DXEngineering.com as of this posting)
About Hiva Oa (IOTA OC-027)
This 124-square-mile island, the second largest of the 12 Marquesas Islands behind only Nuki Hiva, has a population of around 2,000.
Art history buffs will note that Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), a French post-impressionist artist and friend of Vincent Van Gogh, drew, painted, and sculpted on Hiva Oa, where he lived in a two-story thatched home and unsuccessfully fought French government officials during the last years of his life.
Revered Belgian songwriter Jacques Brel came to Hiva Oa in 1975 and, seduced by its beauty and tranquility, lived out his life there. He died in 1977 and is buried at the cemetery in Atuona on the southern side of the island, not far from where Gauguin was laid to rest. Brel’s most famous song, “Le Moribond” (“The Dying Man”), became a worldwide hit in 1974 with its English-language adaptation written by Rod McKuen, “Seasons in the Sun”, sung by Terry Jacks.
We’ll be featuring more about TX7N in the days ahead. From all of us at OnAllBands and DX Engineering, best of luck putting Marquesas in your logbook!
