I have confirmed my next trip to ZC4, depart 23rd November and return 1st December, I have decided to take part in the CQWW CW contest whilst im there, things are slowly coming together, I have a DX Commander Multiband vertical and also have purchased a portable Hexbeam, I have managed to secure the loan of a 2kw generator for the duration of my trip, location will be the usual Melanda Beach QTH, the only thing I need to sort now is a radio, I have settled on either an Elecraft K3/K3S or an Icom IC-7300, im leaning towards the Elecraft but again depends if I can find a K3S at the right price, not entirely sure yet, it might come down to budget, all of my trips to ZC4 in the last 3 years have been self funded and its not cheap.
On that note if you wish to help towards the trip you can donate here, im not relying on donations but its always nice to get some help towards putting on a relatively rare location, I think ZC4 will be a very popular Multiplier in the CQWW, I also plan to be active for the week before the contest, the aim is to be mostly QRV on CW and SSB, I may do a bit of FT8 but its low down on my priorities
I also want to try and be a bit more active on the WARC bands during this trip specifically 12m but other bands as well, so thats it for now, trip is booked and confirmed, also I maybe able to leave my equipment in Cyprus this time around which will make future trips much easier and will also mean I may travel multiple times a year, hopefully I can confirm that soon.
If you have an Elecraft K3S gathering dust and your happy to sell, let me know.