LATEST: JW9GY was active also in March 2002 and 2003. Please follow the link to JW8G for more info. 

In March 2000, LA9IY Bjørn and LA9GY Morten travelled to Svalbard (Spitzbergen). With appreciated assistance from the Radio Amateur Club of Svalbard, JW5E, and Mathias Bjerrang, JW5NM, this proved to be a great journey. We also have fond memories from a good time with Joerg, JW/DL3NRV. Beautiful nature, the pleasant people we met and a constant pile-up on the HF make us want to return.

In December 2000 a new trip to Longyearbyen was made.
Only 750 QSOs, mainly on 10MHz, from December 1th to December 4th. The low number of QSOs was a result of aurora (northern light).

Another trip was made in March 2001, resulting in a log very similar to the one in the previous year.

Perhaps you wonder what the weather can be like in Spitzbergen in winter? Well, room temperature in the boat shed we used as radio shack was pretty low; we took the beer cans out of the fridge and placed them on the floor in order to make them really cold…

During 5-6 days we worked app. 1.400 QSOs as JW8G at the CQWWWPX contest. On VHF/UHF satellite and HF Bjørn had about 1300 QSOs with his JW9IY call. Morten, JW9GY, had 2400 QSOs on HF, mainly CW.