TX9W
Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands
DXpedition
April 2026
The Team: Jeff Martin – K5WE, Craig Boyer – W5CCP, Dave Jorgensen – WD5COV, Jeremy Conkling – N5TEA, Bob Hensey – K4VBM, Didier Cadot – F6BCW
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The DXpedition
A team of 6 operators, four from the Oklahoma DX Assn (OKDXA), one from New Mexico and one from France, K5WE, W5CCP, N5TEA, K4VBM, WD5COV, and F6BCW will be active as TX9W from the village of Atuona on the island of Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands beginning 19 April through 30 April, 2026. They will operate all bands 160 through 6 meters using the CW, FT8, FT4, SSB, and RTTY modes. The Grid Square is CI00LE, IOTA # is OC-027, CQ Zone is 31, and the ITU Zone is 63. Depending upon a reliable internet connection, logs will be uploaded to Clublog daily and Clublog Livestream will be active. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW upon returning home. Periodic updates will occur on this webpage. Currently, the Marquesas Islands entity is number 63 world-wide and number 43 in Europe on the Clublog most wanted list…
News & Updates
1Oct2025 – Website online. TX9W – Marquesas Islands DXpedition announced.
24Sept2025 – TX9W license granted by the French Polynesian licensing authority, the ANFR…