Welcome to Amateur Radio Station NP2KW, located on the island of St. Croix, in the US Virgin Islands.

WORLD #1, 2009 CQWW WPX Contest, SOAB Assisted Low Power Category.

WORLD #1 2009 CQWW DX SSB Contest, SOAB Low Power Xtreme Category.

WORLD #9, 2010 ARRL DX SSB Contest, SOAB Low Power Category.

WORLD #3, 2010 CQWW DX SSB Contest, Multi-Op High Power Xtreme Category.

2005, 2006, 2007 First Place Zone 11 Winner, IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, SOAB Low Power Category.

2006 WRTC Brazil World Championship Achievement Award.

17 Virgin Islands First Place Finishes, and holder of 2 Virgin Islands All Time Records.

QSL info;

All QSL's are via qsl manager EB7DX with 1 IRC or equivalent.

I also LotW , and AG on eQSL.

The Antennas @ NP2KW:

65ft. Hy-Gain Crank-up/Tilt over Tower with a Classic Mosely Tribander for 10/15/20m and a Homebrew 7element - Hair-Pin Matched 6m Yagi on 24ft. Boom.

85ft. Homebrew Utility Pole Pulley System with a 246ft. DX Engineering All-Band Dipole fed with a Centaur 1:1 Balun for 10m -160m. And a Gap Titan DX.

The Equipment @ NP2KW:

ICOM IC781 ser. # 2979, ICOM 746PRO (Remote Station),Yaesu FT847 w/ FC20 Tuner,.Ameritron AL80-B 1KW Amplifier,LDG AT-1000 Auto Tuner,Kenwood TS-52OS,HEIL Pro Set Plus IC,HEIL Goldline,.Rigblaster Plus,RigExpert Tiny,and other gadgets too numerous to mention.

My ICOM IC781 Ser. #2979

The NP2KW QSL Cards:

Photos, fonts and design by NP2KW, printed by UX5UO. Remote and DX Qsl designed by EB7DX and print by UX5UO.

REMOTE BASE Information:

KP2VI, is a HF/VHF Internet Remote Base Station, and is featured on page 7 of the new ARRL book " Remote Operating for Amateur Radio" by Steve Ford, WB8IMY. All Remote Contacts, including USA and VE, with the various remote operators worldwide using this remote base, are via link EB7DX QSL Manager. More info and weblink soon.

NP2KW / P ,. Portable Operations:

This is the NP2KW / P mobile pop-up camper. I enjoy camping with my family every Easter (2+ weeks) and sometimes on long weekends. It is fully equipped with (3) Solarex 250W Solar Panels, Specialty Concepts Solar Charger/Controller, 1000AH Deep Cycle Battery Sysytem, Direct TV Satellite Dish w/ 2 receivers for (2) 8 inch LCD Monitors, 35lb. per day portable mini ice maker, 1800W DC - AC Power Inverter ( for the coffee pot or small microwave and laptop/cell charging ), Alpine am/fm/cd/dvd 6 speaker car audio system, 300gal. 12v Trailered Watertank, and not long ago also housed the FT847 and a Cushcraft R8 or a Hustler 6BTV, but the remote station now solves that extra gear handling and battery power drain, so it was replaced with a Long Range WI-FI Receive Antenna/Booster and a Wireless Access Point system to intercept the free wi-fi signal at the Marina across the water, or via my Smartphone (as a wi-fi radio), that allows for internet access for me to log in to my Remote HF / VHF station at home and talk away on the pile-ups as if I was sitting in front of the station itself. Life just doesn't get any better than this people, and it's better than any doctor's cure,hi hi!!

and when there's no propagation, we go offshore!!

My XYL

73 de Manny - NP2KW

"The only thing better than Dxing is BEING the DX!! (and now you can,. with the NP2KW-L Remote!!).