I visited Kuredu Beach Resort in the Maldives between June 26th and July 6th 2017 and operated ‘holiday style’ as 8Q7RN during the visit. I had a Yaesu FT-857 and some wires set up on the north side of the island. Unfortunately local QRN (electrical interference, maybe from solar panels or LED lights?) caused huge problems but I managed a number of QSOs on 30, 20 and 17m, all CW.

QRA: MJ65RN CQ Zone: 22 ITU Zone: 41

A nice surprise was being called on the phone by local ham Ibray 8Q7QC, who later visited us – he works for the resort company. I also spoke with Ibray’s friend Ali 8Q7AM by phone.

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