From 28 November to 4 December 2026, Australian amateurs Tommy, VK2IR, and John, VK3YP, together with four European operators, plan to be active from the Kingdom of Tonga as A35TV. Announced activity covers 160–6 m on CW, SSB and FT8.
The rest of the team is Alex, SV0EG, Manos, SV1DAY, Giannis, SV1GE, and Micke, HB9EBC. The official website lists grid AG28JT, CQ zone 32, ITU zone 62 and IOTA OC-049 (Tongatapu Group).
Frequencies, MHz
- 160 m: FT8 1.836; CW 1.826
- 80 m: FT8 3.567; CW 3.523; SSB 3.780
- 40 m: FT8 7.056; CW 7.023; SSB 7.150
- 30 m: FT8 10.130; CW 10.105
- 20 m: FT8 14.090; CW 14.023; SSB 14.150
- 17 m: FT8 18.095; CW 18.079; SSB 18.130
- 15 m: FT8 21.090; CW 21.023; SSB 21.285
- 12 m: FT8 24.910; CW 24.894; SSB 24.944
- 10 m: FT8 28.090; CW 28.023; SSB 28.485
- 6 m: FT8 50.313; CW 50.085
How to call
The team always works split on CW and SSB. On 160 m, stations in Europe, North America and other regions should call up, and Japanese stations down.
FT8 runs on MSHV Multistream, so keep your software in normal mode. Do not use Fox/Hound or SuperFox modes.
Equipment
Two stations are planned, both on SunSDR2 Pro: one with a JUMA amplifier and the other with a Dxworld-e amplifier. Antennas are a Foldingantennas five-band hexbeam for 20–10 m, quarter-wave verticals for 30 and 40 m, Inverted L verticals for 80 and 160 m, and a five-element Yagi for 6 m.
QSL and log
QSL via Club Log OQRS. The log will be available on Club Log, which will also carry a live stream of QSOs. The pilots are VK5IR (Oceania), SV2AEL (Europe) and 9K2GS (Middle East).