The annual effort is to demonstrate 'ultra-lite' DXpeditioning into magnificent 'vista' locations, operate a field portable battery-only radio with backpackable, lightweight antennas and most of all 'have fun!'

The nine operators from eight states mentioned are Budd W3FF, Chris W6HFP, Scott NE1RD, Dan WZ1P, Steve WG0AT, Mike KC4VG, Guy N7UN, Paul KB9AVO and Wey K8EAB.

The team negotiated with the amateur license regulatory process through the St. Lucia Telecom to receive their J6/homecall licenses in six weeks. In early February they intend to have 3 villa stations in operation on 160-15 meters and some occasional operations on 10m and 6m, propagation permitting, using CW, SSB, and the Digital modes. At the same time, several teams will be battery-only field portable either at St. Lucia beaches or mountain tops.

QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or mail to operator's home callsign (SASE required).

For more details, see the following Web pages http://sites.google.com/site/caribbeanbuddies/home or http://caribbeanbuddies.blogspot.com/