About VP5X

VP5X was issued to David Kopacz, KY1V, by the authority of the Turks & Caicos government for the purpose of contesting from the Turks & Caicos Islands.

"In February 2003, my wonderful wife purchased a DX Holiday to VP5 for my 42 birthday. It was a week long trip for rest and relaxation at the La Villa Rose in Whitby on North Caicos Island. The house is owned by Bud Foster, K4ISV, and rented on a weekly basis for both leisure operating and contests. It includes two operating stations and antennas for all bands.

During my stay at VP5, I experienced a dream come true...being on the other end of the pileup with stations worldwide calling me. It was truly amazing, completely exhilarating and incredibly addicting. I knew this would be my first of many trips.

After my brief stay on North Caicos, I decided that I wanted to go back, but this time for a major contest. I knew it would be quite an undertaking to put together a team for the CQWW CW contest so I began planning the event with the help of my wife. During our conversations, I told her how much I had dreamed of going on an expedition when I was a young ham. That is when we conceived the idea of sponsoring a young ham for the CQWW CW contest in 2003.

The event was such a success that we are once again sponsoring a young hams dream come true for one of the CQWW contests in 2004."

David Kopacz KY1V/VP5X

The La Villa Rose is located on the north point of North Caicos Island in the small village of Whitby. The Turks and Caicos Islands are located about 500 miles southeast of Miami, east of Cuba, south of the Bahamas and north of the Dominican Republic.

It is the perfect location for operating contests, especially to North America. The tower is only a few meters from the beach and has a perfect take off over the salt water from the west towards the pacific, through northwest by north to the United States, Europe to the northeast and Africa to the east.

The radio signals are loud from all directions and it is very easy to work anywhere in the world under conditions that would be unfavorable from any other location.