V26K Antigua Island
Bud, AA3B will be active as V26K from Antigua Island, IOTA NA - 100, in CQ WW DX CW Contest, 29 - 30 November 2025. He will operate in Single Operator All Band Low Power Category.Recent DX Spots V26KV26K Log searchSearch QSL via AA3B, LOTW, ClubLog OQRS. Ads for direct QSL: JOSEPH TRENCH, 10 SENIA LN, BOYERTOWN, PA, 19512, USA. Located in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies, in the romantic Caribbean, Antigua is a relaxing destination for any traveler looking for tranquil beachfront elegance. Called Waladli (our own) by the Indians native to the island, it was renamed Antigua (ancient in Spanish) by the first European to set foot on the island paradise, Christopher Columbus. The name was bestowed in honor of the “Virgin of the Old Cathedral” (La Virgen de la Antigua) in southern Spain. Antigua was originally inhabited by the Ciboney Indians, followed by the Arawaks, who sailed from what is now Venezuela. The Arawaks we later driven out by the fierce Carib Indians, who enslaved some of the Arawaks and cannibalized others. No Europeans had ever seen the island until Christopher Columbus landed there is 1493, followed by Englishman Sir Christopher Codrington in 1632. Codrington established the first European settlement and developed a successful sugar plantation (Betty’s Hope). Lord Horatio Nelson later developed a strong commercial shipping industry in the 18th century, and Nelson’s Dockyard still survives to this day.
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