Goals

Every DXpedition should have goals. Obviously, we are 2 people, with air shipped antennas, and it is the bottom of the sunspot cycle, so we have to be realistic. Still, the reason to be here is DXing and the antennas we have will be right on the waters edge. We should do well for periods of time.
6M – Probably not going to happen
10M – A couple of JA runs would be nice.
12M – The same.
15M – This has some chance for EU and certainly could produce excellent JA runs. We will go to it mid day and afternoon.
17M – Many people need 9M0 on 17 and the propagation has a much better chance for long haul, even to W/VE so this will be a primary band for us, especially for Christine on SSB.
20M – Old faithful. We will concentrate on giving “the deserving” a new one on this band especially Sunset to the East Coast of the USA where there is the greatest need for an all time new one.
30M – This is a great band for a few hours after and before sunset especially long haul. Also, we will camp out on 30M during periods of darkness when many other bands are closed.
40M – This is also an excellent long haul band an hour or so before and after sunset/sunrise. We will be dodging “the dragon”.
80M – I am very hopeful that many people will get a new zone and country on 80M. The openings to some areas are very short. We will focus on them each day.
160M – This band is a crap shoot quite honestly. The grey line is perfect to the US East Coast and there is plenty of darkness to EU and JA. US West and Central have more darkness than the East Coast than the East which is measured in minutes.
QSO Goals: 15,000 total would make it a success. 20,000 would be outstanding. 10,000 can’t be unexpected. We’ll all know when it's done.