"It's in the very southernmost part of the Alaskan panhandle..."
Huh? Both Google Maps and Google Earth which use the same database incidentally show it on the Yukon River about 200 miles west of Fairbanks. In any case I'm in the last stage of fattening up before I go into hibernation so I won't be able to make it. When I thaw out I probably can make it to Ham Island in Barnegat Bay just off Long Beach Island, you can use IOTA NJ111 if you want to only be sure the shelters are bug proof because if the wind is right you'll be battling the biggest, meanest mosquitoes you've ever seen, biting flies such as green heads and horse flies and the ever present no see 'ems that are so named for a good reason. You can't see Russia from there but at night you'll easily spot the W2WSC tower at the foot of Murphy Road in West Creek. Still it's better than Alaska that in winter gets down to -60 on a good day and in summer has flies that will eat you alive and have been known to tear through cabin walls and carry people off to feed their young.
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