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CY9SS - Medical Evacuation from St. Paul Island ** *
After a rocky landing - literally - on St. Paul Island, the CY9SS
DXpedition continues to have its problems.
Robby Robertson, VY2SS, reports that the CY9SS St Paul Island DXpedition
crew had a very rough landing the week of June 5th. While coming ashore,
the team lost a generator and three tower sections overboard, and the
landing craft's captain, a local lobster fisherman, hurt his leg. High
wind and rain also hampered efforts to set up camp on the island, but
CY9SS has been up and running since early on June 8, with early activity
on 80, 40 and 20 meter SSB (listening up).
Ken McCormick - VY2RU informed us that the CY9SS DXpedition temporarily
went QRT later in the week. The weather has not been very kind to these
intrepid Hams, and now one of the team members was air lifted off the
island and taken to a hospital in Nova Scotia. Following that medical
evacuation, K1LZ, Krassy Petkov, broke a leg and had to be MediVaced
from the Island by Canadian Search and Rescue helicopter. On top of all
the other things that have happened, a major storm with lightning came
through late in the first week of operation, further adding to their
woes and keeping the CY9SS team off the for the evening.
The CY9SS crew is now down to four operators and will be back on the air
as soon as they can manage. Tuesday morning, June 15th, another five
operators are expected on the island, weather permitting. Despite the
weather on the island the first three days of operation of CY9SS, the
team will continue until about July 7th.
St. Paul Island is of interest to amateur radio operators because a
radio contact with an operator on St. Paul Island counts for various
operating achievement awards. It usually stays somewhere around the
100th most wanted DXCC entity. It also has two lighthouses, and counts
for the Canadian Islands award.
/ EX
VE6OH
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