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>* H E A R D I S L A N D D X - P E D I T I O N *
>* PILOT PROGRAM MESSAGE # 77 *
>* MORE ON HEARD - TUESDAY 21, 07:45 GMT *
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>
>TRAFFIC JAM ON THE LOG SERVERS
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>There have been some problems: the aurumtel.com server has
>been returning empty documents on searches at some time.
>At 07:30, Tuesday morning I (ON4UN) checked it and got a
>perfect reply in 10 seconds though. Also last night,
>the European Web server (http://heard.eunet.be) responded
>slowly (five minutes so far looking for W@UP), probably due
>to the load it's picking up from aurumtel.com acting up at
>that time.
>
>In the event these problems are load related Lyndon,
>VE7TCP, fired up another web based search engine at:
>
>http://ve7tcp.ampr.org/cgi-bin/vk0ir
>
>to help spread the traffic around a bit.
>Turnaround time is running about two minutes.
>At this time the database is loaded with contacts up
>to 0700Z 20 JAN.
NOTE: I just tried the VE7TCP site and it works INSTANTLY
even though the other two are dead...de W4ZV @ 1130 UTC 21 Jan.
>NOW AND ONE YEAR AGO
>--------------------
>From W4YV "While reading all the kudos to the heard island
>operators, I can't help but think about what happened sometime
>last year. As you know the first attempt by this crew was
>about one year ago, more or less. And as you also know the
>attempt failed due to a crooked ships capatin who scamed the
>trusting hams that contracted for his ship. This crooked scam
>resulted in great personal loss to ralph and lots of other
>dedicated people. Hams on the local packet cluster were very
>critical of Ralph and the others, because the expedition fell
>through, and a great sum of money had been lost. I was the only
>one on the cluster who supported ralph; indeed I made an
>impassioned appeal on behalf of ralph, reminding the guys about
>3Y0PI and all the great thrills this wonderful dxpedition provided.
>I got back one (1) reply, it said Ralph and the others made their
>bed now let them lie in it!!! I have never forgotten it.
>It was made by a famous K2 station, whom I noticed worked VK0IR
>on 160 meters!!! How soon they forget. .... Fame is fleeting,
>but the great operation from 3y0pi is burned in my brain.
>Indeed vk0ir will go down in history as a great one also, but in
>six months the majority of hams will have forgotten just how
>great it has been. take heart, us dyed in the wool dxers will
>never forget. DX forever: mick...w4yv "
>
>
>73,
>
>Your pilots: ON4UN, N1DG, W0EK, K0EU, W4WW, W2IJ, JH1ROJ
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