>NO TXOK ? ? ?
>-------------
>It looks like our friends did not make it "on" Kerguelen. Your
>pilots have not had any contact with the crew since they left
>Heard Island. They should have been at Kerguelen around 07:00
>on Jan 30th. As we have heard no sign of (radio) life, we
>assume that they did not have the opportunity to set up a
>radio station during the short stop by on the island. The
>planned date of return to Reunion is Feb 5th (Tuesday).
>
>AFTER THE BATTLE
>----------------
>Jon N0JK: "Warm sunny wx here in KS today and I took down my
>"Heard Special" hidden wire antenna. As I pulled the
>wire from the tree I found myself back in the pileups,
>VK0IR coming in over Japan long path on 40 meters
>and seeing the four square antenna in front of Big Ben
>towering over the clouds on Heard. I coiled up the wire
>and contemplated it, amazed that had it sent my voice
>to the other side of the world and brought another human's
>voice back from that far away cold, island confirming my call.
>The Heard Expedition has been many things to different
>people; a New Country, an Interactive computer experience,
>a DXpedition QSO record, the ham community becoming
>one briefly, a renewal of enthusiasm for ham radio
>for many, QSOs of a lifetime for low band ops, the
>camaraderie of the chase, the triumph of planning,
>hard work, and modern technology that put Heard on the air,
>and the individual victories of all who heard or worked
>VK0IR. Holding that little roll of wire, for me Heard meant
>all of these and something else - the magic that is DX and
>amateur radio."
>WELL SAID, JON!
>
>
>73
>
>Your pilots: ON4UN, N1DG, W0EK, K0EU, W4WW, W2IJ, JH1ROJ
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