*** VK9ML MELLISH REEF 2002 NEWS BULLETIN 16-Mar-02 ***
In only four weeks time Mellish Reef will be active on all bands 160-6M, =
including WARC, on CW, SSB and RTTY. If you need VK9M for a new one =
then get your station ready!
Joining the team is Frank Hunt, ZL2BR, who replaces David "Harry" =
Holton, VK4DH. Unfortunately Harry's leave was cancelled due to a new =
business commitment be he still continues as a support member of the =
team. Welcome aboard Frank whom you can meet and all the other team =
members on the website.
Antennas:
Our locally built Battle Creek Special low-band antenna clone for 160, =
80 and 40M was setup and tested for the first time just a few days ago. =
It was tweaked for the frequencies we'll be using and should work very =
well ! Low-banders can rest assured that Eric, K3NA, and his low-band =
team will put the Yaesu FT-1000MP + VL-1000 Amp and the Battle Creek =
Special, along with the rest of our low-band antenna arsenal, to good =
use!
We welcome Force 12 aboard as a sponsor. The highly successful SVDA's =
(Switch Vertical Dipole Array's) that were used at K5K and more recently =
on VP8 will also be used on Mellish Reef. See =
http://force12inc.com/k5kinfo.htm for more information about he SVDAs =
we'll be using.
Significant planning has gone into the architecture of the VK9ML shack =
and antenna farm so that we (and you!) can enjoy maximum versatility =
with sharing resources. We'll be able to flog the bands that exhibit =
good propagation at any given time with our five Yaesu stations.
Websites:
Apart from the original website on qsl.net there is now a full mirror =
site in Australia on Bigpond. VK's in particular may find this site =
quicker to load. Having a full mirror site means that if one goes down =
you'll still be able to catch up on all the news, not to mention =
checking the all-important on-line log for your QSO. Logs will be =
updated twice a day, sometimes more often if we can! Our Japanese team =
members have been busy lately too, translating the VK9ML website, and we =
can now offer a version in Japanese!
The urls are:
(US) http://www.qsl.net/vk9ml/2002
(VK) http://www.users.bigpond.com/vk4cp/2002/
(JA) http://www.pedi.jp/
Please note that the JA site points to the Australian server for on-line =
log information - which - will be the same as the on-line log on the US =
server. Both servers will be updated within minutes of each other, so, =
if you're not in one log you won't be in the other!
Pilots:
We now have four Pilots to handle any queries and, more importantly, get =
feedback from the DXers to see where we can improve on any aspects of =
the operation so that we can work as many of you guys as possible.
Europe/Africa - Bill Rothwell G0VDE
North/South America - Don Greenbaum N1DG
Japan/Asia - Hisato Kobayashi 7K1WLE
VK/ZL/Oceania - Adam Maurer VK4CP
Contact e-mail addresses for these guys are on the website!
One thing we do ask. If you worked us only last year during our brief =
Site Survey Trip then do the right thing and resist working us again =
this year - you've already done it! We would like to work as many new =
stations as possible, the ones that really need Mellish for a new one. =
Sounds fair enough?
Visit the website for further updates hereon and expect more frequent =
news as it get closer and closer to the biggest DXpedition to Mellish =
Reef in history so far!
on behalf of the entire VK9ML team
Adam, VK4CP
(VK9ML Webmaster & Pilot)
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