Jon,
I just had a brief contest contact with H40XX on 15 meter SSB at 1200 UTC
(Saturday). The bad news is that Nick says he's having problems with the
160 meter antenna and will be leaving H40 land for home in a few (4-6) hours.
The good news is that he says he will return someday. I don't know when but
it sounded like soon. I guess we will have to wait. He told me he'd EMail
me when her returns to Australia.
I'm sure this is a financial burden on Nick. Hopefully the many HF contacts
he made will bring him some donations to help offset the loss.
73,
Joe, W1JR
At 06:48 PM 3/28/2002 +0000, Jon Zaimes AA1K wrote:
>I caught Nick on 20m cw from the mobile on way home from work around 0630z,
>and he explained that he was having serious problems with the island's
>power supply shutting down at night. We did give it a try at his sunset,
>0730z, but no luck. Around 0810z N7JW made a QSO (congrats Jim!). Kept
>watch through the night -- conditions were very quiet, with a K index of
>zero -- but no further sign of activity, and as sunrise approached (1052z)
>Nick was spotted on 10m cw by some Europeans.
>
>Nick told me he was leaving the island in two days.
>
>73/Jon AA1K
>
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