Hi Jari
Good to hear from you. I have just got out of hospital after contracting
double pneumonia, so haven't replied before.
I am sure you are right and the big HF rhombic has been removed from VK0M
for environmental reasons. Also, as you say, Trevor, VK0TH, is the best
authority about what has happened recently on Macquarie Island.
Even from VK6, I still need VK0M on 160m. When Trevor was on the island, I
heard VK3 and VK7 stations working him on 160m at least twice, but couldn't
hear him.
The reality is that VK0 Macquarie is likely to be much harder to activate
than VK0 Heard Island in the future, owing to it being so hard to get
permission to operate from there for environmental reasons. I personally
was hoping that Cordell Expeditions would go there, rather than going back
to Heard. ;-)
I work in fisheries and about eight years ago, put forward a research
proposal that would have put me on Macquarie Island for several weeks.
Unfortunately the proposal didn't receive the go-ahead. ;-)
Vy 73
Steve, VK6VZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Jari Jussila [mailto:jari.jussila@oh2bu.pp.fi]
Sent: Friday, 31 August 2012 5:04 PM
To: Steve Ireland; topband@contesting.com; vk3pa@vk3pa.com
Subject: Re: Topband: VK0M on 160m
I was in an active contact with the last operator on the island, Trevor,
VK0TH. He didn't mention anything about any HF rhombic antenna and he
would surely have used it if it would have been possible. I remember him
saying that most of the big antennas had been removed for environmental
reasons. He, in fact, even had some problems to keep the old vertical
that was left behind by earlier operators not speaking about erecting
any temporary new antennas. The situation reminds the situation on
Prince Edward & Marion Is., ZS8, were the big rhombic antennas have been
removed for same reason.
The old multiband vertical that Trevor used broke at the end of his
operation and can not be repaired. Trevor used a long wire the last
weeks and we could work him even on 80m CW.
Trevor used the longwire also on 160m and worked a couple of VK's and
ZL. He was heard even in KL7 and in Scandinavia but no QSO's were made
outside VK/ZL.
As far as I understand, there's absolutely no amateur antenna on the
island at the moment.
I would suggest that VK3PA or his friend contacts Trevor, VK0TH; to get
good advise for the antennas. If you want, I can provide you with his
new VK-email address.
Cu no 160m
Jari, OH2BU
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