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TopBand: HEARD ISLAND MESSAGE # 5

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Subject: TopBand: HEARD ISLAND MESSAGE # 5
From: john.devoldere@innet.be (John Devoldere)
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 14:38:41 +0000
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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    *
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*             160 METER FROM REUNION TONIGHT              *
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*  Dec 29, 1996 - The Heard Island Pilots - Messg. # 5    *
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TO0R WILL BE ON 160 TONIGHT, SUNDAY NIGHT. Glenn and Ralph 
feel this is the night (even though they do not have an 
amplifier right now).

They inspected the site they had envisaged, right on the 
beach, with the antenna in salt water. They have picked up 
the generator, cables, light, canisters etc. so they
are ready. 

The shelter is just a beach gazebo (shelter on 4 poles with 
no walls), so with heavy rain, they will need to evacuate.

Glenn says: freq 1826.5 QSX up, starting 19-20 GMT. They 
will run pretty much through the night. Rig is FT900 and 
gladiator 160 m monobander mounted in saltwater.

They will try to get AN ampLIFIER out of the containers in 
customs tomorrow.

Ralph, Arie and james will put up the 10-80 m FD4 wire 
dipole on Sunday afternoon, so they should be on the air 
sometime on Sunday afternoon.

Peter will set up RTTY tonight, so should run with 2 el 
tribander, also barefoot. The bet is on with the local hams 
(1 bottle of wine at stake), that THEY will do at least 300 
RTTY QSOs before leaving.

They looking for a high power station in the neighbourhood 
to air another sig.

All calls TO0R, QSL all operations from now on to W4FRU.


Your pilots: ON4UN, N1DG, W0EK, K0EU, W4WW, W2IJ, JH1ROJ

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*                 H.I. INTERNET ADDRESSES                 *  
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*Heard Island reflector: heard@ve7tcp.ampr.org            *
*Heard Island WWW site: http://www.ccnet.com/~cordell/HI/ *
*                       http://www.aurumtel.com/hnews.html*
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