[Mldxcc] K9W Wake Atoll DXpedition Has Been Approved - Hope To Be QRV This Weekend

[John Miller]

I thought you'd like to know that late Monday, 28-October, we received permission from the USAF to visit Wake Atoll.  You can read the Press Release on the K9W website.

http://wake2013.org/

I leave tomorrow (Wednesday, October 30) for Honolulu to meet up with the team, then we depart for Wake at 0230 on Friday morning, November 1.  We hope to be operational by November 3 and continue on the air until November 15.

We're excited that this is Commemorative DXpedition is finally coming together because our primary objective is to honor the Forgotten 98 civilian contractors who lost their lives on October 7, 1943 during WWII -- 70 years ago.  http://wake2013.org/pages/forgotten98.html

And, of course, we're looking forward to putting Wake Atoll QSOs into as many logs as possible over the next two weeks!

If you'd like to help the DXpedition with a personal donation, here is the Sponsors page:
http://wake2013.org/pages/sponsors.html

Assuming we have good internet access, I plan to keep in touch via the K9W website.

Wish us luck -- I'll be looking for you in the pileups. : >)

73,
John, K6MM