[SEDXC] Fw: Glorioso

[Gary McConville]

I'm in.  I haven't worked them on a Tuesday, wearing a red shirt with
my left leg up....

Or even any day of the week, or even any color shirt, irregardless of
leg position... I other words, I need them for a new country!


--- David  Thompson <thompson at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Another rare one that might deserve funds and our Logo on their
> card/web
> page
> Dave K4JRB
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Floyd Gerald" <floydgee at datasync.com>
> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 5:38 PM
> Subject: Glorioso
> 
> 
> > #4 MOST WANTED DXCC entity coming soon
> >
> >
> >
> > FR/G, GLORIOSO ISLANDS. Jean-Michel, F6AJA, editor of Les Nouvelles
> DX,
> > informed OPDX on Monday last week that after many years of effort,
> > thepermission has finally been received and an operation to
> Glorioso
> > (Glorieuses) Islands will take place, probably early May (possibly
> > between May 5-9th) for some weeks. At the moment, operators
> mentioned
> > are Pascal/F5PTM, Freddy/F5IRO, Stephane/F6KIN, David/F8CRS,
> Yves-Michel/
> > F5PRU and possibly 3 others. The team plans to have 3 or 4 stations
> on
> > the air. They are currently looking for sponsors, and if you would
> like
> > to help, please contact Didier, F5OGL. Presently, Glorioso is
> ranked 4th
> > in "DX Magazine's 2007 Most Wanted Countries World-Wide" in the
> mixed
> > modes (EU 7th, Asia 9th and NA 4th). There is no Web page currently
> > available for this operation, but details from the 2005/2006
> planned
> > operation Web page (which did not take place) states:
> >   "The Glorioso Archipelago consists of two coral islands: Grande
> >   Glorieuse (3 km in its larger diameter) where the human
> installations
> >   are, and Ile du Lys (circular island, 600 metres in diameter)
> which is
> >   desert. The archipelago also includes two rock islets - Roches
> Vertes
> >   and l'Ile aux Crabes - as well as a sand bank more or less above
> water
> >   at high tide. At the east and northeast of Grande Glorieuse are a
> series
> >   of dunes reaching a maximum elevation of 12 m. The islands and
> rocks are
> >   surrounded by a reef and a lagoon which is drained dry at low
> tide. The
> >   Glorioso islands are situated 220km northwest of Diego Suarez
> (Mada-
> >   gascar).
> >     The island became French territory in 1930. Around 1912, a
> French came
> >   from the Comoros and planted a fine coconut palm plantation
> there.
> >   Exploited until 1958 by people from the Seychelles, it is
> currently
> >   abandoned. There are also filaos. Fauna consists exclusively of a
> rather
> >   large colony of terns.
> >    The meteorological service of the French colony in Madagascar
> installed
> >   on the island a rather primitive weather station in 1955 which
> was
> >   opened only during the hurricane season from October to April.
> Since
> >   1960 the the station is open all year round. The importance of
> this
> >   station is clear. It predicts cyclones for the North Madagascar
> and
> >   Comoros area. It ensures safe navigation on the
> Madagascar-Djibouti-
> >   Madagascar and Kenya-Mauritius-Kenya air and maritime routes.
> (From
> >   minister for the French overseas Web site)"
> >
> >
> >
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