More on H40AA in this release I just got from The Daily DX.
Let's all try to be patient while they get things fully set
up and I'm sure they will eventually do much better on the low
bands.
73, Bill W4ZV
H40AA UPDATE
BULLETIN 05
The H40AA operation from Temotu commenced on April 1 as planned,
with initial spots on Stateside DX PacketClusters monitored in
Europe reporting busy traffic within minutes of first contacts.
Ever since, pileups have been tremendous, indicative of extensive
worldwide interest in what will be a new DXCC entity, pending
approval of the new country application.
Assuming that propagation conditions remain at least at current
levels, everyone is certain to get a fair chance to put this one
into their logs.
In a rather unprecedented development, H40AA will have two stations
simultaneously on 15 meters SSB throughout this weekend. One will be
on 21195 kHz and the other on 21295 kHz. They will cover the entire
weekend this way through Sunday night. This will be a major effort
to work as many of the Deserving as possible over the weekend.
WARC band enthusiasts, please note: the 18 MHz yagi will go up
tomorrow, Saturday.
The fourth complete station (FT1000MP + Alpha) comes on-line tomorrow
with the arrival of Olli, OH0XX. This will allow H40AA to have four
full stations active 24 hours a day for the rest of the DXpedition.
Currently, there are three stations running round-the-clock.
Remember, H44RY and H44DX QSOs count for Solomon Islands credit,
while H40AA QSOs will count for the new Temotu Islands DXCC entity.
QSL H44RY via OH1RY
H44DX and H40AA via OH2BN
Also, the H40AA DXpedition Web Site is now available at
the following URL:
http://www.iglou.com/n4gn/h40aa/
Good luck to everyone in the pileups!
Jarmo, OH2BN
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