Topband: OT - Juan De Nova BC station

[Gary Smith]

Ah... 

I never did score 100%, including my IQ tests.

;)

73,

Gary
KA1J

> 
> Hi Gary, 
> 
> The link in your email is their current location in Mayotte where
> they were active as FH/F2DX and FH/F6BEE.
> 
> Juan da Nova, the future location of FT4JA, is 340 miles to the
> south-south-west.
> 
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
> 
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> 
> From: "Gary Smith" <Gary at ka1j.com>
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 2:09:15 PM
> Subject: Topband: OT - Juan De Nova BC station
> 
> Absolutely OT but I thought I'd pass it along; the upcoming FT4JA
> DXpedetion to Juan De Nova has some good links on their web page
> including
> http://www.juandenovadx.com/en/track-us-in-real-time/
> 
> I took a look at the island (habited) and saw the smaller island on
> the satellite view & wondered about its NW coastline so was checking
> it out and noticed at the far north part of the straight coastline, a
> broadcast station with obvious radial marks in the ground. Now
> that... would make one fine antenna.
> 
> And continuing off topic and speaking of fine websites, you might
> want to check out the current VK0EK, Heard Island website. While its
> all good, what is most impressive is their real time log page. I've
> never seen anything like it and it will have to cut down on SLIMs and
> dupes. It leaves no question where they are operating, who they
> worked within the last minute and what directions they are working DX
> in. Type in your call and enter and you see what bands you've worked
> them on. Leave your call in there and when you work them on a new
> band, a pop-up window tells you so within 1-2 minutes of working
> them.
> 
> One hell of a desolate place. I scouted around it with google and
> couldn't find any sign or previous habitation. Normally there's some
> whaler's shacks but if so, I couldn't find them.
> 
> https://www.google.com/maps/place/Heard+Island+and+McDonald+Islands/@-
> 53.0998772,73.3977204,24585m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0xb301524b88922bf
> d:0x261ddac2e5b3767e
> 
> or click here:
> http://tinyurl.com/zemgpc2
> 
> Oh, and the news from Heard is they are hopefully getting their 80 &
> 160 antennas up today.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Gary
> KA1J
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