[ADXA] VU4 INFO

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Subj:   RE: [DX-NEWS] VU4 news Dec. 25 1120Z    
Date:   12/25/2004 4:08:41 AM Central Standard Time 
From:    k4vud at hotmail.com (Charles Harpole)
Sender:    DX-News-owner at njdxa.org
To:    k4vud at hotmail.com, dx-news at njdxa.org
    
    


Hey DX ers...

Here it is mid day Christmas Day on Andaman Island.  I have been in Asia on 
this day for about 6 yrs now, and it is really something to remember.  Most 
of those Xmas days had ham radio in them.  Of course, no snow over here and 
few decorations, as to be expected.

I had a great visit with the folks who rent apts in the same bldg as VU4NRO 
( the other NRO is in the college dorm).  They are wonderful people with 
rich extended familiy lives.  I am the first American each of them have ever 
met.  The children thought I am a cowboy because of my "Tilley hat."

1.  The beam at RBI and the one on the college dorm are VERY DIFFICULT to 
turn.  It must be done by hand either clinging to a sloped roof or climbing 
the "ladder from hell" up 4 stories and then re-tying the guy ropes, etc.  
So, if we have to have one direction, North is the most universal choice 
with much RF off the back because these are small beams.  That is the beam 
story.

2.  All radios are FT-757GXII with 600 cycle filters for CW.

3.  Good news... the wine emails I have gotten have turned into a new 
version of complaint as so:  "Tell them to get on PSK (or u fill in the 
mode/band) because I really want them there... and oh by the way, I worked 
them on .... u fill in.  The change is that before there were wails for some 
band/mode and those wails are still there, but now added is the note of at 
least one completed contact.   The best news yet !!!

4.  I am forwarding all QSL manager or printer emails to 
niarvu4 at gmail.com... thanks for them.

5.  I am keeping the mash notes from all of you and will print them out and 
give them to the team afterwards.  Really nice of so many guys gals to send 
tnx.

6.  In January, I will be putting out a call for ham folks to weite a nice 
thank you letter to the powers in the India government.  Address and other 
details to follow later.  These letters asking for the op to happen turned 
the final trick for us all, so thank yous should also do wonders.  
Especially sought are letters from present or retired govenment officials 
outside N. Am. because those are the kind of folks the India officials can 
identify with.

7.  Did u hr the CW guy ask for "VE only" for a few contacts?   Canada 
matters , too, eh?

No one is letting up .... will be here to the end of the license permit 
date, so keep the faith ad listen a lot.  73 for this special day from "THE 
INDIA DXPEDITION."


I go by Charly on phone and Chas. on CW....
Charles Harpole
k4vud at hotmail.com