[ADXA] A Brave Heart

[Richard Harris]

Very cool! Amazing places and pictures! Tnx for the tip. Rick

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 2:15 PM, Joel Harrison <w5zn at w5zn.org> wrote:

> We tend to focus on the amateur radio teams that sacrifice personal
> comfort, family, work and finance to go to remote places on earth and
> establish temporary amateur radio stations in order to give us the thrill
> and enjoyment of a new DXCC entity. It keeps us energized and continually
> working to improve our stations in order to get that rare one in the log
> on a new band.
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> Once that is complete we wait and anticipate the teams return to tell us
> of their adventure and the challenges they faced. One unsung hero that
> often times goes unmentioned, or under mentioned, is the captain and crew
> of the Braveheart.....the ocean going vessel that has been contracted time
> and time again go take these teams to some of the most desolate locations
> on earth. You have recently heard reference to the Braveheart that helped
> make South Sandwich and South Georgia Islands possible. They are currently
> on their way back to the Falkland Islands to deliver the VP8 team safely
> back to Port Stanley.
>
> But what's next for the Braveheart and her crew? They will immediately
> depart the Falkland Islands and steam across the south Atlantic toward
> Cape Town, South Africa on her next mission......to meet up with the VK0EK
> team heading to yet another remote, desolate amateur radio DXpedition
> location, Heard Island!
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> Take a few moments and visit www.braveheart.pn for information about this
> ship and crew. It is a very important part of three of the most
> significant DXpeditions of the past 15 to 20 years, and the next 20 years
> to come.
>
> 73 Joel W5ZN
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