[ADXA] VP8STI & VP8SGI News

[Joel Harrison]

The VP8STI/VP8SGI Team is on the way to meet the Braveheart. Let the
voyage begin!

The VP8STI/VP8SGI team is now making their way to Stanley, The Falkland
Islands for
the eight day voyage to Southern Thule Island (South Sandwich). During our
voyage,
will be active as VP8IDX/MM. We will be making notes of propagation on
each band.

Our route will take us along the treacherous Drake Passage, known for
rough seas and
bad weather. We expect to land on Southern Thule Island (South Sandwich)
and begin
operations as VP8STI on January 18th.

Upon completion of our mission, we will voyage three days to Husvik Bay,
South
Georgia where we expect to land and begin operations sometime on February
1st as
VPGSGI.

On February 14th, we will return to Stanley. We will operate as VP8IDX until
February 19th. Look for us on 160 meters!
Our goals are to operate fast and efficiently and to provide as many
all-time new
contacts with these rare entities. We will make the extra effort to work
the most
remote and difficult regions.

All of our plans are going very well. We have raised 75% of the funds
needed to
complete our Dxpedition. We are very extremely grateful for all
Foundation, Club and
Individual support.

We have updated our QSL page and OQRS will be live as soon as we complete
each
activation. We will make every effort to upload our logs to Club Log each
day. We
expect to have challenges in doing so as at 59 degrees South, Southern
Thule Island
is outside of the Inmarsat BGAN coverage footprint. We will make very limited
updates to our website during the Dxpedition for this reason. New donors
will be
added once we return to Stanley in mid-February.

We have enabled a new feature on our website where you can follow our
progress and
track our location: http://www.intrepid-dx.com/vp8/location.php

We are very excited to be activating the #3 and #8 most wanted DXCC
entities on a
combined trip. You can view all details of our Dxpedition at
http://www.intrepid-dx.com/vp8

Please watch for updates and announcements in The Daily DX, DX-World, DX
Coffee and
DX News.
Thank you, and Happy New Year!

Paul N6PSE
Co-Leader, VP8 Team