[ADXA] VP8STI Update from Bernie W3UR

[Joel Harrison]

ADXA folks - Update from Bernie, W3UR at "The Daily DX" and "The Weekly
DX"  (by the way, if you do not currently subscribe to a DX news source
please consider one of these):


Just I received this email from Paul N6PSE:
       Greetings from the VP8STI Southern Thule Island.

We are now QRV with three stations and we expect more stations to be QRV
shortly.

Our landing yesterday was very difficult. The initial team on the island
had to wear
wetsuits and go onto the rocks to establish safety ropes for team and
equipment. One
team member and one generator went into the ocean. The team member is
recovering.
The generator is not. The seas are very rough which makes bringing
supplies to the
island very dangerous. We are experiencing high winds and some snow.

We are currently working through several critical issues:

1) Voltage sags on our three generators are causing our K3's to experience
problems.

2) We are missing parts to some critical antennas.

3) We are down one 6KW generator until the Braveheart can bring a backup
generator.

We are still actively raising antennas and we hope to be QRV on 30, 40 and
possibly
80 meters tonight.

We plan to upload logs to Clublog each day starting tomorrow.

Please know that we are doing our best under very difficult conditions and
we hope
to see you in our logs.

Best wishes from VP8STI.

Paul N6PSE
Co-Leader, VP8STI