[ADXA] Mud on Minami Torishima

[patw5vy]

Dennis,
Well, no good excuse.  I got out of the Navy in August,  1971.   I think I
may have had a wire antenna and Eico 720/Drake 2B going in Little Rock
sometime in 72.  Don't know how I could have missed you with that setup!

73,
Pat

On Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 6:28 PM Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Pat,
>
> It’s a shame you were gallivanting around with the Navy when I did KA1DX
> for a week in 1972.  There was a full-time JD1 station at the Japanese
> weather station across the way.  KA1MI was the comm officer at the Coast
> Guard station and was pretty active.   I planned to go to Iwo Jima before I
> left Japan but got sent home early due to my dad’s illness.
>
> We went by Air America C-46 to Marcus.
>
> 73,
> Dennis
>
> On Apr 19, 2018, at 6:12 PM, patw5vy <patw5vy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ron, interesting story.   I recently read an article that outlined use of
> new Metal-organic Frameworks to capture Lithium from the discharge of the
> oil/gas well fracking process.
>
> Back to DXing.....JD1/M Minami-Tori-Shima/Marcus Island is one I need and
> I've never heard anyone there.  It's #26 on the current ClubLog list.
> JD8NQJ  goes there occasionally on work assignments.  I think he is there
> now but don't think he has been active.  Civilians are restricted from the
> Island execpt got the Meteorological Agency.  Probably would make it
> difficult to stage a DXpedition. Wikipedia has good info on history.
>
> If anyone has any hints on snagging JD1/M please share!
>
> 73,
> Pat,
>
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 2:49 PM Ron | K5XK <qrzthedx at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> The following question was posted on the W5YM listserv today asking if
>> "Minamitori Island" cited in the following CNN article is also known as
>> Minami Tori-Shima, JD1.  This little island could now be of strategic
>> importance:
>>
>> "Mud in this small Japanese island could change the global economy"
>>
>>
>> https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/16/asia/japan-rare-earth-metals-find-china-econo
>> my-trnd/index.html
>> <https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/16/asia/japan-rare-earth-metals-find-china-economy-trnd/index.html>
>>
>>
>> 73/DX, Ron K5XK
>>
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