[ADXA] Various DX Stuff

[EJ]

"major tower project"       What are you and Roger putting up down there?

My antennas are in a wooded area so performance degrades when everything
greens up.  Ugh

EJ

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From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of w5zn at w5zn.org
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 7:29 AM
To: adxa <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [ADXA] Various DX Stuff

As the recent flurry of DXPeditions go QRT and the weather is getting warmer
with a break from the constant rain of the past five months attention begins
to focus on other activities.

The 3Y0I crew is very close to Bouvet however they are in the middle of a
very severe storm. If you are keeping an eye on the GPS tracking of the boat
you will notice they have turned away from Bouvet. There was a RUMOR, repeat
RUMOR floating around yesterday that they had turned back. 
In the era of FAKE NEWS even amateur radio is not exempt. The Captain has
simply turned the boat into the wind/storm and maneuvered around for safety.
A report from a few hours ago is at:

http://rebeldxgroup.com/

With the break in the rain, N5QS and I were finally able to get back to work
on a major tower project here at W5ZN that we have been trying to restart
since October 1 that had an originally scheduled completion date of November
1!!!! We were even able to get the concrete truck in and out without it
becoming a permanently buried lawn fixture although there are a few sets of
ruts in the yard. Those will work out with no trace in a few months though!
I have all of the ring rotors reconditioned and serviced and ready to go so
hopefully in the next week or two this project will finally be completed.

I usually start taking up all of my 160 meter RX antennas around the middle
to end of March as the 160 meter season comes to an end in the northern
hemisphere. Since I need Bouvet on 160 they are still out. That is a full
day job or more to get all of the verticals pulled, coax and control cables
rolled up and everything stored in the shop for the summer and hay cutting.

I hope everyone was successful with 5X3C, 5V7EI, XR0ZRC and 7P8LB. If you're
not ready for Bouvet you still have a few days but don't wait and definitely
do NOT, NOT, miss this one. The next op from there, if there ever is one,
will occur after several of us are SK!!!

73 Joel W5ZN
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