[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Rare DX: HEARD ISLAND EXPEDITION TEAM HEADS FOR CAPE TOWN |

[Don Lewis (KI4D)]

Heard Island was last on the air in 1997.  Almost a year ago, a team member
was in meetings in this area trying to find a source for rubberized boats
for transportation around Heard Island.

On March 1, 2016 the first of the Heard Island Expedition Team board flights
for Cape Town, South Africa, the accumulation point for the expedition to
Heard Island.

The first three to depart, Bob Schmieder KK6EK, Ken Karr NG2H, and Adam
Brown K2ARB, will arrive in Cape Town at 1:00 PM local time, to be met by
members of the South Africa Support Team
<http://www.heardisland.org/HD_pages/HD_team.html> . They will be followed
over the next four days by the other team members: Fred Belton KM4MXD,
Arliss Thompson W7XU, Gavin Marshall VK2BAX, Hans-Peter Blattler HB9BXE,
Alan Cheshire VK6CQ, Bill Mitchell AEØEE, Dave Lloyd K3EL, Jim Colletto
N6TQ, Vadym Ivliev UT6UD, Dave Farnsworth WJ2O, and Carlos Nascimento NP4IW.

The Cape Town Support Team has been interfacing with the vessel (also due to
arrive in Cape Town March 3), and the local agency for inspecting the vessel
and cargo for biological threats. We will be shopping, cleaning the tents,
and loading the Braveheart, preparing for the scheduled sailing on March 10.

 

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