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  K1N Navassa Island – Press Release

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_*4 December 2014*_


      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

>From The KP1-5 project
RE: K1N Navassa Island DXpedition

    The KP1-5 Project and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service have been
    working together on preparations for our joint 14 day visit to
    Navassa Island NWR.  Although the actual dates may still vary, it
    now appears we will begin transport to the Island during the last
    week of January 2015.

    Our container of equipment and supplies will depart late in December
    enroute to our helicopter staging area.  All of our equipment is
    being assembled, tested and packed.

    We have visited and contracted with the largest helicopter
    operations group in the Caribbean to transfer personnel and
    equipment to the island.  Our window of opportunity, dictated by
    USFWS, is during the period of least bird nesting.  But it is also
    the time of the most treacherous seas, making a safe sea landing of
    all our equipment and people all but impossible.  The famous
    “ladder” used to access the island at Lulu Bay was removed when the
    U.S. Coast Guard turned administration over to the U.S. Fish &
    Wildlife Service.  For safety reasons, the USFWS uses helicopter
    transport to the island and we will too.  Consequently, and as one
    might expect, the costs of this DXpedition are quite high.  The team
    has contributed approximately half of the total cost.  Foundations
    such as NCDXF and INDEXA have been very generous, as have a number
    of DX Clubs and individuals, and for this generosity, we are deeply
    grateful!

    The particulars of this DXpedition require more “up front” payments
    than most DXpeditions and we have a “cash flow timing” situation
    that needs to be addressed.  The helicopter contractual agreement
    requires all charter costs to be paid prior to the conclusion of the
    project.  Many older hams need a mode or band fill from Navassa, but
    an entire generation has grown up without Navassa being on the air. 
    Hence, it has risen to the #1 Most Wanted on the ClubLog list.  If
    you need Navassa for an all-time new one (ATNO), or for a particular
    band or mode, we could use your financial help.  If you plan to help
    support the DXpedition, we ask that you do so now, not later.

    We have an excellent team of fifteen operators who will be manning
    eight stations 24 hours/day, dedicated to giving out as many
    contacts as possible over the two week period.

    Your generous financial gift will help insure a most successful
    DXpedition for all!

    Please visitwww.navassadx.com
    <http://69.89.25.185/%7Etrexsoft/t-rexsoftware.com/k1n/main.htm>for
    details.

    For the KP1-5 Project,

    Bob Allphin, K4UEE, president
    Glenn Johnson, WØGJ, vice president
    Mike Thomas, NA5U, secretary