[Elecraft] Fwd: K9W Wake Atoll DXpedition Has Been Approved - Hope To Be QRV This Weekend

[Keith Heimbold]

Woohoo!! Fantastic news!!! It will be an ATNO for me (if propagation permits).

Thanks for the heads up!!!

Keith
AK6ZZ

Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos

> On Oct 30, 2013, at 11:59 AM, "Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft" <eric at elecraft.com> wrote:
> 
> The K9W Wake Island Dxpedition is back on track and should be on the air this weekend (Nov 3) if all goes to schedule.
> (See announcement below and http://wake2013.org/index.html )
> 
> They are running K3s and KPA500's, so they should both sound great and have sensitive ears!
> 
> 73,
> 
> Eric
> elecraft.com
> 
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> 
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 11:03 AM, John Millerwrote:
> 
>   I thought you'd like to know that late Monday, 28-October, we received
>   permission from the USAF to visit Wake Atoll.  You can read the Press
>   Release on the K9W website.
> 
>   http://wake2013.org/
> 
>   I leave tomorrow (Wednesday, October 30) for Honolulu to meet up with the
>   team, then we depart for Wake at 0230 on Friday morning, November 1.  We
>   hope to be operational by November 3 and continue on the air until November 15.
> 
>   We're excited that this is Commemorative DXpedition is finally coming
>   together because our primary objective is to honor the Forgotten 98 civilian
>   contractors who lost their lives on October 7, 1943 during WWII -- 70 years
>   ago. http://wake2013.org/pages/forgotten98.html
> 
>   And, of course, we're looking forward to putting Wake Atoll QSOs into as
>   many logs as possible over the next two weeks!
> 
>   If you'd like to help the DXpedition with a personal donation, here is the
>   Sponsors page:
>   http://wake2013.org/pages/sponsors.html
> 
>   Assuming we have good internet access, I plan to keep in touch via the K9W
>   website.
> 
>   Wish us luck -- I'll be looking for you in the pileups. : >)
> 
>   73,
>   John, K6MM
> 
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