[Elecraft] VP8SGI

[Doug Turnbull]

Dear OMS
    W3UR released this note in the Daily DX but as it is commonly available
on the internet and a general release I do not think he will take offence.


Right now, VP8SGI team is working on tents and antennas repairs. Due to the
strong winds, they have lost two masts. Tri-bander antennas are on the
ground and Six meters antenna mast will be used to rise one of the
tri-bander.
 
After antenna works, they will be again on the air pushing hard to get
everyone in the log. N6PSE will try on six meters SSB today if he finally is
able to find a pipe where to install 6 meters antenna. 
 
New pictures will be posted later today in our website:
http://www.intrepid-dx.com/vp8/photos.php
 
EA5RM - VP8STI/VP8SGI Chief Pilot
                     73 Doug EI2CN

PS It has not been easy for them and I believe that tent repairs were also
part of the work for today.   This is no holiday style operation.   We
should all contribute something to help with the expenses not yet paid for.


-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of w7aqk
Sent: 04 February 2016 20:22
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] VP8SGI

The boys on South Georgia Island have been conspicuously absent today from 
the DX Cluster I use (VE7CC).  I did see a comment that they were "working 
on antennas", which may indicate a reason why it has been so hard to hear 
them above 30 meters.  I heard them much better from Sandwich, although not 
really loud.  30 meters was best for some reason!  Anyway, I assumed, and 
probably inappropriately, that South Georgia might be a somewhat more 
hospitable environment for them and their antennas.  Hopefully their absence

today means they recognize some sort of problem, and will be able to fix it.

I only have them on 30 and 20 from South Georgia.  The propagation Gods may 
be at fault here!  Yesterday on both 17 and 15 I could hear just a whisper 
from them, but the QSB was so bad I couldn't be sure of much that they sent.

The east coast, mid-west,  and Europe seem to be doing a lot better than 
some of us here in the hinterlands of the west.  Of course, since I don't 
have a beam I'm semi-crippled anyway, but usually I do better than this.

Dave W7AQK 

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