[ETS/PARC List] FW: [The Daily DX] Vol. 19 No. 013 - January 26, 2015

[Don WILSON]

> >K1N Navassa planners note this is a once in 32-year opportunity to
> >work the unusual island.  As many as eight stations will be on the air
> >from K1N.  The "weather window" will determine the exact departure and
> >start-up dates.
> >
> >The plan is to have the "basic camp" set up by the end of the first
> >day, with several stations on the air by nightfall of the second day.
> >Helicopter shuttle flights will go on for three days before everything
> >is fully operational.
> >
> >Organizers believe it will be at least 10 years before the US
> >government allows another ham operation from Navassa.  Here are the
> >latest photos: www.navassadx.com.  On Twitter it's @navassa2015.
> >
> >At least one station will be on 20 meters 24 hours a day, 160 and 12
> >will be CW only.  10M will be SSB only.  Other bands will alternate
> >between CW and SSB.  At least one station will always be on RTTY.
> >RTTY will be confined to three bands.
> >
> >At home, pilots will be N2OO, HK1R, JA1ELY assisted by JH1NBN, EY8MM,
> >K2SG and "youth pilot" KF5NYQ.  Email addresses for pilots are on the
> >team bio page on the K1N website.  Contact them with questions and
> >feedback.  Logs will be uploaded several times a day to Club Log.
> >
> >K1N QSL information/manager:
> >
> >               Bob Schenck, N2OO
> >               P.O. Box 345
> >               Tuckerton, NJ 08087 USA
> >
> >U.S.A. Direct:  SASE
> >World Direct: SAE plus $2 or 1 IRC
> >OQRS Direct and bureau: via Club Log
> >Regular Bureau:  via N2OO c/o the W2 QSL Bureau
> >LOTW:  "Sooner rather than later."
://niar.org/downloads/niar-info.pdf.

> >VK9XX/YB9AQA, Robert Kevin Ellis, from Christmas Island, was allegedly
> >murdered by a hit man hired by his wife of 25 years.  Here is the
> >story on Australia's "Gold Coast Bulletin":
> >http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/businessman-robert-ellis-murdered-
> >as-embittered-wife-organised-contract-killing-in-sanur-bali/story-
> >fnj90t7b-1227101666706.
> >
> >Robert was also:  ZL2TU 1973, ZL1BBE 1975, ZK1RE 1984 -1988, VK4CRE
> >1989-1993, VK9XX in 2001 and YB9AQA, 2006 until now.  David,
> >VK2CZ/VK9XD and Charlie, W0YG/ VK9XG met him on Christmas Island in
> >2005, when he had a few rental properties.
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