[Fists] Fw: R.S.G.B. Newsflash : P5 North Korea, VP6 Ducie Island.

[Ralph Sutton]

----- Original Message -----
From: "ZL2TX - Nigel Hardy" <zl2tx@ianz.co.nz>
To: <zl2aoh@ihug.co.nz>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 1:45 PM
Subject: R.S.G.B. Newsflash : P5 North Korea, VP6 Ducie Island.


> Dear Ralph,
>
> The following statement appeared in the R.S.G.B. News today, to whom
> acknowledgent is made. May pay, to let our FISTS members know of the
> information by E-mail as the DX peditions will have gone by the time the
> next newsletter comes out. I quote -
>
> "The two rarest DXCC entities in the world could both be on the air this
> week. YT1AD and YU7AV say they have a licence for North Korea, P5, and
were
> expecting to arrive in the country on the 5th of March for what they hope
> will be an amateur radio operation".
>
> "The Pitcairn Island Amateur Radio Association's second attempt to
activate
> the newest DXCC entity, Ducie Island, is also scheduled to commence some
> time this week. The group will leave French Polynesia on the 12th of March
> and will stop at Pitcairn Island to pick up team members and supplies
before
> going on to Ducie for a week's operation. The VP6 callsign will be
announced
> at the start of the activity. Two stations will operate on 15 metres, on
> 21020kHz CW and 21295kHz SSB, 24 hours a day. Two other stations will
> activate other bands, with 28495, 14195 and 14020kHz as other prime
> frequencies. Some activity is expected on RTTY as well. The operators are
> VP6DB, VP6AZ, VP6MW, JA1BK, JF1IST, K9AJ, K5VT, N9TK and Tom Christian,
> VP6TC".
>
> 73's de Nigel, ZL2TX
>
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