[Great-River-DX] BS7H Press Release #12

[Cliff Ahrens]

Congrat's to all the GRDXG who have worked them and good luck to those still
in the hunt!  I've been in St. Louis since Monday, but am back in Hannibal,
and hoping for a shot at them!  Now here's the BS7H Press Release #12:

Cliff

Report from the rocks 14:00 2 May

All 4 stations on 4 separate rocks are in full operating mode.  Two stations
remain dedicated to 20 meters and will stay there for the duration to ensure
everyone has a shot of at least one Q.  

The weather has gone downhill a bit with occasional showers and constant 30
mph winds.  See this link for the latest weather over the area and notice
all the T storms.  

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/map/RPXX0017?from=36h
our_map

Their QRN on 40 and 30 is bad and preventing them from hearing most of the
stateside signals on 30 and 40.

The winds are also preventing the launching of the helium filled weather
balloon with the 80/160 antenna.  They will try again tomorrow.

It is now taking almost 1 1/2 hours to do the crew shift changes because of
the wind induced spray and slippery conditions (not to mention there are now
4 operating sites around the reef).

N4XP and N1DG for the 2007 Scarborough Reef team.