[OKDXA] Calling Mr. KD5DLL

[Nelson Derks]

MIKE POOLE ???? Whooda' thunk it...



ANTARCTIC NEW ZEALAND DX TRIP
Chris Post, N3SIG, informs OPDX that the first ever Antarctic New Zealand DX
Trip will take place next weekend on February 2nd. The McMurdo Station
Amateur Radio Club will sponsor this first ever event. The primary operators
will be Chris Post, N3SIG, and Mike Poole, KE6ZYK. They will operate
portable HF from the Ross Ice Shelf in front of Scott Base. Operating
primarily on 20/17/15 meters; with the possibility of 40 and 80 meters as
well. Start to look for them on 20 meters at or about 14243 kHz starting at
0500z Saturday the 2nd of February or 2:00 AM Eastern US Time. Times may
change to be earlier. Their equipment will be an Icom 706MkII with IC2KL amp
at about 500W. Antennas will be all wire antannas. QSL cards go to AI3D with
SASE please. Chris states that this should be very popular with the big
DXers as the Antarctic New Zealand ham radio callsigns are very rare and
Scott Base has no hams or any type of a ham shack like they do at McMurdo. A
special QSL card will be printed when Chris returns. For more info on the
Scott Base Antarctica check out their Web page at:

http://www.scott.aq