[OKDXA] A JUICY WKEND SHAPING UP

[John Geiger]

Wish they would be on South Sandwich!  I have South
Orkneys on SSB, but could have used them on CW.  I
have South Georgia on 3 different bands already.

And I have Burundi confirmed on CW from Baldur when he
was there before.  Wish he would go back to Somalia. 
Maybe he will nearing the next solar peak.

73s John W5TD

--- K8fu at aol.com wrote:

> We've left the Antarctic Peninsula 24 hours ago and
> are heading NNE  toward
> S. Georgia.  Since leaving the peninsula we did stop
> at Elephant  I. and S.
> Orkney (only two contacts here, Cape Town and
> Italy).  I can't  tell you
> enough about the monstrous size and the quantity of
> Giant Tabular  icebergs. 
> They are everywhere in our path.  I've taken more
> that 1700  photos so fare
> with the record one day total of 401 and Marion has
> at least  700-800 more. 
> Of course many will be edited out before we bore you
> with the  shear volume. 
> The trip is going very smoothly in spite of being in
> the  historically rough
> southern ocean.  I haven't missed a meal.  
> Passengers have expressed almost
> as much interest in our Ham Radio activities  as
> those of you hoping to hear
> us.  (Bill, I made CW contact with Yarda  on 40M
> late last night).  It's not
> a big number but we've had almost 100  contacts in
> about 25 countries, mostly
> CW but a few SSB.  The 20,30,40  meter bands open
> for us late in the day
> about 1700Z until we have to turn out  the lights
> out near 0200Z which is
> midnight for us now that we have crossed  eastward
> into another time zone.
>  
> We are scheduled to arrive S. Georgia tomorrow AM
> about 1000Z and spend  the
> next 4-5 days exploring here.  So, again we will do
> our best to give  you the
> contact here and we will mail the envelopes to the
> Belgian Antarctic  Society
> too.
> 
> 
> German ops DJ6SI, Baldur Drobnica, and DJ9ZB, Franz
> Langner,  are
> expected today to be in Burundi.  Baldur will do the
> CW work as  9U0X
> while Franz will be QRV on SSB as 9U9Z.  Plans are
> to be on 10  through
> 160 meters until March 1st.  QSL 9U0X via DJ6SI and
> 9U9Z via  DJ9ZB.
> 
> Alan......................Need both of
> these...........Could end up being 4  
> new countries in 1 wk.
>  
>
Ribbit.............................................Ribbit.....................
> ..............   BOHICA
>
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