[OKDXA] KP5 Desecheo Island

[John AA5JG]

They are going at the wrong time!  THey should go in June or July so we could work them on 6m!  Maybe they will hit the winter Es season.

73s John AA5JG


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From: "N5PA" <n5pa at n5pa.com>
Reply-To: n5pa at n5pa.com, Discussion of OKDXA <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Date:  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:48:30 -0500

>Well, it looks like we might get the chance to work another new one.  The
>USFWS has sent letters out to everyone that has filed for permission to go
>to Desecheo Island, KP5.  They sent out letters June 30th and told them that
>they had 45 days to respond.  Then they will pick one of the applicants to
>be able to go to KP5 under strict USWFS supervision for 14 days.  They will
>only be given 30 days notice before going.  So out of all the ones that have
>applied to go, only one group will be able to go and only on a very short
>notice.  I will certainly have to dig Big Bertha out of the closet for this
>one!  I wish I had my new vertical up because that would allow me more
>bands.  I will do whatever it takes to work this one, even take a day of
>vacation to work them!  That should give us something to work towards,
>anyway.  It will be very workable from my QTH.  It is only 1629 miles from
>my QTH outside of Ellisville, MS.  They think it will be sometime from
>September to December 2008 for the DXpedition.  So warm up those tubes boys!
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>73,
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>Alan, N5PA
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