[OKDXA] Ducie Logs

[John Geiger]

They have been booming in here on all bands so far. 
THis is one of the best DXpeditions I have seen.  Wish
they would go to Heard and South Sandwich next.

So far they have been new band countries for me on 20
and 30!

73s John AA5JG

--- Coy Day <n5ok at arrl.org> wrote:

> Here's the latest from their web site:
> News #14- 2008 Feb 13
> I just had a telephone call with Carsten (DL6LAU) on
> Ducie Island. The
> reason we did not get any update or online log from
> the island is that
> they had no time until now because of a big workload
> to setup the stations
> and antennas. They plan to go "online" in the next
> 6-12 hours so we expect
> the first online logs around noon on Thursday.
> Please be aware that the
> data connection via Iridium is very sensible so it
> can last a long time to
> upload the online logs.
> 
> After 1,5 days of operation they have now about
> 28,000 QSOs in the log
> (about 17,000 after the first 24 hours!). They
> already started RTTY
> operation on 20m with over 700 QSOs at the moment.
> In some days we expect
> also RTTY operation on 30m.
> 
> Antenna construction is still in progress. Some
> antennas for 12m and 10m
> are missing. Today they are at the installation of
> the Beverage antennas
> for the low bands.
> 
> All team members are in a good shape (except some
> sunburns) and they have
> a lot of fun. A problem is the extreme heat during
> the daywhich makes it
> nearly impossible for the night operators to sleep.
> 
> Tomorrow we will get some more news from the island.
> Please stay tuned.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Coy Day, N5OK
> 20685 SW 29
> Union City, OK 73090
> 405-483-5632
> 
> 
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