[OKDXA] Ducie Logs

[Robert Redmon]

John, You are absolutely right. Signals from Ducie have been very good 
on every band I have worked them. Amazing.

Bob

John Geiger wrote:
> 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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73, Bob K5SM