[OKDXA] FR/G

[John Geiger]

As one who needs FR/G to finish off the FRs, it is
about time!  I notice when they first announced a
DXpedition to FR/G, there were many more sunspots than
when they actually get to go!  Murphy strikes again!

73s John AA5JG

--- K8fu at aol.com wrote:

> Here's one I need...................................
>  
>  
> After many years of effort permission has been
> received for a DXpedition  to
> Glorioso Island (FR/G).  The Glorioso Islands (Iles
> Glorieuses) are  a
> sand and coral archipelago that stretch almost 16
> kilometers and  are
> located about 220 kilometers northwest of Madagascar
> (5R).   The
> archipelago is made up of Grande Glorieuse (about 3
> kilometers  in
> diameter) and Petite Glorieuses (600 meter
> diameter), which is  10
> kilometers from the main island.  The archipelago
> also includes  Verte
> Rocks, Wreck Rock and South Rock.  The main island
> is located at  11
> 33' South 47 17' East.  The highest point on the
> main island is a  sand
> dune about 10 to 12 meters high.  Glorioso is ranked
> at number 4  in
> The DX Magazine's 2008 Most Wanted List and has not
> been QRV since  May
> 2000.  The DXpedition to Glorioso is expected in
> early May.   Probably
> starting "between May 5th to 9th for some weeks"
> reports F6AJA,  Jean-
> Michel, editor of Les Nouvelles DX.  As of the
> moment the  operators
> expected are F5PTM, Pascal; F5IRO, Freddy; F6KIN,
> Stephane;  F8CRS,
> David; F5PRU, Yves-Michel and possibly three others.
>  They will  try to
> have three or four stations.  
>  
>  
>
RIBBIT.....................................RIBBIT.............................
> ...........   BOHICA
> 
> 
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