[OKDXA] DX World reports - VP8STI QRT

[John Geiger]

Guess I will try again in 2030. Maybe I will have more metal in the air by
then!  Did get K5P today on 17 CW and 15 RTTY for a new band and mode
country.

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 5:12 PM, Robert Redmon <k5sm.bob at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, bummer!
>
> On 1/25/2016 5:02 PM, Bert Aaron wrote:
>
>> NEWS UPDATE @ 21:20Z - Nigel Jolly, Braveheart owner, declared an
>> emergency
>> and ordered the VP8STI team to cease all operations and return to the
>> ship.
>> A large ice flow that had broken away due to last night’s storm starts to
>> block the entrance to the Bay where they were camped. There was strong
>> potential for the ice flow to prevent Braveheart reaching  them.
>> The Team is now safely aboard the Braveheart and they are moving away from
>> Southern Thule Is. All equipment and personal gear is still on the island.
>> They hope to return to camp site during next good weather window. Once
>> they
>> retrieve their equipment they could make a determination as to whether
>> they
>> can proceed to South Georgia to do VP8SGI as planned – VP8STI QRT !
>>
>>
>>
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