[South Florida DX Association] Kure Island Expedition K7C

[Bill Marx]

>From Bill NA2M


2005 EXPEDITION TO KURE ATOLL,  From Bob Schmieder, KK6EK...1 March 2005
 We are pleased to announce a DXpedition to Kure Atoll, at the extreme 
northwestern end of the Hawaiian Islands, during Sep-Oct, 2005. The 
callsign for the operation will be K7C. Kure is currently #10 on 
DX-Magazine's Most-Wanted List, and #1 on the German DX Foundation's list. 
The radio team includes Bob KK6EK (Expedition Leader), Garry NI6T 
(co-organizer), Alan AD6E (co-organizer), Mike N6MZ, Ward NØAX, John N7CQQ, 
Charlie W6KK, Franz DJ9ZB, Max I8NHJ, Alan K6SRZ (Expedition doctor), and 
Kathryn K6DZL (Educational program), plus two more radio operators to be 
selected. The team will be QRV with four stations on all bands/modes, 
including 6m and RTTY. In addition to the radio operations, the group is 
developing an innovative real-time interactive web-satellite-based system 
called "DXA." This system will enable the DXer to see and interact with 
activities of the operation as they happen, using any web browser. The 
group also will be carrying out several scientific projects in 
collaboration with naturalists on the atoll to help restore and protect its 
fragile ecosystem. Finally, the group is developing an educational program 
that will utilize the DXA resource to enable students to learn from and 
interact with the onsite team. The project is being strongly supported by 
ICOM and the Pacific DX Group (Kimo KH7U and Patrick KH6UY). The team and 
project will be visible at Visalia and Dayton. QSL Manager is Tom N4XP, 
%K4TSJ, Box 1, Watkinsville, GA 30677. The team welcomes comments and 
suggestions, pilots, programmers, and contributions. The project is being 
managed by Cordell Expeditions, a nonprofit research organization with a 
25-year history of successful expeditions to remote oceanic sites. For more 
information, please e-mail info at cordell.org (use "Kure7Cordell" in the 
Subject line) or any member listed above, and look at the full description 
on www.cordell.org (click on the 2005 Kure Expedition link).