[SFDXA] Susan W7KFI, has unexpectedly received from ‘U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)‘, the permission to land on Johnston Atoll

[Bill Marx]

 From Tony N2MFT


    KH3 – JOHNSTON ISLAND

KH3 – JOHNSTON ISLAND
Susan *W7KFI*, has unexpectedly received from ‘*U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service (USFWS)*‘, the permission to land on *Johnston Atoll*.
Susan is expected to sail to Johnston during the months of January or 
February and be active from KH3 for a few weeks.

Susan is a 76 years old lady who likes to sail solo aboard her boat 
“*USSV DHARMA*“. Contrary to what her age might suggest Susan is an 
expert on the latest technologies from the world of radio. Not limited 
to amateur radio traffic, but she regularly uses Pactor3 to receive 
emails with current weather, knows how to keep in touch with the network 
of the Coastal Guard and participates daily in the Pacific Radio Net on 
40m (7088 LSB) when in navigation.

For more information about her adventures, refer to her personal site: 
http://w7kfi.com <http://w7kfi.com/>.

<http://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/100_3765.jpg>She 
is now in Honolulu, Hawaii. Amazingly she got permission to land on the 
Johnston Atoll, which last year was ranked the 24th most wanted DXCC 
entity. Johnston is an atoll on which the U.S. Air Force had a military 
base. The base was operational from 1944 to 2003, the year in which it 
was entirely dismantled, and today it looks like a barren island where 
obvious signs of human presence remains, but now everything is 
destroyed. For more historical notes refer to the website: 
http://www.johnstonmemories.com <http://www.johnstonmemories.com/>.

We guess she will not be easy to work from Europe and as far as her 
equipment is concerned, she carries on board an FT847, an IC718 and a 
K3! Susan stated she will operate CW and SSB, or digital modes on 
requests. She indicates these approximate frequencies: 14036, 14236, 
18090, 18146, 21036, 21286, 28036 and 28450 kHz.
Presumably the pile-up will be very intense and the path from Europe is 
highly dependent on where in Europe you are; the atoll is located 
west-southwest of Hawaii, 4 days of sailing. It is in CQ Zone 31 and her 
signal will depend very much on the antennas used and we hope she will 
be able to cope with the very tough pile-up with signals coming from 
many directions. Center/South Europe is certainly the most disadvantaged.

QSL via KH6CG, direct or bureau. It is hoped that an online log will be 
available on clublog.org <http://www.clublog.org/>


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