[SFDXA] CY9M Dxpedition 2012 !
Bill
bmarx at bellsouth.net
Sat Jul 7 13:16:33 EDT 2012
From Bill N2WB:
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Very soon it's time for an international team of 10 amateur radio
operators to board their flights to Nova Scotia, Canada to participate
in the expedition to St. Paul Island, a top-40 "most wanted" DXCC.
Quick Facts: CY9M St. Paul Island, July 26-Aug 1, 160-6 meters, QSL via
M0URX.
Once the team arrives at St. Paul, in the Gulf of St Lawrence, we plan
to unpack and prepare 6 Elecraft K3 transceivers, 4 amplifiers, raise 3
Hex Beams and a number of other antennas in order to be active on all
bands from 160 meters through 6 meters CW, SSB and Digital. The power
station consists of three generators that constantly chargers three
large battery tanks for maximum efficiency. We plan to consume more that
500 litres of fuel, large amounts of food and other "necessities",
including several hundred litres of water.
The team together with 2 tons of equipment and supplies head out to sea
on a 42 foot motor vessel on the evening of 25 July or on the morning of
the 26th depending on weather. We expect to be active starting July 26
and continuously rock the bands until August 1, weather permitting.
After the activity, all contacts will be verified via LoTW and for those
who want paper QSL, Tim Beaumont M0URX lends us his excellent manager
services. The log will be available through ClubLog, likely after the
expedition.
The activity is supported both financially and through the loan of
equipment by several large clubs such as NCDXF, GDXF, ARRL and companies
like Elecraft, Acom and DX Engineering. But we are most proud that so
many individual amateur operators and DX chasers contribute to the
activity out of their own pocket.
If you would like to donate any amount to the CY9M St Paul Island
Dxpedition, please click here: http://www.cy9m.com/donor/.
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We look forward to working you from St Paul Island, a top 40 most wanted
DXCC.
73,
CY9M Team, St Paul Island DXpedition.
George, EA2TA
Christian, EA3NT
Simon, IZ7ATN
Col, MM0NDX
Kevin, VE3EN
Steve, VA3FM
Victoria, SV2KBS
Bjorn, SM0MDG
Mike, AB5EB
Bill, N2WB
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