(Araucaria) NEWS K1N

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News / Updates

3 February 2015

Weather delays have plagued and delayed deployment.  We were hoping to
get four helicopter loads in yesterday, but only one made it because of
Jamaica weather.

We have ten ops on the island.  We have 160M & 80M dipoles at 160 feet
from top of light house!!!!  ...and other dipoles lower from nearly each
window.

It has been VERY WINDY and very hot...and very dirty.  We have heavy
rains every evening, collected for washing, as we all feel very grubby.

We have four stations QRV, five by the end of the day.  SteppIR's going
up today.

Seas have been extremely rough and "Electra" has been seeking refuge in
Jamaica, but is on her way to Navassa today, as forecast for tomorrow
looks good for unloading.  Then we'll be able to get more stations on
the air.

Everyone is in good spirits and healthy, just hot and dirty!

We have been very pleased with pileup cooperation when working the
difficult JA/Asia/Oceana windows.  We can hear a din of pileup activity,
and at times difficult to pull out individual calls on these long hauls.

Will have more time for a full report after more team arrives today and
camp/ops get more established.  We're off to a good start and within 24
hours should be in full swing for the next 10-12 days.

 

 

 

ATILANO DE OMS 
PP5EG - PY5EG - PY2OMS
ZW5B, PS2T, PT5T 
ARAUCARIA DX GROUP 

 

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