Some parts of the may 2 report have not been sent properly. here is the complete update. Sorry.
Folks, Here is the message from Hrane, directly from Baker Island. enjoy reading Nenad VE3EXY ------------------------------------------------ Hello everybody, It is now exactly 72 hours since we disembarked on the Island. It took seven ship crew members, and 13 + 1 radio fanatics almost 48 hours to complete three camps. They are now fully operational. 1.USA camp: KW4DA,N6TQS,Z32ZM,S56A 2 x IC 756 pro II, plus lpa 400 W 1 generator 4,5 kw, 1 x MA5B, 1 x dipole 40 m, 1 x Mini 3 el Mosley operates cw, ssb i rtty 2.Serbian camp:YT1AD,YU1DX,YU1AU i ZS6MG 2 x IC 756 pro II, + LPA ACOM 1000 and Al-811, AL-811 broke the first day, but was fixed by S56A,YU1AU i ZS6MG ... 1 generator 4,5 kw, 1 x A3S(14,21,28), vertical 40 m, vertical 80 m 5 el bim 6 m, (AJ10rf), and TW3x2-el(10,18,24 MHz) 3.Russian camp:(operates much in Russian, Hi!) RZ3AA,RA3AUU,RW3AH(9X0A), LY3NUM generator 5,5 kw, 2 x IC 756 pro II, + ACOM 1000 1000W, + Ameritron AL 811 We are all doing fine, a bit tired, and sun burnt. There are no bugs or scorpions, but there are crabs and sharks. We cannot swim further than 3 ft from the shore. Not more than 60 ft from the shore begins the sea abyss 15000 feet deep. The island is under the protection of biologists from Hawaii, and I am taking opportunity to extend our gratitude to USWF for leting us access the island as well as all help they provided to us. As you have heard we made 25000 QSO in the first 72 hours of operation, with 1600 RTTY QSOs. We use less power on CW, and save energy for SSB. We will start SSTV operation on Thursday, May 3-rd. We worked a lot of stations on 160 mtrs, but very few stations from Europe. Our top class operators team is constantly working in pile-up with 5 stations that are active all the time. We will try to change frequency on 40 mtrs to 7.025 to make it possible for non-Extra class US amateurs to work us. One interesting detail. During our brief stay in LA at LAX airport, we took US exams for Extra, General and technican class to be able to qualify for operation from US posesions. More news are coming. Stay tuned 73 Hrane YT1AD (from Baker Island) ------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems, etc DX-NEWS http://njdxa.org/dx-news DX-CHAT: http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX NEWS items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news%40pro-usa.net/
