I never heard them so no contact, but that's alright. It's not the end of my world and just knowing they made the heroic effort to get out there is significant in my mind. However, I did make a small financial contribution via PayPal at the BS7H website http://www.scarboroughreef.com/ and I strongly encourage others to donate if they have not already done so. A DXpedition such as this costs big bucks and if those of us who didn't work them ever want to see BS7 again, a little financial assistance now will go a long way to ensuring that another trip will happen. I sure know it takes me three to four years to financially recover from my own mini-DXpeditions to VO2 Labrador (Zone 2) and I'm just a little operation (about 6000 bucks for my 2004 trip; my anticipated 2009 trip will be at least $9000); I have no idea what BS7H cost, but it had to have been in the hundreds of thousands of dollars; I understand 3Y0X cost over a million. DXing from the operation side is expensive!
73 de Fred Stevens K2FRD, VO2FS http://homepage.mac.com/k2frd/K2FRD.html At 11:56 AM -0400 6/5/07, harris_ruben wrote: >The BEST quote, as reported by the XYL, was me waking her up when I yelled (on >the last day)... > >"FINALLY!" > >The irony of it all is that today, 12 hours after they shut down, the openings >from the East coast to the far East was... superb. Hong Hong, China, Korea ... >all booming in. A day late and a dollar short. > >And my station is modest (to me). An Explorer-14 at 50', a venerable FT-990, >and a kilowatt. Oh yeah, a voice-saving digital voice keyer (which also kept >the noise in the house down to a minimum). > >Personally, I don't think this rockpile belongs on the list, and wouldn't be >surprised if it's eventually removed. > >And congratulations to all who were in there trying, whether getting through >or not. That's DX. > >N2ERN Moved from DX-News-- At 10:49 AM -0500 6/5/07, Gkcarr wrote: >I for one missed it. Only twice did I hear very weak signals. However, I am >glad for those who did log it. And Surely I can speak for many when I say >"thank you" to all the team for your persistance, vision and courage. >73 >George >WA5KBH >(EM30) SW Louisiana -- 73 and Yours In Scouting de Fred Stevens K2FRD, VO2FS Editor-Publisher Otschodela Council Amateur Radio Group EAGLE newsletter "The only regularly published ham-Scouting newsletter in the world." No spam, no cost, no advertisements, no commitments, just ham-Scouting. http://ocarg.org Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [email protected] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
