VU4 update for today....
1 Antenna line up..... 7 el. tribander at 60 ft above hotel roof, inverted Vees everywhere, 80m dipole, SteppIR at 15 feet above Science Center roof, and the newly arrived WARC Cushcraft yagi installed at the college dorm.... thanks donors for this WARC beam which arrived in its box ok with the 30 meter add-on box attached OK, too. The shipping worked good !
1.1. THE TEAM ( not "we") got a long pipe to put the SteppIR up higher. Will work on that today or tomorrow... lots of interaction with the water tank to which it is now attached, hi.
2. 40 and 80 are now getting more attention for the next two weeks... look around 3.503-5, the approved freq. I am still asking the ops to listen ssb in the Am. phone band for 40m SSB>.
3. I am not sending out any spots .... if u see a spot from K4VUD from now to Dec. 28, IT IS NOT ME.
4. Yes, the team is on 80m now at night local time, and the op of 14.025/.028 last night local time was for real. At 0820 Z it is ten minutes to two Andaman/India time.....
5. Everyone is vy thankful for all the nice words in notes of thanks and congrats to the team.... makes them feel good and ... as one email said... THEY DO NOT QUIT but stick to the radio.
6. I wish everyone could see the beautiful Andaman Island.... what a dream location for a DXpedition... but I can enjoy it while the team operators hammer away on the bands !!!!
Happy Holidays to all.... 73
Charles Harpole VU3CHE [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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