I had learned from a source located not too far from 3B9 that Robert had "disappeared" from the island. An Italian amateur had searched for him for over a month during his stay on 3B9, but he was never found. A ham there has told me he will attempt sometime soon to travel to 3B9 to see what he can find out. The original message generating this effort was from WF5E had said that this was the situation and that no QSL's were generated with his absence, and really hadn't been issued in the past, due to past history for this station. Several other amateurs (including myself) have outstanding QSO's on multiple bands with Robert that would give new band country counters, so I'm sure this is a widespread problem. If anyone has additional info, please inform everyone. Robert was the main contact for years from 3B9, even with the 3B9C expedition eating into the demand.
I've attempted to generate some interest in obtaining old logs, but without Robert's permission, I don't think ARRL would fly with issuance of any cards, even if the logs were verified as his. Let's keep our fingers crossed that Robert is OK and just on a long holiday off island, and that we can convince him to turn the logs over to a manager for processing. That's all I have to this point.... 73 Ken WA8JOC ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-news or subscribe dx-news This is the DX-NEWS reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -----------------------------------------------------------
