, θα είναι ενεργοί από το νησί St. Barts, γαλλική κτήση στην Καραϊβική, από
. Θα είναι QRV στα 80-6 μέτρα, κυρίως σε CW, με λίγο RTTY και SSB. QSL στα home callsigns. Wikipedia :
BREAKING NEWS — Heard Island 2014 Dxpedition rescheduled — see below.
We wish to announce that the expedition to Heard Island has been
rescheduled for January, 2015.
The primary reason for this decision was the cost of using the
preferred vessel, the Marion Dufresne to put the team on Heard Island
for the required time. In spite of extensive negotiations and
rescheduling of the cruise, it became clear that the cost of using this
vessel will exceed $1 million, and therefore the total cost for the
project would be about $1.5 million, as we noted earlier. In spite of
our plan to increase the team size to 50 (which the M-D can accommodate)
to partially cover this cost, we reluctantly concluded that sponsorship
at this level would be impossible. We have therefore decided to delay
the expedition to January, 2015, to allow more time to restructure the
project, locate a more suitable vessel, and bring the cost more in line
with projected available resources.
A benefit of the restructuring is that we will plan for amateur radio operations to be carried out over a longer time,
up to 30 or more days.
Furthermore, the campsite will be located on the east side of Heard
Island, enabling paths to areas of the world that were not accessible in
the last operation (in 1997). With the requirement of the longer stay
on Heard Island, we will be
assembling a new radio team with
operators who are highly experienced and dedicated to the challenge of
activating Heard Island with the new project requirements.
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