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NOTES: Robinson Crusoe
Island SA005 ... If you missed the XR0ZR DXpedition in 2013 - here's another chance to get
Juan Fernandez in the log! UPDATE 23:00 March 2 UTC -
Rest of team arrived on island - operating update - see full press release below. UPDATE March 4 12:00 UTC
- Now QRT
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"S" meter strong - but warbly/fluttery Press Release - Robinson Crusoe Island, March 2, 2015 On 27/02, the last group of 6 operators could finally go to Robinson Crusoe. Between bad weather for landing, and unavailable qualified pilot, we had to wait 9 days (and 4 flights) to bring everyone together. Morale was not great for those who had to wait in Santiago. All antennas are mounted. For lack of space, we sacrificed the GP 80m SSB into a reverse L 160m. A Beverage of 450ft could be installed somehow; the terrain is hilly. The 80/160 traffic started recently. Unfortunately, the QRN is very high probably because of power lines. A permanent noise S7 on Beverage makes it very slow and painful traffic, especially as the signals are weak and almost at the same level. We settled on two widely separated sites. The first in a hotel with a room large enough to accommodate 6 stations (2 CW, SSB 2, 1 mixed, and 1 for the 50 MHz) has an opening to the sea of ??350° (USA) 90° (Europe). The second site is also in a (small) hotel high but less clear to the US. It hosts only the RTTY station. This setup with band filters, allowing seven power stations to traffic almost in all modes without interfering. The pileups are huge with Europe, Japan or the USA. True to their reputation, the Europeans are certainly much less disciplined, but by showing great firmness, we arrive at a result. So much for “unconditional nags” because it is very easy to get rid of it by passing a 599 without putting them in the log! 5 x Spiderbeam are always in the same direction. Leaving them in Europe, the USA still going strong. If the signals are changing (or degrade) from one day to the other, it is only a matter of propagation. The lack of internet penalizes us and we have many duplicates. Yesterday, after the umpteenth attempt and a long wait, we managed to upload the first log on Club Log. Power cuts are unfortunately daily and last up to more than 3 hours! We may have to stop everything one day earlier (March 3, 12pm local). Given the setbacks for flights, we want to take a minimum of risk to return, especially as the Santiago-Paris tickets are non-refundable! 73, Patrick CE0Z / F2DX |
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