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DL6KAC > DXNEWS 29.01.03 14:52l 65 Lines 2783 Bytes #999 (90) @ WW
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Subj: Johnston Island 2003 - Announcement (via Daily DX / 425dxn.org)
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From: DL6KAC @ DB0KOE.#NRW.DEU.EU (Christian)
To: DXNEWS @ WW
>>> AH3D <<<
The following announcement comes from Bernie McClenny, W3UR, Editor of The
Daily DX:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a plan to
permanently close a chemical weapons disposal facility on Johnston Island.
After the completion of the cleanup facility on Johnston Island is expected
to close soon and an administration change will soon put the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (FWS) in charge of the overall operations of this U.S.
territory. Future DXpeditions to Johnston Island, KH3, may be much more
difficult.
On top of all of this the Johnston Island Club station KJ6BZ will be
dismantled. Finnish operators OH2BH, Martti Laine, and OH2PM, Pertti
Simovaara, along with DX editor W3UR, Bernie McClenny have obtained special
permission to visit, document and operate from the club station for one week
and just before the demolition, which is scheduled just days after the
operation.
In the spirit of "cleanup," the ham radio team is going to do its best to
"clean up the demand" for KH3 for Europe, low bands and WARC bands. The AH3D
crew will also "tidy up" on 6 meters and RTTY. The all band CW, SSB and RTTY
operation is scheduled to take place from January 27 to February 4.
The group will use proven sanitation materials, and the recently launched
DXpedition grade Yaesu FT-857 and FT-897 radios with multiple amplifiers.
They will use a variety of antennas to spray their signals across the
airwaves including a TH11, 3-element 10 meter beam, duo bander for 12 and 17
meters and various wires for the low bands.
To help manage the cleanup K6GNX, Dr. Bill Avery, will step in as the team's
pilot station. He will act as a point person to relay news between the
operating crew and the DX community. Bill can be reached via e-mail to
bavery@telemetry.com.
This may very well be the last big sweep from Johnston Island for a long
time. Those wishing to fill their needed list should monitor the following
frequencies:
CW 1827.5, 3506, 7006, 10106, 14024, 18075, 21024, 24895, 28024, 50105
SSB 3795, 7082, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945, 28495, 50105
RTTY 14085 or 21085
QSL via OH2BH, 2003 Johnston Atoll DXpedition, P.O. Box 73, 02380 Espoo,
Finland.
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ/KB2TJM
425 DX News Editor
E-mail: i1jqj@425dxn.org
http://www.425dxn.org
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