ROCKALL
Sembra che finalmente qualcuno si sia deciso ad affrontare gli alti rischi per attivare questa unica referenza europea ancora non numerata. La notizia è di questi giorni ed a me è arrivata da Andrè GM3VLB. Ve la giro come l'ho ricevuta. Spolverata il ricevitore, questa è un'isola che val proprio la pena di ascoltare e mettere a log!
ROCKALL IOTA GM EU-??? An expedition will leave the Orkney Islands (over 300 miles away) on 11 June arriving in the area of Rockall around 14 June and remaining there until 21 June. It will include an amateurradio team led by Dave Wood MM0ALM assisted by well-known and experienced island activator Seamus "Jim"Cameron MM0CWJ from the Hebrides (and, as resident on South Uist, possibly the closest ham to Rockall 240miles out in the Atlantic). They will rely on a member of the SAS to get them onto the rock from aninflatable and hope to put up a small tent on a tiny ledge a few metres square. Operation will be primarilySSB (all bands, as appropriate)...the callsign will be MS0IRC/p, the Hebridean island radio club call....theexpedition QSL manager will be G0HXN....Jim also hopes to operate 50MHz, including during the seavoyage,signing MM0CWJ/MM.Having researched this one myself, I can confirm it will be a hazardous operation requiring extreme goodfortune to succeed...few people have landed on this isolated rock which is beyond the range of normal rescuehelicopters....even in perfect weather, the Atlantic swell can be intimidating" to say the least (in"moderate" seas, it will be surging up and over the top which is only about 20m above sea level) , and asthe rock's face varies from very steep to near-vertical, an attempted landing is not for the faint-hearted.This is not a Caribbean cruise! It is a truly daring attempt to activate one of the most elusive IOTAislands, for the first time ever (Have a look at some of the pics on Google!). Wish them well...they willneed a huge amount of luck....Please pass on this information....thank you, on behalf of Dave and Seamus....vy 73 de André, GM3VLB
Sembra che finalmente qualcuno si sia deciso ad affrontare gli alti rischi per attivare questa unica referenza europea ancora non numerata. La notizia è di questi giorni ed a me è arrivata da Andrè GM3VLB. Ve la giro come l'ho ricevuta. Spolverata il ricevitore, questa è un'isola che val proprio la pena di ascoltare e mettere a log!ROCKALL IOTA GM EU-??? An expedition will leave the Orkney Islands (over 300 miles away) on 11 June arriving in the area of Rockall around 14 June and remaining there until 21 June. It will include an amateurradio team led by Dave Wood MM0ALM assisted by well-known and experienced island activator Seamus "Jim"Cameron MM0CWJ from the Hebrides (and, as resident on South Uist, possibly the closest ham to Rockall 240miles out in the Atlantic). They will rely on a member of the SAS to get them onto the rock from aninflatable and hope to put up a small tent on a tiny ledge a few metres square. Operation will be primarilySSB (all bands, as appropriate)...the callsign will be MS0IRC/p, the Hebridean island radio club call....theexpedition QSL manager will be G0HXN....Jim also hopes to operate 50MHz, including during the seavoyage,signing MM0CWJ/MM.Having researched this one myself, I can confirm it will be a hazardous operation requiring extreme goodfortune to succeed...few people have landed on this isolated rock which is beyond the range of normal rescuehelicopters....even in perfect weather, the Atlantic swell can be intimidating" to say the least (in"moderate" seas, it will be surging up and over the top which is only about 20m above sea level) , and asthe rock's face varies from very steep to near-vertical, an attempted landing is not for the faint-hearted.This is not a Caribbean cruise! It is a truly daring attempt to activate one of the most elusive IOTAislands, for the first time ever (Have a look at some of the pics on Google!). Wish them well...they willneed a huge amount of luck....Please pass on this information....thank you, on behalf of Dave and Seamus....vy 73 de André, GM3VLB
2 comments:
So quanto ci tenevi ad attivare quest'isola, peccato che se e quando cercherò di collegarla non troverò lo stesso operatore che lo scorso anno dall'Oceania!
Iota-hunter
So quanto ci tenevi ad attivare quest'isola, peccato che se e quando cercherò di collegarla non troverò lo stesso operatore che lo scorso anno dall'Oceania!
Iota-hunter
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