>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>* H E A R D I S L A N D D X - P E D I T I O N *
>* PILOT PROGRAM MESSAGE # 69 *
>* SATURDAY JAN 18 - 16:30 z *
>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
>QSO COUNT
>---------
>28,000 QSO's as of Saturday moning.
>
>EAST COAST 160M
>---------------
>-K1ZM heard VK0IR first at 20:30.
>-signals improved to around 449 by 2145 which is when K2EK
> called.
>-Jeff heard them log several guys, mostly 2's and 3's and VE3.
>-they seemed to be hearing well since they responded to several
> others who did not answer (more 2's and 3's).
>-around 2305-2315 K0HA (Nebraska) and N0XA (Kansas) were calling!
>-Jeff heard VK0IR calling CQ as late as 2327 which was well
> past their sunrise of 2307 yesterday.
>-the opening was not as strong as when he worked them but it
> seemed to be much longer in duration, which is good news for
> areas on the margin.
>
>WEST COAST 80 M
>---------------
>VK0IR worked some west Caost stations onJan 17h (arnd 1530)
>on 3522. WE6RJ (who else) was one of them. An even more
>difficult QSO was made by Glen, K6NA at 15:46, 46 minutes
>after his sunrise in San Diego! Glen reports he could still
>hear VK0IR on 80 1.5 hours after his sunrise, which is quite
>extraordinary!
>
>EAST COAST USA ON 80
>--------------------
>VK0IR is good copy between 21:00 and 23:00.Vk0IR will specifi-
>cally look for NA at those times. PLEASE EUROPE, give your
>North American colleagues a chance, and do not call when they
>call "NA"
>
>JAPAN (NEW FORM JH1ROJ, OUR PILOT).
>-----------------------------------
>Only a few JA's made it on 160, but the run on 80 m SSB by
>Harry was extremely productive. The 80 m signals were S9plus
>all the time (of course, using the ON4UN special antenna...)
>Some JA stations also worked VK0IR around 06:15z, wand 24 MHz
>was open a little later. Fifteen meter was opena ll day from
>02:00 to 09:00 z.
>
>WWW PAGES at hhtp://www/aurumtel.com.heard-log.html
>---------------------------------------------------
>It appears the DNS server at my internet provider crashed
>last nite...they are working it out...in the meantime please
>use http://heard.eunet.be
>This URL has exactly THE SAME LOGS.
>
>E-MAIL SERVER at heard-log@ve7tcp.ampr.org
>------------------------------------------
>It appears that the e-mail log server by Lyndon, VE7TCP is
>not yet up. The RBBS server on Packet radio, which can be
>accessed from anywhere in the world is up and running
>in good shape. See Heard island Message # 29 for all
>details how to use it.
>
>NEW LOGS
>--------
>We are expecting new logs sometime this early evening. We
>expect to have them on the srvers before 20:00 tonight.
>New logs will be sent from the island ONCE per day.
>The reason for having only ONE dispatching per day is
>that the CT links between the operation sites is not
>working. This means that all logs have to be manually
>collected, merged etc, which takes about 2 hours.
>Therefore, this will only be done ONCE per day.
>
>80 METER SSB
>------------
>There will be no 80 meter SSB tonight. The fibre glass
>section (supplied by a famous German supplier who sells
>those every year in Frederichshafen) broke, but Harry is
>repairing it.
>
>ANTENNAS
>--------
>At this time VK0IR has the following antennas up:
>
>OP SITE 1 (CW):
> 10/15/20 3 el yagi + 30m dipole
> 20: 3 el yagi
> WARC: 3 EL YAGI
> 30 m: vertical
> 40m: 4-square
> 80m: 4-square
> 160-80-40: Battle Creek special
> Vertical R5
> 3 Beverages
>
>OP SITE 2 (SSB):
> 20m: 3 el yagi
> 10/15/20: 3 el yagi
> 12/17m: 3 el yagi
> 40m: 2 el yagi
>
>OP SITE 3 (any mode)
> 10/15/20: 3 el yagi
> 30 m: vertical
> 10 through 40: R7 vertical
>
>
>73,
>
>Your pilots: ON4UN, N1DG, W0EK, K0EU, W4WW, W2IJ, JH1ROJ
>
>
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>* H.I. INTERNET ADDRESSES *
>*Heard Island reflector: heard@ve7tcp.ampr.org *
>*Heard Island WWW site: http://www.ccnet.com/~cordell/HI/ *
>* http://www.aurumtel.com/hnews.html*
>*WWW log server: http://www.aurumtel.com/heard-log.html *
>* http://heard.eunet.be/ *
>*E-mail log server:heard-log@ve7tcp.ampr.org *
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>
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