[WVDXA] VP6DX - Ducie Is. Update

Clark L. Stewart w8tn at ntelos.net
Mon Feb 4 17:57:56 PST 2008


The following was just posted on the Top Band Reflector:


>Hello everyone from Tahiti.  It is just like the photographs.  Beautiful.
>
>All the team is here now.  One set of luggage left in LAX, but that is the 
>extent of the miscues thus far.
>
>The team had lunch a couple of hours ago with a number of the local FO 
>hams who have been assisting with translation (French) and ferrying us 
>from place to place.  They are great.
>
>The first official team meeting will be just after sundown at 7 PM local.
>
>Our flight to Managareva is at 5:40 AM local, so it will be a short 
>night.  We will meet the Braveheart in Mangareva tomorrow about noon.
>
>If the schedule continues as planned, exactly 1 week from right now (late 
>afternoon / early evening local) VP6DX should come on the air.
>
>Please read the operating instructions in the last news update on the 
>VP6DX website.
>
>73 to all.  This will be the last message until we come on the air.
>
>Milt, N5IA  in beautiful Papeete, Tahiti




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