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Amsterdam Island DXpedition
Press Release: January 4, 2014
We are now 6 days from departure from the U.S. The Braveheart is making
its way
across the Great Australian Bight and the North Corridor Radio Group of
Western
Australia has a stockpile of supplies queued up and waiting for us.
Momentum has
taken over now and there is no turning back.
Upon arrival in Fremantle, the Braveheart will re-provision and refuel to
90,000
to 100,000 liters of fuel. We will load the materials we've obtained from
the
NCRG, do a little shopping for personal supplies, set up our maritime
mobile
station, take our sea sickness pills and patches, and be prepared to sail
on
January 15th.
We’ll be passing through some rare grids on the way to Amsterdam Island and
we
are anxious to hand out QSO's from them. Be sure to look for us on the
bands and
track us on our website in near real time. Landing on Amsterdam can
be
"exciting." Wish us good luck with this. We'll have some heavy work to do
upon
landing and expect our set up time to take at least a full day. We'll let
you
know when we get there.
This will be our last press release. It has been a long time of preparation
and
a great deal of work, but that is behind us now. The next time you hear
from us,
it will be a signal from the Braveheart or from Amsterdam Island.
As you can see from our financial status on our home page, we still need
help.
If you haven't helped us yet, please consider doing so. If you've supported
us,
thank you - you've kept us afloat to date.
73 - The Amsterdam Island DXpedition Team
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73 and Good DX!
Dave Raycroft, VA3RJ
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