update #2 - 2215utc: we're just about where we were yesterday with the weather being even worse. three team members (carlos np4iw, al k3vn and george n4grn) are still on the ship along with about 20% of our gear and supplies. the winds today have been as high as 60 knots and now are 30-40 knots. temps are in the low 30s; it's raining (not snowing) and it makes tough going as we sink in about 6" into slush with every step. the conditions are difficult to work in and ralph k豂r says it's worse than in 1994. in 1994, firm ice was about 6' down; now it's only about 18". the final shelter is up (operations shelter a, 12' x 24'). we're all wet and semi-miserable (and our chief cook, george n4grn is still on the ship!)
we've made about 2,500 qsos so far, about 60% on cw. the qs are about 1/3 europe, 1/3 japan and 1/3 us. tonight we'll have four stations on the air as the 30m and 40m verticals are now operational along with the two steppirs. the 75 meter and 160m antennas will be worked on tomorrow.
we've been unable to transmit the logs for the website so far because the antennas to do that are (you guessed it) still on the ship. please be patient and bear with us.
2330utc: the visability is still very poor and we were unable to fly the helicopter today. we saw the ship from the island twice for a few seconds; that's how "socked in" we are.
thankfully we're all drier today!
the helicopter is loaded for the next run and, hopefully tomorrow our remaining three team members will be able to join us. the supplies we miss the most are ready to bring across: another generator, another radio, chairs and food.
presently we're on the air with only three stations. fortunately today we were able to get the battle creek special up so we'll be on 80 and 160 tonight.
our spirits are good, but we're disappointed we only have a third of the planned stations on the air. hopefully we'll be at full strength by the weekend (both rigs and manpower).
thanks to the national science foundation, the university of wisconsin and chuck n豊hj, here's a composite satellite image showing our "delightful"
刚才在17米听到59信号,我以为不是3y0x,等我反应过来,传播没有了.
看他上面的报道,1/3eu,1/3us,1/3ja, ............1/3qso是ja台啊....不过60%是cw.