Ducie Island, VP6, DXpedition Gears Up [复制链接]

ducie island, vp6, dxpedition gears up

the daily dx reports that the ducie island dxpedition team, vp6dx, has been busy behind the scenes preparing for the much anticipated february 2008 dxpedition, reports, carsten esch, dl6lau, who says the group has decided to extend the duration of the dxpedition. plans are to depart mangareva island, gambier islands, french polynesia via the braveheart on february 5, 2008 and head for pitcairn island; this trip normally takes about 36 hours. the ops will spend a few hours on pitcairn before take another 36 hour trip boat ride to ducie island; they plan to arrive at sunrise on february 9. they hope to be up and running within 24 hours. the team needs to be back on mangareva by march 3. if all goes well, including the weather, they will have vp6 on the air for as long as 19 days. there is a slight chance of a short visit to another uninhabited island if things on ducie slow down. henderson island (also vp6, not a separate dxcc entity) is the only island on the way to and from ducie island.

the team will have seven of the new elecraft k3 transceivers; elecraft is a sponsor of the vp6dx dxpedition. acom is also sponsoring the dxpedition. as such, the team will have six or seven of the acom 1000/1010 amps and one acom 2000a (for 160 meters).

the vp6dx team will have two phased verticals on 160 meters aimed at europe and the us, with one vertical to be used to all other areas. there are plans to have two 4-squares on 80 meters -- one on cw and the other on ssb -- for simultaneous operation. they will use 4-squares on the 30 and 40 meter bands, and phased vertical dipoles on 10-20 meters.

the dxpedition to ducie, announced at the 2007 dayton hamvention, will have a different set of operators than first announced. the current list of operators is: jan b. c. harders, dj8nk; dietmar kasper, dl3dxx; carsten esich, dl6lau; andree schanko, dl8las; eric scace, k3na; martii laine, oh2bh; pertti simovaara, oh2pm; leszek fabianski, sp3doi; andrew chesnokov, ua3ab, and marshall critchell, wa6cdr. unfortunately, krassy petkov, k1lz, will not be able to go. the group plans to announce the addition of three more ops in the near future.

the vp6dx dxpedition team will be assisted by a support team, including kan mizoguchi, ja1bk, who will be advising the vp6dx team. kan was the dxpedition leader on the first operation (vp6di) from ducie, and he also supported the second operation (vp6dia). franz kramer, df6qv; ulrich weiss, dj2ya, and juha tuovinen, oh1jt, will be the antenna engineering team. the team's webmaster will be christian janssen, dl1mgb. bob beebe, gu4yox, is the electrical team manager, and miralda warren, vp6mw, is the pitcairn island liaison. more support personnel are expected to be announced soon.

this will be a serious effort to make ducie island available to the dx community. donations for this operation are requested in order to make this operation a success.

the vp6dx website is constantly being updated, and a monthly newsletter will be available prior to the trip; the team also hopes to put out a daily newsletter once on ducie. those wishing to receive the news letter can register on the web site. the july issue is expected to be available to the dx community in the next few days.

呵呵，又有得玩了，不过时间还早，留岛时间倒是挺长的，qrp应该有机会

pitcairn island
在我的cq分区图上vp6被错误印为vr6

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pitcairn island
在我的cq分区图上vp6被错误印为vr6

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和我犯了一样的错误。
看这里：
http://www.hellocq.net/forum/showthread-t-152459.发现了一个中文cq分区图上的错误~vp6.html

the vp6dx dxpedition team will be assisted by a support team. ja1bk, kan mizoguchi, who was the dxpedition leader on the first operation
(vp6di) from ducie and who supported the second operation (vp6dia), will be advising the vp6dx team. df6qv, dj2ya and oh1jt will be the antenna engineering team. the team's webmaster will be dl1mgb.
gu4yox, bob beebe, is the electrical team manager and vp6mw, miralda warren, is the pitcairn island liaison. more support personnel are expected to be announced soon.

early on the team chose to take radios that would possibly be "the best radio for this kind of operation". the team will have seven of the new k3 transceivers thanks to the sponsorship of elecraft (www.elecraft.com). another sponsor for this operation will be acom
(www.hfpower.com) as the team will have six or seven of the acom 1000/1010 amps and one acom 2000a (for 160 meters).

serious efforts are being made in many aspects of this dxpedition including their antennas. they will have two phased verticals on 160 meters aimed at europe and the us and one vertical will be used to all other areas. plans are to have two 4 squares on 80 meters, one on cw and the other on ssb, for simultaneous operation. four squares will also be used on the 30 and 40 meter bands. on 10 through 20 meters they will be using phased vertical dipoles.

as you can see, from the list of operators, their time on the island, the equipment and antennas, this will be a serious effort to make ducie island available to the dx community. donations for this operation are being requested, in order to make this operation a success. your support before the operation is requested, as "all of the expenses have to be paid way before" the team actually depart.
the team members have already put upfront the money. donations have already been received or promised by the following sponsors: german dx foundation (gdxf), danish dx group (ddxg), clipperton dx club (cdxc), chiltern dx club (cdxc), european dx foundation (eudxf), uk six metre group (uksmg) and the central virginia dx contest club (cvcc). individual contributions have been received so far from:
k9ct, w2ri, dj0qn, g4dyo, k7hc, n6ox, dk5wl, dl2oe, k7eie, dl3jj, jf7rjm and dl7zz.

the budget for this operation is over $200,000 (usd). those willing and able can support this operation, with details on the team's web site at http://ducie2008.dl1mgb.com/content/view/33/54/. over the next few weeks the vp6dx team will be preparing the shipping container, which will contain the "radios, amplifiers, antennas, generators" etc.

the vp6dx website (www.vp6dx.com) is constantly being updated and a monthly news letter will be available with all the details prior to the trip. those wishing to automatically receive the news letter can go to the web site and "leave your e-mail address in the news section". the july issue is expected to be available to the dx community in the next few days.

是个大动作啊，这次就看k3的表现啦