 Updates
from the Peter I DXpedition team!
21st February - 2330UTC
We awoke today to the sound of the helo beginning to make flights to
the Island. Although we moved the team off the island on the 19th in advance
of a coming storm, we still had some equipment at our camp awaiting pickup.
The WX has been lousy since our departure and yesterday, only four loads
were retrieved. So hopes were high this morning for the final 6-7 loads
to come off and we could be on our way home via Deception and King George
Islands.
But the WX closed in again and only four loads were picked up. The remainder
of today has been spent watching the WX for an opening and repacking our
shipping container in the ship's cargo hold.
We are anchored off Radiosletta plateau about 1¼ miles off the
NE side of the island, in about 80 meters of water. There is one station
QRV as XR9A/mm and is busily handing out QSOs. It seems we may miss the
pileups but certainly not the WX conditions of being ashore.
Today was our scheduled departure date and so far at least, we are still
on schedule. But as you may imagine, we are all anxious to get on our
way after "mission accomplished!"
73 from the Peter I Team!
73's to all from The Peter I team!
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