Desecheo DXpedition update
February 23, 2009

The K5D DXpedition to Desecho Island continues to be on the air until February 26th.

On February 20th, 'Group 2' left the island and was
replaced by 'Group 3'. 'Group 1' will be staying during the whole K5D operation.

Pictures of the groups as follows:
#1 http://69.89.25.185/~trexsoft/t-rexsoftware.com/
desecheo/group1.htm
#2 http://69.89.25.185/~trexsoft/t-rexsoftware.com/
desecheo/group2.htm
#3 http://69.89.25.185/~trexsoft/t-rexsoftware.com/
desecheo/group3.htm

The team has fought hot weather, high winds and seas which cause them to lose several antennas on the beach due to guy-points being washed away, but the DXpedition continues to operate effectively. Plenty of new pictures are being added daily to the DXpeditions Web site and the K5D QSO count keeps climbing high. As this was being written (Sunday at 1823z), the K5D QSO count was just under 86k contacts (+41k/CW, +38k/SSB and +5k/RTTY). This count does not include QSOs being made on the satellites.

Remember, online logs at available at:
http://69.89.25.185/~trexsoft/t-rexsoftware.com/
desecheo/lookup.htm

Activity will continue on 160-6 meters using 6-8 stations on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via N2OO. Remember for updates/logs/pictures, visit the KP5 Web page at: http://www.kp5.us