VK9LA Lord Howe Island - update

Bill Horner, VK4FW, member of Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group Inc. (ODXG), reports that the VK9LA March departure
date is fast approaching, and all team members are ready to go. Operations will be between March 23rd and April 3rd.

The total list of operators are:
Tony IZ3ESV, San K5YY, Bob N2OO, Lance N2OZ, Stan SQ8X, Peter SQ9DIE, Victoria SV2KBS, Alex VK1TX, Luke VK3HJ, Chris VK3QB, John VK4IO, Catherine VK4VCH, Chris VK5CP, John VK5PO, Julian W5SL and Bill VK4FW.

Bill, VK4FW, will travel to Lord Howe on March 22nd to immediately begin unpacking. On March 23rd, 4 other operators will arrive and the rest will arrive as originally planned on March 24th.

Bill states (edited), "We will assemble 7 full HF stations at 2 seperate sites as well as one for 6m. Modes of operation are SSB, CW and RTTY. We will use mono band yagis and mono band verticals to allow us to possibly have 2 actual
stations on the same band similtaneously. There are also a quantity of wire antennas for the low bands. A full list of operating frequencies will be designed to enhance our plans.

"With the rising fuel prices and the international economy crashing around us, we have been able to secure a vessel to freight all of our equipment. We are still trying to get more support to cover this cost, so please be so kind to visit our Web site and make a donation at: http://www.odxg.org/vk9la.htm

"The QSLing chores will be handled by VK4FW. We will set up an online QSLing system that will permit you to apply online to help cut your postage costs. More on this later. QSL cards will be printed very quickly by UX5UO."

For more updates, details on the DXpedition and how to donate to this operation, please visit the ODXG and VK9LA Web pages at:
http://www.odxg.org
http://www.odxg.org/vk9la.htm

Source: OPDX