Dec 27, 2022
Info recently published on the blog of LB5SH:
Did you miss OJ0 the last time I was at Market Reef? Santa didn’t leave you anything under the tree this year?
I’m planning a new DXpedition to OJ0 Market Reef in Q2 2023, together with three other operators. We’re planning to keep two stations active around the clock, for about seven days. We will also give VHF a shot this time – 6m, 4m, and maybe even 2m.
The VHF operator have purchased a custom PA for 6m/4m, as well as the designated aerials. I have purchased a 1kW PA tube workhorse, and will be on a lookout for a transistor PA to have as a backup.
We’re currently evaluating various antennas for the HF part of the operation.
More details will follow in January 2023. [picture credit LB5SH]
PS: A look inside Market Reef lightouse
Info récemment publiée sur le blog de LB5SH :
Avez-vous manqué OJ0 la dernière fois J’étais à Market Reef ? Le Père Noël ne vous a rien laissé sous le sapin cette année ?
Je prévois une nouvelle expédition DX vers OJ0 Market Reef au deuxième trimestre 2023, avec trois autres opérateurs. Nous prévoyons de garder deux stations actives 24 heures sur 24, pendant environ sept jours. Nous allons également tester la VHF cette fois-ci : 6 m, 4 m et peut-être même 2 m.
L’opérateur VHF a acheté un PA personnalisé pour 6 m/4 m, ainsi que les antennes désignées. J’ai acheté un bourreau de travail à tube PA de 1 kW et je serai à la recherche d’un transistor PA à avoir en secours.
Nous évaluons actuellement différentes antennes pour la partie HF de l’opération.
Plus de détails suivront en janvier 2023. [crédit photo LB5SH]
PS : Un regard à l’intérieur du phare de Market Reef
Info de la Source * ICI
Cape Hallett 72°19’ South, 170°16’ East, was the location of a joint scientific base, Hallett Station, between the United States and New Zealand during the International Geophysical Year of 1957, and was manned permanently until 1964, when there was a major fire.
At the time, thirty Navy men and scientists were stationed at a “rookery” near Hallett Station from October through February to study the over 100,000 Adelie penguins which populate the area. These birds, 18 inches tall and weighing 14 pounds, return annually to breed and raise their young. An area of 74 ha, is protected under the Antarctic Treaty System as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.106 because it contains habitats with a rich and diverse range of plant communities that are the most extensive and representative examples known at the northern end of the latitudinal gradient of Victoria Land and the Ross Sea.
The only activity known from Hallett Station (
Jim, KBØMZFwrote:
