The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No. 1387.2
BID: $OPDX.1387.2
October 27, 2018
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Sent/Written in Strongsville, OH

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
Clusters Network, and the PIDXG for the following DX information.


VP6D ISLAND REPORT/UPDATE (October 27th) [edited].


  - We continue to operate on all bands that are are open.


  - Earlier today we took the N1MM log, merged all the FT8 logs, and
    uploaded to our log server at  ~81,000 QSOs. We will do
    a complete log analysis and audit after we leave Ducie.


  - 6m EME - last night we made 3 more contacts. We will continue operating
    6 m EME on moonrise for another few nights.


  - We created an island exit plan with the skipper of the Braveheart.
    In order to make the once-a-week flight from Mangareva to Tahiti we
    will begin the tear down process as follows:


    Wednesday 31 Oct:  Remove 6 m EME antenna and 160 antenna


    Thursday 1 Nov:   Begin tear down of CW and SSB camps, antennas, etc
                      Remove all non essential equipment from the island.


    Friday   2 Nov:   Remove sleeping tents and move all DX-pedition
                      equipment to the Braveheart


                      Leave the island approx 15:00 (local)


                      Depart Ducie 18:00 (local) after stowing all equip-
                      ment on Braveheart


   Above plan dependent on the weather remaining calm.


   Team Ducie 2018 

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