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K5K | | - They went QRT at 18:48 UTC 31-October-2000 !
- Kingman Reef started to QRV at 03:20z 22-Oct on 14,195kHz.
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 *** Date: 04-February-2001
Subject: K5K, KH6ND/KH5, T32R QSL's and SASE Postage Concerns
See --> K5Ks_QSL.txt (3Kb)
*** Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 00:45:27Z (WA1S)
K5K-DXpedition Continent Statistics 2000/10/22 - 2000/10/31
Band 160 80 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 6M ALL %
CW
North America 709 959 2335 1952 2153 1630 2393 1839 2207 71 16248 20.1
South America 4 18 63 63 111 60 129 46 70 0 564 0.7
Europe 0 105 495 1268 2779 1532 1326 173 329 0 8007 9.9
Asia 280 435 1828 1772 1373 1457 2270 1212 1264 561 12452 15.4
Africa 1 5 13 19 23 13 13 5 6 0 98 0.1
Oceania 28 23 79 77 65 61 98 37 41 11 520 0.6
37889 100
SSB
North America 1 1150 1199 0 4836 2092 4605 2088 4982 114 21067 26.1
South America 0 31 53 0 270 73 208 72 257 0 964 1.2
Europe 0 19 90 0 3271 1330 2102 509 482 0 7803 9.7
Asia 0 202 857 0 1886 1571 2593 1115 1874 230 10328 12.8
Africa 0 0 8 0 65 19 49 11 27 0 179 0.2
Oceania 0 64 102 0 327 159 292 101 205 10 1260 1.6
41601 100
RTTY
North America 0 0 0 0 51 0 218 0 199 0 468 0.6
South America 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 8 0 14 0.0
Europe 0 0 0 0 178 0 81 0 0 0 259 0.3
Asia 0 0 0 0 93 0 394 0 103 0 590 0.7
Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0.0
Oceania 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 5 0 16 0.0
1350 100
Total 1023 3011 7122 5151 17487 9997 16783 7208 12061 997 80840 100%
*** Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 19:32:46Z (NI6T)
Subject: KH6ND/KH5 QRT
Mike Gibson, KH6ND has left Palmyra Atoll and returned to Honolulu.
The Nature Conservancy's (TNC) acitivities on Palmyra have ceased for
the winter. Given the imminent change in ownership, we do not know what
operating opportunities will be available in the future.However, Mike
and the Kingman Reef/Palmyra DX Group (KRPDXG) hope to be involved in
future amateur activity from Palmyra
During his volunteer stay on Palmyra, Mike, beyond his work
commitments, tirelessly handed out more than 25,000 QSO's on 10 bands
and 3 modes. (The final total may be closer to 27,000). Mike's efforts,
and those of N4BQW, WB4JTT, NH6UY and KH7U were part of KRPDXG's overall
efforts to assist TNC on Palmyra Atoll.
The Palmyra effort was in turn an integral part of the Kingman Reef
project. The Kingman Reef DXpedition concluded its operational phase on
October 31, with almost 81,000 QSO's in the log.
Your donation to offset the considerable expense of these operations
will be appreciated. Please send donations and QSL's to K4TSJ---not to
individual operators.
Thanks to all for your participation and support.
For the KRPDXG
Garry Shapiro, NI6T
Tom Harrell, N4XP
*** Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 15:09:25Z (K6GNX)
Subject: KH6ND/KH5
I spoke with Mike last night at 0700Z. He said that I had the last QSO
from Palmyra and that he was packing all the ham radio stuff and was
leaving today for Honolulu. He didn't ask me to make any press
announcement so I guess he plans to do that when he gets back to
Hawaii. He didn't know the status of his staying until yesterday.
He did make 9 RTTY QSO's yesterday - the last few lucky guys got in the
log on RTTY.
*** Date: Sat, 11-Nov-2000 23:55:06Z (NI6T)
Subject: K5K Log Lookup
QSO lookup for the K5K DXpedition is now available on the KR2000
DXpedition website at http://www.qsl.net/krpdxg/krlog.html
This is the only site for log lookups. The test site has been deactivated.
As is the custom with log lookups, only the band and mode are displayed
at our site.
The following message is posted at that address:
If your qso is NOT in the log or if there is a mistake on the band/mode
just send a note with your qsl. The manager will be happy to manually
check the logs for any discrepancies
Log lookup is an indicator---not an absolute authority on your QSO's.
A dropped or added dit or a mistyped character can mean a missed QSO.
We are aware that there are time, band and mode mistakes in the DXpedition
log, and we are working diligently to correct these. Most are due to
technical problems at the operating positions; some undoubtedly can be
attributed to operator sleep deprivation and other human factors.
Our QSL managers will work hard to ensure that every valid QSO for which
a QSL is requested will be confirmed. Be patient--we want happy DXers.
A word about dupes. A valid QSO is one which is considered so by both
operators. If another attempt was required by a caller to achieve that
degree of confidence, so be it.
We do not believe that dupes significantly impacted anyone's ability to
obtain a CW or SSB QSO. However, it is my personal opinion that the limited
RTTY operation and the relatively low QSO rates inherent in RTTY justified
my request that operators not seek a second band QSO on that mode (only),
in order to maximize the number of successful RTTY callers.
(Again, a second call to achieve a solid QSO is always OK).
I am grateful to those RTTY operators who honored my request and QRXed
after their first QSO, in the true spirit of amateur radio.
73, Garry Shapiro, NI6T - Co-leader, KR2000
*** Date: Fri, 10-Nov-2000 18:33:56Z (NI6T)
Subject: KR2000 News Release, 10 November 2000
Kingman Reef Summary, 10 November 2000
The operational phase of the KR2000 DXpedition to Kingman Reef is now
complete; all operators are home.
After almost a week's travel from Honolulu by air and sea, the team
arrived at Kingman Reef via Christmas Island and Palmyra Atoll aboard
the MV Machias on 20 October and commenced construction on the islet.
Bad weather delayed completion of this phase.
However, at full operational status, 15 people, 7 stations (160-6m),
6 5kW generators and 12 antennas coexisted on a half-acre of coral and
shell debris. The team erected nine separate shelter structures,
including watermaking and sanitary facilities.
Appropriately, the first QSO was with Mike, N9NS at 0320Z on 22 October.
Mike co-led the 1993 Kingman Reef DXpedition. The last QSO was logged
at 1848Z on 31 October and we departed the reef on the same day.
We returned to Honolulu by air from Christmas Island on 5 November.
The team logged 80,841 QSO's--good for third place among all
DXpeditions, all-time. The total is also the highest for any pure
boat-and-tent DXpedition. CW and SSB QSO totals were essentially equal.
A primary goal was to provide Kingman Reef QSO's to Europe. That goal
was achieved: Europe accounted for almost 16,000 QSO's---20% of the total.
Another primary goal was the first six meter operation ever from this counter.
899 QSO's were logged on that band.
936 QSO's were logged on 160 meters, and 1322 QSO's on RTTY. In all,
the team operated in 22 band-modes.
We also consider the more than 25,000 QSO's logged so far by KH6ND/KH5
from Palmyra Atoll to be part of our total effort, as well as approximately
1000 QSO's logged from T32R on Christmas Island.
All QSL's go to K4TSJ.
The DXpedition website at http://www.qsl.net/krpdxg is currently adding
images of the DXpedition. Please visit the site often to share the experience
of the DXpedition team, and to note the sponsors who helped make this
expedition possible..
On-line log checking will be available shortly.
For the Kingman Reef/Palmyra DX Group
Garry Shapiro, NI6T - Tom Harrell, N4XP
*** Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 22:07:23Z (N1DG)
Subject: K5K wrapup
Well the team is back in Hawaii and should be reaching their homes in the
next day or so.
I will have the logs in a few days and will announce when they are posted
to the web site.
I did get some preliminary numbers from Tom today.
Total QSOs around 80,600.
Some highlights: Europe: 20% (15,827)
CW: 49.0% 160: 9,407 Q (?? de ja3aaw)
SSB: 49.4% 6M: 899 Q
RTTY: 1.6% RTTY: 1,333 Q
Full numbers will be out later this week.
(From NI6T's e-mail on 10/Nov/2000, T/L= 80,841 QSOs, 160M: 936, RTTY: 1322)
*** Date: Sat, 05 Nov-2000 02:43:49Z (K6GNX)
Subject: update 6:30PM West Coast 04-NOV
I just spoke with Tom and there are relaxing at the Captain Cook Hotel
on Christmas Island and on the air on 21310. He said that they were met
by customs at about 10AM and were off the boat by 11AM. Everything
worked out well with customs and immigration.. I'll send another update
after I talk with them at 8PM West Coast time in an hour and a half.
The weather is calmer now than it has been in two weeks.
From DX-Summit Cluster: (JA3AAW)
WV4X 21310.0 T32R Ann On Christmas Island 0110 05-Nov
K6GXO 21310.0 T32R 0305 05-Nov
KI4RO 18145.0 T32R simplex 0323 05-Nov
JI0DGG 14195.0 T32R 0522 05-Nov
K6GNX 3795.0 T32R CW] 0557 05-Nov
*** Date: Fri, 04 Nov-2000 06:26:40Z (K6GNX)
I just spoke with Tom, Kimo, Bob, and Garry. They are about 5 hours
away from Christmas Island. The seas have subsided and the going is
more pleasant now.
They will clear customs in the morning and then go the the Captain Cook
Hotel. They will probably operate as T32R for a while. They will fly
to Honolulu the next day (Sunday) and the plane should arrive around
12:30 in Honolulu, just after lunch. Interestingly they arrive
Christmas Island on a Sunday then fly the NEXT day to Honolulu and
arrive on a Sunday!. Christmas Island is on the West side of the
Internaltional dateline because the line loops around it.
Everybody is fine.
*** Date: Thu, 03-Nov-2000 02:52:47z (K6GNX)
Subject: update Thursday evening 6:30 West Coast
I just spoke with Tom and Ned aboard the Machias. They put back up
a 20 meter dipole in the rigging of the ship. They were using the maritime
HF vertical but it broke and so they have put the ham radio antenna back
up. Everyone is fine. About half the team is below deck hanging in there
waiting to get back on solid ground. They have about 36 hours to go.
The waves are about 8 feet and the computer predictions said about 9 feet
so it agrees well.
The captain and his crew is having no problem with the motion of the
ship and the roughness is not at all dangerous as I said before.
The continuous rocking is tiring for some. They are going almost directly
into the wind which will be decreasing as they approach the end of the trip.
They have more time than I thought so there is no problem catching the
airplane and will stay overnight at the Captain Cook Hotel one night before
boarding the plane. The only worry was that they would be able to clear
customs on a Sunday but that has been taken care of.
I will be speaking to them in one hour (8PM on the West Coast).
*** Date: Thu, 02-Nov-2000 23:59:50z (K6GNX)
Subject: update Tuesday afternoon in Nevada
I just talked to Mike KH6ND on Palmyra who talked to Tom on the Machias
last night and he said that they are fine but the seas are rough and it is
a tiring ride. They left Mike off at Palmyra about 8 hours after they left
Kingman Reef. My weather predictions show about 9 foot seas and Mike said
that Tom said that they are "enduring" the trip. There is no danger but
I think that it isn't much fun. The ship can be it much heavier seas without
any danger. I remember Garry saying when the wind came up the first day
on the reef, and Garry thought that this was a pretty good wind, that
the captain said that "you should see it when it really blows".
The HF marine radio antenna broke yesterday and the little ham radio dipole
strung in the rigging also fell down. They will hopefully fix the ham radio
antenna today and this evening when I talk to them I will get a better
prediction of when they will arrive at Christmas Island.
As soon as I talk with them I will send out another update.
They sent the telephone numbers of the customs office and someone who will
drive them to the airplane to Mike and Walt in Hawaii. Walt emailed me and
I made phone calls to Christmas Island getting a promise from the head of
custons that he will send a man even in the middle of the night so that
they can make their connections at the airport.
Part of the excitement in meeting the plane is that the international
date line loops 20 degrees east around Christmas Island so that our Saturday
morning is their Sunday morning.
*** Subject: update 06:00Z 31-0ct (K6GNX)
I just talked to someone on 10MHz CW and he said that all was OK and
that they were very busy trying to beat another dxpeditions QSO total.
Sounds like they are trying to do the best they possibly can before they
shut down in about 10 hours. They may be pretty busy tomorrow loading
the boat.
*** Date: Mon, 31-Oct-2000 00:40:54Z (N1DG)
Subject: Last call for K5K
K5K will stay on the air until 16:00 UTC 31 October.
In a few hours (at their sunset, 04:00 UTC) they will take down the 17, 12 and
10 meter antennas. The last 12 hours or so they will operate 15, 20, 40 and 80
(both modes on each band).
4 stations will be operational during their night.
Pileups are very thin and right now they are CQ-ing on 12 and 15 with few takers.
73 Don N1DG
*** Subject: update 05:00Z 30-Oct (K6GNX)
I just talked to Garry and Kimo and everyone is fine. They now have
70,000+ QSO's which puts them in the all time top 10 dxpeditions.
It was hot today and for a while the lagoon looked like a lake.
Several went floating out in the water. The smooth water made loading
the boat much easier. There was a very high tide last night but there was
no spray over the reef this time. They have already loaded part of the
equipment so that there will be less to do tomorrow.
They will pull the plug tomorrow about noon local time there and
leave Tuesday morning.
While they are sailing to Christmas Island they will be on the air.
// snip //
They will stop in Palmyra to let off Mike and then leave immediately
for Christmas Island. At Christmas Island they will be on the air
for a short time as T32R before catching the plane to Hawaii.
*** Date: Sun, 30-Oct-2000 02:24:23z (N1DG)
Subject: K5K QRT Schedule
I just talked to Tom, N4XP.
They have moved the excess generators to the boat, taken down the Battle
Creek Special (no more 160), and dismantled one of the stations.
80 Meter Operation will take place tomorrow with the other 80 mtr vertical.
They will operate all day tomorrow 30 October with 4 stations; as the day
progresses some more teardown will take place and some of the crew will sleep
on the boat tomorrow night.
They expect to QRT Tuesday morning local time (-11 Hours UTC) and leave
the Reef by mid afternoon.
*** Subject: K5K update 07:00Z 28-Oct (K6GNX)
Press release
Garry said that they have worked on the 80 antenna and can operate on
160 and 80 at the same time until they take down the antennas.
Propagation on 20 during the day was dead on the 28th. The team handed
out 1200 40 SSB Q's to Europe last night.
Right now they are smoking at 300+ an hour to Europe on 20 CW.
Also they are getting RTTY on 15 to Europe. They will concentrate on CW
during the contest but if one of the bands get slow on CW they will switch
to SSB to hand out mults.
This will be only if CW drys up on some band. They plan to operate
until Monday and then tear down. They will leave one station operating
until everything else is down and then take the last station down.
*** Subject: update 06:30Z 28-OCT (K6GNX)
Dear Everyone,
Talked to Alan and Garry. Everyone is fine. They are going to try to
keep operating until the last possible minute to get as many people in
the log books as they can. They are planning to keep operating until
Monday and leave Tuesday which will give them about 1 day cushion
to get back to Christmas Island on time.
*** Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 06:35:37z (K6GNX)
Subject: press release
The team was up to 44,000 Q's as of 0000Z last. 20% are EU. 0600-0900Z
Tomorrow will be for 15 meter RTTY with Europe. The team strongly
requests only one RTTY QSO - if you get them on one band - then don't
work them again on another band on RTTY to give as many as possible
a chance. The general plan is to concentrate more on SSB before the
contest and then be on CW during the contest.
The one A3 tribander was taken down as it was not as good as the Force
12 vertical arrays. The 80 meter inverted L did not perform well so
they are time sharing between 160 and 80 on the Battlecreek Special.
They will be on 14245 KHz tomorrow for generals.
*** Subject: [dx-list] K5K update 07:00Z 28-Oct
Press release
Garry said that they have worked on the 80 antenna and can operate on
160 and 80 at the same time until they take down the antennas.
Propagation on 20 during the day was dead on the 28th. The team handed
out 1200 40 SSB Q's to Europe last night. Right now they are smoking at
300+ an hour to Europe on 20 CW. Also they are getting RTTY on 15 to
Europe. They will concentrate on CW during the contest but if one of
the bands get slow on CW they will switch to SSB to hand out mults.
This will be only if CW drys up on some band. They plan to operate
until Monday and then tear down. They will leave one station operating
until everything else is down and then take the last station down.
*** Date: Thu, 26-Oct 21:22:39z (K6GNX)
Subject: Re: K5K on RTTY & 160M
I think that they will be only one band at a time on RTTY.
Garry said that the 160 run to JA pretty well cleaned out the pileup.
I will mention JA RTTY this evening.
*** Date: 26-Oct 14:20z (JA3AAW)
I talked to Katsu JH7OHF/a member of K5K:
"RTTY from about 20:20z 25-Oct and will be QRV everyday on 10/15/20M
and operaters will be NI6T and AA7A".
*** Subject: update 05:30Z 26-OCT (K6GNX)
I just spoke with Garry and Ned. Everyone is fine and taking turns
on the radios and sleeping along with fixing the antennas. The wind
continues to be strong and variable. They get surf from different
directions at the same time. They have made 35,000 contacts so far.
Garry sounded relaxed and like he was having fun. I think that things
are settling down. They fixed the 80 meter antenna and it is working
much better.
The weather will continue to be windy but it will be gradually
decreasing over the next 5 days. This will make loading the ship back
up easier. Still no decision on operating the CQWW contest but I
suspect that because they were late getting there, any contesting will
be a very small effort.
*** Answer to JA3AAW's question about same time operations on 14 RTTY & CW:
Date: Wed, 25-Oct-2000 08:28:44z (K6GNX)
The RTTY will have it's own antenna and should be able to operate
independently from CW or SSB. This is the goal. I can't confirm until
tomorrow that they have been on RTTY but it seems possible since Garry
was trying to get it working but was having trouble. Perhaps he was on
trying it out.
*** Subject: update 25-OCT-0630Z (K6GNX)
I just spoke with Tom and he said that the wind and high tide sometimes
brings the water up to the tents. Everyone is on the reef all the time.
There are only 3 trips a day to the ship at anchor because the waves make
it hard to get back and forth. Some of the generators have stopped working
and they are fixing them even though it is quite involved.
There are many problems and the team is fixing them one by one.
They put up a 3rd sleeping tent that is open on two sides so that several
cots can be sheltered from the wind. Some of the team have been sleeping
on the sand but when the water comes all the way up to the crown
they have to scramble to the tents.
Hams from all over the world have been sending emails complimenting
the team on their operating ability and their efforts to get everyone
"into the logs". The winds will gradually subside over the next 4 days
and there are no cyclonic storms anywhere near by.
That's all for now. The messages from yesterday were delivered.
Cheers DRBILL K6GNX
*** Answer to JA3AAW's asking(25-OCT):
I asked about the contest but they still haven't decided whether
they will work the CQ DX WW Phone Contest. (K6GNX)
*** Subject: update from K5K 0500Z 24-OCT-2000 (K6GNX)
press release
The team has put up all antennas and plans to work 160/80/40 USA until
West Coast sunrise. Then they will work JA, and finally near K5K
sunrise EU.
K5K was on 80 CW last night on the 160 antenna but not the day before.
There are some adjacent band problems 17/15 and 80/40 which were solved
today. Last night there was coax problems with the 160 antenna and they
had to stop as the terminator crossed the Rockies. Tonight they will be
on all night.
RTTY should start tomorrow but by the next day for sure. They are
planning a separate RTTY Yagi so that the RTTY op can operate
independently. There are 5 positions operating now and they may
add a 6th.
The 30 meter antenna is being tuned now so expect 30 soon.
The pilot thanks all the gentlemen who stood by on 15 SSB today for
support traffic.
DRBILL K6GNX
*** Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 07:46:52 -0700 (K6GNX)
Garry NI6T said before he left that they had to be back on Christmas Island
on the 4th. It takes 3 days to go from Kingman to Christmas. Therefore
they must quit on the 30th or 31st.
*** From JA's [DXML] Mailing List dx@jarl.com: (Date: 0530z 23-Oct-2000)
JF5NTT said who talked to Katsu/a member of K5K and he said
"We did set up ALL antennas today". (JA3AAW)
JA and UA0 stations worked K5K on 3503 CW around 14:30z 22-Oct.
It was a PIRATE. (JA3AAW)
*** Subject: update 0400Z 23 OCT (K6GNX)
I just talked with Garry and told him that while the winds were strong,
they were actually part of a small storm not a big one. He said that
the Captain said "you should see it when it really blows". This
confirms what I'm seeing on the weather predictions, a small storm and
they are getting the southern most edges of it. Things will slack off
in 1-2 days wind wise.
Everyone has had a chance to operate by now. They have made 5300 Q's in
the first day. They have made many EU Q's but I didn't get the EU
subtotal. They have reached zone 14,15,16, and 20 but western zone 14
and Mediterranean will need more attention.
The 160 antenna is up and they will be on tonight. Garry and Alan will
be operating. The 80 meter antenna and 30 meter antennas will go up
tomorrow and then they will be all up. They lost one amp, an AL-80 and
unfortunately even Alan could not fix it. The plate xfmr is toast. So,
they will be barefoot on 30 and 10. The fifth rig was just put on the
air as I spoke with Garry.
There was a pirate on 80 and that has been confirmed because the 80
antenna won't go up until tomorrow.
Almost the instant they got the 6 meter antenna up there was an opening
and they worked 70 stations. The bad news is that both 6 meter amps
have quit and so they will be barefoot with 100 watts on 6 meters.
*** Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 22:43:19z (K6GNX)
I just talked to Katsu, He said that it is still windy but not a
problem now. They just put up the 6 meter antenna. The low band
antennas are not up yet, so no low band operation tonight.
*** Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 03:38z (K6GNX)
Dear Yosi, Dave and Klaus,
Ned said that they would be on 40, 20, 17, 15M tonight (local time).
Cheers DRBILL K6GNX
*** Subject: update 0200Z 22 oct (K6GNX)
Don just posted this. It is windy but the are no big storms nearby.
Cheers DRBILL K6GNX
Gale force winds and heavy rain have prevented the team from getting
the antennas up for the past 24 hours.
In the past hour the winds have subsided and all hands are feverishly
working on the reef to get the antennas up.
They hope to be QRV before their sunset which is about 04:00 UTC.
I'll post the news when the come up.
73 and GL Don N1DG
*** Date: 2000/10/22 00:05z (JA3AAW)
Regular e-mail didn't reach here this morning from chief-pilot
Bill K6GNX or web-master Don N1DG.
I guess it's been delayed to start operations from Kingman Reef
because of bad weather there. So stand by some more.
*** Date: 2000/10/21 05:15z (K6GNX)
The team members just returned to the boat to eat dinner. They
worked all day and everything is on the Reef now. They will put up
the antennas in the morning and be on the air by the afternoon. 6 of
the members are sleeping on the Reef in the tents that were put up.
There is a little wind which makes tying things down a challenge.
They are getting the water maker and other life support facilities
all up before they do the antennas and get on the air.
My next update will be tomorrow afternoon late as I am in class.
*** Date: 2000/10/20, 21:13z (K6GNX)
I just spoke with Garry NI6T on the Machias and he said they dropped
anchor at 1900Z. The exposed Reef is 700 feet by 40 feet which is
plenty, they are very happy as there was some rumor that the exposed
area might be less. Two of the operators are now on shore and they are
preparing the second Zodiac now. They do not expect to have all the
antennas up before dark and they are discussing whether or not to try
to get on the air tonight. We will see.
*** Date: 2000/10/20 (JA3AAW)
When the ship stopped by Palmyra, they did QRV on 21295 SSB from about
22:00z Oct-19 until 01:40z Oct-20.
JH7OHF/, AA7A/, WA1S/, K5AB/, KO4RR/, N4XP/, NP2KY/KH5 etc.
*** Date: 2000/10/20
The Machias reached Palmyra early today(19-Oct) local time. They stopped
to pick up Mike, KH6ND, and some equipment that was left from visits by
various team members earlier this year. While there they also had time
for some limited operating before leaving at 03:00 UTC for the last leg
to Kingman.
They will arrive there during the night and will be ready to make landing
at first light of day. Expect them to be qrv sometime tomorrow afternoon
their time. All stations will be fully assembled before hitting the air.
*** Date: 2000/10/20
Final Summary of KH6ND/KH5 QSOs. Click here -> KH6ND_KH5_summary.txt 2Kb
*** Date: 2000/10/19
The team departed yesterday afternoon (17 October) aboard the Machias for
the 3 day voyage to Palmyra to pick up Mike, KH6ND, and then on to Kingman.
Estimated QRV is still around the 20th of October.
They are maritime mobile on 14.195.
*** Date: 2000/10/18
They have been underway and the seas are calm.
They expect to reach Palmyra midday Thursday and the Kingman reef late
Thursday night.
*** Date: 2000/10/17
Machias arrived at London habor after expected 7days voyage.
The ship will depart Christmas Island around noon local time.
And Machias trip is about 3 days sailing via Palmyra Atoll picking up
Mike KH6ND/KH5.
Operation starting date: approximately 20th-October.
*** Date: 2000/10/17 (JA3AAW)
T32R by the team did QRV for a short time on 21 CW and 14 SSB etc.
QSL via K4TSJ.
*** Date: 2000/10/15
All 14 members (except KH6ND)) arrived on Christmas island safely.
They will wait about one day for the arrival of the sailing ship Machias.
*** Date: 2000/10/10
The motor schooner Machias finally sailed from Honolulu and the team will
be met by the ship, at London harbor, Christmas island, for the voyage
to Kingman Reef.
 The motor schooner Machias
JA3AAW is the Asia/Oceania-pilot-station for the Kingman Reef 2000.
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Operation Term: From 22-October to 31-October-2000