It might be April Fool’s Day, but the VK9MT Mellish Reef DXpedition team is not laughing about a station pirating its call sign.
“We heard a pirate using VK9MT during a CW pileup,” the DXpedition noted in a news update. “What more can we say?”
But “Team Mellish” is smiling about the favorable propagation, especially on the high bands. VK9MT got on the air on Saturday, March 29. The 10 operators a…
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Update from VK9MT @ 1130 UTC 2014-04-04:
1. The winds continue to be very strong.
2. We experienced antenna damage and are reassessing the antenna situation, we have alternatives.
3. We are running 4 stations tonight due to antenna damage.
4. The generators and radios are doing well.
5. The KPA-500 power amplifiers are doing well.
6. The operating tents are holding up well, but the break tent is dama…
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The VK9MT Mellish Reef DXpedition is preparing to take to the airwaves this weekend. “Team Mellish” has arrived at Mellish Reef “after 3 miserable days of nasty seas,” a report from the group said. Their equipment is going ashore, and VK9MT should be on the air “sometime” on Saturday, March 29, a day later than initially announced.
The operators will not communicate via e-mail during their 10 da…
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