[Dx-qsl] VK9WWI

Sat Sep 22 13:41:39 EDT 2007

At 12:34 PM 9/22/2007, you wrote:
>According to http://www.ng3k.com/misc/adxo.html operation starts september 24
>Maybe a pirate?
>>Richard DiDonna NN3W schreef:
>>Caught them this morning on 40 CW - nice signal. Did they give out 
>>any QSL info? Neither NG3K nor IK3QAR nor www.qslinfo.de list any info.
>>>>Also, packet said "QRT PROBLEM" around 1345z this morning. Any 
>>idea what the problem is?

Possibly a pirate, but consider, it's a 2-man operation. They went 
QRT at about 1345z, which on Willis Island is 2345 local time. My 
guess is, (again, if it's for real) they just said "screw it - we'll 
fix it in the morning" and got some rest after a long voyage. It's 
now about 3:30am their time as I write this, so we'll see if they 
start showing up on the cluster in a few hours.
QSL is via HA7RY, direct or LoTW.
According the the bulletins, though, they are early. When that signal 
came on it was the evening of the 22nd on Willis, a full day before 
the earliest of operations was scheduled. I sure hope it was for 
real, though (All-Time New One #305 for me if it was)!
Cheers,
Peter,
W2IRT 