[Dx-qsl] VK9WWI

Sun Sep 23 01:38:40 EDT 2007

Possibly a pirate,
 From 08:50 to 13:45 utc, Their signal strength was always 599.
The direction of the beam from Tokyo was correct for the south.
Perhaps, I think pirate in the Pacific Ocean.
de JA1HGY, Nao
At 02:41 07/09/23, you wrote:
>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

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