ARLA/CLUSTER: atualização da DXpedition à Ilha Pitcairn (de 20 de Janeiro a 4 de Fevereiro)

[João Gonçalves Costa]

Pitcairn é uma ilha vulcânica, com cerca de 4,6 km². É conhecida como

a ilha "inabitada". Os amotinados do HMS Bounty escolheram-na como

refúgio porque de fato era desabitada na época (1790) em que eram

procurados pela marinha inglesa. Eles encontraram na ilha templos,

petróglifos e instrumentos de pedra que comprovavam que Pitcairn fora

habitada por uma antiga população polinésia.



Ainda mais remotas são as ilhas Henderson e Ducie. Pitcairn, Henderson

e Ducie estão entre as ilhas mais isoladas do mundo. Os descendentes

dos amotinados do Bounty, mais a população polinésia de Pitcairn -

oriundos de Mangareva, somam hoje cerca de 50 pessoas apenas. Quando

somavam 194 pessoas (1856) - população acima do potencial agrícola da

ilha, grande parte foi evacuada pelo governo inglês para uma outra

ilha muito distante dali - Norfolk.



Fonte: Para mais informações http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilhas_Pitcairn




Pitcairn Island Dxpedition

Just a reminder that the VP6T Dxpedition to Pitcairn Island (OC-044, CQ Zone 32) will take place between January 20th and February 4th.

This past week, the VP6T Web page reported on January 11th:
"Since we got many requests asking for 6m operations, EME, SSTV, 60m, etc .. we would like to clarify the following:
We are a small team of 5 operators, and we were very limited in baggage weight and size, mainly on the Air Tahiti domestic flight. So we had to make choices.

"While most of us are 6m operators, we had decided to not spend much of our precious time and effort on this band. No antenna will be taken for 6m, as well as no time slot is booked for 6m in our operation schedule (it will already be very hard to keep 3 HF stations running 24/7 with 5 operators).

"On the other side, we are aware there is potentially an old 5 element Yagi 6m antenna (left by OH2BR probably). If time permits, we will try to locate it and if it is still in good shape after 12 years spent on the island, then we may install it and make some tests on 6m, using conventional modes (CW and/or SSB). In that case, it will be announced on this web site, or on air by the HF operators.

"So to summarize, 6m operation from Pitcairn has not been on our agenda since the early planning stage, as well as all others bands/modes that are not specified on this web site. Thank you for your nderstanding."

The QSL Manager is Nigel, G3TXF. In addition to the usual routes (Direct QSLing, QSLing via the Bureau and E-mail requests for Bureau cards to "QSL at G3TXF dot com"), they will also be using the new "Online QSL Request Service (OQRS) provided by ClubLog."

For more details and the suggested frequencies, visit the VP6T Web site at: http://www.vp6t.org


Fonte: OPDX


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