ARLA/CLUSTER: DXpedition às Ilhas Órcades do Sul

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Descrição das Ilhas Órcades do Sul:

As ilhas Órcades do Sul formam um arquipélago antárctico situado a
sudeste da ilha Grande da Terra do Fogo, a sul das ilhas Aurora
(Cormorão e Rochas Negras), a sudoeste da ilha de São Pedro (a maior
das Geórgia do Sul) e a nordeste da Península Antárctica. Fazem parte
do Território Antárctico Britânico desde 1962, e antes dessa data eram
parte da Dependência das ilhas Malvinas. Sob o Tratado da Antárctida
de 1959, a soberania sobre estas ilhas não é reconhecida nem disputada
pelos signatários e estes são livres de as usar para fins
não-militares. Assim, há sobreposição de jurisdição, uma vez que as
ilhas fazem parte da província da Argentina denominada Terra do Fogo,
Antárctida e Ilhas do Atlântico Sul. A Marinha Argentina mantém uma
base permanente nas ilhas desde 1904.

Fonte: Wikipédia


South Orkney Islands DXpedition

Project plans continue to be developed. The radio and antenna
strategies are complete and work is underway building detailed project
plans and sourcing equipment.

Call Sign
We will use the call sign: VP8/VP8DXU

Corporate Sponsors
A key component of any serious DX-pedition is the radio equipment. We
are pleased to announce that Elecraft is again partnering with us as a
major equipment sponsor. Elecraft will provide fully featured K3s
transceivers, KPA-500 amplifiers and P3 Panadapters. Elecraft has been
a trusted supplier of all Perseverance DX Group (PDXG) projects, we
appreciate their continued support and sponsorship.

Our other corporate sponsors include: DX Engineering, Arlan
Communications (RadioSport) and Rig Expert.

Tent Weekend
Scheduled for the 2nd weekend of July in Placerville, California is
our tent assembly project. We will unpack, inspect, make any necessary
repairs and repack the 3 tents we acquired for this project. To
minimize island setup time, we will construct and ?kit? the tent bases
/ flooring in California. The tents and flooring will then be
disassembled and repacked for sea shipment.

Fundraising
We received significant financial support from the Northern California
DX Foundation, the German DX Foundation and the Far East DX-Ploiters.
As of this writing a total of 29 clubs/foundations have committed to
support the project and 178 individuals have shown their support. This
is a good start, but we still have a long way to go in order to meet
the goal of the team members funding 50% of the estimated project cost
of $325,000(USD).

If you need South Orkney for an ATNO, or plan to work us, we would
appreciate your help.

Confirmations:
As with previous PDXG DX-peditions we are again offering a tiered
structure for early LoTW upload (from the island) and free QSL cards
at the $50 or greater level. Both offers have proven to be very
popular with the DX community. Details are available at the website or
by contacting us at: info  sorkney.com

Ham Radio Events
With Visalia and Dayton behind us, one or more of our team members
will be attending: Dallas Ham-Com, Ham Radio Friedrichshafen
(Germany), the ARRL Arizona State Convention (Prescott, AZ) and the
Pacific Northwest DX Convention. Please look for us and say hello.

We enjoyed meeting many DXers at Visalia and Dayton. The winner of the
Icom 7300 (Visalia raffle) was Rick Kile, WA7BNG.

73,

Team VP8/VP8DXU
Website: https://sorkney.com/

Please direct your questions to: info  sorkney.com

Fonte: via OPDX