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<H1><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=3>Newly licensed operator <STRONG>Petrus,
ZS6GCM</STRONG> is currently on Bouvet Island, for the following estimated
dates: <BR>13 December 2007 until 14 February 2008.</FONT> </FONT></H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>He is part of a five-man Norwegian led research team.
Petrus is the medical officer of the team and will also be involved with the
research.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The Icom IC-735 and Hustler 4-BTV vertical antenna was
made available by the NCDXF, OKDXA & Bernie, ZS4TX. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Being newly licensed, Petrus ZS6GCM has limited HF
experience. A brief training session and operating procedures were giving to
Petrus in Cape Town by Rhynhardt Louw "Rhy", ZS6DXB, a couple of days prior to
departure. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Video footage and audio recordings of past DXpeditions
were used to ensure that Petrus had an understanding of what he was letting
himself into. Petrus displayed full understanding of the job at hand and I am
more than certain the he will make a pretty good job from working pileups, Rhy
said.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Rhynhardt Louw "Rhy" ZS6DXB has also been appointed as the
station pilot and media officer should you require any information please feel
free to contact Rhy ZS6DXB. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Application for a dedicated 3Y call is underway and will
be made public as soon as the call has been approved. Landing permission was
granted months ago as it is a Norwegian research party that so happened to have
a South African in their company. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Petrus will have limited time to operate as a result of
the work load and availability of electrical power.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Future information to be made public:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>1. Official 3Y call<BR>2. Website address<BR>3. Preview of
QSL card for this expedition<BR></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Contact information:<BR>Pilot station and Media Officer:
</FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Rhynhardt Louw ZS6DXB</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P>
<TABLE class="infobox vcard" style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; BACKGROUND: #f5fffa"
width=280>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TH bgColor=#cef2e0 colSpan=2>Geography</TH></TR>
<TR>
<TD align=middle colSpan=2><A class=image title="Bouvet Map.png"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bouvet_Map.png"><SPAN class=""
title=""
style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline-block; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #0000ff; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #0000ff; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #0000ff; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #0000ff"><SPAN
style="DISPLAY: inline-block; FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Bouvet_Map.png/200px-Bouvet_Map.png'); WIDTH: 1px; HEIGHT: 1px"></SPAN></SPAN></A></TD></TR>
<TR style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<TD><B>Location</B></TD>
<TD><SPAN class=label>South-<A title="Atlantic Ocean"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean">Atlantic
Ocean</A></SPAN></TD></TR>
<TR style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<TD><B>Coordinates</B></TD>
<TD><SPAN class=plainlinksneverexpand><SPAN class=""
title="show location on an interactive map"
style="DISPLAY: inline-block; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: black; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: black"><SPAN
style="DISPLAY: inline-block; FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Erioll_world.svg/18px-Erioll_world.svg.png'); WIDTH: 1px; HEIGHT: 1px"></SPAN></SPAN><A
class="external text"
title=http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?pagename=Bouvet_Island&params=54_26_S_3_24_E_type:isle_region:NO
href="http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?pagename=Bouvet_Island&params=54_26_S_3_24_E_type:isle_region:NO"
rel=nofollow><SPAN class=geo-default><SPAN class=geo-dms
title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for 54°26′S 3°24′E"><SPAN
class=latitude>54°26′S</SPAN> <SPAN
class=longitude>3°24′E</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=geo-multi-punct> /
</SPAN><SPAN class=geo-nondefault><SPAN class="geo-dec geo"
title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for -54.433 3.4"><SPAN
class=latitude>-54.433</SPAN>, <SPAN
class=longitude>3.4</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></SPAN></TD></TR>
<TR style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<TD><B>Area</B></TD>
<TD>49 <A title="Square kilometre"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_kilometre">km²</A>,
(93% glaciated)</TD></TR>
<TR style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<TD><B>Highest point</B></TD>
<TD><A title=Olavtoppen
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olavtoppen">Olavtoppen</A> 780 <A
title=Metre href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre">m</A> (2,559 <A
title="Foot (unit of length)"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_%28unit_of_length%29">ft</A>)</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TH bgColor=#cef2e0 colSpan=2>Administration</TH></TR>
<TR>
<TD align=middle colSpan=2><A class=image title="Flag of Norway"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Norway.svg"><SPAN
class=thumbborder title=""
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #dddddd 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #dddddd 1px solid; DISPLAY: inline-block; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: #dddddd 1px solid; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #dddddd 1px solid"><SPAN
style="DISPLAY: inline-block; FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/22px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png'); WIDTH: 1px; HEIGHT: 1px"></SPAN></SPAN></A> <A
title=Norway href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway">Norway</A></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TH bgColor=#cef2e0 colSpan=2>Demographics</TH></TR>
<TR style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<TD><B>Population</B></TD>
<TD>0</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P>
<P><A class=image title="Aerial photo"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bouvet_aerial_photo.JPG"><IMG
class=thumbimage height=203 alt="Aerial photo"
src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4e/Bouvet_aerial_photo.JPG/270px-Bouvet_aerial_photo.JPG"
width=270 border=0></A></P>
<P><A class=image title="Southeast coast of Bouvet Island, 1898"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bouvet_island_0.jpg"><IMG
class=thumbimage height=121 alt="Southeast coast of Bouvet Island, 1898"
src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Bouvet_island_0.jpg/270px-Bouvet_island_0.jpg"
width=270 border=0></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Bouvet Island <BR></FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island</FONT></A><FONT
face=Verdana> <BR></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>