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<H1>VHF/UHF/Microwave DXpedition to Norfolk Island</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>A team of experienced VK amateurs is heading to Norfolk
Island (OC-005 RG30XX) to operate as <STRONG>VK9NA</STRONG> from the 3rd to the
14th of January on bands from 6 metres to 10GHz.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Members of the <STRONG>VK uWave Group</STRONG>, Alan
VK3XPD, Kevin VK4UH and Michael VK3KH have advanced plans including taking a 1.2
metre dish for all bands from 1296 MHz through to 10 GHz.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Strong positive reactions to their announcement includes
VK5 and VK3 operators organising to travel to Port Macquarie on the New South
Wales coast, with full Microwave gear, to take advantage of the
opportunity.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Also a number of ZL operators have indicated their interest
in setting up at favourable locations on the NZ North Island.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The VK uWave Group group will have internet access and are
to use the VKlogger (</FONT><A href="http://www.vklogger.com/"
target=_blank><FONT face=Tahoma>www.vklogger.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Tahoma>)
as the main method of liasion.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Operation will be SSB, CW and where possible Digital modes
for Meteor Scatter and Tropo paths.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The 6-metre band will be part of the operation hoping to
take advantage of the main Sporadic E propagation season.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma> </FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><EM><FONT face=Tahoma>Jim Linton
VK3PC</FONT></EM></STRONG></P></BODY></HTML>