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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Pitcairn é uma ilha vulcânica, com cerca de 4,6 km². É conhecida como<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>a ilha "inabitada". Os amotinados do HMS Bounty escolheram-na como<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>refúgio porque de fato era desabitada na época (1790) em que eram<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>procurados pela marinha inglesa. Eles encontraram na ilha templos,<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>petróglifos e instrumentos de pedra que comprovavam que Pitcairn fora<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>habitada por uma antiga população polinésia.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Ainda mais remotas são as ilhas Henderson e Ducie. Pitcairn, Henderson<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>e Ducie estão entre as ilhas mais isoladas do mundo. Os descendentes<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>dos amotinados do Bounty, mais a população polinésia de Pitcairn -<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>oriundos de Mangareva, somam hoje cerca de 50 pessoas apenas. Quando<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>somavam 194 pessoas (1856) - população acima do potencial agrícola da<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>ilha, grande parte foi evacuada pelo governo inglês para uma outra<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>ilha muito distante dali - Norfolk.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Fonte: Para mais informações <a href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilhas_Pitcairn">http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilhas_Pitcairn</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Pitcairn Island Dxpedition<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Just a reminder that the VP6T Dxpedition to Pitcairn Island (OC-044, CQ Zone 32) will take place between January 20th and February 4th. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>This past week, the VP6T Web page reported on January 11th: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>"Since we got many requests asking for 6m operations, EME, SSTV, 60m, etc .. we would like to clarify the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>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. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>So we had to make choices. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>"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).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>"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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>"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."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>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." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>For more details and the suggested frequencies, visit the VP6T Web site at: <a href="http://www.vp6t.org">http://www.vp6t.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Fonte: OPDX<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>