The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 895.2
BID: $OPDX.895.2
February 10, 2009
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network the KP5 Web Page and VH2HV for the following DX information.
JIM SMITH VK9NS (SK)
Bruce (G3HSR) reports (via VK2HV): It is with deep sadness that I inform you that Jim (VK9NS) passed peacefully away on Norfolk Island at 15:40 local time on 10 February 2009 after a short illness.
Jim is survived by his wife Kirsti (VK9NL) and his four children:
Bruce (G3HSR), Stuart, Sheena and Fraser (all living in the UK).
Jim's contribution to Amateur Radio, DX-ing and IOTA is inestimable.
He will be sadly missed. Further information and condolences can be
sent to Kirsti at jimkirsti@ni.net.nf
{This is the correct email address as described in opdx bulletin 895,3)
FROM THE EDITOR (by KB8NW): After coming home from work today, I was shocked when I read my very first E-mail about Jim. Dxers throughout the world have lost one of their greatest icons in DXing. Noted for his DXpeditions to rare place, the "Heard Island DX Association"
OPDX and its readers would like to send out our deepest sympathy to Jim's wife Kirsti and his four children Bruce/G3HSR, Stuart, Sheena and Fraser. Jim's signal will surely be missed on the air.
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K5D DXpedition Update
Dated - February 10, 2009
The K5D Team continues to prepare for its early Thursday AM departure for Desecheo Island. Last night the team met and had dinner with USFWS participants, law enforecement personnel and members of the field research team. Due to continued questionable weather (which for some weeks has included large waves, dangerous surf, high winds and rain unusual for this time of year), the Team has made an important strategic decision.
For safety reasons, all personnel and equipment will be transported to Desecheo Island by helicopter. The possibility of Team members and crew members being injured, vessels being damaged and equipment being lost during a sea landing was too great a chance to take.
Today, all of the equipment, supplies, antennas, generators, food, shelters, tables, chairs and so forth were unloaded from the storage facility and loaded into a large moving van for transfer to the helicopter pad.
Tomorrow, representatives of the helicopter company will meet the Team, examine the cargo and prepare it for transit via sling load on Thursday morning. A second helicopter will ferry personnel. Because we're limited to only fourteen days on the island, doing it this way will allow us to get on the air sooner, stay on the air longer -- and all with a higher degree of safety.
The Team has voted, if necessary, to contribute more money of their own to help contain these incremental costs.
If you're inclined to contribute more to help, it would be appreciated. To contribute, click HERE.
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