Project planning continues on schedule.<\/p>\n
Tent Weekend — During the weekend of July 12th seven team members and three volunteers met in Placerville, California, to prepare the tents\u00a0for use on South Orkney Island.<\/p>\n
Participating were team members:
\nDave\/K3EL, Les\/W2LK, Gene\/K5GS, Steve\/W1SRD, Walt\/N6XG, Mike\/WA6O, and Rob\/N7QT. Volunteers Kevin\/K6TD and Bob\/W1RH helped with the preparation and Doris\/K0BEE prepared meals for the three days the team was doing the work.<\/p>\n
Temperatures hovered around 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37C), much
\ndifferent than the next location where these tents will be deployed.
\nThese are the same tents that were used by VP8ORK 2011 South Orkney
\nand, with a different configuration, KH1\/KH7Z 2018 Baker Island DX-
\npedition. Kevin, K6TD, having previously assembled the tents on Baker
\nIsland offered his assistance to the team.<\/p>\n
We unpacked and inventoried all the parts, assembled the tents, and
\nmarked key components for faster installation on the island. The inside
\nand outside of each tent were power-washed and treated with a disinfec-
\ntant to avoid inadvertent introduction of non-native species.<\/p>\n
Flooring was constructed using approved materials, assembled and Band \/ Mode Addition — We added 60m FT8 to the operating plan.<\/p>\n Fundraising — Team members made their 2nd payment to the project, and While we are making progress, we have a long way to go to reach the Ham Radio Events — Please look for us at the Pacific Northwest DX 73,\u00a0Team VP8\/VP8DXU<\/strong> OPDX<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" South Orkney Island DXpedition Project planning continues on schedule. Tent Weekend — During the weekend of July 12th seven team members and three volunteers met in Placerville, California, to prepare the tents\u00a0for use on South Orkney Island. Participating were team Read more\u2026 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1336"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1339,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions\/1339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.summersidearc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nintegrated with the tents. After this trial run the flooring was dis-
\nassembled, power washed, and disinfected. Everything was packed and
\nwrapped in waterproof tarps, ready for transport to our customs broker.
\nPictures of the weekend activities are at:
\nhttps:\/\/sorkney.com\/tent-weekend<\/a><\/p>\n
\nour 2nd payment to Braveheart was processed. As of this writing, 33
\nclubs \/ foundations and 273 individuals have shown their support for
\nthe project.<\/p>\n
\ngoal of 50% team member funding of the estimated project cost of
\n~$325,000(USDs). Please keep in mind, serious DX-peditions, especially
\nthose in the Southern Ocean, must pay the bills before leaving home,
\nwe are no exception. If you need South Orkney for an ATNO, or plan to
\nwork us, we would appreciate your help.<\/p>\n
\nConvention, Everett, Washington in August.<\/p>\n
\nWebsite:\u00a0https:\/\/sorkney.com\/<\/a>
\nPlease direct your questions to: info@sorkney.com<\/p>\n