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Staging Equipment. Staging Equipment. Rebar Dead Man Used on Many Stakes. Op, Generator and Rest Tents. Masked Boobies Queued up to Use the Loo. Break Tent. Generator Shed. CrankIR. Dave K3EL. Partial of Antenna Farm. 4 Square & Birds. SSB – Generators - CW. SSB / RTTY Tent.
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SSB / RTTY Tent Luigi IV3YER – Heye DJ9RR – Gene K5GS
Operations Plan Plan- 6 stations running for 10 days24 hours per day Actual – 6 stations running for ~5 days24 hours per daypropagation permitting - 6x Elecraft K3 - 1x Icom IC-7000 back-up- 1 x Elecraft K2 back-up- 4 x Elecraft KPA 500- 2x Tokyo HyPower - 1 x Tokyo HyPower back-up - 4 x generators 4 kw each - 7 x 200 liter drums~1,200 liters fuel, - 2,000 feet RG-8X
Antenna Plan Antennas • 160 m - Spiderbeam 18m fiberglass mast – Inverted L 1/4 Vertical • 80 m - Spiderbeam 18m fiberglass mast w/SGC • 40 m– 4 Square • 10 – 20M – Folding Hex Beam x 2 • CrankIR x 3 • BigIR x 3 • Pennant RX antenna
Cyclone Ita • What did we know and when did we know it? • We knew it was the end of the cyclone season • When we arrived at the island it was windy – approx 20 knots • As the days went on the winds got stronger • On about April 1st the skipper told us of a tropical depression forming to the North • He said these events are known to form cyclones • What’s the difference between a cyclone, hurricane, or a typhoon? • The skipper was closely monitoring the weather • At one point he said he “isn’t panicking yet, but if we saw him running we should be close behind him” • We received radio reports of death and destruction in Honiara • He was receiving NOAA WEFAX images and maritime Wx warnings every 4 hours • On the early morning of April 5th we decided it was time to start packing
WEFAX Evohe crew: l-r Hamish, Lindsey and the Skipper Steve Kafka