[NCDXA] Fwd: sponsorship for DXpedition to VK9X and VK9C

[Phillip Barsky]

Thank you for the note.  I personally worked your group  on Cw on 10
and on Phone on 15  Both signals were very strong  over S9 here in the
DC area. Yesterday not great conditions, but today superb. I am sue a
lot of our members are in the pileup.

Safe travels to the group

73  Phil K3EW

On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 4:21 AM <b'compans at t-online.de'> wrote:
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> Dear OM Phil,
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> on behalf of the whole DXpedition team I thank you for the donation of $250, as received via Paypal – highly appreciated, indeed!
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> Our preparation work keeps us quite busy already and we look forward to this exciting DXpedition.
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> Have a great week further,
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> Vy 73, Elmar DF4GV, AA6MM
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>b' Von: 'b'compans at t-online.de'b' <'b'compans at t-online.de'>
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 3. Oktober 2024 14:17
>b' An: ''b'phillipbarsky at gmail.com'b'' <'b'phillipbarsky at gmail.com'>
> Cc: 'V6EU Günter DL2AWG' <b'dl2awg at hotmail.de'>
> Betreff: sponsorship for DXpedition to VK9X and VK9C
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> Dear OM Phil,
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> we are a group of five DX-enthusiasts, led by OM Gunter DL2AWG. Our next DXpedition will go to Christmas Island VK9X and to Cocos (Keeling) Island VK9C in February/March 2025. Our callsign will be VK9XU for Christmas Island (license confirmed) and a different callsign for Cocos (license confirmed, but callsign yet tbd). We have positive confirmation for accommodation on both islands and all flights are booked.
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> Our team will have five operators – four from Germany and one from Australia. All participants are experienced DXers. Members of our team participated to various DXpeditions in the past, e.g. to: 3D2, 3D2/C, 3D2/R, 3G0, 4S7, 5R, 5V, 5W, 7P, 8R, 9L, 9Y, A35, C21, C30, CN, CU, FH, FK, FR, H44, J7, KH8, MD, P29, PJ4, S2, S7, SV9, T31, T32, TU, TX5K, TX5N, TX5S, TX9, V5, V6, V7, V8, VK9C, VK9L, VK9M, VK9N, VK9W, VK9X, VP6D, VP8O, W8S, XR, XX, YJ, ZK1, ZK2, ZK3, ZL8.
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> Our most recent DXpedition was to T32 East Kiribati last March (T32EU, 40 000+ QSOs), see attachment.
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> Here some advance information:
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> We will arrive to VK9X on February 18, local afternoon, and stay for two weeks till March 4. We will then move on to VK9C on March 4 for another one week.
> Our DXpedition will end on March 12, local morning.
> We will operate three stations 24/7, all with PAs, in CW, SSB, FT8, RTTY.
> Planned antennas: 20m-6m Hexbeam, 160/80m vertical, 40m-10m DX-Commander vertical, 30m vertical J-Pole, 17/12m Rhombic.
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> Should you consider sponsoring our DXpedition, then any donation of National Capitol DX Association would be most welcome.
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> Have a great weekend and see you on the bands!
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> Vy 73, Elmar (DF4GV, AA6MM)
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> Dr. Elmar Compans DF4GV, AA6MM
> Tannenweg 10
> 89129 Langenau
> Germany
> Tel:     +49 - 7345 - 91 96 10
> Fax:    +49 - 7345 - 91 96 12
> Mobil: +49 - 171 - 89 60 339
>b' Email: 'b'compans at t-online.de'
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