<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Folks, We approved a $250 donation for the 2024 Clipperton Island DXpedition at our every other month business meeting, held last night. . Please find in this thread, detailed info about the plans for the DXpedition.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">73 Phil K3EW</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">NCDXA-C Lead Director</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Gene K5GS</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:gene@k5gs.com">gene@k5gs.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 7:06 PM<br>Subject: Clipperton Island DX-pedition, 2024<br>To: <<a href="mailto:phillipbarsky@gmail.com">phillipbarsky@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.05pt">National
Capital DX Association,</span><br>
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It will have been 11 years since the last major Clipperton
Island DX-pedition. </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:.8pt;margin-right:3.35pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:120%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.05pt">Clipperton
is uninhabited, claimed by France and administered from
French Polynesia. Approvals for this project were granted
by: the French: navy, environmental agencies, the ANFR,
and finally the High Commissioner, Papeete, French
Polynesia. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Clipperton
is declared an environmentally sensitive island (a nature
reserve) which requires a lengthy and detailed approval
process to land. ANFR has reserved the call sign TX5S for
this project.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:5.3pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:120%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt">T</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.05pt">h</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">e <i>Shogun</i>, from
San Diego, California will provide<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">t</span>ra<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">n</span>spor<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">t</span>ati<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>l<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">g</span>i<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">s</span>ti<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">c</span><span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">s. The ship’s crew will
include seven qualified seamen (one who has been to
Clipperton five times). Two of the crew are licensed
captains. The ship has three custom made aluminum skiffs
(landing boats) which the crew will use to transport our
team and our equipment to and from the island. Landings
at Clipperton are very dangerous, at least two,
sometimes three, crewmen will manage each landing and
extraction attempt. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:5.3pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:120%"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.15pt">Shogun</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.15pt"> was
used for the 2000, 2008 and 2013 DX-peditions to
Clipperton, and has been to the island for non-radio
projects. The ship </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">has
a<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">p</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">r</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">v</span>en tra<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">c</span>k<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">r</span>ec<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">o</span>rd<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>f DX-ped<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">i</span>t<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">i</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>su<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">pp</span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>rt, as does our
team. Project cost is estimated at ~$350,000(USD) with the
most expensive items being the ship, generators and tents.
The impacts of inflation are visible everywhere,
especially the ship charter.<span>
</span>With a limited number of available and approved
ships, serious DX-pediti<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">n</span>s<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> ecologically sensitive /
restricted e</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">i</span>ties<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">r</span>e<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> complex and expensive. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:4.3pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:120%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.05pt">T</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.2pt">eam
member fees do <b>not</b>
include transportation and living expenses to San Diego,
California. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">At
project conclusion we will publish a fi<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">n</span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">n</span>cial summary. Any
s<span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">urplus funds will be
evenly divided across the on-island team members. </span></span></p>
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appreciate your consideration and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> hope you can support our
project</span>. P<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">lease
consider the timing of any donation; we must pay<b> all
</b>expenses in 2023. Attached are additional project
details.<br>
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you in advance for your consideration and support.</span></p>
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</span>Sincerely,<span>
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</span>Clipperton 2024 Team</span></p>
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