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vk3pa
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vk3pa
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Australia
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 Posted - 06 Jun 2009 : 01:59:14 AM
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| FRANCE - – GLORIEUSES. As indicated several weeks ago, no civilian will be included in the crew which os going to Gloriosos, next month. It had been confirmed that it will be first a Military mission. Nothing was possible to do to make changes in this Forces Authorities decision.
Finally the crew is composed of : F5PRU - Yves Michel
F5RQQ - Jean Marc
F5IRO - Freddy
F4EGS - Philippe
F5TLN – Sylvain Thanks to the Provins ARC, F6KOP loans, three stations will be active ; a fourth will be set up and could be used with no particular mode or bands affectation. Mission permitting, the crew wil appear in the two major July contests, the IARU HF and the RSGB IOTA. Know that the crew , instead of maintenance jobs, has an other assistance mission by the Armies Information and Public Relation group which will go to Glorieuses along. This group is composed of an Officer, a director and a cameraman. The callsign asked is not known yet , but it is expected in the next days. 73 Equipe Glorieuses 2009. (http://glorieuses2008.free.fr/index-f.htm) |
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vk3pa
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Australia
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Posted - 01 Jul 2009 : 02:02:48 AM
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FR/G, GLORIOSOS. In a press release, the Gloriosos 2009 DXpedition has
once again been postponed "because of flight problems". They "think",
however, that the DXpedition could begin at the end of August. The
release states, "The runway on Grande Glorieuse suffers heavy problems
of stability which have to be solved very quickly, in next July, to allow
again the jumbo planes landing with full security. This postponing will
allow us to include new operators, David, F8CRS, and Bernard, F5LPY."
The press release states that there will be seven operators that will
now go to FT5G. They will have three stations which will be active 24
hours a day and the 3rd dedicated to monitor the 6 meter. This last
station will be used back on HF if propagation opens the lower bands.
The length of the stay is always scheduled for three weeks if no other
change will happen. They also added, "We must once again remind all of
you that the landing on these islands is very difficult and the Go signal
is given only when all the security measures are in place, known and
applied. We have to thank many for their help: the French Australes and
Antarctic Territories Administration, The South Indian Ocean Zone Forces
Headquarter, and the Commandment of the French Foreign Legion detachment
in Mayotte. More news is to be published in due time... Gloriosos 2009 crew"
There was one last official comment by Didier, F5OGL, team leader (edited):
"A part we can say, even if the first event which made the July 2009
Gloriosos postponed hadn't happen; today's aircrash of the Yemenia
A310 at sea after 2 hours of flight is a new event which might have made
the DXpedition postponed in any case. The plane which would have been used
to go from La Reunion to Glorieuses is now on the zone and will participate
in the search of survivors for an unknown length of time... These
events and to reinforce the runway have been considered by the French
Authorities. For the most security, please wait again with us for a few
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