2000 UTC 3 February 2018
During the last 72 hours we continued to experience the high winds, low clouds, fog, and rough seas that have prevented helicopter operations since our arrival at Bouvet. No improvement was predicted in the weather forecast for the next four days. Then, last night an issue developed in one of the ship’s engines. This morning the captain of the vessel declared it unsafe to continue with our project and aborted the expedition. We are now on our long voyage back to Punta Arenas. As you might imagine the team is deeply disappointed, but safe. There is already talk about rescheduling the DXpedition.
Bob – K4UEE
Ralph – K0IR
Erling – LA6VM
Antenna
AMSAT-NA and M2 Antenna Systems LEO-Pack AMSAT-NA Member-Only Special PricingThe 436CP16 and 2MCP8A are light weight, circularly polarized antennas optimized for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite communications or other applications where a s… Read more
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DMR Mobile Radio 1.8” Graphic Dot-matrix True Color Display The large-sized, full color display enables the access to desired information easily even under bright sunlight. Date & clock is appearing on screen for daily use. Multiple Lan… Read more
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