News Bulletin #9 - 19/4/01

Arrived!

Good News!  Mellish Reef is still there.

19/4/01 22:21  Mellish Reef sighted on Radar

19/4/01 22:28  It's still there -visual sighting of reef

19/4/01 22:40  In the lagoon and sails dropped

19/4/01 23:21  Landed on the beach

 

The team expect to be QRV about 20/4/01 0400 UTC

There has been a pirate station operating using the VK9ML callsign.

 Spots from the OH DX Summit:

RA0TT 14015.1 VK9ML qsx 16.9 1132 19 Apr 2001

JH1LPZ 14015.0 VK9ML up 1142 19 Apr 2001

AD1C 14015.0 VK9ML or v73e? doesn't sign 1144 19 Apr 2001

HL2KV 14015.0 VK9ML UP 2 1157 19 Apr 2001

JA1ASR 14015.0 VK9ML MELLISH REEF VIA VK4APG 1258 19 Apr 2001

JA5WIZ 14015.0 VK9ML up ...but real one or.. 1310 19 Apr 2001

W0TM 14015.0 VK9ML QSX 14020.97 Direction OK -- h1346 19 Apr 2001

K8JP 14015.0 VK9ML QSX 14021.35 WRKD 1359 19 Apr 2001

JF0JYR 14015.0 VK9ML UP 1401 19 Apr 2001

PA1PVH 14000.0 VK9ML still abt 100 nm frm mellish R1402 19 Apr 2001

JF1IUA 14015.0 VK9ML up5 1433 19 Apr 2001

JH5ZYP 14015.0 VK9ML up8 V.VL4APC DE ja5auc 1440 19 Apr 2001

FA6NW 14015.0 VK9ML hr up15.5 1508 19 Apr 2001

DJ1DB 14015.0 VK9ML 6up bingoooooooooooooooooooooo1818 19 Apr 2001

P5DX 14025.0 VK9ML new one # 188 1945 19 Apr 2001

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Note: all the above QSOs were with a Pirate and not VK9ML