Ireland/USA tests

Andre' Kesteloot akestelo@bellatlantic.net
Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:43:12 -0500


"Holger 'Geri', DK8KW" wrote:

> Hello Mal,
>
> " ... give your dream a due-date and you have got a project ..."
>
> we *do* have a due-date:
>
> in December 1901, Marconi crossed the Atlantic (Ireland/New Foundland) on
> 300 kHz.
> Latest by December 2001 *we* should have achieved this on 136 kHz!
>
> Mal, great that you have found places where to erect antennas, our
> collegues in VE/VO also are rigging up their towers. I would love to
> participate in a dx-pedition to EI/GI (being an "Irish folk-music lover",
> see http://www.piperswine.de, tomorrow is St. Patrick's day, so no QSOs
> early on Saturday morning ...)
>
> Best 73
>
> Geri, DK8KW (W1KW)
>
> P.S.: Mal, how did you get that EI callsign? As you know, I collect
> callsigns  ;-)   and my EI visitor's callsign EI4VTT, that I got based on
> my US license but was never able to use was retrieved after the people in
> Dublin realized that I also hold a German callsign ...
>
>