VE3LYC Cesarからのメッセージ for SA-096 LU6W

SA-096 LU6Wから戻ってきたVE3LYC Cezarよりこの朝にメールが届きました。

私は彼の実施する過去のペディションは１度も聞こえたことはありませんでしたが、５日の午後に偶然に聞こえて交信することができました。11日の朝にログの確認を済ませ、さらにCezarの意気に感じた行動に共鳴して机の中に眠っていた20USD２枚を送金したところでした。また、当ブログでもOQRSを利用しPaypalで5USDを送られる方が多いと判断し、プラス10USDのドネーションを加えていただけるようお願いしたところでした。私の送金やSASEはまだCezarに届いていないと思います。

Dear Shu-san and Gou-san,

I would like to congratulate the both of you for having made the log of LU6W. It was a very difficult operation, unfortunately made even more difficult by some mishaps of the logistical team. In any case, "well is well when ends well", so we made almost 2000 QSOs and are back home safe and sound.

Unfortunately, during the operation we lost a lot of equipment (I personally lost two ICOM IC-7000, one antenna, my only electronic key, a wonderful Heli 4 headphone set, a foot paddle, as well as other accessories, while Johan lost his waterproof laptop, etc. - all now at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean). As I mentioned on out website, our team takes full responsibility for this loss. We are not requesting any specific additional donations from the community. However, I mentioned on our website that if some of the island chasers wish to donate a little more, we will express our gratitude.

It is my great pleasure to acknowledge that many island chasers added a donation to their QSL requests through OQRS over the Club Log. As I mentioned earlier, their callsign will be listed accordingly. To my surprise, only a very limited number of the JA operators soliciting direct QSL cards through OQRS are including any donation, not only an additional dollar. The percentage of JA operators who added a donation to their OQRS submission is minuscule compared to that of operators from EU and NA, which I appreciate to be somewhat artificial. As I wonder why, I suspect that many of them may not have read our account of facts over the website as maybe English is not their strength. Once again, it is not my intention to make our loss somebody else's problem. We will deal with it the best we can. Meanwhile, we are obviously thankful for many who did understand the difficulty we are now in and decided to offer a little help.

Based on the above, and since I know how suportive you are of the IOTA program, I wonder if you translate in Japanese the last announcement on our website at lu6w.yolasite.com and post it some of the sites which might be visited by JA island chasers. I don't know, it may already be too late, since many JA hams have already made their OQRS submissions, but maybe it will help a little. In any case, if you appreciate that my request has no merit, please discard it. I will understand.

Warmest regards,

Cezar, VE3LYC

要約しますと、①LU6Wの終了報告、②事故にあった内容について、③すでにOQRSで送付されているが、EU/NAに比べてJAからのプラスアルファ送金が少ないこと、④既に全体が動いているがサポートに関してたいへん感謝していること、追加のサポートに関してもご協力させていただきたいことを述べています。

（JA9IFF中嶋さんより指摘をいただき、訂正しました。要約の中で、「JAはEUやNAと比べてOQRSでの追加ドネーションが少ない」じゃないでしょうか？only very limited number = ほとんどない）

多分、私とJA1QXYさんが後ろで動いていると感じて当メールを送ったものと思います。Paypalで追加でよろしいと思いますのでご支援できます方は是非のご協力をお願いいたします。

必ずや彼の次の行動に繋がっていくものと確信いたします。２台のリグと１基のバーチカルアンテナを海にさらわれた後でも、一生懸命にLU6Wを運営したことに意気を感じる方のご協力をお願いいたします。