OC-217 YB3MM/P Saobi Island Kangean Islands (1st Sept 2013)

さきほどW2FB SteveさんがYB3MM Adhiさんと話された内容をIOTA-chasers Forumに投稿されました。

Adhi has left Saobi Kecil Island. He operated from Saobi Kecil Island in the Kangean Islands group. It counts for Kangean but for Indonesian Island Nusantara Award, it counts for a separate point. Adhi told me that he was planning on operating from Kangean (Saobi Besar Island) but en route to Kangean he had a conversation with a man on the small ferry and he was the head of the local village at Saobi Kecil and he convinced Adhi to operate from his village as his guest. The head of the village took care of all the logistics while Adhi was there. Electricity was available between 6pm and 5 am local time. During daytime he used low power generator and was operating QRP 5 W to conserve power. Adhi used 3 el monoband Yagi for 15 M and 2 el monoband for 20 M. I will post photos in the album section.

He is now on Saobi Besar aka Kangean Island. The boat back to Madura was cancelled so he is stranded until Monday evening. He is not sure if he can QRV from Saobi Besar (Kangean) since he did not make prior arrangement. Hopefully we hear him on the air if not he will leave the island on Monday evening local time back to Madura and drive to Java. He is very tired but I told him that he made a lot of people happy working a new IOTA counter.

Thank you Adhi, have a safe trip home. Thank you for activating OC217 and new counter for Nusantara Award, Saobi Kecil Island.

73, Steve, W2FB

PS: I also will post pictures sent by Kadek YB9BU from Gangga. Kadek reported several periods of strong winds on the island, and the team went QRX. There are many operators, some are new to island dxpedition, but this is one of the objectives of this expedition is to train new operators. Gangga island counts for OC236 but a separate counter for Nusantara Award. Thank you Kadek and the team. We all appreciate your effort.

島の電源使用時間のの読みはズバリ当たりました。但し30分ずれましたが。9月2日月曜日の朝までいるようですね。日曜日も日本時間6時から出てくる可能性があります。