RT9K/0 – Dobrzhanskogo , AS-203

The expedition team continue their way to IOTA AS-203NEW. Follow their track here. Upon arriving Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky the team will wait for a ship (0-7 days) and then leave for AS-203. This 1500 km voyage should take 1-2 weeks. So expected QRV is the beginning of September

Last News:

UA0BA is busy at work and can not leave for the expedition. UA9KB Serge Nadtochy replaces Andy in a team.

We’ve (UA9KDF, UA9KAM) booked the train tickets to Novosibirsk today. Leaving from Purovsk on the August, 16^th. Vlad RA9LR joins us in Tyumen on the August, 17^th. The whole team including RW0BG and UA0BA collects in Novosibirsk on the August, 18^th and leaves for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (UA0Z) on the August, 19^th .

Almost all the technical expedition part is ready.
Team has booked the tickets to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (UA0Z) on the August, 19-th 2015
This day can officially be counted as the expedition AS-203 start. But the real operation on the air will begin much later.
After arriving to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky the team will wait for a ship (0-7 days) and then leave for AS-203. This 1500 km way should take 1-2 weeks. So expected arriving is the beginning of September.

3 sites are planned with all mode (CW, SSB, DIGI) operation on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 m

Equipment:
1. TS-590S , DI-03 interface, band filters, EXPERT 1.3 K FA (we still expect these amplifiers from the Italian “SPE” in April and hope that they will be up to date to manufacture and sell them to us), SteppIRBigIR DX.

2. TS-590S , DI-03 interface, band filters, EXPERT 1.3 K FA (we still expect these amplifiers from the Italian “SPE” in April and hope that they will be up to date to manufacture and sell them to us), A4S.

3. IC-7100 ,DigiMaster Pro3, SCS P4 Dragon DR-7800, SCS Tracker, Macbook Pro, band filters, SteppIRBigIR DX, ATAS-120.

Mobile emergency communication + internet: Iridium 9575, Spot Gen3, ID-51 Photo, video: GOPRO HERO3+, PENTAX K-7

The approximate expedition budget is about $30000. Those who wants and has an opportunity to support our expedition will be kindly appreciated. Please use our PayPal.

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