The operator Johan, PA3EXX was 4 days on air from Rathbone Island, Greenland in August 2007. The IOTA number is NA-243 Greenland`s Coastal Islands North East. I received the card for my call DL5AWI via the bureau.
Rathbone Island located about 2 hours sailing from Ittoqqortoormiit, a small Inuit settlement. The transportation to the island was arranged by Nanu-Travel which is the local tourist office in Ittoqqortoormiit, owned by a group of hunters from the village.
During this operation, Johan make about 2600 contacts on 20 meter band in CW and SSB with all 6 continents.
Rathbone Island, Johan said, with the scenery of mountains, mist, ice-bergs, glaciers, whales, seals, foxes and rabbits, is a truly beatiful place. In winter the island can be reached by dog-sledge from Ittoqqortoormiit.
The equipment was used a tranceiver Kenwood TS-50 and as antenna a Force 12XK-40 dipole. A small generator used as power-supply and 2 spare batteries were beeing kept fully-charged in case of emergencies. Some awesome photos about the expedition are here!73 Gerd DL5AWI
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