The
Northern California DX Foundation has announced a grant of $50,000 to help fund
a planned DXpedition to Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. The VK0EK
expedition is scheduled for November. The NCDXF noted that Heard Island had
risen to the #5 most-wanted spot after the recent DXpedition to Navassa Island.
This
follows another $50,000 NCDXF grant reported last month in support of a planned
DXpedition to South Sandwich and South Georgia islands, and according to Newsline,
brings to $175,000 the foundation's total grants in the past year. (For more on
the costs of large-scale DXpeditions and the need for funding ahead of time,
see May CQ's cover story on Navassa.)
