Amateur Radio Roundtable host Tom Medlin, W5KUB, reports that he's planning to
air three live video chats with the VK0EK Heard
Island DXpedition team during
the group's planned three-week operation. VK0EK is scheduled to be on the air
from March 20 to April 10, and the video chats are scheduled during W5KUB's
live podcasts on March 22 and 29, and April 5. This is believed to be the first
time a major DXpedition has been featured live on a ham radio
broadcast/podcast. |
| Map of the "Antarctic Convergence." Heard Island is at about 3 o'clock. The South Sandwich Islands are at about 10 o'clock. (Illustrations from VK0EK.org website) |
The Heard Island
DXpedition is one of several recent or upcoming ham radio operations from
remote southern islands. The May issue of CQ
will feature the recently concluded VP8STI expedition to Southern Thule Island
in the South Sandwich chain. For more information on the Heard Island
operation, visit <www.VK0EK.org>.
Amateur Radio
Roundtable airs every Tuesday night at 8:00 PM Central Time (0100 UTC Wed) on W5KUB.COM.
The audio portion of each show is also simulcast on international shortwave station WBCQ on 5130 kHz.
For more information,
visit <www.w5kub.com> or the show's Facebook page at <https://www.facebook.com/groups/w5kub/>.
