VK9LA Lord Howe Island DXpedition 2009
VK9LA personal blog by SQ8X & SQ9DIE
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Welcome to Lord Howe Island!
Posted on March 24th, 2009 · 6:29 UTC 1 commentAfter about 2 hours long flight from Sydney by Qantas Airlines we noticed Mount Gower – the highest mountain over LHI rising suddenly over horizon. Once we left the plane, we got totally stroke by humidity, warm air and fantastic aroma of flowers and Norfolk pines. There was a light shower right before our arrival but the wx forecast looks great. EVERYTHING is so different here: colours of water, skies, natural green, woods… It’s nearly impossible to describe it but try to picture this for yourself like multiplying intense of colours by two, and visibility of the air and Pacific’s waters by three! And 25 deg. C in the Pacific Ocean sounds really welcoming… Everybody who is for the very first time can’t stop smiling and being so much pleased with this opportunity to be here… We already met Bill VK4FW and Lord Howe’s resident – VK9FLHI. We are staying at two different locations on the island like 400m from each other. First masts and antennas are being organized now to be able to come up on the air tonight local time at least on 2-3 bands. Here are the very first pictures I took on the Lord Howe Isl. today. Once I get our band/operators’ roster, I’ll post an update. Stay tuned as there probably more to come tonight yet!73 and hear you on the bands soon! Stan SQ8X
One response to “Welcome to Lord Howe Island!”
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All photos (esp. photo of sky) are incredible!
Take care and best greetings to Stan, Kasia, Victoria and Pete :)
In Poland we have snow storm all over the country.
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