W6PNG
24 February 2018 18:41
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I’ll be there with three other operators Feb 27 - March 5th.
Bananas you may say. Well it does seem to be famous for them, coffee as well. Beyond those culinary delights people head to Costa Rica to see the jungle, wild birds, beaches, hikes, volcanos and ge…
Paul W6PNG
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G4TJC
24 February 2018 19:16
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Where will you be Paul?
We’re working on TI SOTA.
W6PNG
24 February 2018 19:38
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We will be about 45 minutes east of Liberia which is in the North West of Costa Rica.
Here is a link to the villa we are staying at that caters to hams.
Las Villas del Guayabo : Contesting - Accomodations rental villas, hotels, Guayabo de Bagaces, Costa Rica, air-conditioned
Paul
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K6HPX
24 February 2018 22:08
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AYE, Capt’n! And don’t forget the good rum; banana flambe’ !
Ken
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G4TJC
1 March 2018 21:47
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TI SOTA is now running
Andy has been busy on uploads this evening…
New Associations
3Y Bouvetøya (Bouvet Island)
It turned out to be just a single summit
Aage, LA1ENA, is the AM (it’s a Norwegian dependency)
TI Costa Rica
Welcome to Allan, K3ALL/TI
This does look like a great spot - lots of volcano-activating opportunities!
Updates
Amongst the updates being processed are a few for G and YU. There are a few more to follow.
In case Paul isn’t reading this but anyone is in touch please do let him know.
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W6PNG
2 March 2018 13:41
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That is great news on the TI addition.
We have the ARRL DX contest for 48 hours this weekend.
I’ll talk to the villa manager today and see about getting to one of the peaks. If it’s happening it will be this Monday given the contest and our departure Tuesday.
This is a picture from our contest location of Volcan Miravelles (TI/GU-001)
Paul aka TI7/W6PNG
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