I am taking a short vacation from the Bay Area and will be out of the country from 12th of January and if weather permit for the return trip, home adjusting to local time on the 27th of January. While I am away, I may or may not have access to Internet and no phone coverage is possible.
I have been selected to be part of the DX0DX DXpedition Team to Pagasa Island, also known at Thi Tu Island. The Island, currently flying the Philippines flag is located between the Philippines and Viet Nam, approximate Coordinates LAT: 11° 3.0' N LON: 114° 17.0' E, http://www.dx0dx.net// , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thitu_Island
The DX0DX team has two main mission,
- The Humanitarian Medical Mission
The role of the Team Doctors, Dr Josette VK2FXGR & Dr Edward 4F1OZ will be to perform a Humanitarian Medical Mission to perform health checks of all the islands inhabitants as part of the overall expedition.
- The Amateur Radio Mission
The Team of Radio Amateurs will be deployed to erect and operate 12x Ham Radio stations to provide Pag-Asa with a Global focus to promote regional tourism in the Philippines and provide Radio Hams around the world to contact this remote region.
As Amateur Radio is one of my few hobbies for many years, being part of this DXpedition will be one of my most demanding experience I would ever expect, by choice. Another hobby is Astronomy. While out on the island, I am planning to enjoy the darkness of the area (no city lights) and do some star gazing with my binoculars and Stellarium (www.stellarium.org) application on my laptop as a guide.
Chat with you upon my return, George
N6NKT
Reply: Don't forget the caves
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/largest-cave/largest-cave-interactive
