FT5ZM Amsterdam Island DXpedition Starting

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Here is the text of a note that I received today from NV9L the FT5ZM Pilot.

The terrain is rough...meaning very rugged. They used to raise cattle on this island a very long time ago. So there is all this grass that was planted on top of the island's lava rock surface. In some places the grass is as high as their chest, with about 2 feet of dead grass on top of lava rock. It makes it very tricky to walk let alone raise towers & verticals or lay guys, ground radials & feed line.

Along with forwarding on the important propagation and other info hams send me, I send the team leaders some other pertinents like the weather report, the Dow Jones, and the solar index numbers. Their temperatures have been pretty much in the mid 50's f every single day since they arrived. Except for yesterday. Last night it dipped down to the high 30's low 40's with gusty winds and small shower earlier in the day.

Everyone is injury free (which is great), but exhausted. Many of them are doing 12 hour shifts. Now that all the antennas are up they can focus on operating, eating and sleeping.

Valerie ~ NV9L