[Waverley ARS] Clipperton and other islands

[evdw at iprimus.com.au]

Hi Brad, 

they both sound like excelent "talks" for meeting nights, maybe a few months
apart. Suggest thet you liaise with Eddie on dates.

73....Eric, having dinner at KL Airport.


>-- Original Message --
>Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 18:43:10 +1000
>To: VK2BV Members <members at cactii.net>
>From: Brad Crowe <bcrowe at tpg.com.au>
>Subject: [Waverley ARS] Clipperton and other islands
>
>
>Hello Dx-pedition buffs,
>
>SBS TV is featuring Clipperton Island show tomorrow night (Sunday) at 8:30
>pm.
>
>Clipperton is a very isolated desolate and uninhabited island in the 
>north east pacific.  It is somewhat well know for the  very few 
>dx-peditions that visit there.
>
>The "Clipperton L" is the name adopted by Dentron for its once 
>popular HF linear.
>
>I recently obtained a video of the 2000 dx-pedition to Clipperton 
>Island (FO0AAA).  The video quality is first rate. Luckily the 
>organisers took into account the need to document this rare event by 
>bringing along  a professional cinematographer.  The video production 
>has excellent audio, interviews and of course photography.  It goes 
>for 60 minutes...it is not all ham radio, to break the monotony of HF 
>crackling in your ears for 60 minutes the footage is broken up with 
>interesting segments about the island's history, and inhabitants 
>(birds/crabs etc) and environment.
>
>The video shows Clipperton as a fairly neglected place littered with 
>rubbish and ruins and wrecks.  It will be interesting to compare this 
>with tomorrow nights SBS show.
>
>I also have a video of the 1999 Campbell Island (ZX9CI) dx-pedition 
>it is produced by the same guy as the Clipperton Island one and is 
>also first class.  (Duration 60 minutes).  Campbell is a beautiful, 
>pristine island located way south of New Zealand.  Both videos give a 
>good idea of the planning, organisation and operational 
>considerations of a successful dx-pedition.  There is plenty of 
>product placement on both.
>
>Both vids are available for showing at the club if people are interested.
>
>It would be great to get a video of the recent Peter Island 
>dx-pedition as the still pictures were sensational.
>
>73 Brad VK2CEC
>
>
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