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A Visit to Christmas Island

BILL RINDONE

Since it’s December, we thought it would be fun to share an article from our May 1977 issue on a DXpedition to Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. The visit actually took place in the spring of 1976 and ironically, included Easter … which the author tells us — at least back then — was the favorite holiday of the year for the locals! Enjoy… This story picks up where Bill left off in our September issue. Bill operated as ZK2AQ and A35NN from Tonga and Niue Islands then set sail for Xmas Island in the Indian Ocean. Enroute from Niue to Western Samoa, I reflected on the ZK2AQ operation and decided to take a critical look at the expeditions beam antenna. Don Schliesser, W6MAV, president of the Northern California…

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CQ Amateur Radio (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2022

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