I make my usual scroll through the radio freqs. about every other day or so on HF. This morning these guys were talking in a heavy Dutch accent. One guy was saying Costa Rica, cool I thought. Then the other one says Amsterdam Island, Hmmmm? Dutch Antilles? I'm thinking Caribbean right? OK so I give it a go and give up my call sign and get a good QSO report. Meaning we got a proper voice connection/communication report. Cool I got the Islands.........Hell NO! The Amsterdam Island is in the middle of the Indian Ocean! Parallel from the tip of South Africa and Western Australia. Turns out it's an 18 day ham radio expedition. I caught them on their first day on the 20 meter band! Of course I'm all new to this shit and imagine my surprise. With the little rig I built I'm fuckin world wide! Some of you might find this interesting. Here's the link.
http://www.amsterdamdx.org/about-dxpedition/
Time for another "Snoopy Dance"
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