[continued from previous message]   
      
   Kazu, M0CFW will be on the air as 3B9/M0CFW from Rodrigues Island,   
   IOTA number AF-017, from the 21st through to the 29th of October. He   
   will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest using the callsign 3B9KW.   
      
   Gil, FM5FJ, will be using the callsign J79FJ from Dominica, IOTA Number   
   NA-101, from the 20th through to the 29th of October, using CW, SSB and   
   perhaps some FT8. He will also participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest   
   with the J75A team.   
      
   Listen for members of the Tango Alfa Ham Radio Club, YM1KE, using the   
   callsign TC29TC through to the 29th of October. They are celebrating   
   Republic Day in Turkey, which is on the 29th. QSL via eQSL.   
      
   For QSL details of all stations please refer to qrz.com.   
      
   (425 DX BULLETIN)   
      
   **   
   KICKER: ON DXPEDITION, A PILEUP OF THINGS GOING WRONG   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: Our last story this week is for all the dreamers and the   
   do-ers whose plans don't always work out. Ralph Squillace KK6ITB takes   
   us to the South Pacific for that story.   
      
   RALPH: Operating from the Manihiki Atoll in the North Cook Islands had   
   been the shared dream of five hams from the Western Washington DX Club.   
   They weren't just activating the 68th most wanted DXCC entity; they   
   were dreaming of pileups.   
      
   The pileups they got were the unwanted pileups of malfunctions which   
   began not long after they put the callsign E51MWA on the air on the 9th   
   of October. Twelve hours in, their solar plant experienced a voltage   
   loss and they were unable to start their backup generator. The team   
   went QRT for several hours. Back on the air during the next few days,   
   they suffered the failure of a power strip, they lost the use of one   
   radio and then the high-power bandpass filters for 17 and 12 metres   
   failed to work.   
      
   The final blow to their dream came on the 14th of October with a local   
   power outage. The team got their backup generator started but then the   
   generator and the power station's building both caught fire and were   
   destroyed.   
      
   It was time to go home to Washington state for	Rob N7QT, Brian N9ADG,   
   James KC7EFP, Robin WA7CPA and Jack N7JP. The sixth operator, Violetta   
   KN2P, a 21-year-old contester, was also scheduled to move on. She was   
   headed to the PJ2T youth-led operation in Curacao for the CQWW SSB   
   contest.   
      
   The team's plan had been to be on the air at Manihiki until October   
   20th. Instead they posted a message on their website on the 14th.   
   [quote] "Without power options the team has no choice but to go QRT."   
   [endquote] Six days ahead of schedule, it was over. As they packed,   
   they added one more thing to their cargo: big plans that they alluded   
   to in a message on their website. They wrote [quote] "As the team packs   
   equipment for return shipment to the US, we are already thinking of the   
   next DXpedition." [endquote]   
      
   This is Ralph Squillace KK6ITB.   
      
   (E51MWA WEBSITE)   
      
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