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   News of today that in 2017, the present scientific research base on the   
   Macquarie island will definitively  dismantled.   
      
   It's a bad news for all DXer's, because almost all of last activities radio   
   from VK0/M, took place inside the base and the operators were researchers or   
   technicians with Ham radio licence. Now we'll miss this opportunity.   
      
   Moreover, the island wasn't activated by a real dxpedition from many years, on   
   the contrary really big operations never were done from Macquarie. Just   
   various radio operations by whom were on duty for sometime in the base.   
   Meaning small activities, even    
   with simple set up that however gave the ATNO to many of us. Anyway I guess   
   that very few dxer's can claim VK0/M confirmed on different bands/modes.   
      
   With the dismantlement of the base this possibility will disappear and it   
   wouldn't be a big surprise for me if the rules access to the island will   
   become more difficult. By the way the Macquarie Island is already a protected   
   Natural Reserve and patrimony    
   of UNESCO. This will be complicating all possible future dxpeditions,  that   
   would be anyway really expensive   
      
   to get there, as is in all very isolated DX entities, lacking of any form of   
   human presence.   
      
   Last activity from the island was VK0TH between 2011 and 2012, around 14.000   
   qso's in the log, previously operation, VK0KEV.  Now it's really hard, and it   
   will be more and more…   
      
   by Enrico IZ5CML   
      
   (traslation Fabrizio IN3ZNR)   
      
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   http://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/2016/macquarie-island-will-definitively-dismantled/   
      
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