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ISLANDS, AND VP0H COULD BE USED FOR THE SOUTH SHETLANDS, WITHOUT ISSUING
OTHER LETTERS UNTIL ALL CALL SIGNS HAVE BEEN ISSUED.  USING THE SAME FIRST
LETTER AFTER THE VP0 PREFIX WOULD ALLOW SOME 702 CALL SIGNS FOR EACH DXCC
ENTITY.  GRIDDING ACROSS THE PACIFIC IN FEBRUARY, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT
GEORGE WALLNER, AA7JV, AND HIS NEPHEW, MICHAEL SNOW, KN4EEI, WILL BE
SAILING FROM ISLAND TO ISLAND ABOARD THE MAGNET AS KH7Z/MM DURING A 2 YEAR
JUNKET THROUGH THE PACIFIC.  ACCORDING TO THE DXPEDITION TEAM, IN A
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DX FOUNDATION SPONSORED PIONEERING EXPERIMENT, A
REMOTELY CONTROLLED 6 METER STATION WILL BE OPERATED ALONG THE WAY FROM
HUNDREDS OF VERY RARE GRID SQUARES TWO RADIO IN A BOX RIB STATIONS WILL BE
REMOTELY OPERATED BY HAMS IN THE US VIA A STARLINK CONNECTION.  IN MARCH
AND APRIL, THEY UNLOADED THE RIBS ON REMOTE ISLANDS IN FRENCH POLYNESIA AND
OPERATED AS FO/ AA7JV SEE FIGURE 1.  GEORGE AND MICHAEL HANDLED CW AND SSB
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