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Terry
The two biggest dangers on Christmas Island were falling
Cocoanuts if you were in the vicinity of one of these trees and the other was
getting eaten by a shark when swimming. Breathing in DDT was another because the
Island was sprayed from the air daily to keep the mosquito population under
control. Hbombs were the least hazardous.
I was only there for a short time before and after
Christmas, everybodys dream to be on Christmas Island for Christmas who would
want to miss that !!!!!!!!!!! the ultimate excitement :-
Fireworks Galore , chance of being eaten by a shark, or
crushed by a cocoanut, poisoned by DDT, pinched by a Crab
the up side for a Radio Amateur was the DX location, quiet
radio environment and after a BLAST quieter than quiet for several days could
not listen to my favoutite radio stations from Honolulu. No satellite
communications in those days all LF/MF/HF for long haul and VHF/UHF. The usual
air/ground facilities including radar.
This is a LF/MF related message.
de g3kev
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Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 9:37 PM
Subject: LF: RE: Emailing:
11-18-2009_005
Mal
That was around the
time of the British hydrogen bomb tests on Christmas
Island. Were you present? If so what effect on
LF/HF??
73
Terry
I spent some time
around these Islands in the Pacific, in fact I spent Christmas on
Christmas Island
1958
See above pic Road to Paradise !! Next stop Honolulu, grass skirts and all that !!
especially South Hotel
St
I must add on LF/MF es HF it was
so quiet just like listening on 2 metres.
I used to listen most nights to
KGU and KHON Honolulu 1200 miles away. Daytime very
quiet.
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