VKEK Heard Island 2016 Cordell Expeditions Heard Island

VKØEK Heard Island 2016 Cordell Expeditions

Heard Island

Atlas Cove Spit Bay Long Beach

Laurens Peninsula Atlas Cove VKØEK Campsite

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1997 ANARE 1997

VKØIR 1997

VKØIR 1997

Dormitory DORM HALL GEM

Dormitory, including storage 16 -bed DORM/STORAGE

GEM Greeting, Eating, Meeting …and working

The main VKØEK campsite

GEM HALL DORM

FRONT

AAD TANK REFUGE SHELTERS 2003

VKØEK

Basic wiring diagram for VKØEK Wi. Fi

Stations Elecraft K 3 S N 1 MM+ DXA 3

Heard Island - Atlas CW Stations

Antennas Coming soon…

DXA - The Online Radio Log Server Heard Island Satellites Internet

DXA - The Online Radio Log Server http: //www. dxa 3. org

Heard Island - Geography

Radio paths to/from Heard Island

2014

Scientific research Goal: Ø Obtain new observations and data relating to the effects of global climate change Means: Ø Collections of specimens to identify unknown species of plants and animals Ø Photogrammetry to measure changes in glaciers, lagoons, and land, espeically recently deglaciated land Ø Photodocumentation of new geologic features such as emergent streams and plumes, eruption and venting, weather and atmospheric phenomena

Aerial images using remote airborne cameras Multicopter (drone) Flyable (kite-borne) camera

Search for new species as particulates in water and air Waterborne Airborne Wet-dry vac “Next-Generation” Impactor Anderson Impactor

Digital microscope to image microscopic organisms Foraminifera Tardigrada

Photo-documentation of environmental debris Plastic Bonal Heard Island receives floating debris directly from South Georgia

Roller vortices shed from mountains affects biota Roller vortices A remote automatic station could record wind data over a year

Search for the reported new Type of killer whale Pitman et al.

Full Project Plan: www. heardisland. org /DOCUMENTS/

Free download at www. heardisland. org

Available from KK 6 EK

The Heard Island Newsletter Free (electronic) subscription at: www. heardisland. org /NEWSLETTER/

The 2016 Heard Island DXpedition the On-Island Team Adam Brown Alan Cheshire Arliss Thompson Bill Mitchell Carlos Nascimento Dave Farnsworth David Lloyd Fred Belton Gavin Marshall Hans-Peter Blattler Jim Colletto Kenneth Karr Robert W. Schmieder Vadym Ivliev K 2 ARB VK 6 CQ W 7 XU AEØEE NP 4 IW WJ 2 O K 3 EL WM 4 MXD VK 2 BAX HB 9 BXE N 6 TQ NG 2 H KK 6 EK UT 6 UD

The W 4 DXCC Angel Match Donations made at the W 4 DXCC Convention will be doubled by the VKØEK Angel Please see team member Fred Belton KM 4 MXD or Dave Anderson K 4 SV

Dr. Robert W Schmieder KK 6 EK Cordell Expeditions 4295 Walnut Blvd. Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Phone: (925) 934 -3735 e-mail: schmieder@cordell. org Website: http: //www. cordell. org www. heardisland. org