DXpedition to Kiritimati (Christmas Island)

28 September to 26 October 2011

 
 

Container Day (11)

Created on: 24 Feb 2011
On February 24th 2011 all of the DXpedition equipment was loaded into a container and delivered to Southampton docks from where it will travel by sea to Christmas Island.  You can follow the progress of the container on the Container Tracking page.
  • The loading team, L to R; Neville G3NUG, Mike G3WPH, Chris G3SVL, Ian G3YBY; John G3WGV; Tony G0OPB - The seventh member G3SVK is behind the camera.
  • All good DXpeditions have a man with a clipboard - Neville records the container contents.
  • Loading the most important antenna - the 160m Titanex just fits diagonally across the top of the container.
  • Will it all fit in the container?
  • The first of seven pallets to be loaded.
  • It won't be this easy at the other end without a fork lift truck.
  • Fred G3SVK filming for the DVD
  • Well, it did fit but not a great deal of spare room
  • John, G3WGV adding the last two items - being observed by Tony G0OPB.
  • The tracking device which reports the container's location at 1700z each day
  • Loading the container onto the truck for transporting to Southampton Docks. Hopefully the next time we see the container will be on Christmas Island in September 2011.
 
 


                                                                                             
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