UPDATE @0600z – Team arrived much earlier than anticipated. Everything is OK and RT9K/P is now QRV. They hope to have first logs online later today. The team are here.

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August 4, 2013 — The team departed Nadym earlier and will travel for about 16 hours by boat reaching Zhuravliny Island tomorrow afternoon local time.

July 28, 2013 — Following an attempt to activate Zhuravliny AS-109 in April this year, the RT9K team will again try to reach the island in the Obskaya Gulf in early August.

The operation will take place between August 5 – 11, 2013 under two callsigns.

  • RT9K/P — August 5-8 with QSL manager RX9KM.
  • R20RRC/8 — August 9-11 with QSL manager RZ3EC.

Expedition team: UA9KDF, RQ8K, RW0BG.

You can trace the expedition by ua9kdf-2 (while moving) and rt9k-14 (on the island) using www.aprs.fi

Download full info on RT9K.