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Midway Atoll DXpedition 2009
Box 333 Bethlehem, GA 30630 USA [+] Mailing label | ||
Lookups: 722
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| QSL: QSL TO BOX 333 BETHLEHEM, GA 30620 | ||
20130414 0047UTC 14038kHz K4M
Date : 14/Apr/2013 0047UTC
Freq : 14038kHz CW
Rig : SDR(PI4THT)
ANT : Mini-Whip(PAØRDT)
PC recording
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Midway Atoll
Midway Atoll (pron.: /ˈmɪdweɪ/; also called Midway Island and Midway Islands; Hawaiian:Pihemanu Kauihelani) is a 2.4-square-mile (6.2 km2) atoll in the North Pacific Ocean. As its name suggests, Midway is roughly equidistant between North America and Asia, and lies almost halfway around the world from Greenwich, England. It is near the northwestern end of the Hawaiian archipelago, about one-third of the way from Honolulu, Hawaii to Tokyo, Japan. Midway Atoll is anunorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States, and the former home of the Midway Naval Air Station (former ICAO PMDY). For statistical purposes, Midway is grouped as one of theUnited States Minor Outlying Islands. It is less than 140 nautical miles (259 km; 161 mi) east of theInternational Date Line, about 2,800 nautical miles (5,200 km; 3,200 mi) west of San Francisco, and 2,200 nautical miles (4,100 km; 2,500 mi) east of Tokyo. The Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, encompassing 590,991.50 acres (239,165.77 ha)[1] of land and water (mostly water) in the surrounding area, is administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service(FWS).
Midway was the focal point of the Battle of Midway, one of the most important naval battles of the Pacific Campaign in World War II. The battle, fought between June 4 and June 6, 1942 near the islands, saw the United States Navy defeat a Japanese attack against the Midway Islands, marking a turning point in the war in the Pacific Theater.
Travel to the atoll in 2013 will not be possible through either organized tour companies or as a Fish and Wildlife Service volunteer, due to budget cuts in the US government's 2013 fiscal budget, suspending visitor and volunteer programs. The visitor program (which reopened the atoll to visitors in January 2008) hosted 332 visitors in 2012.[2][3][4][5][6] The tours have focused on the ecology of Midway and its military history. The economy is derived solely from governmental sources and tourist fees. All food and manufactured goods are imported. The refuge and most of its surrounding area are part of the larger Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
QSL to the address listed above for K4M QSOs made during the Midway Atoll DXpedition 2009.
SASE for USA.
SAE and $2 USD for QSOs outside USA.
Bureau QSLs answered once a year if funding is available to pay mailing to bureaus.
LOTW uploaded 2009.
No EQSL
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