The team reports that all is going well barring the internet connection which has been a real let down. Log uploads to Clublog are proving to be very tedious. All the logs are intact but not all are on the Clublog server. Seems some 30m QSOs are missing and these would be looked into. The team would be setting up the 160m top-loaded vertical today. The last of the antennas to go up would be a Spiderbeam which will be used for the third station. VU2PAI and VU3DMP join the team tomorrow. All three stations should be QRV from tomorrow afternoon, approximately 1200z onwards.
The team continues to focus on NA and alternates between working EU and NA, especially on the short path. They request co-operation from EU when they are working NA and SA which has the largest population of hams requiring VU7 for a new one. The feedback received so far has been passed on to the team and they will pay closer attention to certain band openings.
The team spent the better part of the weekend installing antennas. They now have phased verticals for 80, 40 and 30m apart from a Hexbeam, a 2el Steppir beam and Butternut verticals. They reported working NA on 40 and 75m SSB last night . More pictures awaited whenever they are able to get a stable internet connection.
Also some live photos taken by the team till date as below.
The Agatti airport entrance , possible the smallest airport anywhere in India
The approach view of the Agatti airport/Island
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All the gear being loaded onto motor vessel at Mangalore
The beauty of Agatti as a tropical Paradise
Further info available in www.vu7ag.info , we will keep updating further as well.
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