2021-01-31, 09:19:31
Adam, operating outdoors in the winter really is a challenge. The club members must have been a lot tougher and dedicated back in 2013. I logged one 1O and one 4O but the rest were 1H.
I worked with an Arctic expedition in 2000 (I went to Resolute Bay in 1999 to test the communications equipment but I didn't travel with the expedition). The expedition leader had to walk 1 km across ice and snow in the total darkness of a high Arctic winter to get to the top of a hill where the team's radio hut was located. He carried a rifle in case he met any bears. He had to wait for an hour while the equipment warmed before filing his report by radio, then a 1km walk back.
Whenever I start getting soft about WFD, I remind myself of that story.
I worked with an Arctic expedition in 2000 (I went to Resolute Bay in 1999 to test the communications equipment but I didn't travel with the expedition). The expedition leader had to walk 1 km across ice and snow in the total darkness of a high Arctic winter to get to the top of a hill where the team's radio hut was located. He carried a rifle in case he met any bears. He had to wait for an hour while the equipment warmed before filing his report by radio, then a 1km walk back.
Whenever I start getting soft about WFD, I remind myself of that story.
John VA3KOT
Blog: HamRadioOutsideTheBox.ca
Blog: HamRadioOutsideTheBox.ca