Greenland - YL expedition 2013

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Greenland - YL expedition 2013

16th - 20th August 2013International YLs will again activate amateur radio from Kangerlussuaq in Greenland.

Greenland
From the 16th to the 20th August 2013 there will be 5 YLs from different countries activating amateur radio from Kangerlussuaq.

The last YL expedition in 2010 was very successful so we 5 YLs hope this also will be that.

So in August this year the five YLs on the left will try again to give more radio amateurs around the world a chance of getting either a new country or a YL country in their log.

We will be on the radio with call OX5YL around the clock these days to try to give as many as possible the chance of working Yls from OX.

All of the YLs have good training in working pile ups. Let's only hope for good propagation whilst on Greenland.

With YLs from so many different countries we can serve you hams out there in addition to English, also on Scandinavian languages, German, Japanese and Korean - if needed.

We especially urge so many YLs as possible to come on the bands those days. .

Click on the flags to the left of each of the YLs and see their photos and read more about them.

We will update these pages regularly towards our departure for Greenland.

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Greenland YL expedition 2013.


Equipment

FT847 og TS480
Back up Mk5 field og TS2000
L-antenne for 160 and full size vertikal for 80m, 40m a rotating dipol in a height of 20m

3band Yagi for 10-15-20 m and a 2 band for 17-20m
5ele/6ele for 10 og 6m,
A 12m dipol in 19m


OX5YL
QSL manager
Chantal Beer-PA5YL
Keulenheide 1
6373 AP Landgraaf-NL
Qsl cards for OX5YL :
QSL is okay via the buro to PA5YL or direct 2$ + SAE
THERE WILL BE NO QSL CARDS READY TO SEND OUT BEFORE AFTER OUR RETURN FROM GREENLAND.!!

Kangerlussuaq

Kangerlussuaq or Søndre Strømfjord (danish name), is a town on West Greenland, situated at the end of the fjord with the same name.
The town is situated on the same level as the Polarcircle about 170km from the west coast, but only 30 km from the inland ice.

From 1941 to 1992 the American military base "Blue West Eight" was situated in Kangerlussuaq. The small town has around 500 inhabitants.

Kangerlussuaq has the only airport on Greenland where the large planes like Boeing 747, can land. Going on to other places on Greenland like the capital Nuuk, you catch a small plane from Kangerlussuaq.

Minimum with rain and sheltered from winds, the airport gives good flying and landing condition in the arctic climate.

Kangerlussuaq has a rich fauna. Mosc ox, reindeer, polar fox, falcon, eagle and raven are among them. During the winter there is a very strong aurora over the area.

Kangerlussuaq has also a harbour with summer connection to the other west Greenland towns. It has also hotels, supermarked, swimmingpool, kindergarden and school.

From the military base days, there are good road which can be used to hike, cycle, ride or drive on. The roads goes around the airport and up to viewing point by the Russelglacier near the inland ice. This is a populare touristattraction for those visiting Kangerlussuaq.


Birds view of Kangerlussuaq with the airport.