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Re: [IRCA] Thanks to the Sydney DXers
Quoting Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>:
Walt,
Yes I am glad that you had such a postcard day on Sunday....pity it wasn't a
poor overcast rainy day..otherwise might have been able to hobble around the
crutches...
Its a pity that you didn't stay a few days before joining the ship.
anyway got the cast off the leg. Gee no wonder the ankle was broken a
real mess
bruising and swelling no wonder it hurts...
Its the famous Melbourne Cup horse race today as your heading towards
Melbourne.
My tip is Roman Emperor.
Yes Symban 2368.5 off air..as interference problems only about 2 miles
from the
airport!
If you and your wife come back, wil lbe pleased to host a get together
same for other overseas Dxers......Just need say 3 to 4 weeks notice to
organise
everyone...
Well Walt enjoy!!!!you have the weather for it!
Its going to be 35 degrees C today as you sail down the coast...glad that cast
is off......
Regards Johno
We'll be pulling up anchor shortly and heading to Melbourne. I'd
like to thank John and Tony and others in the Sydney area for
responding for my request to meet or say hello to DXers wherever I've
travelled. I have found this to be a fun and very rewarding
experience having met DXers in Italy and Ukraine to name just a
couple of places. These people have remained close friends to this
very day.
Anyway, as luck would have it, we arrived on a lovely Sunday morning
in Sydney (temperatures up to 30 degree C). After getting through
all of the formalities, and after a city bus tour, we arrived at our
ship (the Amsterdam) at noon. I was able to call John and had a very
nice chat (while at Bondi beach). As it turned out, most of the
DXers in the Sydney area live quite far away from the central core
where our ship was moored. I hadn't realized how huge Sydney
actually is both by population (4.6 million) and by size (not sure
about that, but it's very spread out!). Being a Sunday, parking is a
real problem, so we weren't able to meet. Perhaps next time. From
here, I've had contact with DXers in New Zealand, and Honolulu, so
I'm confident that I'll be able to meet up with some of them at those
locations.
I do recommend Sydney as a very world class city, and truly lovely
(and this is coming from someone living on the WCNA...so already
difficult to impress). Gorgeous views from all directions, and
wonderful landmarks like the Opera House and bridge! All in all a
good start to the vacation.
Radio wise, I did turn on the radio very briefly yesterday to confirm
nothing on Radio Symban's 2368.5 kHz channel. Also found that my
Eton e100 doesn't want to tune past 1620! Strange, as I was hoping
to explore the x-band a little more while here. I do have a Grundig
Aviator G6, though, courtesy of Colin Newell, so I'll have to fire
that one up (it's with me for Radio St. Helena Day later this month).
Cheers, mates! ............Walt Salmaniw, onboard the
Amsterdam, Sydney Harbour, Australia.
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