Bernie then advises what most DXers probably already know: that after 19 year of silence, Heard Island will once again be on the air, this time as VKØEK. Of course that is what this project is about, and most readers of this column are already familiar with the project (3 years in the making!). For us, Bernie’s column marks a milestone: a month from landing on the island and setting up the operation.

As you might imagine, these are busy times for the team and supporters. Although the major gear is already in a warehouse in Cape Town awaiting our arrival, now there are so many details, so little time. Just in case you missed the last Newsletter, which featured a chart of the extended team necessary to make this happen, you can download it by clicking on the image above.

You are welcome to download these logos and use them wherever you wish. Click on the images above for an enlargement. Click here to obtain the original Adobe CS6 Illustrator file (931 kB). We suggest that if you are a sponsor of the expedition (i.e., your name appears on theSPONSORS page), you might wish to grab this logo and display it on your own web page to show off your sponsorship, the same way clubs and foundations do. You might even attach a link to the logo pointing to either the EXpedition or the DXpedition.

Co-Organizer Rich is offering a different set of VKØEK DXpedition souvenirs with the nifty radio logo (left). Click here to see those. The logo is especially apropos because less than three weeks ago Big Ben, the 9000-ft. volcano on Heard Island erupted. By a nice coincidence, a research ship loaded with ocean scientists was nearby and took photographs and video of the new activity. We hope that it will continue to erupt when the team is there in March!