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EVERYTHING ON THE BEACH IN A FEW HOURS.  THE ONLY ENTRY TO SWAINS ISLAND IS
THROUGH A NARROW CUT IN THE CORAL REEF THAT ALLOWS A SMALL BOAT TO REACH
THE BEACH.  SINCE OUR MARCH 2005 EXPERIENCE INCLUDED SWAMPING THE BOAT AND
OVERTURNING IT AND DROPPING THE OUTBOARD MOTOR TO THE BOTTOM, WE LOADED
CAREFULLY AND HELD ON TIGHT.  UPON ARRIVAL, WE WADED ASHORE, CARRYING
EVERYTHING.  THE ASSISTANCE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS, EAGER TO WELCOME US
BACK, WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED.  THE FIRST BOAT CARRIED KAN AND TETS WHO
QUICKLY GOT THE FIRST STATION ON THE AIR SO KAN COULD MAKE THE FIRST
CONTACT FROM SWAINS ISLAND DXCC ENTITY 337.  KAN HAD HIS EYE ON AN ADEQUATE
PALM TREE FOR AN ANTENNA.  THE TWO INSTALLED THE FIRST STATION IN ABOUT TWO
HOURS WITH THE FIRST CONTACT GOING TO LARRY, AH8LG, ON JULY 28 AT 2219 UTC.
WE SPENT OUR FIRST DAY SETTING UP THE CW TENT, SSB TENT, A COVERED AREA FOR
SLEEPING AND ANOTHER FOR THE DINING AREA, AND GETTING ALL OUR EQUIPMENT TO
THE AREA IT WAS NEEDED.  THE GENERATORS WERE LOCATED MIDWAY BETWEEN THE CW
AND SSB TENTS, ALLOWING FOR EASY REFUELING.  WE HAD AN 8 KW FOR CW AND 5 KW
FOR SSB AND A SPARE GENERATOR THAT WAS NOT NEEDED.  THERE WERE SEVERAL TALL
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KA5YOM 30 2 2 110 OK KR1ST 30 2 1 110 SC AE6IC 29 2 1 108 SDG AC7CJ 29 2 1
108 EWA N2XI 27 2 1 108 ENY KD7YVV 28 2 1 106 WWA KB5EKX 53 2 1 106 AR
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