2. Sound starts after calling up the next slides

3. Gene Spinelli, K5GS, ZL1NA, VK2IXC Lafayette, Colorado USA k5gs@arrl.net Copyright – TX3X Team 2015-2016

4. New Caledonia Country population:Capital City: Mining: Boating, Fishing ~262,000 Noumea Nickel (25% world’s reserve) Diving

5. Chesterfield Islands TX3X #21 Clublog Most Wanted DXCC list, 2015 Last major DXpedition TX3A Nov 2009 2 ops 28,600 QSOs 52% on the low bands Goal: ATNO to as many as possible RTTY

6. Landing Requirements Quarantine Requirements –None Team Members Required (our requirement) –Emergency evacuation insurance –Medical insurance Landing permission / Radio license –Landing Permit not required –TX3X issued by New Caledonia / France Valid for 2 weeks Operator’s Call Sign listed on license Prohibited: –Building permanent structures –Leaving anything on the reef –Annoying the wildlife

7. Chesterfield Islands Facts French possession in the Coral Sea – 870 km northwest of Noumea Best known: – For nothing – A coral reef Rising ~1.5 meters above sea level Composed largely of sand, shingle and coral rubble. Top layer of sand – crushed coral and pumice ~ 36 inches (1 meter) deep Home to sea birds, hermit crabs Hot and humid with constant winds

8. Chesterfield Islands

9. Les Trois Ilots du Mouillage (the three anchorage islands)

10. TX3X

11. Les Trois Ilots du Mouillage (the Three Anchorage Islands)

12. 1.PistaHA5AO HungaryTeam Leader 2.LesW2LKUSACo-Team Leader 3.GeneK5GSUSATreasurer 4.ArnieN6HCUSAMedical Officer 5.DavidN6HDUSA 6.MikeWA6OUSA 7.TomND2TUSA 8.KevinK6TDUSA 9.SteveW1SRDUSA 10.AlanAD6EUSA 11.WaltN6XGUSA 12.RossK6GFJUSA The Team

13. Pista HA5AOLes W2LKTom ND2T Budapest, HungaryUlster Park, NYPalo Alto, CA Alan AD6EDavid N6HD Steve W1SRD Wailuku, HI Woodland Hills, CASan Mateo, CA

14. Arnie N6HC Santa Ana, CA Kevin K6TD Cupertino, CA Walt N6XG Los Altos Hills, CA Ross K6GFJ San Jose, CA Mike WA6O San Jose, CA Gene K5GS Divide, CO

16. Evohe Specifications - Length: 82 feet (25 m) - Beam: 20 feet (6 m) - Draft: 10 feet (3 m) - Built: Antwerp, 1979 - Construction: steel, 8 mm bilge, 7 mm topside - GRT: 87 tons - Engines: 2 x 135 hp diesel - Max cruise: 10 knots - Masts: Ketch rig, 6 sails

17. Steve Kafka (New Zealand – Owner / Skipper Evohe)

18. Crewmembers AllisonJake New Zealand - Nurse New Zealand - Student

19. Ray ToriNew Zealand Heavy Equipment Operator Boat Owner / Sailor / Environmentalist

20. TX3X Team with Evohe Crew

21. Loading Equipment in California L-R Volunteer Jim Sansoterra K8JRK, Tom ND2T Kevin K6TD, Tom ND2T, Jim K8JRK, Ross K6GFJ

22. Loading Equipment in California

23. Advance Team K5GS – HA5AO – K6GFJ - Sept 10 - 12Arrived Auckland, New Zealand - Sept 12 – 15Collected shipments at Precision Autowerk - Tents - Tools - Electrical grid - Hardware - Lumber - Tables / chairs / lighting / fans - Office Supplies - Generators - Antennas - Radios - Sept 17Set Sail to Noumea, New Caledonia - Oct 27, 2015Surplus equipment sold or donated to North Shore (Auckland, NZ) Boy / Girl Scout Council

24. Storeroom Pista HA5AO & Gene K5GS Unpacking the Shipment

25. Taking Equipment to Boat in Auckland Local Volunteer Brett – Pista HA5AO – Gene K5GS

26. 53 kg Inverter / Generator Gene K5GS / Pista HA5AO

27. Everyone Works even the 8 year old

28. The Long Walk to the Boat

29. Loading the Boat

30. Staging Cargo

31. Generator Fuel Drums

32. New Zealand to New Caledonia

33. Welcome to Noumea, New Caledonia

34. Noumea, NC Evohe at Port Moselle Marina - Noumea

35. Noumea, NC

36. Arnie N6HC and Ronald

37. Typical Pacific Island Carvings

38. Noumea, NC

39. Mornings at Port Moselle Fish Market

41. When Are we Leaving

42. Preparing to Get Underway

43. Leaving Port Moselle

44. N6HD/MM Tori (ZL1TOR) David N6HD

45. Mike WA6O High Speed CW Practice 30 Minutes a Day

46. Arrive Chesterfield Islands 3 days at sea Les Trois Ilots du Mouillage ("the three anchorage islands")

47. Human Radar Submerged Coral Head

48. First View

49. Drop Anchor

50. Tropical in nature – Temps 80+ f 27c – Humid – Hot Sun – No shade Trade winds – We experienced unusual 30 – 40 knot winds – 7X24 Health Exposures – Sun / wind burn – Dehydration – Contaminated fish Ciguatera Climate

51. Water Taxi

52. Chesterfield Islands Residents

53. Message in a Bottle Found on the sandPista HA5AO

54. Message in a Bottle Dropped in the Sea, March 30, 2014 Found Oct. 1, 2015

55. Unloading Boat