Austral Islands

Here's a fun one on a Friday.

What does Cincinnati have, have in common with the Austral Islands of French Polynesia? Look at that.

Well, that's nice.

Uh, what does Cincinnati have in common with Abruzzo, Italy? Seen there in all of its glory.

Thank you for doing that.

ACOM has once again provided the power amplifiers we will be using during our expedition, and they perform very well in the Austral Islands.

The team plans to be QRV from Guadalcanal, CQ Zone 28, ITU Zone 51, and IOTA OC47.

It's GridSquare QI90VQ.

Of course, we will do some digital mode.

I mean, everybody knows that digital mode is part of ham radio.

I'm also privately making FT8QS, so I'm nothing against it, but really we will try to do human modes as much as possible we did it also from from austral island even on six meters we have a fantastic pileups on six meters ssb with japan which was about 10 over 10 000 kilometers or six seven thousand miles away from from austral island so uh That was one of the points why we chose Solomon Island.

The second thing is that Rolando said it's not too much complicated to fly from Europe.

Well, Noah recalls a five-week-long trip to Ma'uhinuli last year to document their traditional coal varieties.

This is about the island of Tubuai in the Austral Islands.

Every household had coal in it as a part of, you know, really relating to the plant.

And in a lot of cases, they didn't even use it anymore.

And as a way to kind of, I think, provide a sense of, you know, security and definition, right, to where your kuleana is and preserving that.

And I guess in Hawaii today, we are seeing an interest in reconnecting to ko.

It's funny because I do see a lot of people growing it and having it and kind of like the Austral Islands, like not necessarily using it.

Right.