March Meeting
Thu Feb 25
Peter will present a DVD program on the exploits of the famous Kon-Tiki which was a raft that drifted from the shores of South America across the Pacific Ocean and smashing onto a reef in the Tuamotu Islands on August 7, 1947 as proof that the ocean currents could propel a raft across the Pacific.
You may ask what does this have to do with ham radio? It was ham radio that provided the communications while they were sailing across the Pacific. No transistor solar powered rigs in the raft! Wait till you see what they used for their transmitter and receiver.
The expedition was headed up by Thor Heyerdahl who wrote a book on the expedition along with four others.
See this months QST, March, page 73 for a brief synopsis and indicating that the last survivor of the raft exploit has died.
George W2YJ