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DX0DX April 2012 has been cancelled for the foreseeable future.

Chris VK3FY has advised the Ham Radio community the following;

Due to the situation in the South China Seas which has been escalating over the past months I have decided to cancel the 2012 activation.

With this in mind and having a responsibility of duty of care for the operators I have decided that the risks out-way the hobby and hence with the notion of safety first above all else I have decided to put the dx-pedition off for the foreseeable future.

In relation to to the Jan 2011 attempt the following should be noted. This has been an extremely costly expedition to attempt, and the team hopes that each foundation sponsor/club, understands that due to the extremely high costs of the Jan 2011 attempt that the amounts of refunds to be sent to each club/foundation and the team maybe be less than the amount contributed.

The Plan has been put the Team.

Please note that only posts on www.dx0dx.net are the official posts for DX0DX.

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The DXØDX mission to the Spratly’s has been postponed to April 2012, following the initial expedition attempt in January this year.

Team Leader Chris Dimitrijevic VK3FY said he was determined to recover as much of the costs as possible to put things right for all the Team members, Sponsors, organisations and individuals involved.

"I have been thinking very long and hard about the Spratly's and to put DXØDX  off until next year will allow me time to clean up the situation from the first attempt"

The DX-entity was to have been activated from 6 January 2011 until 1 February 2011.

"It's better to concentrate on getting the best value for the assets so that I can recover the best return for the operators", said Chris VK3FY.

"I will inform the DX Community and also the generous DX Foundations of the decision"

"But I need to put things right for the operators that put their faith in me. That is of paramount importance at this time. Ongoing efforts are being made towards selling the assets"

April is by far the best month for a DX expedition to Thitu Island in the Spratly's because the seas are far calmer for a sea voyage.

Apologies are made by Chris VK3FY to the DX community for the changes that have been outside his control.

Earlier on it was announced that difficulties with logistics and customs were the major problems, but were overcome.

Chris VK3FY has personally undertaken to post the contributions, foundations, and costs on the  DXØDX Yahoo group and to foundations by Tuesday 8 March 2011. 

- Jim Linton VK3PC, Public Affairs

Spratly Islands (Thitu Island)

The Island

Thitu Island (Pagasa in Filipino) is the second largest island in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. The island has a landing strip (Rancudo Airfield) and a small harbour. 

There are 100 inhabitants, mostly military, fishermen and a weatherman.

A view of the island shows the landing strip apparently covered in sand and taking up a disproportionately large amount of area of the island.