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EQUIPMENT, FLEW FROM ZAVENTEM, BELGIUM, TO OSLO, NORWAY.  FROM OSLO, WE
CONTINUED NORTH TO TROMSO AND LANDED SAFELY IN LONGYEARBYEN, SVALBARD, ON
APRIL 19.  AFTER GATHERING OUR LUGGAGE, WE QUICKLY NOTICED THAT THE SUITCASE
WITH OUR HIGH POWER BAND PASS FILTERS WAS MISSING.  WE SENT A COMPLAINT TO
THE AIRLINE, AND THEY PROMISED IT WOULD ARRIVE WITH ONE OF THE NEXT FLIGHTS.
THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT, SUNNY AND ONLY A FEW DEGREES BELOW FREEZING.  WE
CLEARED OUR 4 BY 4 RENTAL TRUCK OF SNOW SO WE COULD DISTRIBUTE ALL OF OUR
EQUIPMENT AMONG THE THREE LOCATIONS WE WOULD BE STAYING AT.  WE ALSO HAD
ACCESS TO THE SVALBARD AMATORRADIOKLUBBS, JW5E, LOCATION.   WE WERE EAGER TO
GET JW0˜X ON THE AIR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BY EARLY EVENING, IT WAS GETTING
CONSIDERABLY COLDER, AND THE ICE WAS INCREDIBLY SLIPPERY, WHILE PLACING THE
DX COMMANDER ANTENNA, WILLY HAD A SERIOUS FALL ON THE ICE AND NEEDED MEDICAL
ATTENTION.  A HELPFUL MAN PROVIDED US WITH FOIL TO KEEP HIM WARM WHILE
WAITING FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES.  THE EMERGENCY SERVICES IN SVALBARD ARE MADE
UP OF VOLUNTEERS, SO IT TOOK SOME TIME FOR THEM TO ARRIVE.  LUCKILY, WILLY
WAS ABLE TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL LATER THAT EVENING, WHEN OUR FIRST TWO
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