INDEXA News (December 19th) - Sable Island DXpedition

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INDEXA News (December 19th)

From FaceBook, written by Ralph Fedor, K0IR  

INDEXA will be supporting the Sable Island DXpedition in March of 2026.

Here's a little information about the island.

Sable Island is in the North Atlantic about 180 miles southeast of Halifax,

Nova Scotia.  It is a crescent shaped shifting sandbar approximately 26

miles long and just over a quarter of a mile at its widest point.

The sand is the result of a glacial moraine and sand carried and shifted

by the three ocean currents that converge on the island; the warm Gulf

Stream from the south and the cold Labrador and Belle Islands Currents

from the north.

The strong currents, the dense fog formed by the confluence of warm and

cold waters, and shifting sandbars creating shallows has made the island

the graveyard of the North Atlantic, claiming at least 350 shipwrecks.

Portuguese sailors were the first to sight and visit the island in the

early 1500s.  There have been several attempts at settlements on the

island; all of them failed.  The only survivors of those early attempts

are horses whose descendants now comprise a wild herd whose numbers

fluctuate between 400 and 500.  The horses feed on the sparse grass in

the sand; there are no trees or rocks on Sable.

The safest access to the island is by air, landing on the beach sand

when the weather allows.  We’ve chartered a twin engine Britten-Norman

Islander aircraft to make this happen.

The island is now a Canadian National Park Reserve.  Visitor access is

very limited, but our team of eight amateur radio operators has been

granted access between March 18 and March 31 of 2026.  More information

is available at our website:  https://t-rexsoftware.com/cy0s/