VK9C - Cocos-Keeling Island

 

Ham Friendly Hotel: West Islands Lodge. Rooms near seashore. Trees only 5-7m tall, not great for antenna supports. Good electricity.

Additional Information by Hirotada Yoshiike, JA0SC on 25/08/2002

The West Island Lodge Contact Info: Dieter & Karen Gerhard Owner/Manager Cocos Dive Web: www.cocosdive.com E-mail scuba@cocosdive.com Phone:61-8-9162-6515 Fax: 08-9476-6380

Antenna tips: very good, at the seashore the room should a ham occupy is no.28. No real problems for antennas. The room rate is $90AD per night. The lodge is front of the airport, so pay attention to take off and randing time per a week.


Bert, PA3GIO has some good info and links to Cocos Keeling for his upcoming September 2000 expedition: http://www.qsl.net/pa3gio/VK9CQ/


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