QST QST QST Announcing the 2004 Nojoqui Tarantula Migration Dxpedition by K6SGH and K6TZ Club Station
When: Saturday October 23rd and Sunday October 24th Where: Larsen Meadows at Camp Alegre in the San Ynez Mountains Which Bands: 10 through 20 meters...just look for the pileups
Directions To Event: From Santa Barbara, take HWY 154 over San Marcos Pass. About 1.5 miles from the top, when you see the SECOND sign on the left saying RANCHO ALEGRE, CAMP WHITTIER. There will also be a K6TZ sign. Turn left there and follow the K6TZ signs up the road about 1.5 miles to LARSEN MEADOWS. Just follow the K6TZ signs. We will be monitoring 146.52 simplex so give us a call when you're near.
Why: Each year, thousands of tarantulas brave countless dangers as they migrate to their ancestral breeding grounds somewhere in northern Santa Barbara county. The journey, which is believed to span some 50 miles across treacherous terrain and several county highways, is one of the most unusual mass migrations. Once thought to be only myth, the Nojoqui Tarantulas have recently been rediscovered and their great migration the source of scientific wonder and amazement.
On the Internet, go to www.k6sgh.com and click on the Tarantula Migration link and read for yourself the strange and amazing events associated with these wonderful migrations.
Hope to see you at Larsen Meadows and certainly on the various amateur bands throughout the weekend.
For more info email k6sgh @ cox.net.