Bouvet Island DXpedition is On the Air!

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Bouvet Island DXpedition is On the Air!

The 3Y0J team has arrived and begun operations on Bouvet Island. The conditions have been difficult and the team is not yet operating at full capacity.

The 3Y0J Media Officer and East Coast Pilot, Steve Hass, N2AJ, wrote on Facebook that, as of Wednesday, February 8, 2023, the team has only enough power to operate two radios simultaneously. A storm is forecasted to bring high winds to the remote island, so the team is taking precautions. Some of the antennas may be taken down to prevent damage. According to Facebook posts, the yacht that brought the team to the island, the S/V Marama, has been moved farther offshore in anticipation of the winds.

Despite the challenges, the DXpeditioners say they logged 5,000 QSOs in the first 48 hours of operation. To date, the team has been heard working CW on 17 meters and SSB on 15 meters. No matter the mode, the operators will always be listening up. That means hams should listen for them on their frequency and transmit back to them 5 - 10 kHz above that frequency. The operator will be tuning back and forth to try and pull out the strongest station.

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Malta Operation 2023

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Malta Operation 2023

The Marconi Radio Circle and Central Radio Amateur Circle will be setting up a joint station in Imtarfa, Malta for five days in October 2023. The two clubs will sort out the day-to-day running of the station.

The event is open top any full licence holder who has a passport, a full licence is required to operate in Malta.

Operators from England will need to organise their own travel and hotels. All you need to visit Malta is a current passport.

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Angola DXpedition Promises People the moon

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South African amateur Bernie ZS4TX is going on a different kind of DXpedition: operating portable using EME on 2m between the 12th and 16th of August. This is supposed to be the first time Angola has ever been activated by a ham using EME. He’s going a great distance in another way too: driving there. That means he will travel more than 2800 km over four days and make the final six-hour trip of 220 km on dirt roads. Bernie is a veteran at EME. He’s hoping that by travelling by land he can bring larger and better antennas to the site and give more people a chance to work this unprecedented activation.