Posted on 02/14/2023 5:37:07 AM PST by texas booster
3Y0J DXPEDITION 2023
We are very proud to present you our new website after the resetting of the 3Y0J DXpedition.
After the announcement of the sale of the Braveheart we have discussed a way to continue this adventure and improve the cooperation between the team members.
We have continuously looked for another vessel and finally found this gem.
The team and costs will be reduced which makes this adventure more likely to be funded with the same level of skills and security.
We are very happy to present our new team and our plans to make of this Dxpedition to Bouvet a success!
Best 73s
The 3Y0J Team
Marc Twain
Ping! out to the Amateur Radio ping list ... There used to be one, I think.
Quirky expedition that I would love to have joined.
101 Feet Oceanic Ketch MARAMA is a unique Sailing Yacht, designed by Dominique Presles, and built of aluminium by the N2A shipyard in St Nazaire, under the control of Bureau Véritas. It is an exceptional ship on all levels. FEATURES Length : 31.00m Beam : 6.50m Draft : 3.50 m Masts : 35m and 25m Displacement (weight) : 68 tons Upwind sail surface : 455 sqm Downwind sail surface : 1000 sqm Engine John Deere / Baudouin : 320 hp Generator : 25 KW Watermaker : 250 L/Hour Hydraulic winches Central Heating 3 watertight bulkheads 2 dinghies with outboard engine ***** Seriously, under 100' long and only a 320 hp engine (plus sails)? Verses the South Atlantic!?
I think they ought to ditch that boat. Not energy efficient. Forget the genny and water maker. Get one made out of wood.
Would be more like a pleasure cruise on that one.
Length : 31.00m
Beam : 6.50m
Draft : 3.50 m
Masts : 35m and 25m
Displacement (weight) : 68 tons
Upwind sail surface : 455 sqm
Downwind sail surface : 1000 sqm
Engine John Deere / Baudouin : 320 hp
Generator : 25 KW
Watermaker : 250 L/Hour
Hydraulic winches
Central Heating
3 watertight bulkheads
2 dinghies with outboard engine
*****
Seriously, under 100' long and only a 320 hp engine (plus sails)?
Verses the South Atlantic!?
OK, Shackleton I am not.
3Y0J will always listen up (using split) so it will be useless to call us on our transmission frequency. Please be sure to double check your settings to make sure you are not calling us simplex.
Always give your full callsign. Listening is the key so sure we call you before replying.
CW MAX 15 kHz split (operators chose QRG within a certain bandwidth)
SSB MAX 30 kHz split (operators chose QRG within a certain bandwidth)
Lowest 10 kHz spectrum on regular bands NO TX to allow regular DX traffic
Lowest 5 kHz on WARC band NO TX to allow regular DX traffic
We’re aware of US band plans for E/A/G/N/T
FT8 40-10m, with focus on 20-10m yagis.
We will transmit:
100W on FT8
1500W on CW/SSB (special permit to transmit up to)
Please follow DX Code of Conduct
We have a good friend who has been a participant in several of these expeditions. Any idea of the dates?
It’s over. They’re QRT. Lots of issues getting setup, weather, trouble with scaling the rocks, you name it - they had a lot of problems. Most contacts were FT8, I never heard them from my location but the web has the buzz on their troubles. It’s unfortunate but it’s a challenging location and not very accommodating to humans.
Hoping against hope to make contact with them somehow. Managed to reach central Argentina on a hamstick dipole about 14’ in the air with 35 watts of power on 10 meters single side band voice. Waiting on parts for my home brew end fed half wave.
Well, dang. This was supposedly the rarest DX location save for North Korea.
The expectation they set were high. Very high. 200,000+ QSO expected. They achieved far less than that. Conditions for the operators was rough. They had issues getting supplies and equipment onto the island.
From what I heard/read, those going onto the island had to get in the water and swim themselves onto the island as the boat carrying them couldn't get close for some reason. They ran out of fuel to power the generators a few times. They had tents for shelter but no tables or chairs for equipment.
In the Ham community these guys who risked everything to activate this location are taking a lot of heat. Most I don't think is justified but there does seems to be some gaps in their planning.
They supposedly had someone filming the whole experience so we'll be able to see in time what these guys went through to try and pull this off. While I wasn't able to put them in my log, I applaud them for their effort. The "3Y0J - The Bouvet island DXpedition" Facebook page is here
73.
Nicely done. And at 35W on 10 meter? Rather impressive.
10 meters was booming on Sunday. I heard Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Chile. But I was getting stepped on on quite a bit when trying to respond to their DX calls. Was lucky on the Argentina call.
Well, dang. This was supposedly the rarest DX location save for North Korea."
What were they thinking? This was a "Snowball" to far.
Maybe they saw this ad on the internet:
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Hope you took a dosimeter ;)
These DXpeditions are incredibly expensive and also dangerous.
In other DXpeditions Amateur operators have been killed by weather sinking boats and by hostile humans.
Lack of adequate information and resources only adds to the dangers.
The old Soviet government classed amateur radio as a sport;people push themselves to extremes for sports.
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