3D2Y Rotuma

18th September 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 3, 2024
 
Our shipment arrives in Fiji
At about 0900z this morning the tracking devices attached to our shipment came on-line in Nadi, Fiji. The 330 Kg shipment left Atlanta by truck for LAX on August 24 and departed LAX on August 31 on Qantas Airfreight for Fiji via Auckland NZ, and Sydney AU.
 
Shipment by air freight is expensive shares Gregg W6IZT. To minimize shipping costs, the team will be carrying 2 ea. K3s, 3 ea. KPA500s, laptops, the StarLink terminal, and other gear as checked or carry-on baggage.
Our equipment will be picked up from customs in Nadi and placed in storage by our agent in Fiji in preparation for the trip by boat to Rotuma. The boat runs between Suva, Fiji and Rotuma about once per month. Our shipment will be picked up in Rotuma by our on-island representative for storage at our operating location. The team arrives November 15.
 
This DXpedition is a partnership with Youth on the Air (YOTA) encouraging youth participation and will feature three young operators who will be active on the Island while there will also be 60 or more hams operating remotely using W6IZT’s NexGenRiBs over Starlink.
We will be signing 3D2Y, not 3D2Z as previously planned.
Funding raising efforts continue for the November DXpedition.
Please consider supporting the 3D2Y Rotuma DXpedition. Visit our website for details: rotuma2024.com <http://rotuma2024.com/>
 
We hope to see you on the bands, the op on the other end is likely a young ham experiencing the thrill of a DXpedition pile up for the first time!

G2SZ, GB2NZ, ZL4AA & ZM100DX

16th August 2024

Celebrating the Dawn of Mass Global Communication

An important centenary to be celebrated and re-enacted in New Zealand and UK
In October 2024, Radio Amateurs in New Zealand and the UK will be celebrating and re-enacting the very first trans-global two-way radio communication. Special callsigns will be active, and awards and QSL cards will be available for those who make contact with these special stations.

At the turn of the last century, radio communication was in its infancy. The properties of “Hertzian Waves” – what we now call radio waves – were only just beginning to be understood.

Starting with Marconi, the use of a crude form of radio communication began to evolve. The development of the thermionic valve then opened up opportunities both in radio transmitter and receiver design. However, the “conventional wisdom” remained that the longer wavelengths of radio signals (as used by Marconi) were those most suited to long-distance
radio communication.

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V55LA Namibia

16th August 2024
Amateur Radio Dxpeditions (ARD)
ARD NAMIBIA DXPEDITION 2024

We’re thrilled to announce that ARD is organizing a DXpedition to the beautiful country of Namibia! The DXpedition will run from the end of October through the first week of November.
We’re proud to share that we’ve been issued a license by CRAN, and our callsign for this DXpedition will be V55LA. With our QTH already secured, we’re now working on our antenna farm layout and exploring options to make the most of our ideal location.
We are also delighted to have Charles M0OXO on board once again as our QSL Manager, ensuring all your QSL needs are met with the highest level of professionalism.
Stay tuned for more details, and be sure to check our website at www.ardxpeditions.com (V55LA page updated soon) and follow us on Facebook for the latest updates.
 
Let’s make some waves on the airwaves!
 
#DXpedition #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #NamibiaDXpedition #V55LA #ARDXpeditions

3D2Z Rotuma – Donations still being sought

2nd August 2024

The November Dxpedition to Rotuma are still seeking donations for their trip. If you feel you can make a donation to help this dxpedition be a success, then the link for Donations is at the bottom of this page – Thank you!

In the interest of bringing more young amateur radio operators into DXpeditioning, the Pacific Islands DXpedition Group, Inc. (PIDXG) and Youth on the Air (YOTA) Americas are pleased to announce a partnership involving the upcoming 3D2Z DXpedition to Rotuma in November.

Youth on the Air is a program for and by young amateur radio operators with the expressed goal of building skills and fostering lasting friendships and mentors with younger operators.

[email protected]

MM0UKI – Flannan Islands (cancelled)

1st August 2024

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***Operation cancelled***

A team of five UK ops will attempt to activate MM0UKI from the Flannan Islands EU-118 starting today (1st August 2024). The uninhabited island group is 20 miles (32km) west of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. It is 6th ‘most wanted’ IOTA in Europe and 2nd in the UK (after Rockall).

The team consists of Rockall DXpedition veteran Nobby G0VJG, John G4IRN, Paul G4PVM, Mike GM5AUG and Jamie M0SDV.

Travel is by car from their home locations to the ferry port in Ullapool (mainland Scotland). From there by ferry to Lewis and a private charter boat will take the team to Flannan.

The trip is weather dependent – departure to the island is planned for 1st August, with the 2nd being a contingency day. Activity will be on 40m to 6m SSB and CW from three stations and will continue until the first available weather window for departure on 4th August or thereafter.

WAB square is NA74, QRA is IO68EG. QSL Manager for MM0UKI is Charles, M0OXO.

GB80DDAY England

20th July 2024
In 1944 the US Air Force (USAF) 438th Troop Carrier Group were based at RAF Greenham Common Airbase, near Newbury, Berkshire UK. This would be critical in transporting men of the US Army 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions in the build up to D-Day in June 1944. The airbase had over 400 of the Waco CG-4A gliders (figure 1), along with their Douglas C46 & C47 towing aircraft, and were used to carry troops, jeeps and munitions for the D-Day operation.
 
US General Eisenhower, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force, himself paid an important visit to Greenham Airbase on the eve of D-Day and saw the first of the Airborne troops take off for France (figure 2).
June 6th 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the recently restored air traffic Control Tower at Greenham is being recognised as an important part of the WW2 commemoration in West Berkshire. To make a contribution to this very important time in WW2, the Newbury And District Amateur Radio Society (NADARS) will be using a very special call sign at our permanent HF radio station at the Control Tower
Earlier this year, Phill Morris G6EES submitted a detailed proposal to Ofcom (the UK Government Regulator) requesting that we be issued with a very unique callsign GB80DDAY (80th D-Day). This is unique because GB special event call signs are usually only a single number and two or three letters (we needed two numbers and four letters ! ). After requests for more information from Ofcom they granted us the call sign.
 

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VY0ERC Nunavut, Canada

20th July 2024
Pierre (VE3KTB) will be qrv from the Eureka Weather Station on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut (IOTA NA-008) between 27th July and 7th of August 2024 as VY0ERC.
 
He will be qrv as and when possible between his heavy work schedule.
 
QSL via M0OXO OQRS

3Y0K Bouvet Island, Antarctica

20th July 2024
Team Leader – We’re still negotiating the contracts for a DX-pedition to Bouvet Island. This DX-pedition will be a large scale operation with 20-24 operators and we are searching for 4-6 more CW/SSB operators to complete the team www.3y0k.com <http://www.3y0k.com/>.
 
We are looking into several options how to execute the expedition, where the focus right now is the logistics of the helicopters. We previously in late June received the helicopter permit from Norwegian Polar Institute, and thus have all permits we need to activate Bouvetøya. The helicopter permit allow us to setup camp on either the SE or the SW side of the island. In 1927, the first Norvegia expedition
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hjalmar_Riiser-Larsen…> landed on Bouvetøya, and claimed it for Norway. They also landed on “Larsøya” a small rocky island at the SW part of Bouvetøya. Our landing permit extend from the plateau above this SW corner all the way to the SE part at Cape Fie. 99 years after the Norvegia expedition we plan to land on Bouvetøya with helicopters. Our permit is valid for a helicopter operation in the period November 2025 to March 2026.
 

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