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RE: Chesterfield Island, TX3A
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by AF3Y on October 25, 2009
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On their web site today!
"FedEx is late with two of our boxes. As they contain our two K3 radios, and some other important equipment, we must wait for them. We were promised early delivery tomorrow. If we receive the boxes by 11 AM we will be able to sail at noon. We will miss part of the weather window and will have to stop at Frederick Reef to wait-out some rough weather. We hope to resume our trip on Friday, arrive to Chesterfield by Sunday, and be on the air by Tuesday evening (November 02)."
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RE: Chesterfield Island, TX3A
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by AB3CX on November 2, 2009
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According to the latest news, they are currently in the lagoon unloding and setting up station, hoping to be on the air within 12 hours (0400Z 11/3/09). This is another one of the prize DX rarities that has or will be available this season so far. With about a month on site, it's reasonable to expect alot of folks to get a new one. Alot of US hams hoped that when this pair of DXers was on Mellish, they would have gone to 40M a little more often for the NA guys, we'll see what happens this go round.
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by W2IRT on November 2, 2009
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Won't be a new one for me, but I hope to snag 4 or 5 new bands and one or two new modes. These are two really great operators and they also QSL via LoTW very quickly, often within two weeks of going QRT.
If you thought their Willis and Mellish Reef pileups were insane, you (and they) ain't seen nothin' yet. I think the Chesterfields (as a separate DXCC entity) have only been activated three or four times if memory serves.
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by N3OX on November 3, 2009
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"Alot of US hams hoped that when this pair of DXers was on Mellish, they would have gone to 40M a little more often for the NA guys, we'll see what happens this go round."
40m is *technically* a "low band" in current thinking, but I think this DXPedition, like the others, is going to prioritize starting from 1.8MHz and assigning lower priority as they go up.
They're very serious about this. Like they said with VK9GMW, they'd rather listen to static with occasional QSOs on 160m than have great rates on the higher bands.
That said they did end up making about half their QSOs on 30m and up from Mellish. After all, 160m is only open for half the day :-) And they are top notch ops with top notch (although, on the surface, weird) gear.
And the month long stay isn't going to hurt.
Good luck everyone..
73
Dan
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by AF3Y on November 3, 2009
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"If you thought their Willis and Mellish Reef pileups were insane, you (and they) ain't seen nothin' yet. I think the Chesterfields (as a separate DXCC entity) have only been activated three or four times if memory serves."
Hopefully, the Vietnam expedition, starting tomorrow with Sigi and his group, will take a bit of the heat off of them. I need both for all time new ones. Gene
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by K0RS on November 4, 2009
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Worked 'em last night (Nov 4) @ 0907z (2:07am my local time). The signal was quite readable on 160m and the op stuck with me when others wouldn't stop calling. I set my alarm for 2:00am, so it only took 7 min to get thru, including getting dressed! I thought the pileup was quite modest considering the rarity of this entity and pileup control by the TX3A op was very good. I'm sure the hour of the day helped weed out non-serious callers as well as opportunistic QRMers.
The ops were quite specific about prioritizing 160m, but I do hope for some significant effort on other bands. It looks like they have made some tentative forays on 40 and 80, but not for long. Perhaps just checking the antennas on those bands. They have an ongoing effort at this point to continue upgrading antennas.
Fortunately for NA ops, they have explained to JA and EU that they intended to exploit the relatively shorter openings to NA, particulary to the east coast, when they are available. You're gonna have to lose some sleep for this one, so set your alarms! I was happy to work them early on as I have to return to my night shift tonight and that's really going throw a monkey wrench into the schedule. I'm not gonna be home much when low band propagation is good. Hopefully they will still be able to work NA on 80/40/30 when I get home in the morning before my full SR, but the recent change back to standard time isn't going to help that.
News and updates on their website have been prompt and frequent, so that's been very helpful. Good luck!
Larry, K0RS
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by K0RS on November 5, 2009
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An unexpected bonus today! A great long path opening on 30m. Worked TX3A with the beam just north of due east. Many, many east coast stations geting thru easily and competing well against the Europeans. Very QRQ and a good rate.
You can search the clusters for spots, but I got him at 2028z. It's 2100z as a write this and still a good signal from George and Tomi at well past SR at Chesterfield.
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by W2IRT on November 5, 2009
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Agree, both ops are fantastic CW guys but no joy here on any band. I can hear them nicely on 80, 30 and 20 but the piles are just too big even for my station. Unfortunately I can't hear a whisper from them on 160 at all. I really hope I can at least nail 'em on 80 tomorrow so I don't have to keep getting up before dawn.
They're scheduled to be there for a few weeks so I may have luck as the piles diminish - if their antennas can stay up and working in the high winds. I'm going away from Friday till Sunday, so I hope they're still on all bands when I get back <G>.
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