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KD8MJR

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #60 on: January 22, 2023, 06:13:50 PM »

It's kind of strange that they have no MM activity going.

 They already addressed that issue. Because of safety reasons the boats captain nixed it because he doesn't want people on the deck due to the potential of bad weather. (installing antennas, etc)
I wonder why he would not allow an antenna installation before they left port and just run it to one of the rooms below deck.  Anyway no big deal but MM certainly does add to the excitement and gives the operators something fun to do.
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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #61 on: January 22, 2023, 07:56:00 PM »

According to the Marama Expeditions Website calendar - they have a "Cape Town to Brazil" expedition that is scheduled to embark Cape Town on March 7th.

The Bouvet expedition is scheduled to disembark Cape Town on February 28th.

I show the distance from Bouvet to Cape Town as approximately 1,600 miles.  At their present rate of about 200 miles a day, that's around 8 days of sailing.

There's not much wiggle room to possibly extend this DXpedition and still have the vessel ready for its next trip.

https://maramaexpeditions.com/en/calendar-marama-expeditions/

We just saw how fast 20 days of FT8WW went by.  I will not be waiting for the pileups to diminish for Bouvet.

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #62 on: January 22, 2023, 10:08:27 PM »

We just saw how fast 20 days of FT8WW went by.  I will not be waiting for the pileups to diminish for Bouvet.

Assuming they land successfully, their rigs and amps stay working, and their antennas all stay up they will probably be easy enough to work at least once for an ATNO after about 10 days by anybody with more than 100W and a G5RV at 15 feet.

The outlier bands will be tricky until the end, especially 80 and 160, but I think the pileups from 40 to 15m will thin out substantially before the final week of their operation. But again, that presupposes everything goes according to plan. If they keep losing antennas in the wind, if their amps fail under load, a genny craps the bed, or we get triple-digit A indices then all bets are off.

Heard, Amsterdam, Malpelo, and a few others were all very easy to work in their respective last few days. I worked VK0EK on Heard Island using QRP on 30m just nine days after they went QRV and all I have is a rotatable dipole at 75 feet. Now the first 10 or so days on Bouvet are going to be utterly insane, that's for sure. But unlike FT8WW or the previous small Bouvet activations there will be loud simultaneous QRO signals to all corners of the world 24 hours a day, or as close to it as possible. If they can stay active with multiple stations for more than 15 days then I suspect they'll also be possible to work QRP, and by guys with bad antennas and low power. I'd wager 15 and 20, CW and SSB, will be easy by the end.
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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #63 on: January 22, 2023, 11:23:11 PM »

I also think this is (again) a case where FT8 will help everyone.  No, really.  Here's why.

Those that just want an ATNO and aren't fussy about mode, are almost certain to find FT8 very friendly and maybe available to them on multiple bands at the same time for many hours a day.  These stations will probably crank out rates of 150 to 200 Qs an hour on each band in the early going.

Which means if you can't abide FT8 yourself, a lot of your erstwhile competition is going to be content to work the "wrong" mode and leave less competition for you.  What do you care what they do?  They're gonna do it anyway.  Why not profit from it?.

I have also observed that operations that put up huge numbers of Qs on FT8 in the early days see less jamming activity.  If that trend continues, that will help everyone out as well.  Less abuse of your ears and mine.

Moreover, this is going to be a large operation with plenty of ops, so it won't be one of those "two guys who work all FT8 and a little of the rest" kind of deals.  This is going to be more like Baker and all the other large scale operations.  I'm not worried about that and neither should anyone else, whatever the preferences.  Even if CW and SSB are "merely" 30 per cent (and I think they will sum up to be more like 60), that's going to be an enormous number of QSOs available, pretty much around the clock, too.  Whatever the number is, it is quite likely there will be enough "action" for those that want it with stations that have worked on these expeditions in the past.

I have exactly one Q with Bouvet in my life, so I need two modes and lots of bands.  I expect to get all of that.  Some of it, probably, the first day and, yeah, probably on FT8.  After that?  Well, I got some conventional QSOs to run after.  I will get at least one band that way and probably more.
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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #64 on: January 22, 2023, 11:50:10 PM »

I'll be happy not to see another DXpedition operating multiple Data sub-modes. FT8 is efficient but not much fun. I see 20 and 15 m also assigned RTTY, that's cool. I won't begrudge those who are authorised to operate 60 m.
I am very much looking forward to this one, especially after the multiple disappointments over the past years.
One thing for sure, I'll be trying my best to get in the log in the first few days, at least during Step 1 and Step 2 of the installation, BEFORE they get the beams up.
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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #65 on: January 23, 2023, 01:10:16 AM »

Interesting point made by Wayne about the ship needing to be back in SA by early March,

It has been mentioned that they have 22 days contracted at or on the Island, I don't recall if the guys said 22 days at or on as that would make a huge difference if they struggle to land on the island there could be a lot smaller window of opportunity to work them,

Hopefully they make it there safe and sound, that is the most important thing currently,

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #66 on: January 23, 2023, 05:30:30 AM »

Team plan:
"The team envisage 9-14 days at sea. While 22 days on the island is planned. Then it’s another 9-14 days sailing to Cape Town. Estimated date for Cape Town is March 1st. "

Interesting point made by Wayne about the ship needing to be back in SA by early March,

It has been mentioned that they have 22 days contracted at or on the Island, I don't recall if the guys said 22 days at or on as that would make a huge difference if they struggle to land on the island there could be a lot smaller window of opportunity to work them,

Hopefully they make it there safe and sound, that is the most important thing currently,

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Trevor
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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #67 on: January 23, 2023, 08:42:53 AM »

I'll be happy not to see another DXpedition operating multiple Data sub-modes. FT8 is efficient but not much fun. I see 20 and 15 m also assigned RTTY, that's cool.
I'm most excited for RTTY to be honest. I worked Petrus (3Y0E) on 20m phone, and CW should be fairly easy—eventually. But with the exception of Crozet, every one of my 328 digital mode entities have been on RTTY. If I can get Bouvet on either digital mode that'll put me 2 back of the digital Honor Roll, but doing it on RTTY would be special, for sure.
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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #68 on: January 23, 2023, 10:24:01 AM »

I don't need them on CW or Phone but do need a lot of band fills. I would love to get a RTTY contact but will take FT8 for a new digital mode, of my current digital totals 323 are RTTY, 1 PSK, 2 FT8
Currently sitting at 328 total 326 current.
Hopefully the propagation gods will look down favorably on all of us.
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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #69 on: January 23, 2023, 04:58:15 PM »

/MM now qrv.
"Today at around 19:23 UTC the callsign LA7GIA/MM was heard from the yacht Marama. Adrian KO8SCA told Steve N2AJ a few minutes ago that four different operators from the team had operated /MM at that point."

from dx-world.net
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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #70 on: January 24, 2023, 09:51:02 AM »

Just checked and they are now only doing 6 mph. Not exactly burning up the waves. Maybe they need bigger oars? :)

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #71 on: January 24, 2023, 10:41:54 AM »

Just checked and they are now only doing 6 mph. Not exactly burning up the waves. Maybe they need bigger oars? :)

John K7KB

I'm no weatherman but converging/colliding red can't be good me thinks?



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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #72 on: January 24, 2023, 01:43:20 PM »

That is probably normal weather for this part of the world.
I have not heard them complaining about bad weather like the other 3J0 dxpeditions, so I suspect it's nothing worst then what they expected.

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #73 on: January 24, 2023, 05:10:23 PM »

Worked Ken, LA7GIA/MM this evening without too much trouble on 20m CW. The signal was a bit fluttery but nothing too bad. Here is what he sounded like at my QTH around 23z: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lga-yzHQMoA

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Re: 3Y0J Bouvet
« Reply #74 on: January 24, 2023, 06:12:30 PM »

Worked Ken, LA7GIA/MM this evening without too much trouble on 20m CW. The signal was a bit fluttery but nothing too bad. Here is what he sounded like at my QTH around 23z: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lga-yzHQMoA

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Mason - KM4SII

Just worked  VE3LYC/MM on 20M CW - always fun to work the MM on the way to the DXpedition!

02:05 UTC 14024 / QSX 14027 when I worked him. Looks like they are taking turns letting different team members use their home call/MM.

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