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AJ8MH

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Re: Almost Honor Roll; which one is next?
« Reply #15 on: March 17, 2023, 12:55:16 PM »

Yup, just one more...  Macquarie Island probably my best bet

AVES ISLAND YV0  -  PETER 1 ISLAND 3Y
DPRK (NORTH KOREA) P5  -  PRATAS ISLAND BV9P
GLORIOSO ISLAND FT/G TO  -  SAN FELIX ISLAND CE0
KERGUELEN ISLAND FT8X  -  SCARBOROUGH REEF BS7
MACQUARIE ISLAND VK0-M  -  TURKMENISTAN EZ
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Re: Almost Honor Roll; which one is next?
« Reply #16 on: March 17, 2023, 01:17:31 PM »

A few years ago Aves Island was on the air all the time; what happened?

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Re: Almost Honor Roll; which one is next?
« Reply #17 on: March 17, 2023, 01:41:53 PM »

Another place with a naval garrison. The RCV (arrl equivalent  of YV) has attempted to go several times in the last 5 years but things fell apart. Trips depend on Navy or Coast Guard and it hasn't worked. More lately I imagine the problems YV has not made it any easier.
There is a significant structure on the island for the garrison see (scroll down): https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/veni.htm
A few years ago Aves Island was on the air all the time; what happened?

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Re: Almost Honor Roll; which one is next?
« Reply #18 on: March 17, 2023, 03:03:00 PM »

A few years ago Aves Island was on the air all the time; what happened?
When the political situation in YV collapsed a few years ago and their economy went into freefall that was pretty much the end of that.
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Re: Almost Honor Roll; which one is next?
« Reply #19 on: March 17, 2023, 03:05:05 PM »

A few years ago Aves Island was on the air all the time; what happened?

paul
I wonder what ever happened to YX0V for 2019.  No rescheduling or nothing.
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Re: Almost Honor Roll; which one is next?
« Reply #20 on: March 18, 2023, 04:30:58 PM »

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I recall that prior to the Nov. 2012 activation of St. Peter and Paul Rocks, the Navy stated in no uncertain terms that PT0S would be the last-ever approved operation from those rocks, so I'm not certain where that leaves Trindade or Martim Vaz.

Is that in the public record somewhere?  We can always lobby for officials to walk things back, but if it is General So-and-So, that may take some doing.  If it is some lesser officer or even a civilian PR flack, maybe it wouldn't be that hard.

But, it sounds dire.

Even if it exists, it doesn't obviously apply to Trinidade/Martim Vaz.  That was activated in 2015, and fairly well in terms of numbers, according to Clublog.

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WO7R

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Re: Almost Honor Roll; which one is next?
« Reply #21 on: March 18, 2023, 04:38:50 PM »

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Macquarie Island probably my best bet

Maybe not.  As far as I know, DXpeditions have never been allowed there and won't be in the future even if they once were.  That's what I have ever heard anyhow, be it scuttlebutt or be it signals in the ham bands.

The only activations I have worked, all three of them over the years, were people resident on the island for work.

The most current, VK0MQ, appears to have ceased operations in November of 2022 (slightly longer than the October his QRZ entry advertised).  Don't know if he's going back soon -- QRZ doesn't say.

If nobody with a ham license goes there for a while, rig in hand, it could be a long wait.

I have worked it in 1989, 2019, and 2022.  Three different operators, all resident.
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Re: Almost Honor Roll; which one is next?
« Reply #22 on: March 18, 2023, 04:45:54 PM »


I have worked it in 1989, 2019, and 2022.  Three different operators, all resident.

There was also someone there in 2012, one of the two times I have worked Macquarie. 3 operations in 10 years - not bad, but definitely a lot of demand for it... and they also don't exactly go with having a superstation to operate with so it's probably hard to work to begin with if you can hear them. It's anyone's guess as to when it will be activated again...
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W1VT

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Re: Almost Honor Roll; which one is next?
« Reply #23 on: March 18, 2023, 06:05:34 PM »

Details   W1VT   VK0TH   2012-04-07 22:49:00   10M   CW   28.01700   MACQUARIE ISLAND

Got him just before he went left the island.  5 QSOs, 4 bands, 3 stations, and 2 modes.

It really helps these days to work on improving your receiver noise floor. 
Getting rid of local noise sources may allow you to work modest DX stations that only have 100W to a simple antenna.
I find 500W to a wire antenna with a modest gain over a dipole is often enough to work these stations.
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Re: Almost Honor Roll; which one is next?
« Reply #24 on: March 18, 2023, 06:44:52 PM »

KERGUELEN ISLAND is due for a DXpedition.  Last large one I recall was in 2006 or so.

73 John AF5CC
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WO7R

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Re: Almost Honor Roll; which one is next?
« Reply #25 on: March 18, 2023, 08:05:01 PM »

Kerguelen sounds plausible.  Another of the TAAF entities.  The Encyclopedia Britannica says it is supplied by ship four times a year, with room for a small number of tourists at 9000 Euros each, though it probably is really for getting the scientists on and off the island.  It did not say how long the supply ship docked.  Presumably, other ships might arrive as well, though it is not in nice seas (the same as Bouvet in the end).

It is at 49 degrees 15 minutes south, plus or minus, which may well make the journey harrowing, but the island seems relatively large (the main one is almost 2800 square miles versus Bouvet at 19 square miles).  Bouvet, for reference, is at about 54 degrees 30 minutes south.

There is a small, permanent population of scientists.  Maybe Thierry can work his magic again?  Or, are conditions there so stark as to require something more robust?  Temps peak at around 12 degrees C (53 degrees F) in the summer (November to April).

Finding a place to set up may be the biggest issue.

Here's a rather too optimistic "tourist brochure" for the place:

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Kerguelen

Experienced travelers reading this will see this is for not-very-normal tourists who are doing some kind of "let's go everywhere on earth" kind of trip.  There are a few rich trust fund babies that do that sort of thing,  I suppose.

There is, at least, no reference I can find that suggests the entire island is some sort of nature preserve, but this is the TAAF, and no doubt some sort of permissions are required in 2023.
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