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W2IRT

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So now that you all got the crying about Remotes out of your system anyone work him yet?
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Not seeing much activity, a bit of SSB and CW on 10m for NA tonight
Worked them on 15 CW the other day. Massive signal and a good pileup. They were spotted on 160 CW overnight last night but I couldn't hear them (and I need them on Topband).
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W1VT

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Got them through a good pileup on 10CW yesterday afternoon.  Took a while for them to get loud in New England.
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EI2GLB

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But where is the FT8 activity from the RIB's??
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KD6KVL

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Haven't seen any so far.
Frank KG6N
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VE3VEE

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I have worked him on 20m FT8 and 20m CW. I've seen him operate on 20m FT8 more than once.

Marvin VE3VEE
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W1VT

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Details   W1VT   FO/AA7JV   2023-03-19 21:32:47   10M   CW   28.02655   MARQUESAS ISLANDS   Selected   10M; Challenge #2497
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Details   W1VT   FO/AA7JV   2023-03-19 21:32:47   10M   CW   28.02655   MARQUESAS ISLANDS   Selected   10M; Challenge #2497
They confirmed my 30 and 40M QSO's as well. Really only need them on 12 and 160 but haven't heard them a bit on 160 - even when others were having QSO's ... will persevere.

Randy / WB9LUR
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W8GX

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Is this the same Marquesas station I heard the other day right on 28.300? That is the edge of the US CW/phone band, and yet I heard so many US stations calling and working him there. Did neither the DX and the US stations have no concern about the band plan edge?
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EI2GLB

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No spots in 3 days hope everything is ok, guess the Digi QSO I was after will have to wait for the next one,
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K0RS

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No spots in 3 days hope everything is ok, guess the Digi QSO I was after will have to wait for the next one,

Just worked them on Marquesas tonite on 10m.  Loud here.
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I can't be 100 per cent certain, but it is highly likely that FO/AA7JV is now in DXCC entity FO (French Polynesia), not FO/M or FO/A or anything but just plain FO.

How can I be sure?  Well, here's the evidence.

1.  Clublog is reporting the station (for this evening's QSOs) as in French Polynesia.
2.  DX Summit, which currently tags it in FO/M still, has many entries suggesting an island or island chain called Tuamutu.
3.  IOTA says French Polynesia for Tuamutu: https://www.iota-world.org/islands-on-the-air/iota-groups-islands/group/825.html
4.  Most critically, moments ago, AA7JV himself stated in a DX Summit entry that they were not in FO/M.  He has not stated where they are but that presumably will come when the QRZ entry is updated (not updated as I type this -- yet).

The entry is:  AA7JV-@ 35015.0 FO/AA7JV 05:31 30 Mar Not Marquesas,

. . .where "Not Marquesas" is the comment from AA7JV.

For this one, we'll have to keep track, by date, as to where this call sign is operating from.

To be very clear, I am suggesting the station, as of tonight or so, has moved.  I am stating nothing about the former FO/M operation before hand, which  seems to indeed be FO/M.
« Last Edit: March 29, 2023, 10:46:03 PM by WO7R »
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K0RS

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It appears it is indeed French Polynesia.  IOTA OC-066.
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WO7R

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Now here's something interesting from the FO/AA7JV QRZ page about the FO operation.  This is apparently where they are operating from:



Their stated goal was to operate from the increasing number of places in the world where environmental pooh-bahs are telling us we can't operate because some species or other is endangered and they otherwise don't want to deal with human habitation.  Whether you like what they are doing, one would have to rate this as success on that wise.

Notice how small this shoal is.  It is basically a sandbar.  Notice the lack of breeding waterfowl (a specific bone of contention on Baker).  Notice the lack of human tents, human food, human litter, human latrines.

In short, this technology may enable us to operate, effectively and efficiently, from places that are somewhere between difficult and impractical otherwise.

Yes, we've all seen that ridiculous Scarborough picture.  But, this really opens up the number of physical places we can expect to actually go and operate.  Not every place in the world has a handy rock for scaffolding.  Remember, too, this thing is operating on 160.

Change your mind, don't change your mind.  This is capability we haven't had before and deserves a little contemplation in a world increasingly hostile to DXpeditions.
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W1VT

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I easily worked them on 80M FT8 this morning. 
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I worked him on 20 ft8 last night. 
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