Archive for December, 2007
FJ/OH2AM – Saint Barthelemy
Dec 18th
All info courtesy of Daily DX:
DXpeditioners have been monitoring the status of St. Barthelemy (FJ) for several months. Immediately after the addition of St. Bart??s to the United States State Department??s Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty list an initial two man seasoned DXpedition team flew to the Caribbean this past weekend.
OH2BH, Martti Laine, and OH0XX/HP1WW, Olli Rissanen, will be the first two operators of the team and are now in the process of building up two stations.
Antartica on 80m. ZS7ANT or ZS6WLC/ZS7 or ZS7BYRD.
Dec 18th
*new info here
The following info is from ZS6HA via the SARL website:
On Thursday the 13th of December I was called on 20M by Ludwich ZS6WLC/MM on board of the SA AUGULAS. He mentioned that he was on his way to Antartica and would return to South Africa in Feb 2008.
Ludwich said that he had an AM set (Collins?) with him and wanted to work 80 M Dx with it as he believed that this had not yet been done from Antartica.
So look out for ZS7ANT or ZS6WLC/ZS7 on 3.795Mhz AM73
Jan Swart ZS6HA
OZ1MAL on South Georgia (VP8/G)
Dec 17th
Position of OZ1MAL — 895.2 miles southeast of STANLEY, FALKLAND ISLANDS — Report received 23 hours 26 minutes 47 seconds ago
Status: 2007/12/16 22:37 UTC 54-11.16S 036-42.23W Husvik, South Georgia
LINK (zoom out)
LINK 2 (locate OZ1MAL then zoom in)
For more info on OZ1MAL scroll one third page down: LINK
Kim and Kirsten are very adventuresome long distance sailors who on their last trip out of Denmark were away for seven years! This time they have been away only two years – so far. Kim, who is a civil engineer, also has been a ham for 20 years. He provided very colorful and humorous stories about their sailing adventures and, more particularly, about the vital role their maritime mobile station has played in keeping them safe and entertained.
3Y/ZS6GCM – Bouvet Island (AN002) *Updated Info*
Dec 16th
Newly licensed operator Petrus, ZS6GCM is currently on Bouvet Island, probably for the next three months. He is part of a five man scientific team and also the medic.
Having only recently arrived on Bouvet, it’s unsure whether radio equipment is currently set up. Petrus does have a vertical antenna for 10, 15, 20 and 40m, but no amplifier. IC-735 is the rig. He has full HF privileges.
Being newly licensed ZS6GCM has no experience of pile-ups.
Activity will be during spare time only, most probably his evenings.
The trip to Bouvet had been planned for several months, but ZS6GCM was not added to the last minute.
Petrus had recently returned from a year long stay on Gough Island. On returning he heard about the Bouvet trip and duly applied – he was made medic.
Petrus had only recently gained his full license – he was ZR6PK
The team travelled to Bouvet onboard the SA Agulhas: 
One further snippet of news to add is that Petrus, ZS6GCM has also been appointed medic/team leader for the 2008 Marion Island Dxpedition!
(original) LINK
*3Y/B is ranked 7th most wanted DXCC.
** The SA Agalhus is now enroute to ZS7ANT (Sanae IV base)
*** All new info courtesy of SARL
ZS6GCM (front right)
ZS6GCM (front left)
Images taken from two previous visits to Gough Island: LINK
3B7C – Equipment Stolen.
Dec 16th
Was reading the blog of Christian, DL6KAC and noticed this snippet he included:
Just received the following information from Diego, LU8ADX and I think it is noteworthy.
3B7C Equipment Stolen
We regret to report that some of the equipment that was loaned for the Yaesu sponsored 3B7C DXpedition was stolen when the container returned to the UK.
It would be appreciated if you could please look-out for any of the following being offered for sale or trade-in, and if seen then please contact the police quoting the following Incident Number. Crime Incident number : 44070539181
FT-2000 100W Serial number 7D170271
FT-2000 100W Serial number 7D170459
FT-847 100W HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver 3C131053
FT-847 100W HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver 3C131054
VP-1000 Quadra Power Supply unit 7F920017Yaesu UK is offering a reward for information leading to the conviction of the criminals responsible.
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