The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No. 1565.4
BID: $OPDX.1565.4
June 3, 2022
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Sent from Strongsville, Ohio
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Clusters
Network, and LB1QI for the following DX information.
"Celebrating 31 years (March 1991) of FREE DX News"
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** IMPORTANT NOTE FROM EDITOR (By KB8NW):[Reminder] Over the next week,
there will either be no bulletin or an abbreviated bulletin because I will
be traveling on holiday. The following weeks, I will be in either Mur-
freesboro, TN, or Panama City Beach, FL. As always, "IF" I receive a
major announcement, I will probably send out a special bulletin.
However, PLEASE continue to send your DX information. You never know
what I might do........ 73 de Tedd KB8NW
3Y0J BOUVET ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS (Press Release, date June 3rd).[edited]
Press Release #10?from 3Y0J team?
In late April we successfully conducted a 4-day vessel inspection in
Brazil that ended with a very good result. The inspection was carried out
by a 3rd party vessel inspector and covered more than 105 checkpoints.
The vessel inspection focused on safety equipment, instruments, navigation,
engines/machinery, deck, tenders, fuel&fluids, interior, and exterior.
Marama is in very good condition and hence the overall feedback is pos-
itive. The vessel went through significant upgrades with regards to
machinery and engines in 2021 and has since been tested for years, most
lately during the previous Antarctica season. The inspection file resulted
in a punch list of only a few minor items to be followed up, no major
findings during the 4-day inspection.
The team is currently working on the final preparations for packing the
container scheduled to be shipped from Oslo in early September. Preparing
the packing and shipping the container is extremely time consuming and
requires a focus on details as our more than 2 years of work now is being
materialized into packing lists and labeling the equipment. Today we have
finally decided our container will be shipped to Port Stanley, Falkland
Island. In Port Stanley a local team of ham radio operators will assist
us in receiving the container, conduct a container inspection and make
sure all is OK before the team arrive in early January. To Bouvet the
team will bring with us 6500 kg of equipment, which includes several
tons of fuel and food. Our contract allows for 22 days on the island,
but we have food for 30 days and a plan for rationing should we have
to stay beyond 22 days.
At this stage all the operators have already paid their full deposit
of their individual 20,000 USDs operator fee. This is your insurance that
we will do whatever we can to make this DXpedition a success. In a few
weeks we will pay our 2nd vessel deposit to Marama. Ultimately this
represents a huge undertaking for us financially as well a commitment
to go to Bouvet and activate the rare #2 DXCC Bouvet island. With all
the preparation and planning over the course of the last two years you
can rely on our commitment and our determination to go onshore Bouvet
in a zodiac 7 months from now.
Going to Bouvet would simply not be possibly without the support from
the vendors, clubs, foundations, and individual sponsors. June 1st, we
completed our budget update, and this shows we?re still missing roughly
100,000 USDs out of our 690,000 USDs budget to be able to go to Bouvet.
As we now prepare for the next vessel deposit, we need your support to
close the gap. Please consider supporting us by donating upfront.
You can follow our plans from our website and the 3Y0J Facebook pages:?
http://www.3y0j.no
https://www.facebook.com/groups/3093983840726129
Thank you, Oslo 3rd June 2022
Ken?Opskar, LA7GIA, Co-Leader
Rune?Oye, LA7THA, Co-Leader??
Erwann ?Merrien, LB1QI, Co-Leader?
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