ADXA,
A few weeks back, the ADXA received a funding request for 3Y0L Peter I Island DXpedition. The ADXA board approved the request. The ADXA donation will be $1000. A big Thank You to the ADXA! This is one of those Top Most Wanted Dxpeditions that will probably
go down as most expensive operation in ham radio history! Peter I Island are currently ranked in ClubLog's Most wanted as #7 worldwide and ranked #10 in North America. It will be an ATNO for many in our ADXA group! I need them on 3 band modes.
Anytime you get near the Top Ten Most Wanted, it costs a bunch of money! Especially when traveling to Antarctica Peninsula! This expedition will require two helicopters. Complete with a crew of pilots and mechanics. Then there is the icebreaker and crew
to fund. The cost will probably run 2 million or more! Even while doing everything they can to lower cost. To read more about Peter I Island go here?
https://3y0l.com/
Several prominent companies are providing support for this expedition, such as Flex Radio, Icom, WINO, Spiderbeam, and many more to come!
Departure is planned for January 22, 2027.
Get your station and antennas ready now! If you are a new Dxer, you need to get this expedition at all costs! The main reason, if you are an older dude like me, you may never see another expedition from Peter I in our lifetime! Remember at our last Zoom
meeting, Benie W3UR, told us how important it is to gun down these Dxpedtions if you plan to get on the DXCC Honor Roll.
Peter I Island brings back some special memories for me. The last time I worked Peter I Island was back in 2006, some 20 years ago. My "First" Peter I Island contact got me started in DXing back in 1994. To my new DX friends is 32 years ago and time flies
by quickly! Now you see why it is so important to get these Dxpeditions as they come on the air. You may not get a second chance!
Back in 1994's Peter I Island operation, I remember leaving the radio on while they were getting set up. Back in the day, before the operation really took off, they used some of their inexperienced operators to man the radios while the rest continued with
the antennas and setup. The 20 op was running by the numbers, ugh! They finally got to the 5th area around 3 a.m. in the morning, I was the last station in the 5th area to get them and just by the skin of my teeth! All on a barefoot Kenwood TS850.
Plus I had to get up in just a few hours as I was still a working stiff. I didn't know what I had worked back in 1994! There a seasoned Number 1 Dxer in Fort Smith that was a great friend, Ben W5NF. Ben told me I should go after that QSL after being the
first one in Fort Smith to work them. There was a DX 2m frequency at the time on 147.51 and they all made such a big deal about me staying up and working them on 20m SSB. They all had better gear than I did at the time. I guess I liked the attention they
gave me, which made me want to be like some of my DX Elmers. That when the DX bug hit hard. Hard to believe that 3 decades of Dxing have now passed. It took another 12 years for me to really work more band/modes from Peter I Island in 2006.
I know I am getting long winded with the story telling, but it is amazing how much time has passed since my first real DX QSO with Peter I Island back in 1994! The reason why we do DX, the memories it provides along the way! 73 de jay/w5jay..
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