[OKDXA] The 3Y5X Story

[Peter Laws N5UWY]

Two different collections with different URLs. The one mentioned is
just good quality PDFs from production, the other one is a collection
of terrible scans of each article or column though it does go back to
the first issue.

Peter
Life Member

On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 10:32 AM Harrop, Sierra, W5DX <sharrop at arrl.org> wrote:
>
> I will check internally if there's a reason we only go back so far. I'd like to read it, too...
>
> Sierra
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Roger Simpson
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2023 11:12 AM
> To: Jeff Martin <jeffk5we at gmail.com>; Oklahoma DX Association <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] The 3Y5X Story
>
> Jeff:
>
> I’d like to read the QST article about the previous Bouvet Operation.  Please send me the PDF. I tried to do this via the ARRL website but for some reason the screen where I could select the QSTs only goes back to about the year 2010.
>
> I need help from the guy who can “move mountains”.  Literally. His first assignment would be to move that rock just NW of the 3Y0J setup.
>
> 73 Roger   K5RKS
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows
>
> From: Jeff Martin
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2023 9:15 AM
> To: Oklahoma DX Association
> Subject: [OKDXA] The 3Y5X Story
>
> For an interesting story read "The Club Bouvet, 3Y5X, Story" from QST October 1990.
>
> This was by far the most successful Bouvet DXpedition, making some
> 47,000 QSOs... This was the one I worked for Bouvet.
>
>   You can get Oct 1990 QST from the ARRL website, QST Archives. Note the similarities and differences experienced by the 3Y5X group and the 3Y0J group... Some notable differences: Total number of QSOs, % of QSOs with NA, Cost - $330K vs $715K. Location - 3Y5X camped on the NW coast of the island at Nyroysa, 3Y0J camped at Cape Fie on the SE coast. 3Y5X group had a helicopter...
>   If you have trouble accessing the QST archive, I can send you a .pdf of the article...
>
> 73,
> Jeff - K5WE
>
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