[SFDXA] More sad news de 3Y0J

[Randy Shirley]

Thanks Bill,

Not good news.  I'm starting to rethink DXPedition sponsorship.  I sure 
the NCDXA isn't very happy with these results!

I hope to get some repairs done at K4FK before they shut down.  I 
scheduled a work crew for last Saturday AM but the torrential rain put a 
stop to it.  Same thing happened for the rescheduled work Sunday AM.

As we stand, K4FK is only working on 40 meters (and 6 meters, which has 
no relevance to 3Y0J!).  Additionally, while I was there taking 
inventory of connectors, solder, soldering iron, etc etc in order to 
make the repairs, the computer monitor popped and smoked a bit.  I'm 
replacing it.

We are all hoping for some changes at 5Y0J soon!

73,
Randy N4QV

On 2/8/2023 6:16 PM, Bill wrote:
>
>> The following was posted on the WTDXA Groups.io mail list by N4MJ:
>>
>>
>>     3Y0J Bouvet Island News 8 February 2023 Part 3
>>
>> If you have made a QSO with 3Y0J, and you are sure of it, the team 
>> has requested that you NOT TRY TO FILL OTHER BAND/MODE SLOTS. You are 
>> taking an ATNO away from someone else.
>>
>> Yes, I know that you can’t be totally sure until the log upload 
>> (probably this weekend, has to be from the boat), but some of you 
>> really know, from the exchange, the timing, etc. that you got 
>> through. As the Beatles said, “Let it Be.”
>>
>> The DXpedition is operating in a truly bare-bones backup mode, with 
>> no amplifiers, no big antennas, few stations, and no generator or 
>> fuel to power any of that even if they did have it.
>>
>> The team will be lucky to get 20K QSOs instead of the intended 200K, 
>> and no one will be going to Bouvet for a long time after. Please DO 
>> spot them, help your friends and clubmates to get in the log, etc., 
>> but don’t try to fill slots.
>>
>> In particular, the team has requested that if you have contacted them 
>> on CW or SSB, DO NOT CONTACT THEM ON FT8. FT8 operation began today, 
>> and may be the only means for more modest stations to get in the log. 
>> Give them a chance.
>>
>> Also please note: 3Y0J may go QRT (or revert to even more limited 
>> operation) as a big storm is passing through between now and 
>> Thursday. They plan to take some antennas down to prevent damage. The 
>> nine on-island team members will remain on the island and hunker 
>> down, as it is too difficult and dangerous to go back to the Marama, 
>> which has moved even farther from Bouvet in preparation for the storm.
>>
>> Rich KE1B
>>
>> West Coast Pilot, 3Y0J
>>
>>
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