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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