3Y0J Bouvet Island DXpedition explained
3Y0J Bouvet Island DXpedition |
Caption1: | Location of Bouvet Island |
Label4: | Dates Operated |
Data4: | February 6–13, 2023 |
Label5: | Bands Operated |
Data5: | 12,15,17,30m |
Label6: | Modes Used |
Data6: | CW, SSB, FT8[1] |
Label7: | Number of Contacts |
Data7: | - |
Label8: | Number of Operators |
Data8: | 13 [2] |
Label9: | Website |
The 3Y0J Bouvet Island DXpedition was an amateur radio event that occurred February 6–13, 2023.[3] The expedition's goals were the same as other DXpeditions:[4] to contact as many amateur radio stations as possible from a remote location.[5]
Bouvet Island is a 9.5kmby7kmkm (05.9milesby04mileskm) uninhabited volcanic island claimed and administered as a nature preserve by Norway. It is located in the Subantarctic, in the Southern Ocean;[6] [7] [8] amateur radio operators have a long history of operating in these areas.[9] It is one of the most isolated islands in the world, being 2500km (1,600miles) south of South Africa;[10] most of the island is covered by glaciers.[11] [12] This isolation has made the island a highly sought-after location for amateur radio operators looking to contact rare and exotic locations.[13] [14] Currently the island is the second-rarest DXCC entity, after North Korea.[15]
The 3Y0J team spent over two years fundraising the estimated $650,000[16] [17] needed to fund this DXpedition, collecting money from individuals, corporations, and amateur radio organizations around the world.[18] The team was also awarded a number of grants, including $100,000 from the Northern California DX Foundation,[19] [20] $15,000 from the International DX Association,[21] €25,000 from the German DX Foundation, and $5,000 from the American Radio Relay League.
During the activation of Bouvet Island, the team contacted over 7,000 other radio operators[22] using multiple methods across some of the HF radio bands, including CW, SSB, and FT8.[23] [24] [25] The team operated using multiple antenna systems during the activation, including vertical arrays.[26] The activation was cut short after a team meeting citing safety concerns.
The 3Y0J team traveled to Bouvet on Sailing Vessel Marama and in the first two days of operation the team had logged 5,000 contacts.[27] The sailing yacht, designed by Dominique Presles is built of aluminium by the N2A shipyard in St Nazaire, under the control of Bureau Véritas. During their voyage several team members were active on HF-bands under their own callsigns adding /MM (maritime mobile).
Notes and References
- Web site: Beaumont . Tim . 2022-02-08 . 3Y0J DXpedition to Bouvet Island . 2022-10-08 . M0URX . en-GB . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008032513/https://www.m0urx.com/3y0j-dxpedition-to-bouvet-island-press-release-8/ . live .
- Web site: The Team . 2022-10-08 . 3Y0J DXpedition . en . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008032512/https://www.3y0j.no/the-team . live .
- Web site: 2021-04-29 . ARRL Awards Colvin Grant to 3Y0J Bouvet Island DXpedition in 2023 . 2022-10-08 . American Radio Relay League . en . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008013823/https://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-awards-colvin-grant-to-3y0j-bouvet-island-dxpedition-in-2023 . live .
- Book: Mills, Wayne . DXpeditioning Basics . ARRL and the International DX Association . 1994 . 1st . 2022-10-08 . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008022013/http://www.arrl.org/files/file/DXCC/dx-basics.pdf . live .
- Web site: 2022-08-30 . Teimurazov . Alexander . Golova . Anna . 3Y0J - Bouvet Island . 2022-10-08 . DX News . Switzerland . en . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008022008/https://dxnews.com/3y0j/ . live .
- Web site: Bouvetøya (Bouvet Island) . 2022-10-08 . Norwegian Polar Institute . en-US . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008013820/https://www.npolar.no/en/themes/bouvetoya/ . live .
- Web site: Global Volcanism Program Bouvet . 2022-10-08 . Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program . en . 2022-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220921204236/https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=386020 . live .
- Web site: 2012 . The Antarctic convergence . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120602004941/http://grida.no/graphicslib/detail/the-antarctic-convergence_26e0 . 2 June 2012 . 2022-10-07 . United Nations Environment Programme/GRID-Arendal.
- Strecke . Volker . 2022-07-29 . 60 years of the Antarctic Treaty – history and celebration in radio waves . Polarforschung . en . 90 . 2 . 13–28 . 10.5194/polf-90-13-2022 . 2022Polar..90...13S . 251187819 . 2190-1090 . free . 2022-10-08 . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008022012/https://polf.copernicus.org/articles/90/13/2022/ . live .
- Web site: Verburgh . Fred . 2022-09-26 . 3Y0J Bouvet Island DXpedition - januari 2023 . 2022-10-08 . VERON . nl . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008032515/https://www.veron.nl/nieuws/bouvet-island-dxpedition-3y0j/ . live .
- Arntz . Wolf E. . Thatje . Sven . Linse . Katrin . Avila . Conxita . Ballesteros . Manuel . Barnes . David K. A. . Cope . Thérèse . Cristobo . Francisco J. . de Broyer . Claude . Gutt . Julian . Isla . Enrique . López-González . Pablo . Montiel . Américo . Munilla . Tomás . Ramos Esplá . Alfonso A. . 2006 . Missing link in the Southern Ocean: sampling the marine benthic fauna of remote Bouvet Island . Polar Biology . en . 29 . 2 . 83–96 . 10.1007/s00300-005-0047-8 . 17550396 . 0722-4060 . 2022-10-08 . 2023-04-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230411084811/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-005-0047-8 . live .
- Thomas . Elizabeth Ruth . Gacitúa . Guisella . Pedro . Joel B. . Faith King . Amy Constance . Markle . Bradley . Potocki . Mariusz . Moser . Dorothea Elisabeth . 2021-03-03 . Physical properties of shallow ice cores from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands . The Cryosphere . en . 15 . 2 . 1173–1186 . 10.5194/tc-15-1173-2021 . 2021TCry...15.1173T . 1994-0424 . free . 2022-10-08 . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008013820/https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/1173/2021/ . live .
- Web site: Opskar . Ken . Oye . Rune . Merrien . Erwann . 2022-06-03 . Bouvet Island DXpedition . 2022-10-08 . Southgate Amateur Radio News . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008022010/http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/june/bouvet-island-dxpedition.htm . live .
- Web site: HF DXpeditions . 2022-10-08 . Radio Society of Great Britain . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008022018/https://rsgb.org/main/activity/hf-dxpeditions/ . live .
- Web site: Willis . Grant . 2022-07-16 . AREG August 19th AGM Meeting: 3Y0J Bouvet Island Expedition . 2022-10-08 . AREG . en-US . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008022017/https://www.areg.org.au/archives/210952 . live .
- Web site: Ewing . Paul . Opskar . Kenneth . 2021-04-05 . Wilmott . Charles . 3Y0J Dxpedition to Bouvet Island – M0OXO . 2022-10-08 . en-GB . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008044837/https://www.m0oxo.com/2021/04/05/3y0j-dxpedition-to-bouvet-island/ . live .
- Web site: 2021-09-16 . ARRL Awards Colvin Grant to Latest Bouvet Island DXpedition . 2022-10-08 . American Radio Relay League . en . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008052846/http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-awards-colvin-grant-to-latest-bouvet-island-dxpedition . live .
- Web site: Merrien . Erwann . Funding . 2022-10-08 . 3Y0J DXpedition . en . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008044853/https://www.3y0j.no/funding . live .
- Web site: 2021-08-30 . McGowan . Col . NCDXF grant announcement – 3Y0J DX-World . 2022-10-08 . DX World . en-GB . 2022-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220624214503/https://www.dx-world.net/ncdxf-grant-announcement-3y0j/ . live .
- Web site: 3Y0J Bouvet Island DXpedition Receives $100,000 from Northern California DX Foundation . 2022-10-08 . www.arrl.org . en . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008044834/https://www.arrl.org/news/3y0j-bouvet-island-dxpedition-receives-100-000-from-northern-california-dx-foundation . live .
- Web site: 2021-09-23 . Ross . John . ARRL Letter . 2022-10-08 . www.arrl.org . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008052852/http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2021-09-23 . live .
- News: Wilson . Elleda . February 16, 2023 . In One Ear: Callsign 3Y0J . 2023-02-18 . The Astorian . en . 2023-02-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230218032235/https://www.dailyastorian.com/life/in_one_ear/in-one-ear-callsign-3y0j/article_18367a58-ac1b-11ed-b894-4f1c94c823cc.html . live .
- Web site: Vescovi . Amelia . 2022-07-08 . Isola Bouvet: il mistero dell'isola fantasma . 2022-10-08 . Dove Viaggi . it-IT . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008022009/https://viaggi.corriere.it/itinerari-e-luoghi/cards/isola-bouvet-il-mistero-dellisola-fantasma/ . live .
- Web site: 2023-02-13 . McGowan . Col . 3Y0J – Bouvet Island DX-World . 2023-02-13 . DX World . en-GB . 2023-02-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230213162928/https://www.dx-world.net/3y0j-bouvet-island/ . live .
- Web site: 2022-02-09 . McGowan . Col . FT8 operating – 3Y0J, Bouvet Island . 2022-10-08 . DX World . en-GB . 2022-10-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221004231317/https://www.dx-world.net/ft8-operating-3y0j-bouvet/ . live .
- Web site: Marks . Wayne . 2022-02-24 . DX Engineering Gear to Play a Major Role in the January 2023 3Y0J DXpedition to Bouvet Island . 2022-10-08 . OnAllBands . en-US . 2022-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221008022017/https://www.onallbands.com/dx-engineering-gear-to-play-a-major-role-in-the-january-2023-3y0j-dxpedition-to-bouvet-island/ . live .
- Web site: Bouvet Island DXpedition is On the Air! . 2023-02-13 . www.arrl.org . en . 2023-02-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230213065042/http://www.arrl.org/news/bouvet-island-dxpedition-is-on-the-air . live .