Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Nov 23 2018 11:24 am
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2143 for Friday, November 23 2018
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2143, with a release date
of Friday, November 23, 2018 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. The Bouvet Island team makes preparations
in South Africa. A YL sails solo around the globe - and for those
celebrating Thanksgiving, a story of gratitude. All this and more
as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2143 comes your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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TOP STORY: THEIR EYES ON BOUVET ISLAND
JIM/ANCHOR: We begin this week with an update on what is easily
one of the most anticipated DXpeditions in the ham radio community:
the Bouvet Island DXpedition. While there are no specific dates for
when the 3Y0I (Three-Y-ZERO-Eye) team becomes an on-air reality,
the operators are now assembling in Cape Town, South Africa, and
making preparations for what is expected to be at least a two-week
stay. The team includes Dom/3Z9DX, the group's leader, as well as
Jose/CT1DSV, Tack/JE1CKA, Mietek/SP3CMX, Marcin/SP5ES, Stanislaw/SP8S,
and Branko/YU4DX. It is expected to take 12 days for them to arrive
at their destination in the South Atlantic before getting on the air.
They will be operating on frequencies from 160 to 6 meters, and using
SSB, CW and FT8. Their preferred QSL is via ClubLog's OQRS but they
will accept LoTW or via 3Z9DX. The team estimates the total cost for
the trip at about $225,000 U.S. dollars. As the team continues to work
out security measures and logistics, this venture takes on even more
importance for all interested hams. It follows the scrapping of the
3Y0Z (Three-Y-Zero-Zed) DXpedition in February of this year, after one
of its ship's engines developed problems, forcing the team to reverse
course, even as the coveted island destination was well within their
sights.
(SOUTHGATE)
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YL SAILS TOWARD NEW WORLD RECORD
JIM/ANCHOR: Meanwhile, a YL on another ham radio journey is looking to
set the record of a lifetime. She's doing it solo. Neil Rapp, WB9VPG,
tells us more.
NEIL: To all appearances, retired math teacher Jeanne Socrates, VE0JS,
is alone aboard her sailing vessel the S/V Nereida as she makes her
third attempt at setting a record. Jeanne is already the oldest woman
to circumnavigate the globe solo nonstop and unassisted -- and is the
first woman to do so from North America. Now 76, the experienced sailor
simply wants to be the oldest person to accomplish that feat. Yes, to
all appearances she is indeed alone, but Newsline got on board with her
briefly on 20 meters on Thursday Nov. 15, with the help of a Skype patch
from her friend Jim Millner, WB2REM. She'd left Victoria, Canada in early
October, and told us she was, at the time, 80 miles north/northwest of
Ducie Island in the Pacific Ocean, at a good pace into her 8-month journey.
JEANNE: I'm pretty pleased with my progress, in fact.
NEIL: When the sun shines brightly, Jeanne has the benefit of solar power.
She has a little generator on board too - but for a sailboat like the
Nereida, the real power comes, of course, from riding the wind. Jeanne's
days are full. She makes her meals, she writes in her blog, she downloads
critical weather information, and maintains the boat in operating
condition, even keeping barnacles from slowing her sojourn. There is, of
course, also the radio to turn to, all 125 watts of HF signal - and she
does that often.
JEANNE: I spend a lot of time actually, it's really great for me to have
the radio. I've not been able to make the morning contacts I normally do
when I am further north. I get onto various nets. Some of those contacts
come up to me in the daytime, and that seems to be good. In fact, I made
contact yesterday with Victoria, Canada, where I left from. He came up
strong 17 meters, which is great. And, then other friends from the 7155
group and another group, we make contact from time to time, and
occasionally, I am able to get a hold of my friends up on the west coast.
There is a group there around 7147 in the morning around sunrise. I am
able to talk to them occasionally. It has been a really, really good
thing for me to have the ham radio to make connections like that.
NEIL: So while Jeanne's trip remains a true solo journey, with nothing
but ocean surrounding her, her crew members and her companions come and
go regularly as she sails the world. If you want to join her, set your
alarm clock early, and your rig for 7.163 MHz between 5 and 6 a.m.
Eastern Time. Meanwhile, this globe-circling ham and aspiring
record-breaker is on her way.
JEANNE: Good bye for now, 73.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
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