[Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin] 3Y0K -- Bouvet Island (Update March 7th)

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3Y0K -- Bouvet Island (Update March 7th)

From M0OXO FaceBook page (edited by OPDX)

3Y0K Bouvet - Update

Bouvetøya, 07.March 2026

The team is doing well on Bouvetøya, we are all in good spirit as we see

the camp build up take place and operation is now going well.

We have all tents and antennas installed at this point. We have 4 yagis

installed, WIMO monobanders on 15 and 20 + two dual banders on 17/12 and

today a 5 element monobander on 10m. We have 18m toploaded spiderpole on

160m, fullsize on 40m using Spiderbeam poles. We run in band operation

on 40,20,17,15,12 and 10 using our ICOM radio and ACOM amplifiers also

supported by DX Engineering hardware.  We also have a FLEX Aurora 500W

radio setup. We have 6 stations and amplifiers with 500W to 1 kW + power

output, and we have enough fuel to run high power throughout the oper-

ation. On topband you should look for us as we are QRV every night through

our sunrise. Propagation on some bands are challenging, and they close

earlier than expected. All yagis have excellent take off towards EU/Asia

and also NA. Our camp is located at the upper area where we planned to

setup a NA camp. There is no camp in the lower area due to the wildlife.

Since we visited Bouvetøya last time the global warming has made the

glacier recede, so the seals and penguins now occupy a large area of

Cape Fie even as much as 3-400 meter uphill. In some ten years from now,

this area might be out of reach for any expedition?

The weather at Bouvet is windy and cold and it is challenging to keep the

antenna farm up. While we have reached our max setup, we see increased

maintenance, things that must be fixed and repaired.

We had several days with 25 m/s wind, snow and rather cold days. Setting

up antennas in this weather has been challenging, but fun! Today is an

exceptional day with no wind and blue sky, a truly very nice day at the

island that also allowed us to take a hike and do some sightseeing.

Our logs will be uploaded once a day and you can check the log at M0OXO

website. We expect to run another 7-9 days at full setup before we start

planning how to gradually extract from the island.

73, 3YØK

Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses:
<kb...@hotmail.com>  and<kb...@arrl.net>
Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence)
President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
DX Advisor for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
Past ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division (1996-2022)
Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG)

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