3Y0E QSL cards - Ready

3Y0E QSL cards are now ready. Printing is complete and the cards will be sent out in the next few days.

I will start confirming all incoming direct cards.
Please look carefully in the online log and find your call-sign logged
correctly before  sending  me your QSL card.
Thank you !
73’s de LZ3HI Emil

QSLing Details

NA and SP-land pipeline!

We just received another log update from Petrus. Now, the online log contains QSO’s logged until Jan. 29th. We noted Petrus worked quite a number of NA stations this time, including even West Coast (!), and there was a surprising, real pipe-line propagation towards Poland. SP-stations dominated like 70% of all QSOs logged on Jan. [...]

3Y0E - Bouvet Island - Press Release #7

28 January 2008
The team behind 3Y0E is proud to have another world first from a DX’peditition. On the 24th of January 2008, Petrus 3Y0E gave an exclusive radio interview with a commercial radio station in the Falkland Islands. 3Y0E.com is now proud to present you with a recording of the interview .

3Y0E is also coming [...]

United By Radio Waves

Following on the heels of Charles Veley’s never before seen pictures of Bouvet Island, we now have another World Exclusive for you… No, this is not a joke. Something extraordinary happened today and we’re happy to share this news with you. This was like an Islanders’ Union using radio waves against ocean waves to pass [...]

Questions Answered + Yet another Log Update

Another satellite e-mail from Bouvet arrived. We’ve got some of your questions answered. To our, and probably your surprise, we received answers to same questions by the entire research team! Each member of the ongoing expedition dedicated his time to send us a message and tell us i.e. what is the worst/best about the most [...]

Coming Soon — ‘World Exclusive’.

The team at 3Y0E.com are very excited to report that a World Exclusive will soon be appearing on the website. This has never happened before on any DXpedition. We’re delighted to be the first.
We hope to have this ready for you over the weekend, or Monday latest.
Stay tuned..

Log Update and Important Information

We have received another portion of QSOs logged by Petrus, 3Y0E up to January 24th.
Important note: due to the amount of e-mails we receive with log queries (i.e. I’m not in the log, correct my call, put me in the log please etc.), we would like to ask kindly to refer to this post regarding [...]

Logbook Queries/QSL Card Status - Updates

 
Please read new info regarding the following:
 Logbook Queries 
 3Y0E QSL card status
Thanks!

Log update!

**Now includes loggings to Jan 24

Fresh and hot like those nice cakes straight from your most favorite bakery - the latest log update is served! All QSOs logged by Petrus 3Y0E until Jan. 20th, 2008 are ready to check them out. Congratulations to all those lucky stations who got into the log. And we cross [...]

Calling these stations!

The team have received a wonderful fifty minute recording of Petrus, 3Y0E from 20 Jan. It’s fair to say this date was Petrus’ busiest night on the radio so far.
We thank Volker, ZS1Y for this audio file which can be played below. The recording took place on a Sunday evening UTC times and has been [...]

3Y0E hits and heats the air again!

One may think only those guys who own at least 1,5kW and fancy beams may work 3Y0E. This is wrong!

Jan 20: Sunday evening ETC time..Petrus has been on the air for many hours working into Europe and the US. Surprisingly, openings to Europe were quite spotty - pipeline shaped - resulting in [...]

Ask 3Y0E a question!

To make 3Y0E.com even more interactive, the team came up with an idea which involves you; the viewer/reader.
It’s a simple format: Ask Petrus a question!
It could be something like: “What’s the worst weather you’ve had so far?” or “Can you tell me what’s been the funniest experience on Bouvet?” etc.
The 10 best questions will then [...]

Ham Radio from Antarctica (incl. 3Y0E audio clip)

Thanks to Rob,  PA3GVI for producing.

News - 3Y0E Update

18 January 2008
Following the initial press release today, Petrus 3Y0E and Rhy ZS6DXB had a conversation via Satellite phone. Petrus has confirmed that he was listening on 14.260 MHz and heard some other activity, Rhy suggested to Petrus that he then tries either 10 KHz up or 10 KHz down. If there is some activity [...]

Press Release #6 — Leaving 14.200Mhz

Due to high QRM from Europe and a lot of requests from people with restricted licenses we have moved 3Y0E operating Freq. 3Y0E will with immediate effect change operating freq to 14.260 MHz working split 5 kHz up.
 Operating times and schedule still remains the same due to the availabilty of power on the island. [...]

Exclusive: Bouvet Island images.

3Y0E.com is proud to announce that the World’s Most Travelled Person, Charles Veley has very kindly supplied never seen before images of Bouvet Island from an expedition he did during 2003. You can read his story about Bouvet here.
Charles has visited 629 countries/territories/autonomous regions/enclaves/geographically separated island groups and major states and provinces throughout his [...]

3Y0E - Update

 Petrus has been in touch with Pilot Station ZS6DXB. I pass  this info on their behalf.
There is a problem on the Island! Nico one of the team members has been bitten by a 700Kg Elephant seal and Petrus being the medic is looking after him. Petrus does not think that Nico will be working for [...]

Polish Radio 1 to inform about 3Y0E

Thanks to Stan SQ8AQD, a section of Polish Radio 1 - Radio Rzeszów mentioned some news about 3Y0E. To learn some more, and to see where  Stan is chasing 3Y0E from, see this post (note: it comes in Polish only)
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Thanks a lot to Wes, SP2DX for translating the above into English. You can read the [...]

Breaking news from Bouvet Island!

“Seal issues and small living space…
Just received the hottest, latest news straight from Bouvet island. You’ll find it under the “Letters from Bouvetoya” section…

3Y0E - Press Release #5

10 January 2008
It is fair to say that Petrus ZS6GCM has created a great deal of excitement with his operation as 3Y0E within a number of Amateur Radio operator circles around the world. The 3Y0E.com website has received over 16 000 unique visitors with over 50 000 page views since December 19.
Petrus has been making remarkable progress [...]