3Y0E - Bouvet Island - Press Release #7

Posted on January 28, 2008 by MM0NDX

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 .

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3Y0E is also coming to an end. The team is scheduled to be picked up from Bouvet Island on February 12, 2008. This date may change however due to weather conditions and the speed of the ship or any other urgent matter beyond our control. Feel free to follow the movements of the ship at the following website: Agulhas tracker

To date, 3Y0E.com has now received over 28 000 visits with 85 600 page views since December 19, 2007. We would like to remind people that 3Y0E is only active on 20 meters phone and normal operating frequency is 14.260 MHz with a split of 5 KHz up. We also urge people to contribute to the donation fund that was set up to equip Petrus with his own equipment on his next journey that is just around the corner to another rare DXCC! Please visit the 3Y0E.com website and click on the donation bottom.

We would also like to congratulate all the people that have made it in the log to date and wish all others good luck in working 3Y0E before he goes QRT. There will be regular logbook updates so please visit the 3Y0E.com website on a regular basis to check if you are in the log.

Thank you all for the wonderful support to date!

73 and good hunting to all!
Rhynhardt Louw ZS6DXB
3Y0E Pilot station and Media Officer
www.3y0e.com
zs6dxb@kats.za.net

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4 Responses to “3Y0E - Bouvet Island - Press Release #7”

  1. Dave, on January 28th, 2008 at 7:07 pm Said:

    Great job Petrus.

  2. Zoran, on January 30th, 2008 at 2:11 am Said:

    At first my deep respect ,and only best wish!!!!
    I will try to make QSO with You dear friends ,and will try
    all time till the moment than You say :QRT.
    I need that QSO so much,but more of that wish that You all come safe back,and share great experience.

    Zoran-9A3Y

  3. B. Scott Andersen, on January 31st, 2008 at 10:31 pm Said:

    Congratulations. You were not the first DXpedition to be interviewed by a commercial radio station, though. The Buddipole Users on Montserrat DXpedition (VP2M) did one with ZJB. The YouTube video of part of that interview can be viewed by searching on YouTube with the terms “VP2M team interviewed by local radio station”.

    Best wishes and 73!

    – Scott (NE1RD/VP2MRD and QSL manager for the BUMS DXpedition)

  4. MM0NDX, on January 31st, 2008 at 10:51 pm Said:

    Hi Scott

    You maybe didn’t click on the link within? We believe it was the first time such a remote island had given an interview to a commercial radio station, using iridium.

    73s

    Col MM0NDX
    Webmaster: 3Y0E.com

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