3Y0E - Bouvet Island - Expedition to the most isolated island on Earth.

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 [...]

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

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**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 [...]

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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 [...]

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

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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 [...]

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Thanks to Rob,  PA3GVI for producing.

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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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 [...]

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“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…

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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 [...]

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Is it a music band photo session? NO! It’s 3Y0E picture!
We are happy to share with you an image which has just been
sent from Bouvet Island.
It shows Petrus along with the research team enjoying a break
from work during Christmas.
Cheers!

UPDATE! The online log contains all QSOs logged by Petrus until January 8, 2008
Note: all questions regarding [...]

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It is with great gratitude to Emil from LZ3HI Gold Print Services that we can reveal the official QSL card for 3Y0E.

Emil has designed, printed and donated the card free of charge to the 3Y0E operation.
Emil has also agreed to be the QSL manager and the team would like to thank him for his wonderful [...]

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The year 2007 saw Bouvet Island move up two places to no.5 most wanted DXCC. We are indeed very fortunate to have Petrus on Bouvet!

1 North Korea (P5) [3]
2 Yemen (7O) [4]
3 Navassa (KP1) [5]
4 Glorioso (FR/G) [6]
5 Bouvet (3Y/B) [7]
6 Marion Island (ZS [9]
7 Desecheo (KP5) [8]
8 Scarborough Reef (BS7H) [1]
9 Crozet (FT8W) [...]

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We received Petrus’ log at last. Go to “In the log?” section to check whether your attempt to work one of the most wanted dxcc entities was successful! Congrats to all those operators who managed to get into the log so far! We should receive the latest logs each several days - stay tuned.
UPDATE! We [...]

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We received many reports from different stations saying that unfortunately there are still some individuals pirating 3Y0E. This is why we decided to publish live audio recordings with samples of Petrus’ voice on the air to help you to recognize the REAL 3Y0E!
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Working 3Y0E
In December I learnt that Petrus ZS6GCM would be visiting Bouvet Island with a scientific expedition and would be operating as 3Y0E. Of course I was keen to add this rare DXCC entity to my logbook. His pilot station Rhynhardt ZS6DXB advised me that Petrus would be operating on 14.200 MHz from 1600-1700 [...]

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