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Aves Island DXpedition
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Steve, W4DTA/YV5DTA, announced that his group (ARV, Asociacion de
Radioaficonados de Venezuela) back in Venezuela got an invitation by the
Navy to activate YV0 (Currently the #18 most wanted in the world).
A team of 14 operators will depart on August 27th and operate as YX0V for
7-10 days. The team is planning to be active between August 28th and
September 5th.
Activity will be on all bands (HF/VHF) and modes (CW, SSB, the Digital
modes, FM and Satellites). Steve, W4DTA, will be the QSL Manager for the
operation.
ATTENTION SATELLITE OPS!!! Paul, N8HM, reported on Thursday, August
18th [edited]: The next several weeks should be very exciting for satellite
users across North and South America as well as Europe. Starting tomorrow,
the CY9C DXpedition will be QRV from St. Paul Island with great footprints
across Europe and North America and it was announced last night that the
YX0V DXpedition to Aves Island, scheduled (sometime between) for August
31st - September 10th, will include satellite operations as well [See the
AMSAT WEB page: http://www.amsat.org/?p=5436 ].
The Caribbean location and flat island terrain should provide excellent
footprints across North and South America.
Steve, W4DTA/YV5DTA, sent out the following update on August 20th:
Hello all..
YX0V team both in YV and here in the USA have been working almost non top!
A big FEDEX package was send to Caracas today with shirts, basic supplies
and a new antenna analyzer, hopefully it will arrive in time.
The team is now working on a contingency plan for power. At the moment
there is only one power plant working in YV0, so there are periods of black
outs mostly during the night. The team is purchasing a new generator
capable of running a few stations, so there might be times that not all
stations will be on the air. A operating plan should be available to me
very soon. The good news Hams around the world have step up with donations,
and that is helping defray some of the cost.
More to come, but if you have any questions that you will like me to ask
the team, please feel free to email me or call me.
73.... Steve, W4DTA
For more details and updates on the YX0V DXpedition, see the following
URLs: YX0V Web site: http://yx0v.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/yx0v2016
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/yx0v2016
ADDED NOTES: Tom, W5KUB, hosted an Amateur Radio Roundtable on August 16th,
which contains a converstaion with W4DTA/YV5DTA about the upcoming YX0V
operation.
The video can be viewed on YouTube.com:
https://youtu.be/CSTYx2pvBW4?t=1757
Also, watch short videos on YouTube.com at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjGsEFKXVwk&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uV89vEuwRM
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