VK5CE/8 - Noticias DX y calendario DX

Añadido/actualizado

22/09/2017

Indicativo(s)

VK5CE/8

Fechas inicio-fin

12/10/2017 - 15/10/2017

Utilidades

Seguimiento y estad.

Spots recientes

DX Atlas

Calculadora propagación

DXCC

VK - Australia

IOTA

OC-198 acreditado por el 25,1% de los participantes

OC-198 - NT (Carpentaria Gulf) South

Zona CQ

Página WEB

https://oc198.wordpress.com/

Modos planificados

SSB

Bandas planificadas

40 m, 20 m, 17 m, 15 m, 12 m, 10 m

Fuente

DX-World

Información

Update Sep,22: In a couple of weeks I’ll be leaving home on the journey north to outback Australia for the activation of North Island OC-198 (claimed by 11.1% of IOTA chasers). The boat operator was recently in Darwin where I had a great phone conversation with him to confirm the dates and that I’ll be able to bring a large array of vertical and beam antennas and spare generator on the small boat to take us to the island.

I’ve purchased a new wire kit from Spiderbeam for the DXpedition to use as a 20m-17m-15m tribander with 3 elements on each band. I tested this over the past couple of weeks and it worked well with low SWR and it was very encouraging to see the bands starting to open on the short path to Europe on 15m in our late afternoon and 20m in our late evening. Up in VK8 in October these high bands will be very good despite the current band conditions.

I’ll have no access to phones or internet and so people won’t be able to email me and I can’t spot myself on the cluster. I’ve done my final analysis of band conditions and I’ve put together a schedule of where I’ll be on the bands, this is under the PROPAGATION section of the website

73s de Craig VK5CE

Update July,10: Dates of operation updated: 12 - 16 November 2017

Update July,9: The VK5CE/8 DXpedition to Australia’s 3rd most wanted IOTA of OC-198 is now only a few months away. The website has been significantly updated. Thanks to Stu K6TU who has come on board as a DXpedition supporter with his fantastic K6TU Propagation service. So please visit the DXpedition propagation page to learn how to improve your chances of getting in the log.

Update Apr,18: From Craig through DX-World: One third of the trip has now been paid for. Everything is going to plan and this is the DXpedition where sponsorship is wanted the most at present as it’s the first of the big DXpeditions of the year.

Update Dec,24: Instead of Nov 1 – 5, 2017 the DXpedition has been brought forward to October 12 – 16, 2017 to fit in with the scheduling and availability of the boat.

Craig, VK5CE updates DX-World readers on exciting plans to activate the super rare OC-198 IOTA group in early November 2017.

Operating as VK5CE/8, he will be active from North Island, part of the Sir Edward Pellew Group in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory.

"THIS WILL BE ONE OF MY MOST ADVENTUROUS AND EXCITING ONE MAN DXPEDITIONS EVER. I’VE BEEN TRYING TO BRING THIS ON THE AIR SINCE 2011 AND SO I CAN’T WAIT TO GET ON THE AIR."

Full details including QSL and Log info can be found in his web page

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