T30UN - DX news and calendar
DX news and calendar: T30UN
Added/updated
May 1, 2023
Callsign(s) T30UN   
Start-end dates April 9, 2023 - April 30, 2023
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DXCC   T30 - W. Kiribati (Gilbert Is.)     
IOTA   OC-017 - Gilbert Islands     
CQ zone 31
WEB page https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup
Planned modes CW, SSB
Planned bands 160 m, 80 m, 40 m, 30 m, 20 m, 17 m, 15 m, 12 m, 10 m
Source DX-World & DXNews           Tags: Expedition, DXCC

Information

Update April 30, 2023: They went QRT at 17:35z, when the last generator failed. On May 1st they will go back to Fiji to get ready for the upcoming T31TT Kanton Island DXpedition.


Update April 27, 2023: Team will use just 1 station to safe generator. 30m priority. Day time 10-12m only. Activity till the 3rd generator working. 
T30UN.


Update April 26, 2023: It looks like rental generator will join 2 others death once soon. Hard to use even 3 radios same time. Team will need to reorganize plans.

Now 30m priority due to team goal. 10 and 12 whole day. 17 late afternoon local time. 40 - 80 everything - night time. We will try to use 160m but 100w FT8 only
T30UN.


Update April 25, 2023: Used generator in action. 3 stations back to life.


Update April 24, 2023: LoTW uploaded. One station running on solar and truck battery. Regarding generators issues. They will not buy new generators due to super high price of $4500AUD each. Team will need to buy another 2 big generators for T31TT Kanton next month so it has no economical sense to spend that much money now. They found a used one for rent and will allows them to use 3 to 4 stations with 100W.


Update April 22, 2023: Second generator died just now. 5:25 am
We are using now 1 station on truck battery and hope during the day on solar Panel till we get new one
More info during day light.


Update April 21, 2023: From last 2 days team is working on 7 rigs with 100w only due to just 1 generator left and available for now.
There is a chance to get new one on Monday in South Tarawa. From North Tarawa to South Tarawa it's a hell trip due flooded roads and only on low tied. They maybe able to make this trip faster by boat but only on the high tide. There is about 1500m to walk with a 100kg. generator from edge of the Reef to the shack if you miss high tide by boat. Let's hope they will find proper one. Otherwise team will need to reduce operation to 3-4 radios. Last geny works on the edge and burning brushes very quickly.
Dom said local McDonald's is amazing. But will not touch it anymore for another 10 years 😂 after this trip


Update April 20, 2023: Team is not able to repair the second broken generator. They will try to reach south Tarawa on Monday morning to look for anoher new one. You can go there just once a day due to high /low tide by car 4h trip 1 way.
Now one generator running after being repaired and guys working on 7 different bands.
Power limited to 100w on each band


Update April 19, 2023: Some facts: Highest rate recorded was on April 11th, 20m band
2 stations running F/H mode on 14.074 sending 5 streams and 14.090 sending 5 streams created 494 qso's in 1h time. That was 8 to 9 utc time. There is some more 400+ qso's rates.
Let us answer some question
There are dupes. We dont care about them. Most people dont understand how this happen.
Here is an explanation.
Any time you back to the team with your R xx you get answer RR73 and fox mode will log your qso automatically. If for some reason you didn't read it and you call again, we answer same way RR73 but WSJTX see this as another qso. Actually it is another qso, becouse has different time and raport very offten. Again it's better you have 3 dupes valid qso's than non qso or pirate one.
T30UN.


Update April 17, 2023: It takes a long time to upload logs from all laptops. If you do not see your callsign in the log yet, then try to call again regardless of dupe QSO or not. Final log upload for first week likely completed later today due to the previously mentioned generator issues and changing of QTH at the start. So far approx 80K QSOS made. Also look for activity on 60m later this week.


Update April 16, 2023: Not a lucky day(local night) heavy rain over Tarawa.
1st 6.5kw generator died at 1am local time. Brushes are burned out.
Second 7kw generator died 4am local time. We are running 1 station on truck battery.. Let's hope we can find spare brushes and fix it during the day.
We added 2 other stations on 15m and 17m running on car batteries. Will trying to conect them to solar panels as we don't know when spare brushes will be here. North Tarawa is basically separate by ocean from south Tarawa where "normal" life is on going. Easiest way to come here is by boat... But only on high tide due a massive reef and very shallow waters. Same way by car, and only on low tide becouse most of the time road is covered by the ocean.
1 generator repaired! We are on some bands FT4
T30UN.


Update April 15, 2023: There are some our fans txing our callsign (as usual) on FT8, FT4 and CW

If you not sure about your qso or you can't find on clublog, you just go ahead and call us again. We don't care much if you are in the log 1 or 3 times. Always better than NOT IN THE LOG

Please keep in mind that team on island has very limited internet connection and logs are coming to clublog slowly, part by part
T30UN.


Update April 12, 2023: Please stop this nonses that we don't send rr73

Some said FT8 is deth brain mode. So easy right? pc work pc....

I can see, that for so many is still not that easy.

Read directions and follow what we published. You will be in the log without any problems
We will try to upload the log to Clublog once a day. Internet connection is extremely poor. Takes forever to upload anything.
Team is NOT using MSHV software!

Work us on freq. we provided on QRZ.

WE ARE USING FOX MODE WITHOUT SPLIT! on both frequencies standard and expedition for many reasons

From last year FT8 statistics for us looks like this

78% qso's made on std. freq.

22% qso's made on expedition freq.

You should have your answer now why we dont push to F/H frequency.
T30UN.


Update April 11, 2023: They are operating now from a new QTH in order to avoid the QRM caused by solar pannels, inverters, etc. 


Update April 11, 2023: 42deg C. 100% humidity. No wind. 5 stations working. 3 generators exposed to massive heat. Radios and laptops should survive this WX condition. Hoping amplifiers will stay alive for 5 weeks. Partial log from today on Club Log.


Update April 10, 2023: Mauri from Kiribas
Finally found 9+60db noise on all bands. Working on it. Hope to eliminate shortly.
T30UN.


Update April 9, 2023: First station is already on the air, currently on 10m FT8


Update April 7, 2023: Dom, 3Z9DX mentions that the Rebel DX Group will fly out to T30 land very soon. Activity should start early afternoon on April 10th, local time. Half of the equipment already in western Kiribati after recent Banaba expedition. A reminder to check their frequency plan here. They will use FOX mode on standard and expedition frequency at the same time! Example 14.091 and 14.074 simultaneously. All depends of traffic. They will have very limited internet. Log update when possible.


Update March 28, 2023: Kaam, T33KC is already in Tarawa after leaving Banaba recently. He is making preparations for the upcoming T30UN DXpedition; setting up antennas and getting generators working. In addition, he will be operating with the team to gain more operating experience and practice – straight after the DXpedition he will sail back to Banaba and be QRV from there more often now that he has a donated radio (thanks to IZ7ATN).  


Update March 22, 2023: After short discussion, we decide to wait a little bit until current 5 different activities will be on the way back home. There is a jungle on expedition frequencies. We are trying to avoid adding another walls of FT8 signals and create more drama. There is no rush and we need much more freq. channel space for our experiments. We will start 1s week of April.


Update March 16, 2023: T30UN has been issued for our next activity.

This will be about 5 weeks txing from northern tip of Tarawa. T30/T33KC already setting some. Antennas. We will have 2 CW op, 1 SSB and 7 FT8 stations running. Some days will be limited tx-ing due to other work than ham radio.

FT8 lovers keep in mind we will use fox mode and standard mode at the same time, same band but different frequencies (exam. 14.074 and 14.090 same time or 21.074 and 21.091) we should start activity soon.


Update March 15, 2023: Acording to the latest news the callsign will be T30UN


Update March 14, 2023: Dom 3Z9DX informs: Bula folks. We are doing final preparations for T30, Western Kiribati. Callsign is still not confirmed (possibly T30TTT) but this is not an issue. 

We will have 2 x CW operators, 1 x SSB and 7 x FT8 stations. We will be joined by T33KC who just arrived from Banaba to help with everything for us. We will be located in the northern tip of Tarawa. This place has no electricity, so we will run 3 generators. 

And now the important part: Is there anyone who is willing to donate used, simple amateur radio to Kaam T33T (IC-706? FT-857? TS-480?) or any other HF radio? He is currently using an old HF radio which needs to be programmed before use. It has no S-meter, no SWR meter, nothing. I already donated to Kaam 3 antennas, 2 generators, tons of coax, and now he will get a laptop and other things. I can cover shipping costs to Fiji if someone is willing to support him, and take it with us to Tarawa.


Update March 2, 2023: Preparations continue for the T30TT Rebel DX Group DXpedition to Tarawa. Dom mentions they will be active from North Tarawa with 1 x SSB station, 1 x CW station and 9 x FT8 stations. Dates yet to be firmed up, but either mid-March or third week of March.


Dom, 3Z9DX, has posted the following on social media:

If anyone interested to join 10 days activity from T30TT let me know. This will be easy going fly in destination and nice place to stay without hardcore camp or floor cooking kitchen style. You can practice your CW or/and SSB. Drop me message if you want to have some fun on the Pacific. There is just fly ticket cost and food to cover. There is big push from amatour community for MORE CW and SSB. So you can be part of that. Whole equipment antennas, radios, laptops, generators, amplifiers will wait for you. Accommodation (check pictures). Dates to set but March 2023 is preferred. Team of max 4 so 2 extra can join.


  

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