| |
LU7DR > IOTA 22.07.04 04:52l 78 Lines 5399 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 46490_LU7DR
Read: GUEST
Subj: YV0 Aves Is.
Path: DB0FHN<DB0RGB<OK0PPL<DB0RES<ON0AR<7M3TJZ<F6CDD<I0TVL<ED1ZAC<LU7EC<
LU7DR
Sent: 040721/1930Z @:LU7DR.8103.BA.ARG.SA #:46490 [Ing. White] FBB7.00g
From: LU7DR@LU7DR.8103.BA.ARG.SA
To : IOTA@WW
YV0 - Aves 2004 DXpedition announce
The Radio Club Venezolano (RCV) is celebrating the 70th anniversary and would
hereby announce an expedition to Aves Island - one of the top ten most wanted DXCC entities.
Aves Island (NA-020) is located at 15 40'33"North 63 36'27"West (FK85eq) which is around 600 kilometres north of mainland Venezuela. The island is about 580 meters long and 150 meters wide. The highest point on the island is only about 3 meters above sea level. Aves Island was claimed by Venezuela in 1865.
On August 23, 1972 the island was declared a wildlife sanctuary. In 1978 the
Venezuelan Navy established a garrison in Aves called the Simon Bolivar Scientific-Military Base. Now a new garrison has been installed this month and
This expedition will be there at the time of its inauguration. Last DXpedition to YV0 was in 1994.
Dates: From July 28th until August 8th. (on-the-air period depends on voyage
to Aves)
Operators: K4UEE, K6MYC, OH2BH, OH0XX - as invited guest operators.
The host group is YV1AVO, YV1DIG, YV4BOU, YV5AMH, YV5IVB, YV5JBI, YV5KM, YV5KXE, YV5OIE and YV6BTF. Also YY5FRD will be part of the crew.
Antennas: Sigma & SVDA vertical monoband antennas for HF provided by FORCE 12,
the leading edge antennas for many successful DXpeditions and contest operations. On VHF M2 2x 41 ft. boomers on 6m and a 15.7 dbd yagi for 2m will
be used. Crossed yagis for UHF and VHF will be used in satellite operation.
Modes: SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK, SSTV, FM and some other digital, many modes for the 1st time from yv0.
Bands: 75cms thru 160m including WARCs and satellite.
EME: Moon bounce operation for the 1st time from yv0.
Suggested Frequencies:
CW=1823,3503/3523, 7003/7023, 10103, 14023, 18073, 21023, 24893, 28023, 50103, 144100, 432100
SSB=1843, 3795, 7055, 14195/14260, 18145, 21295/21195*, 24945, 28480/28905*, 50103, 144200
RTTY= 3580, 7035, 10133, 14083, 18101, 21083, 24920, 28083
SSTV= 14233, 21343, 28683
PSK=3580, 7035/7080, 10143, 14071, 18101, 21071, 24920, 28120
FM=29600,146520
* only for novice (please do not call if you are not a novice)
Follow up operator instructions for split range and frequencies.
Plus 50103, 144080 for EME operations.
RIGS: 4x Yaesu's FT1000MP Mark-V and 2x FT847's, 2x FinnFet HF amplifiers by MA-FET among others rigs & amps, also a 1kw (8877) on 6m and 350w on 2m (EME).
Online Logs: If a good communication can be established a query for daily uploaded logs will be on the radio club (RCV) web page.
Logs will be on ARRL's LOTW (Log of the World) but the expedition will NOT load logs into EQSL but right QSO's on the InBox will be honored.
QSL Manager= KB6NAN ok in QRZ.com, (1 IRC or 1 US$ is ok worldwide, SASE is ok for USA). QSLs (most probably full colour folded cards) will be printed after the Dxpedition. QSLing thru bureau are ok.
Sponsors: FORCE 12 (www.force12inc.com) for all HF antennas and AMSAT-YV (www.amsat-yv.org) for the satellite operation.
Pilot for Asia and Oceania: ZL2AL, America: K6GNX and Europe: OH2RF.
Any extra sent as contribution will be gratefully welcome to cover the expenses of the DXpedition and printing the QSL cards.
Profile:
6 HF stations plus a 6m/2m EME and a satellite station for (AO7-FO29-SO50-AO51...).
Trip to the island is expected to be a 24 hours or less depending on the ship, The set-up period after arrival will be some hours in the Caribbean heat, such
As antennas and tents, in a high heat would take its tool. And thereafter... be our guest!
The main antennas will be taken down day before the ship arrival while a modest
signal maybe kept on the air until 8th of August.
At the hour (00 minutes) operators will ask for only AF/AS/OC, be polite and stop calling if you are not in this areas, just wait until the next general QRZ.
At half hours (30 minutes) operators will ask for short skip stations only, it means Caribbean & north SA, again please follow the previous lines instructions.
If the ship commander would allow operations on the ship keep your ears on 6m for some Caribbean sea grids.
As you have noticed there are real good operators in the crew, so just follow their instructions,
WEB Page: www.radioclubvenezolano.org and follow Aves link on the left menu, then choose 2004 (will be active soon).
You can enjoy some info on all the RCV's dxpeditions to Aves island.
Email: yv5aj-rcv@cantv.net
Read previous mail | Read next mail
| |
