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DX Abides… It’s the Journey, Not the Destination!

RON OCHU

Drat! Darn the luck! I was hoping to work the 3Y0J Bouvet Island DXpedition (ham radio excursion to activate a distant, remote entity; Photo A) into my logbook for an ATNO (all time new one). Unfortunately, Mother Nature, space weather propagation and deliberate QRM (interference) prevailed. At least, it sure seemed so in my neck of the woods in eastern Missouri and with my existing city lot vertical antennas. This DXpedition team made it to Bouvet and encountered tremendous challenges. The island is very remote (Photo B), and the hardships associated with freezing temperatures, high winds, rough seas, and pounding surf proved to be unrelentless and daunting. From what I’ve read, and seen of posted videos, it is an amazing feat that the team was even able to safely get…

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CQ Amateur Radio (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2023

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