3Y0K, Bouvet 2026

Chun:
My 36th flight of 2025 was fram2. My 36th flight of 2026 is an Ultimate Aviation helicopter (ZS-RDW) flight from Icetugs Argus to Bouvet Island. This is my 1146th flight of all time.
Bouvet Island (ISO 3166-2:BV) has become the 150th (of 249) country/territory I have visited.
https://x.com/satofishi

video
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1984555195824575

Thanks to Chun for the first images of the camps on Bouvet Island.
Source: https://x.com/satofishi

 

Glad to see this tough and isolated crew is putting smiles on the faces of many amateurs, even on the night shift! Let's hope this isn't from pirates.....

 

I banned Fakebook from my life years ago, so yeah we need another method of getting updates.

 

I only use it for ham radio for dxpeditions - all good, nothing frustrating or annoying

 

I BANNED MYSELF
from FACEBOOK

FOREVER .

K8PG Paul Morse Music

 

Ummm....Perhaps, sitting at your radio. Tuning across various bands. Listening on headphones with your own ears to find out
what's going on. You know, like, stuff radio operators do.


No doubt, novel concepts in today's Amateur radio for some.


73



"You're off frequency!".....

 

How do so many folks end up on the wrong FT8 timeslot? Watching even Extra class hams calling in vain for long periods of time.

 

How many times has this happened to you in F/H mode? Pick a nice unused tone, he comes back to you and then F/H moves you into the gutter, no contact?

 

It's a DXing technique, you know. The DX gets fed up with the mess, changes timeslot, and they work the DX in the clear.

I've seen this many times before. I don't know what they are thinking. Perhaps the technique I just mention is it.

 

This is why I detest WSJT-X F&H. I much prefer MSHV Multistreaming, you are not dragged away from the frequency they decoded you in the first place.

 

So, I guess you found out about the DXpedition by tuning around on your radio, just like radio operators do. And you don't use the spotting cluster either, you just listen with your own ears. If that's the case, what are you doing here on the internet, you should be sitting at your radio, tuning across various bands, listening on headphones with your own ears to find out what's going on. You know, like, stuff radio operators do.

 

Fail, Champ.

73

 

What Harry is saying is true. A lot of us don’t use any spotting networks or band condition websites at all. Much like the rest of the internet, it’s mostly terrible info that you have to sift through.

A lot of us. Me and Harry (who you quoted) simply prefer to turn the radio on and spin the dial. We hear who we hear, work who we work, and don’t really care what the spotting networks say, don’t say; or what the band conditions map says.

At the end of the day, I either hear them or not, right? A website can’t tell me I heard them.

 

You guys can operate any way that you like, but don't complain if others want to use whatever means are available to pursue our hobby. A lot has changed since I first became a ham, and I've changed with the times. You can stay stuck in the past if you want to do so.

73

 

We didn’t complain. You and a few others complained about how accurate the spotting websites are. Harry (and I) told you a fail proof way to get accurate info of band conditions and who’s operating where. If you want to use a spotting network with questionable info on it, have at it. But for me, I just turn on the radio. I hear what I hear and don’t worry about the rest.

73