3Y0J Bouvet, a month away. Is that even possible?
In recent memory 3Y0J is the 5th plan (or attempt) to activate the #2 Most Wanted DXCC Entity – Bouvet.
There was ON4WW who had plans back in 2014 (ON4WW Bouvet Plans). The attempt by the 3Y0Z Team in 2018. Another attempt as 3Y0I by the Rebel DX Team in 2019. Paul N6PSE’s Intrepid DX Group plans for 3Y0J in 2021 aboard the Braveheart (before it was sold), and now the most recent plan as 3Y0J by the Norweigan Team headed up by Ken LA7GIA, Rune LA7THA and Erwann LB1QI. There was even some talk a few years ago of Russian plans to activate Bouvet, but I gave those plans zero credibility.
Will January break us of the last decades of inactivity and heartbreak from Bouvet?
Are you and your station ready?
Plans here for the next few weeks include installing another tower for a 12 Meter 3 element beam and a monoband vertical (with elevated radials) for 30 Meters. I should have done this during the Summer when it was warm, but with all the past scuttled plans and attempts, I figured I’d get closer to the expected dates to see if there was a good chance at this attempt, and that’s the price I pay for waiting – now its cold in Denver. But in reality a rare DXCC entity has always been my driving force for bettering my station, I expected it.
Nobody knows what the future holds, but history suggests it may be decades (if at all) before Bouvet will be activated for Ham Radio again.
I plan on working them on every band I can. Hope you do too.
What have you done to your station for this anticipated activation and what are your goals? And don’t say FT8 or logging in to a remote station because I’ll delete it, bwahahahaha!
