Bouvet 3Y0K DQRM BAND PLAN. I love it! Ken (LA7GIA) and his Team have announced a plan to mitigate Deliberate QRM when necessary.
On their Website 3Y0K Band Plan they have a block of frequencies where they will listen for YOUR call AND ANSWER on YOUR transmit frequency “simplex”. This way the deliberate QRMers haven’t a clue where or who to QRM.
Here’s a snapshot of their latest Band Plan (click to open in a new tab/window):
It’s a brilliant plan. You call them and listen on YOUR frequency in the block, and they’ll go up and down the block and answer on your frequency!
I hope they do this often, even a majority of the time! This disarms knuckleheads that transmit on their frequency (either intentionally or not). It also disarms the Frequency Police. By the time they answer and log you they’re on to the next caller. No time or space for deliberate QRMers.
They’re expected to arrive Bouvet between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. Hopefully they get some decent weather to land their equipment and get on the air.
See you in the Bouvet pileups!
Here’s a few pertinent links:
The voyage to Bouvet:
Day 3 at sea:
Until yesterday, the cabin was still very hot during the day. There is no air conditioning on the ship, so we’ve been surviving with fans. Today, the sky turned overcast and the temperature suddenly dropped, and we finally began to have a feeling that we are on a… https://t.co/ncDq2Zmmg1 pic.twitter.com/1VceQfiPIS
— Chun (@satofishi) February 23, 2026
That ship is moving really fast!