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you heard it on HamTalk Live. Tonight joining
us is Val Hutzfeld in V9L, originally from Wisconsin
and now lives in Illinois. Val's a co -host on
the video podcast Ham Nation, where she usually
contributes information about DXing and contesting.
and Val's one of the most noted YLs in the hobby,
spends most of her weekends on the air working
contests along with her fiance Jerry WB9Z and
she's a member of many DX and Contesting Club
and a AWRLVE and she's the lead pilot for the
3Y0 Zee Bouvet Island De -Expedition. Also joining
us tonight is Bryant Rascal, KG5HVO. He's a 13
-year -old ham that will be participating in
the World Radio Team Championships in Wittenberg,
Germany, representing one of the youth teams.
He'll be the youngest ham in the competition
and the only youth ham from North America, and
he is the youth pilot for the Bouvet Island De
-Expedition. So Val and Bryant, thanks for coming
on the show. Thank you and congratulations on
a hundred episodes. I'm honored to be on your
hundred show Yeah, we couldn't have timed it
better And and Troy Simpson w9kvr says happy
100 listening between games so He's got to announce
some games and I was doing that last night well,
let's talk about this d expedition and and hopefully
the the satellite technology will work and we'll
be able to talk to the team here in a little
bit, but the team has had some unexpected surprises
in preparation for the trip and then some on
the trip, so we'll maybe talk about those later,
but tell us what happened with getting underway
and where things stand right now, Val. Well,
there was a bit of delay, but you know, the unexpected
always happens on these things, so you just got
to roll with the punches. But yeah, they had
a lot more involved training. They had to do
CPR training, fire safety training. They also
had to do boater safety training, so their schedule
was pretty full with a lot of training also.
The boat needed a bunch of inspections that needed
to be passed, and the government sort of dragged
their heel. I think it was their version of their
military is like their coast guard. And so that
took a long time. So they left a week later than
expected, but not to worry, they're going to
still devote the same amount of time to being
on the air. So they're all gonna be moving their
plane plane, you know, they're flying home arrangements
and things like that So it will not affect how
much time they will be on the air Putting all
you guys in the log Okay, very good. Well, we'll
talk more about some of those surprises here
in a little bit but While we have you and Bryant
on let's talk about the role that the pilots
play in this de -expedition. So, Bryant, why
don't you tell us what you're doing as the youth
pilot for this. First, Neil, congratulations
on the 100th episode of Ham Talk Live. As the
youth pilot, I am currently following the team's
progress via the website and social media. I'm
also promoting the de -expedition on some ham
radio youth networks and just trying to make
sure the word is out and let people know about
the rare opportunity to work Beauvais. I heard
that my friend Don Dubon in six JRLs worked this
past weekend out at his shack in Colorado to
get his antenna pointed at Beauvais, so he is
definitely ready to put them in the log. Once
the team is operating, I will be the liaison
for any youth, as well as Russia and the Middle
East, and will be collecting reports, inquiries,
challenges, and hopefully lots of triumphs, and
reporting those to the head pilot, Val. I also
just want to add that I appreciate the 3Y0Z team
including a youth pilot and reaching out to young
hams and encouraging them to contact Beauvais
Island. This really goes a long way in pulling
young hams into the extreme side of ham radio.
Very good. Well, we look forward to hearing some
of your reports along the way from the youth
side of things. And Val, same question for you.
What are you doing as the lead pilot for the
team? Well, I'm going to take all their daily
reports as they get them. They're going to kind
of go through all their emails and summarize
that and send them to me. And from that, I'm
going to summarize that and send a daily report
to the team leaders. So, if they notice they're
missing an opening to a certain part of the world
on a certain band, they can adjust accordingly.
I also send them just different, I'll send them
solar weather information and things like that.
So, we're going to send, I'll be in charge of
sending them a daily report. from what's going
on in the ham radio community regarding their
operation. Also send a lot of good stuff, so
make sure you email us the, you know, that's
the last one I needed for all of them kind of
emails. You know, they love reading that and
it really helps motivate them. And then they'll
also be sending me information to filter back
to the ham radio community. So I'm sort of that
last step in between the team, on island team
and the off island team. Very good. Some important
duties there to make sure the communications
with the team behind the scenes is going well.
So we thank you both for doing that. Brian, why
don't you give everybody the information how
our listeners can find 3Y0Z on the air here in
a few days as soon as... they're able to get
on. How can they do that and where can they find
that information? First I would highly encourage
everyone to go to the website buvetdx .org. That's
B -O -U -V -E -T -D -X dot org. There's a propagation
tab with lots of useful information and it can
tell you when certain openings could be expected
to your part of the region from Buvet. They will
mostly be operating split, which is where the
team will transmit on one frequency and listen
on another frequency, usually 10 to 20 kilohertz
above or below their transmitting frequency.
So I would definitely make sure you know how
to handle the split function on your transceiver.
The team will be on all modes, phone, CW, RIDI,
and FT8. FTH instructions are on the website.
If you have any questions or issues, please contact
your pilots. This is the most efficient way to
find the pilots is to look on the BOVE website,
which again is bovedx .org. All email addresses
are listed below the pilots. Finally, know the
team is eager to work you. A lot of hard work
has gone into making this The Expedition a reality
and they are just as excited to get the show
started and begin working me well. So definitely
go on the radio and chase them. And we've been
talking some that, you know, it's quite likely
that you don't need, you know, legal limit amplifier
and big antennas that, you know, even the little
100 watts at a wire stations should be able to
get in there at some point. It may not be the
first couple of days, but if you wait a little
later that might help and even some of the QRP
guys can get in there. So don't give up on it
by any means. They had to make a little course
adjustment when they left because of some weather
conditions. Why don't you tell us what happened
with that? Well, originally, I think the boat
was going to meet them on King George Island,
but with all the inspections running behind schedule,
they all took off together. They were going to
originally fly and meet them on that island,
and that was going to save them a couple days
of boat journey. But that fell by the wayside,
of course, with the inspection. So, they sailed
with the boat out of Punta Arenas, and they went
straight east rather than going down and over
through the Drake Passage. But they were making
pretty good time there for a while. They were
planning on getting there on Tuesday, and then
they hit a bad stretch of weather. And we've
posted a lot of videos on the website, so make
sure you go there and look under the news if
you want to see what 15 to 20 foot waves look
like on a 235 foot boat. And just a warning if
you watch that video. Just plan on getting seasick
watching the video, because I did. Yeah, you're
not only going up and down with the 15 to 20
foot waves, but waves are hitting you from the
left and the right, so you're rocking side to
side while going up and down. I don't think even
Great America could design a ride quite like
this. Yeah, so these guys did have a rough...
Last few days and they were only going up making
about two knots headway So that slowed them down.
They didn't get there till Wednesday But weather's
prevented them from getting on the island into
the last couple days So I think when they call
in any moment, then you can probably get a better
weather report from the guys that are actually
out there Yeah, hopefully we'll be able to get
live at 2 20 in the morning report from one of
the guys or a couple maybe, we'll see. And if
the satellite phone works and everything, but
hopefully we'll get a report on that. And if
not, we can fill in on some of that a little
bit later in the show. So I'll tell you what,
since we're expecting a call from them here in
just a couple of minutes, let's go ahead and
take a break and we'll come back and then hopefully
we'll have them ready to go on the air and then
we'd like to squeeze in some of your calls too
tonight. So we'll get a report from them and
then we'll open up the phone lines and see what
we can do with that. So I'll be back and we'll...
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and we'll take your calls here in just a little
bit, but we're expecting a very long distance
phone call here in the next minute or so, so
we'll see if we can talk to the team. But Val,
let's talk a little bit about You know, some
people are already getting discouraged. We haven't
even started yet. The chances of getting through
to these guys, so let's reassure people a little
on that. Yeah, well some people have been seeing
the band plan of their operation and it's down
in the extra class portion. But just know this,
any of you general class out there, that's what
they're going to be transmitting. They may be
listening close by in the extra class portion
right at the beginning of the de -expedition
because it's number two on the most wanted list.
So the pileups are going to be massive and that's
really only one way to help filter out that pileup
so you can at least get one letter of a call
sign. working a lot and putting more people in
the log, then they'll start listening up into
the general portion of the band. So even if you
see them spotted below where your privileges
are, look at where they're listening, because
that's where you're going to be transmitting,
and you're allowed to transmit up at 14 ,260,
even though they may be down on 14 .180. So that's
important for you, General Class. When you see
the cluster, watch where they're listening. Yeah,
and in fact, we've got an email from Ed Durant
DD5 LP over in Germany and said he heard on an
earlier show when Ralph was on with us that given
the time of year and propagation. Contacts in
the U .S. were still going to be possible from
Bouvet, but contacts to Europe were going to
be very difficult. So is that still the belief?
And, you know, if you've got stacked beams and
a kilowatt plus, you know, you're likely to get
through. But you kind of address this part. You
know, what chance does a 250 watt sideband wire
antenna station get in? Germany, so what's the
chances on that? They're gonna be making sure
that there's one guy dedicated on 20 and or 40
pretty much the whole time it's open so that
they they're gonna work those bands as dry as
they can so towards the end of the de -expedition
after at least one week I wouldn't start trying
to get through to them on a hundred watts in
a wire on 20 meters the first week because you'll
be very frustrated perhaps but if you wait till
week two I mean, you can try, obviously, that
first week, but if you wait a week or two, it
might be a lot easier. And then, towards the
end, a lot of times, this team, I've worked with
this team several times, I'm not guaranteeing
that they're going to do it this time, but normally,
the last few days, they look for uniques only.
So, if you have not worked them at all on any
band, then they're going to only work you guys.
They're going to ask everybody else to step aside
so they can get first -timers in the log. It
helps give a chance to even the little guys with
100 watts and a wire from far away propagation.
And to that German guy, I would definitely go
to the website and go to the prop. They have
great propagation tools on there too. Also, there
is a beacon down there, actually a German beacon,
down about a thousand miles south of them. And
if you go to the ARRL and you look for the...
Just type in the Whisper Beacon in Antarctica.
It's on the air. So you can use that to see if
there's any openings to Bouvier. That might help
you a little bit. All right. Very good. And the
other thing that Ed mentioned was FT8. And some
people on QRZ .com were talking about that today.
Is there a special version of FT8 software? Is
it required? Is there, you know, the new version
just for on the island and not? And is FT8 going
to be overloaded? Because it's already overloaded.
So what's going on with FT8? Is that for me or
for Brian? That's for you, Val. JST software,
get it all loaded up. There's also great help
on our website, on the BouvetDX .org website.
We're going to see how it goes. A most wanted
de -expedition of this high in the most wanted
list, I don't think has ever done FT8, so we
shall see if it works. It's going to be new for
all of us. I want to mention, too, that some
people were kind of worried about them being
on. It's not a primary mode. And on the website,
it says that it's not a primary mode. It's like
before the band's open, when the band's go dead,
then, OK, we'll try FT8 for a while. And there's
some special instructions there. And go to the
website. and get those special instructions,
because it is a little different than your typical
FT8 call. So make sure you check the website
out there. And it's a really good way for them
to get through, because it's a low -power mode.
And if you go to the website, there's 10 steps
on how to work 3Y0Zulu on Bouvier. So it'll help
you with that right there on the website. Alright,
so we're still hoping for a call here, so hang
on here and we'll see if we can pull them in.
Bryant, what are your plans to try to get your
contact with the team? Well, I'm going to try
and work them as many times as I can on many
different modes and bands. I've just been prepping
up my station, making sure all the cables are
good to go. One thing is, my friend Ed Engelman,
KG8CX, just texted me and he is the president
of the Young Amateur Communication Ham Team yacht.
And he just wanted to let everybody know that
there is a whole group of young hams eagerly
awaiting to make contact with Bove Island. So
there are definitely people, especially young
people out there, eager to put 3Y0Z in the log.
No, I was going to say I have a school, a classroom
coming out here next Wednesday. They're taking
the tour and they're going to be on the show
with me and I'm going to have three stations
set up so they can try and work Bouvet from here.
So, they're ham radio operators in a grade school.
So, you're right, there is a lot of excitement
with the youth right now about this Bouvet De
-Expedition. Yep, and we're going to be trying
at our school as well, and I know Troy, WE9KVR,
live WE9GRS kids trying, and so a lot of youth
interest in this. Well, we're still waiting on
a phone call and we haven't heard anything, so
why don't we go ahead. We've had some people
actually trying to call and we've kind of been
waiting on the team at Bouvet to tell us a little
bit about their current situation and we haven't
heard from them yet. So I haven't been taking
those calls, but maybe we can start fielding
some of those. calls right now. So if you want
to give us a call, the number is 812 -638 -4261.
812 -netham1 is the phone number, so go ahead
and do that or you can tweet us. We're at HamTalk
Live as well. and you can get a hold of us that
way or you can Skype us at HamTalk Live and we'll
go ahead and take some of your calls. So since
they're not here Val why don't you go ahead and
give everybody kind of a status report on what's
happened in the last couple of days since they
did arrive at the island. Well they arrived in
fog. And then with the next day they also had
fog so they could not get on the island and then
as of this morning As of this morning, it was
very windy. Jerry had sent me an email and said
it was 50 mile an hour winds and then I saw Shelly,
Jeff Jolly's wife, say they were 65 mile an hour
winds and they were getting an ice storm. So
weather is preventing them from getting onto
the island. They're going to have one helicopter
be used as a sling to get their 20 ,000 pounds
of equipment on the island and then the other
one will be used to deliver the men. Obviously,
you need good weather in order to do that. So,
hopefully, it's 2 .20 in the morning their time
right now or 2 .30 in the morning their time
right now. So, hopefully, in another six hours,
I should get an update and hopefully things will
look more promising. Yeah, it looks like the
wind's just been atrocious. Well, we do have
a caller on the line, so let's see who we have
here. Hello? Hey Neil, how you doing? Alright.
Good evening, this is Joe, K7, J -O -E, and I
have a question. Yeah, Joe, go right ahead. All
right. So listen, first of all, thank you for
doing the show. It's pretty interesting, pretty
exciting. We've got a lot of young hams in the
area here that we're going to try to get on the
air and work Bouvier from the Indiana University
Amateur Radio Club. We're one of the active ham
clubs here in the area. We've got a nice station
with the big antenna at about 170 feet, and we're
going to point it towards Bouvier and try to
get some of the younger students in from the
high school, from the college club station and
the community. to be able to work this pretty
rare once -in -a -lifetime de -expedition. And
so I appreciate the pilots for doing your jobs.
It's super important. Thanks for keeping us all
updated. I guess the question is going to be
around timeline. How long does the crew plan
to stay on Bouvier with each day that they may
be delayed in landing? Will that shorten their
de -expedition or will they be able to extend
their time on the island a bit? Or are they on
a very fixed timeline because of the schedule
of the boats and the other apparatus to get them
on and off the island? As it stands, as I know
it right now, the goal is to operate for at least
two weeks. So, I'm going to have to be moving
some plane tickets around because they're obviously
going to be returning home later than anticipated.
If this keeps going on and on and on, I'm not
sure how far into March they can keep going because
I don't know what the commitments of that other
boat are, but as of right now, they should be
able to give you a full two weeks on the air.
So that's a ton of fun and we're all just waiting
for the pileups to begin. So we'll be excited
and eagerly waiting and wish them good luck and
safe travels. Thanks, Joe. Appreciate it and
thanks for what you're doing for the kids. And
thanks for coming and putting that new dipole
up at school today, Joe. That's the best weather
to put antennas up, right? That means it'll work
when we get the coax fixed. Right, and I got
the coax ordered, so we're good to go. And we
should be letting you guys know when they're
ready to be up and on the air because keep an
eye out there will probably be pirates out there
right now. So keep an eye on the website for
the latest news for when they actually do get
on the air. Hate to have you work a pirate. Yeah
Thanks for calling Joe appreciate it. Okay. We'll
see you guys. Good night. All right. Good night
eight one two six three eight four two six one
is the phone number and yeah is it I just saw
online a while ago I think it's on Facebook someone
had asked how do I know if it's a pirate or not?
So Yeah, we're going to do our best to put it
on social media, Twitter, Facebook, and on the
website. So I may even put an announcement on
the cluster. On DX Summit, I use that one, but
in the announcement section so that you'll know
when they're on the air. Once they're on the
air, though, the pirates could still be on the
air at the same time, so that's the only other
problem. But at least you know not to work them
now because they're not on the air right now.
Very good. Okay, phone number is 812 -638 -4261,
812 -Netham1, or you can find HamTalk Live on
Skype or HamTalk Live on Twitter. So if you were
trying to get through earlier, go ahead and give
us a call. We're still kind of hoping that we'll
hear from the team, but... it's it's awfully
early in the morning on that boat and they've
been stuck on that boat for a good while now
so yeah hopefully over two weeks we'll hear them
so yeah over two weeks on the boat so that's
a long time and i and i see a lot of pirates
spotting i just pulled up the cluster and it's
amazing uh how many pirates are spotted so oh
really oh wow so yeah it's not them yet But hopefully
it will be soon. So, uh, let's see this. Uh,
let's see who this is. We have another call on
the line. Welcome to ham talk live. Hi, how are
you? Good. How are you? Good. Good. This is the
K one L K P that's Kilo one Lima. Very good,
K1LKP, thanks for joining us tonight and what's
your question? Okay, I don't have a question,
but I'm calling on behalf of our club, the Chicken
Fat Operators, and we would like to let all the
team and the transport ship know that we are
praying for their safety down there and that
we've also requested all the churches on the
Antarctica. to pray for this expedition. We send
our best wishes to them. I got your email today
with the uh that you sent me with the cluck cluck
cluck so uh thank you for the prayers. Okay our
pleasure and tell all those troops down there
don't get discouraged and hang in there. We'll
do we'll do there. They're about to run out of
Dramamine patches, I think Unless you've been
through that kind of a situation out in the ocean
in bad weather You have no idea what that I've
been there. Well, I see that you are a us. What
were you you you were on the USS tide? I'm looking
at your QRZ page. So you were in the Navy Yes,
I was a radio man on an old diesel submarine
Oh, yes, I see that I see that now the USS albacore
The Tigron, okay. Yes. Yes, the USS Tigron. Well,
listen Don't let me tie things up here. Other
people want to call it. God bless everybody who's
involved with that expedition and hang it in
there. Have fun All right. Thank you Thank you
so much for calling. Yeah, I saw that email a
little earlier. It's great. Well, if you have
a question, you can give us a call or comment.
Either one. 812 -638 -4261 is the number to call.
We have a few minutes left. 812 -638 -4261. So,
the pirates on there, are they on all bands?
Well, a lot of people are using it as an announcement.
So they're talking, saying bad weather's still
on the ship. So they're kind of put in like 14
-0 -0 -0. So you know those aren't pilots. But
there's people saying up two, up five. So they're
putting in here stuff like pirates. And people
are going, you're crazy. They're not even off
the boat yet. But I've seen them spotted on 15,
20, and 40. Oh, and one on 10 meters. Yeah, right.
That's going to happen. So Just know, you know,
we will try and get the word out as as quickly
as we can and through as many mean Channels as
we possibly can to let everybody knows when they
are actually up and operating or if we know they're
gonna be up by tonight We can let you know in
advance you can rush home. Yeah, very good. Well
Bryant after watching that that video we were
talking about and everything. Are you thinking
maybe one of these days you want to go on one
of these trips? Oh yes, definitely. Absolutely.
I can't wait until I have the opportunity to
work pileups from some really exotic entity.
Last summer, I was able to experience it a little
when I had the opportunity to be part of the
Dave Coulter Youth DX Adventure in Costa Rica.
How awesome would it be to go on one of the top
10 most wanted entities and experience massive
pileups from around the world? I mean, the pileups
in Costa Rica, they were huge. I can only imagine
what it's going to be like on Beauvais. Yeah
working at a 20 kilohertz split Yeah, and a little
little tip. Make sure you take plenty of Dramamine
Who knew oh My so so Val now now your your fiance
Jerry's doubt out on this boat out in the middle
of nowhere the Most remote island on the earth.
I believe is what it's referred to. So so how
are you feeling about that? Oh It's not my first
rodeo. So he does this once a year to me. So
Telling them one of these years you got to just
say no and you and I go somewhere rare You know
because I would like to work a pile up like Bryant
and I've been waiting and waiting and waiting
I mean I I went to Saba. That was nice PJ six
Jeff Dolly has a nice station there and I worked
a contest there But I really would like to get
to something semi -rare But I don't mind roughing
it either. I would love to go on a tent and generator
the expedition, but I do know women add a Different
element to the game. You know, you can't just
and anywhere and yeah, that's true Uh, but yeah,
so, you know, maybe a fun couples thing or something,
just to get done some things and, uh, get some
nice pileups and have some fun. So, yeah, but
yeah, no, he'll be gone for a while here. So
I'm, uh, uh, surprising him with a kitchen remodel
while he's away. That's the way, that's the way
to get it done. So, yeah. Well again, if you
have a question give us a call 812 -638 -4261.
If you had to take a guess Val, and you know,
weather in your area is kind of like weather
here in Indiana. You wait two minutes and it'll
change. If you had to take a guess, if we had
the Vegas bedding lines open, When do you think
they'd be on the air at their earliest? Well,
it's already the second there, so I would guess
the fifth. But I'm just guessing. Yeah, totally.
It's just going to take a while to sling all
that over there. They get two storms, Beauvais
averages two storms a week of 70 plus mile an
hour winds. So, yeah. I would guess they're going
to have, even if they get on some of their stuff
on the island tomorrow, they might have a lousy
next day or whatever they put up the next day's
down, you know, I think it's going to be a little,
yeah, I would say the fifth. Sounds like a good
guess, so we'll see what happens. Maybe we can
run a contest and see. Yeah, get a pool going.
Yeah. Yeah. $5 in the pool, yeah. There you go.
Instead of the Super Bowl squares, we'll sell
the Bouvet squares. Right, the Bouvet squares,
exactly. That'll work. So let's go ahead and
wrap things up here. So remind everybody of...
Where all this information is and the propagation
maps and and all that kind of thing and then
also the donations and and some of the souvenirs
and merchandise and all kinds of stuff so remind
us where all that stuff is and how to use it
to Have the best chance to work bouvet You want
to take that one Brian? Oh sure. Yes. The website
is both a DX org That's b -o -u -v -e -t -d -x
.org. And there you can see multiple pages on
the propagation, the best time for propagation
on different bands to your area. There's a page
where you can donate, and there's even a page
where you can get collectibles and souvenirs
from the 2018 3Y0ZD Expedition. Do you have anything
else to add, Val? And make sure that's where
you're probably going to check for news and updates
So we'll try and keep that as up -to -date as
possible on when they're going to begin operation
as well as well as we have a Facebook page Three
wise zero Zulu de expedition on Facebook We also
yeah, so those are the two best places to get
up up to the minute information and I'm trying
to to retweet and post some of the updates as
I can. So we'll have some stuff on HamTalk Live,
too. But of course, getting it straight from
the source will be faster. So make sure you check
that out on the website and Facebook group. and
on Twitter. Val and Bryant, thanks so much for
taking time out to come on the show and look
forward to hearing some of your reports as they're
able to get on the air and get this fog out of
the way and the wind out of the way and get on
there and get going. Yeah, we want to hear them
on the air. Yes, definitely. All right. Well,
thanks again for for being on the show and that
is a wrap for This week's ham talk live. Thanks
to Val and V9 L Bryant to kg5 HVO and everybody
out there in cyberspace for listening and calling
in and Invite you back next Thursday night at
9 p .m. Eastern time dr. Nathaniel frissel w2
naf from New Jersey Institute of Technology will
be here to talk about all that was learned from
that solar eclipse QSO party a few months ago.
And for a list of all of our upcoming guests,
just go to HamTalkLive .com. Make sure you give
a try for these guys in Bouvier. They're anxious
to get off of that boat and get working some
contacts. So give them a try. You never know,
you know you can get through Especially if you
wait a few days and let the pile up settle down
a little bit. So Get out there and give them
a try. So for now, this is Neil Rapp WB9VPG saying
seven three seven five and may the good DX be
yours Thanks for watching! 73, and good luck
from HamTalk Live.