3B7C preparations nearly complete

The 3B7C St Brandon Island DXpedition is getting closer.

Following the advance party of Neville, G3NUG, Don, G3BJ and Don, G3XTT, the remainder of the team expect to arrive on Isle du Sud on the 4th of September.

Due to the complexity of the stations being set up, operations are expected to commence at midnight UTC on 7 September.

However, the 6m beacon on 50.090MHz will be activated at the earliest opportunity so that 6m DXers can start to monitor for possible openings.

The beacon will be kept operational at all times, and when there is any sign of propagation they will change to manual mode, and call CQ. Their 6m antenna is a 7-element long yagi at the water's edge.

They have experienced 6 metre operators, and will be doing their best to provide as many QSOs as possible on this band. There will not be any data operation on 6m

50.090 - our CW beacon
50.102 - our CW working frequency
50.145 - our SSB frequency

Other than their radio gear, contact with the outside world is limited to an Iridium satphone which will be used primarily for uploading logs.

For more information log onto www.3b7c.com/.

The QSL Manager is Neville, G3NUG, and bureau cards can be requested via the webpage