3D2C – CONWAY REEF 2012 Posted on 15/09/201214/04/2023 By 50mhz September 24th 2012 till October 5th 2012 Our team continues its activities in Central and Southern Pacific For 2012. Now our team unanimously decided that the Conway Reef is our next point. We already have CALL: 3D2C. Conway Reef, known since 1976 by its Fijian name “Ceva-I-Ra” or “Theva-i-Ra” Reef, is a coral reef of atoll type 450 km southwest of the Fiji Islands, but part of the Republic of Fiji. It is 2.5 km long in an east-west direction. On the middle of the reef is a small sand cay, 1.8 meters high and about 320 meters long and 73 meters wide, with a land area of two hectares. A stranded wreck of a coaster lies 240 meters south of the center of the cay, and the wreck of a fishing vessel lies on the northeast end of the reef. The reef is uninhabited apart from a number of birds which appear to have almost no fear of humans. Administratively, the reef it is part of Western Division , Fiji , and of Nadroga-Navosa province. In 1838 the Royal Navy Captain Drinkwater Bethune of HMS /Conway/ first came across the reef and recorded it however it was first mapped by the British several years later by Captain Denham of HMS /Herald/ . Three shipwrecks (1979, 1981 and 2008) have occurred on the reef. The most recent being a Chinese fishing vessel (Shin Sheng No.165) It was reported in 1983 that there was some vegetation on the cay, but it was bare by 1985. The cay currently has some vegetation about 3m high. While there are no other gaps larger than 75 km between Fiji islands (except Rotuma Island , which is politically but not geographically part of Fiji), Conway Reef lies 450 km to the southwest of the main Fiji complex. The closest land to Conway Reef lies 275 km WSW (Hunter Island in the French territory of New Caledonia ). Hunter Island is also claimed by Vanuatu . Access to the island should only be attempted at high tide in a shallow draft tender. Extreme care must be taken to navigate the coral heads. More info on: http://www.yt1ad.info/3d2c/index.html Views: 845 OCEANIA
OCEANIA V6 Micronesia on 50MHz Posted on 03/11/201803/11/2018 Sho, JA7HMZ will be active again from Pohnpei, Micronesia, IOTA (OC-010) as V63DX, on 19-26 November, 2018. He will be active on 160-6 metres, with a focus for Europe on 160m FT8. Grid Locator QJ96cx. He will participate in the CQWWDX CW Contest as V6A – Zone 27. QSL via… Read More
VK9n – NORFOLK ISLAND Posted on 17/05/201414/04/2023 Fred, VK3DAC will be active as VK9DAC from Norfolk Island (OC-005) on 20-27 May. He expects to be QRV during his early mornings and into the evenings as time allows around 3595, 7105, 14250, 21250, 28450 and 50150 kHz SSB. QSL via VK3DAC, direct or bureau. Tnx 425 DX NEWS…. Read More
T8 – Palau and V6 – Micronesia on 50MHz Posted on 12/08/201614/04/2023 Lance, W7GJ will be active as T8GJ from Babeldaob (OC-009), Palau on 18-25 August, and again as V6M from Falalop Island (OC-078), Micronesia from 29 August to 3 September. This will be a 6m EME DXpedition. QSL direct to home call. See www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/ for details and updates. Views: 453 Read More