Raivavae 2010
News by DL9AWI
8.August 2010
DL1AWI received now ~1500(from 6500!) QSLs from UA6HPR.
He comfirmed all direct QSLs.Starting to confirm the Buro QSLs.
28.June 2010
QSL Service is greatly delayed. UA6HPR's has QSL-Print
major
problems with shipping to Germany. On 06/19/2010
I received a
small package with 280 QSL cards. I need
6500 cards,
and I hope this fully in the next two months-
for all the
time. Questions about e-mail more and more.
Please
understand that I will no e-mail QSL requests to
more answer.
The supply of UA6 is to me because no faster.
No one knew
in advance of such problems!
All inquiries
have shown that Your Direct QSL received by me.
Only one QSL
of Italy, was opened by thieves and steal its contents.
73 de
DL1AWI
07.Mai 2010 from DL1AWI
Since 02.05.2010, DF3CB have uploadet the LOTW with correct times.
Direct
QSL-Request: DL1AWI wait for the big package with the TX3D cards.
The
cards where printet in Russia (UA6HPR). DL3APO have ordered the
cards
in March (05.)
20.Febr.
LOTW is ready. But please note.
there are incorrect times. We are working on this fact and ask for some patience.
The data in the online log will be correct with a few exceptions.
Thank you for your cooperation.
14.Febr.
new pictures added
9.Febr.
They are back.
7.Febr. 09.10 utc
Team is now in Papeete.They leave the island with an military airplane.
Good organisation there.
6.Febr. 21.00 utc
good news.Cyclon Oli leave the australs.Team and people on Raivavae are ok.
Any damage there.Airport is ok,but not the street to the airport-see picture.
from DL1AWI
"The electricity is finish for the next day's. The House from the
Generators is demaged.
No Roof, Masts and wires are broken.
73 de Wulf"
5.Febr. 23.30 utc
"OLI" is about 70 km from there.On any places comes wather over the street.
No electricity and telephon there.Situation is steady
5.Febr.21.00 utc
Team is save there.They can not leave the islandAll flights are cancel.
No electricity there.
5.Febr. 8.00 utc by FO5QB and FO8RZ
The Tropical Storm is coming slowly to Raivavae.They take the next fly after OLI.
4.Febr. 20.00 utc
TX3D is qrt.Cyclon oli is coming.Good luck for their.
3.Febr. 21.00 utc from DL1AWI
In the past night we have very bad conditions at 160/80 m. The qrn is
very strong from
the cyclone near the
Cook-Island. In the next night we will work only at 80 m band with
station 1.
The station 2 work
running well in digi-modes and cw. Tomorrow morning is
station 1 close down.In
the friday morning we have only a small window for rebuilding station 2.
Friday we will start back
to Tahiti and send our last update.
73 and a hope for better conditions
Team TX3D
2.Febr. 19.30 utc from DL1AWI
Only 2 nights have we to work in our dx-pedition. the storm is go back
and we will
building our 160m antenna
for the dx window into EU only.
73 de3 TX3D - Team
1.Febr. 20.20 utc from DL1AWI
Hello HAM's !
Our activity is now limitet for 80/30m. It's impossible to rebuild our
vertical from
station1 temporary
for 160m. Very strong wind disable the work.
73 de TX3D-Team
1.Febr. 8.00 utc
very windy there.They can not work 160.Will work80/30 m this night
31.Jan 20.30 utc from DL1AWI
Hi Folks,
since yesterday afternoon we are at 30m. First 1000 contacts in the log.
Huge pile ups and good
signals.80m in the early afternoon we heard lot of DL s in a weekend
contest. After our dinner we were start our activity and no answer
for our cq.
One hour later the big pile ups came up.
The most important problem is all stations calling at a small frequency
range. Please spread out!
Today we will use a switching box for a quick band change (160 and 80m).
73
TX3D team
30.Jan. 21.00 utc from DL1AWI
Hi folks!
We have luck: The cyclon
crossing the route between Tahiti and Australs.
In the last night strong
storm but no damages!
Yesterday evening we has
been started the 80m activity with 926 contacts!
Excuse me please the
delay for updating. We sent the newest log daily in the local morning!
Today we will make a
alligment for better performance of 80m.
The Dentron amplifier
will be repaired soon and we can work simultaneuos 80/30m.
See you later!
73
TX3D team
Pict.: Dayly communication to the online-log
29.Jan. 20.50 UTC from DL1AWI
In the last evening at the topband: over a handfull DL's going in our
log. Friends
from Ilmenau, Muehlburg,
Dresden and so one we could work. The stations make a very
good fieldstrenght on the
S-Meter. Important is we have no QRM-Level from the HV-
Line in our background. QRN is
coming up from a thunderstorm (small Cyclon) near
neighbour-islands. Today we
will remove the inverted L to a 80 m vertical. 160m after
cq160 may be possible. Last
night we stopped during eastcoast sunrise the activity
because the amplifier crashed.
So these are all news we hope that we are not the target of the
Cyclon...
Cu next night on 80m.
73 s from Raivavae Island
the TX3D team
28.Jan. 19 30 Z from DL1AWI
Hello DX'ers !
In the past night,
we have work a lot of RTTY-Stations at 40 m. The Europeans at 40 m
are very strong. 160m is poore
to make a lot of stations. This morning we work 12
stations from W and JA in 30
minutes with 4 dupes alone from W. To the EU-Opening
Time we made much more EU's
then before. Wolf, DF2PY make the loudest Signal on 160
from the EU's and
especially DL.Unfortunatly we must interrupt often during the EU
opening our activity when
S6 QRM from the local 5 kV Powerline (we think a defect
Insulator) comes up.
During the WW160 we will be on 80m. Today 40m RTTY + SSB.
So EU s pse listen
careful if we pick up a callsign then mostly no replay.
Remember: call only if
you hear us!!!
TX3D-Crew
27.Jan 20.25 Z info from DL1AWI
They have big problems with qrn from the 5kv powerline on 160.Any US station ignore they
call "CQ Eu" and make many qrm in the short time to work Eu.A second DL-Station is in the
log (congrats).Work now many dupes on 160.They will be work now more on 80.But will
be qrv on 160 in the Eu openings.Next weekend they will be not operate in the 160CW contest.
They will work on 80 and 30m.
26.Jan. 19.30 Z
Last night they have big problems with qrn in their evening.But work a few EUs on 160(1st DL
in the log).They can not work simultaneous 160 and 80m.Some problems with one tcrv.
24.Jan. 2120 Z
onlinelog updated,next night they will work on 160 and 80m
24.Jan. 9.30 Z
onlinelog updated
23.Jan 8.30 Z
They receive their Antennas bag in the afternoon.They built the mast for the 40m GP and
higher bands.40m GP doing very well. 160/80m GP will be built next day(saturday)
22.Jan 11.00 Z Tnx Phil
Antenna Bag is now in Papeete.They hope to receive the bag with the next fly Friday
afternoon.Sat-phone is now ready for internet.Onlinelog will be updated now each day
21.Jan 8.30 Z Tnx Phil
good and bad news.
They receive one more Baggage.They have now the second pa,but not the baggage with the
antennas.They use a prov. antenna with wires from the radials from a GP.
.Next airplane comes friday.
They get a new Callsign TX3D .Can use this call from Saturday 23th Jan
to the end of the expedition
19.Jan 8.30 Z Thanks Phil FO8RZ
Team arrive good in Raivavae in their afternoon,but without 50 percent of their baggages.
They have only 2 trcv,1 Pa and little wire(no mast,no coax,no Ant). They will go in the Air
with low signal.Next airplane from Papeete comes wednesday and they hope,the rest of the
baggages comes then.
17.Jan 09.00 Z
Team startet this morning from Berlin via London,LA to Papeete.They will be in Papeete 17.Jan.at
23.00 local time.Next morning they get there license and fly to Raivavae. Time of arrival in
Raivavae 18.Jan. ~ 16.00 local time. Plan is to built 1 Antenne (40 or 30m).
Good flight