KP3/NP3VI Desecheo Stats. Some interesting items stand out in the recent Club Log stats for KP5/NP3VI.
Of 18,934 Q’s (so far) since they’ve been “on the air” – 53% are FT8 contacts, 7% are SSB and 40% are CW.
I’m thankful to be one of the 43 (grand total) that made it through on 20 Meters SSB the other day. I recorded that Q here: N0UN working KP5/NP3VI. The stats show 45, but there were two of us that worked them twice because of QRMers, so effectively only 43 (or less) got through.
You never how long an expedition will last. Weather, solar flares, license permitting, politics, equipment failures, etc. can (and do) cut these activation’s short all the time.
Maybe they’ll pick up more human mode SSB Q’s over the next couple weeks? I sure hope so!
I thought I saw a timing “schedule” for modes and geographic locations posted earlier today on their Facebook page, but then it disappeared. It’s possible they’re adjusting that schedule and it’ll be republished soon. I see in comments all around the Internet Hams are frustrated they’re waking up early and staying up late, but they’re not making it into the log. Between charging batteries, low power output & propagation, many aren’t even hearing KP5/NP3VI at all.
I know here I’ve waited for hours on the higher bands to make my call in the pileups. I’ve had to wait for that perfect “spotlight propagation” that favors Colorado several times. I’ve heard stations back east say they are 20 over and even with 8 elements on a 36′ boom on 10 Meters I couldn’t even sniff’m UNTIL that spotlight propagation and signal angle was on Colorado.
Anywho, we’ll see how this plays out for the next few weeks until they go QRT. I’ll see you in the human mode pileups! For those that take the lazy way, just set your automated computer scripts before you leave for your man-bun haircut appointment and maybe when you get home your text messenger software will tell you it worked them.
😉
Oh, one more thing. Congratulations to those cowardly imbeciles that have pirated my callsign in the CW and FT8 pileups. Your dupes and FT8 Q’s have cost other Hams several contacts. Your actions are knocking other Hams out of the box, not me. Way to go!
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness”
KP5/NP3VI 20M SSB. And this is why I record most of my QSO’s. So I can go back and make sure I got it right. In this case I did not. Clear as day you can hear the KP5/NP3VI Operator say, “November Zero United November Tango“.
I never heard the Tango when he replied. Guess my little coconut only hears what it wants to hear. At least that’s what the wife says. When I played the recording back a couple minutes later I re-entered the fray and worked him again, and this time he got my call correct.
That would have been a bummer having to go through the process of chasing down a broken call.
I know Desecheo Island is only 13 miles from Puerto Rico, but for a 100% unmanned remote station running strictly on batteries, low output power with no amplifiers and simple antennas, KP5/NP3VI sure sounds good here on several bands and human modes. Of course on the higher bands you have to wait until the spotlight propagation shines on your area, but overall this DXpedition appears to be well on their way to fill thousands of logbooks. I know they are filling mine!
Are you ready for Bouvet? See you in the human mode pileups!
The Simplex Pileup KP5/NP3VI. THAT WAS A ROUGH CROWD!
For around 15 minutes this evening the 40 Meter simplex CW pileup for KP5/NP3VI was so, sooo aggravating and beyond frustrating, but in the end – oh so satisfying!
KP5/NP3VI showed up on 7.022 and even though he was sending “UP”, he was obviously working simplex. The Desecheo Remote Operator surely didn’t know he was NOT listening up because he worked several of us simplex.
21 of us as a matter of fact. What a mess! Two of us he worked twice, only because neither of us could hear him reply through the non-stop callers, carriers and QRMers. Like I said, that was a tough crowd!
I think after K4TK and I worked him twice he must’ve sensed something was wrong and bailed from 40 and went to 80 for a fresh start.
Take a peek at the list of who made it through over 15 minutes on 40 Meters, ALL simplex (click to enlarge):
And just for your listening pleasure here’s a short recording of that non-stop 40 Meter simplex craziness this evening, lol.
If you think this pileup was bad from my vantage point, imagine what KP5/NP3VI must’ve been hearing. I can see why he bailed and went to 80 Meters after only 15 minutes of this!
I heard KP5/NP3VI on 15M CW this afternoon. I needed them for number 338 active entities worked in my quest for Honor Roll #1 DXCC (340).
After I worked through that good old CW pileup on 15 Meters I uploaded to Logbook of the World.
Maybe 30 minutes after my upload, I double checked to see if my upload took and voilà! They had already uploaded, and it’s ARRL credited!
Well, if KP5/NP3VI can upload to LoTW within minutes, and without a donation – it gives me extreme pause with what’s been happening with DXpeditions charging $$$ the last few years for a LoTW upload. Think I’ll donate to real human mode DXpeditions that never ask for money moving forward as I’ve already stopped donating to lazy, automated computer scripted TXTpeditions (FT8) that beg for donations and OQRS LoTW uploads. Seems fair don’t cha’ think?
Here’s me working KP5/NP3VI on 20 Meters through the idiot Lids and Kid QRMers calling on KP5/NP3VI’s transmit frequency:
3G0XQ San Ambrosio Canceled. Felipe XQ7IR says he’s still working on getting permissions for next fishing season, but for January & February 2026 there’s no DXpedition to San Felix/San Ambrosio.
Regarding an alleged authorization to carry out amateur radio activities on San Ambrosio Island.
Statement from the Radio Club of Chile:
Radio Club of Chile informs the community that the announced expedition to San Ambrosio Island is not authorized.
We hereby inform you that this expedition no longer has authorization from Subtel to use the call sign 3G0XQ, and furthermore, the activity lacks the necessary landing and operational authorization from the Chilean Navy , a permit essential given the strategic importance of these island territories. We urge everyone to respect current regulations and institutional frameworks.
The Command in Chief of the First Naval Zone informs the community that no authorization has been issued to individuals to carry out amateur radio activities on San Ambrosio Island.
It is important to clarify that the only agreement in force in the area operates exclusively with the Municipality of Juan Fernández, allowing controlled access for duly accredited artisanal fishermen during the lobster fishing season.
We reiterate that the Desventuradas Islands (San Félix and San Ambrosio) are territory under naval jurisdiction, designated for strategic and national security operations, and therefore access to them remains restricted.
The Undersecretariat of Telecommunications (SUBTEL), through its Regulatory Policy and Studies Division, announces the temporary suspension of the assignment of call signs and permits for amateur radio stations in the island territories of San Félix and San Ambrosio.
This measure instructs the Concessions Division not to process new applications for these locations until further notice, while the additional technical protocols and requirements necessary for the operation of telecommunications services in this area are evaluated and defined.
This is to inform the DX community that I received today an official response to request for landing and operating from San Ambrosio Island. The relevant authorities communicated to me that they are looking into processing my application for the 2026 fishing season, which runs from September 2026 to March 2027.
In view of the above, the radio activity originally scheduled for January/February of this year must be regretfully postponed.
All the equipment intended for this operation is currently in standby on Juan Fernández Is. (CE0/Z). The cargo remains secured and sheltered on the premises of my local contact on the island, awaiting my arrival and proper deployment.
I want to convey to the DX community that I remain fully committed to bringing this rare DXCC entity, ranked #3 of the Most Wanted list, back on the air. As such, I will continue to pursue this project with professionalism and determination, seeking a successful outcome.
In regard to the support and donations received to date from sponsors and several enthusiastic DXers, each of them will be individually contacted and consulted as to the fate of their support/donation.
“It is a change of the main plann but I m still in the game”
Thank you!
Felipe Gutiérrez
XQ7IR
Team Leader, San Ambrosio Project
Postponed, canceled – call it what you may. I call it a half dozen of one or 6 of the other. It’s over for now.
Are You Ready For Some DX? Have you done anything to increase your chances of working Bouvet 3Y0K, San Ambrosio 3G0XQ and Desecheo KP5/NP3VI the next couple months? You know, “station improvements”?
A little over 3 years ago I added a 30 Meter Vertical to increase my chances of working Bouvet 3Y0J. And I’m glad I did – I snagged them on that vertical a couple weeks later! I wrote about it here: 3Y0J Is On The Air!
By adding a small 3 element 12 Meter monobander the last couple days I won’t have to turn my 17 Meter monobander around and try to work off the back reflector on 12 Meters now. The 3 element monobander gives me a fighting chance. It sure helped the last couple days the weather in Denver was dry with temperatures over 60° F, and no wind – absolutely perfect antenna weather!
Anyway, we’re ready to bust some good old fashioned SSB and CW pile-ups on 160 through 10 Meters these days, bring on the DX!
Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad. Who remembers that song by Meatloaf?
Well, IF (a BIG IF) these two planned “expeditions” to KP5/NP3VI Desecheo and 3G0XQ San Ambrosio get on the air in HUMAN MODES in a couple weeks I have a chance at increasing my DXCC totals by TWO from 337 to 339 in January, 2026.
That will leave me with needing only KH7 Kure to have worked them all and put my stamp on #1 Honor Roll. “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” me thinks.
Of course if they only get on FT8 I’ll still need 3 because there is ZERO chance I’ll use that lazy, mindless, computer scripted text messaging software. And remember all you Trolls that bootleg my call on FT8, that means for every so-called Q you work with my pirated callsign, that’s one less worthless Q some undeserving FT8er doesn’t get! You’re shooting yourselves in the foot – and that’s fine with me!
If either of these two “expeditions” run better than 50% SSB and CW (combined) I’ll call them a DXpedition. Less than 50%? Just another lazy, mindless, automated computer scripted TXTpedition.
Don’t even get me going with the thought that there won’t be a single operator physically on premise at one (or both) of these stations.
We shall soon see if there’s going to be some good old-fashioned DX pile-ups, or a slew of bad new-fashioned lazy, mindless, automated computer scripted software text messaging tones.
Some interesting news today – 3G0XQ San Ambrosio 2025 by XQ7IR
Looks like a one man DX Operation with a few remote operators is scheduled for October/November, 2025.
From the 3G0XQ Website: “The operation includes one operator on the island focus in SSB/FT8 Modes, and a remote station working 24/7 CW/FT8 Modes.”
Personally, I’d love to see this DX Operation to San Ambrosio and San Félix happen as it would be my DXCC 338. I’m holding hope that it will not be just another TXTpedition at this point, but who knows anymore? Seems most recent expeditioners to rare and semi-rare entities (see ZS8W) chase the easy money with that automated, computer scripted text messaging app these days. I hope this activity is going to be different and put an emphasis on the “human modes”.
More info as we get closer but for now this appears to be really good DX News!
I took a peak at the updated Log Stats from ZS8W a bit ago.
Well before the operation commenced in my April 19 post “ZS8W Marion Island By YL2GM“, I predicted, “My guess they’ll be a little CW, almost no SSB and over 85 to 90% lazy computer scripted text messaging. Anybody that thinks different would you like to place a bet (or two)?”
4 days into the activation here are the numbers:
56 from North America made it into the ZS8W log on CW. 56 of 2,020 NA Q’s is 2.8%. That’s 97.2% on computer TXT FT8 for NA. Overall NA has worked ZS8W on CW one half of 1%. 56 NA CW out of 9,957 Q’s is 00.56%.
Total of 9,957 Q’s so far = 93.5% TXT. 6.5% CW. 0.0% SSB.
Care to guess the percentages of the next 10,000 Q’s? (hint $$$)
I saw a Classifieds Sale ad pop up for a “linear amplifier project” on a local radio club forum, and the best part of the project ad was it said; “FREE“! I like FREE!
I made the call and inquired. Next morning came and I grabbed the Expedition to go pick it up. With a little help from Ed and a two-wheeler, we brought it up out of his basement. HEAVY! Ed clued me in on the RF-101 amplifiers history and how he picked it up as surplus equipment when satellite communications arrived in the Alaskan Bush. Prior to satellites this amplifier was used with a matching transceiver to order supplies and communicate with schools in the Alaskan Bush. While I was there I bought a pair of Eimac 3-500Z’s and a pair of Eimac SK-406 Chimney’s Ed had sitting in boxes.
So far I’ve been able to piece the old RF-101 back together, switch it over to 220VAC, clean it up a bit and get the High Voltage up and stable at 3,300 VDC.
Over the next few months I’ll get the RF input & output sections up to speed and dialed in. There’s several boxes of pieces & parts I still have to sort out that came with this “project”. I have to say the pair of Eimac 3-400Z’s in the window look plain awesome! Getting it powered up with plate voltage is a damn good start to getting it on the air me thinks!
According to DXNews.com, “Yuris, YL2GM will be active as ZS8W from Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands, IOTA AF – 021, 21 April – 16 May 2025. He will operate on 160 – 6m, CW, SSB, Digital modes.”
Normally I’d be excited at the chance to work ZS8W but there’s a couple items that have tempered my enthusiasm on this specific activation.
First of all Yuris/YL2GM doesn’t work much CW and he barely works SSB, if at all. This DXpedition has all the signs of being just another lazy computer scripted text messaging activation. Secondly he’s a solo DXpeditioner. There’s no “team” here – it’s a one man operation.
Here’s data I pulled from a few of YL2GM’s latest DXpeditions. The percentages:
I seriously doubt much will change with his upcoming Marion Island activation as ZS8W. My guess they’ll be a little CW, almost no SSB and over 85 to 90% lazy computer scripted text messaging. Anybody that thinks different would you like to place a bet (or two)?
For all the real Ham Radio Operators left in the hobby we’ll have to take our chances his computer will lock up and become useless forcing him into actually communicate via the “human modes”. For the lesser non-communicating Text Messengers best hope his computer virus software is up-to-date so you can pretend you (and not your computer) actually worked Marion Island.
On the off-chance there’s a CW or SSB pile-up I hope to see you real Hams in the mix!
I saw on Club Log yesterday evening ZS8W had started working some CW on 40 Meters. 281 Q’s of 7,241. With those 281 CW Q’s his overall CW count went from 0% to 3.9%. Sad to say there were NO CW Q’s with North America on 40 Meters, zero.
From past experiences working ZS8M, ZS8C and ZS8Z in the early morning 20 Meters Long Path from Colorado, before I hit the rack for the evening I pointed my GXP 18-4 Beam to Asia at 298 degrees and tuned up the amplifier in the CW portion of 20 Meters on the chance ZS8W would recognize our North America Long Path window.
And when I woke early this morning guess who was there to greet me with a booming signal?
I have to say that pile-up at OVER 20 kHz wide was absolutely BRUTAL!
But yet, so sooooo satisfying when you finally break through!
Hopefully we get more Human Mode pile-ups! I’ll see you there!
N0UN
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Updated, Edited To Add 0400Z 6/May/2025
As of the latest log update a few hours ago ZS8W has worked 0% SSB, 9% CW and 91% FT8 overall.
Quite dismal for North America as only .75% of his Q’s s are NA CW.
Yes, not even 1%! .75 CW, 0% SSB – The 108 that actually earned their Q:
DX Bulletins on the Internet are also reporting ZS8W is off the air for the next 3 days (again). Even more news on the Internet show a couple disgruntled Hams from South Africa and Australia that are reporting the coworkers of ZS8W want Yuris and his Ham Radio’s sent back to the S.A. Agulhas II Supply Ship, and his entire operation disqualified for DXCC.
These are the same self-proclaimed “experts” that tried to derail the 2025 Mount Athos DXpedition (13,500 Q’s) and 2023’s successful Bouvet DXpedition (18,500 Q’s). Both are valid for DXCC. They’re also after the 2026 Peter I Island and 2027 Bouvet DXpeditions. All I can say is good luck with that.
Like I’ve said before, if on the off chance there’s some Human Mode pileups after his 3 day break and before he leaves Marion Island – that’s where you’ll find me. Hope to see you there!
Turned on the radio a couple days ago and heard a big pileup for SV1GA/A on Mount Athos.
Turned my 173BA 3 element 17M beam and listened for probably 20 minutes before jumping into the fray. An excellent pileup! 10, 15 kHz wide on CW. Fun stuff!
Although they never got very strong here and there was quite a bit of up & down fading, I figured out SV1GA/A’s “pattern” (it’s a secret) and bagged them at 1927Z.
Does it count? Who cares? It counts to me, and that’s all that matters. I don’t care if the ARRL approves it or not. I don’t care if they had permission. I don’t care if they didn’t announce their DXpedition plans to the world. I don’t even care if I get a card as I already have a slew from Monk Apollo SV2ASP/A.
There’s some very distinguished DXpeditioners that operated SV1GA/A – who are you or I to judge their operation? These guys have been on more DXpeditions than 99.9% of the Ham Radio Community – they know the book, they wrote the book – we’re reading their book. I read Internet posts from a clown down under, another in Serbia, even a couple in Greece – they all have their panties in a bunch because THEY don’t think this seasoned group of DXpeditioners have the proper paperwork and/or permissions to operate on Mount Athos. Too bad, they’re there. Misery loves company – grow up. Don’t be the rats you are calling around the Monasteries trying to run them off and ruin it for everybody. Geez…
Speaking of their panties in a bunch – how do you separate the men from the boys in Greece? With a crowbar, bwahahahahahaha! It’s a joke – relax, will ya’?
Anyway, good old CW and SSB pileups, it was good to hear. Even if it was just for a day or two!
I’m a Ham Radio operator that stays on top of current DXpeditions (like 9L5A) in this hobby. Note I said DXpeditions. I am NOT a lazy automated, computer scripted Text Messenger. I couldn’t care less about TXTpeditions like VU4A, TL8ES, etc. that exclusively run lazy, automated computer scripted FThate.
Which is why when I read the news this morning on the 9L5A Website it brought a smile to my face:
“As there are many complaints about our log from live streaming (« DATA » vs. « FT8 » mode among others), it looks necessary to remind that we regularly update manually our log by overwriting the one coming from the live streaming. Some QSOs do not appear live but will be there after the next manual update which is now daily. So no need to send a multitude of messages that we don’t have time to process while we’re on an expedition.
Apart from that, the days follow one another with more than 10,000 QSOs per day with an almost perfect balance between CW, SSB and FT8. It looks so surprising compared to other expeditions that some criticize us for doing too much CW and SSB; this is a shame! We had announced for a long time that we would prioritize “human” modes, otherwise we would not have planned 15 operators. It would for sure be much easier to leave 6 stations running in FT8 and enjoy long nights of sleep, the beach and 31° water, we would already have exceeded 100,000 QSOs. But this is not the vision we have of radio in general and especially an expedition. Given the size of the pileups, there is obviously (and fortunately) a large majority who must think like us.”
I also see on the DX Clusters many so-called Hams cannot contain themselves and are complaining there’s not enough FThate for their liking. It’s embarrassing to see so much begging, especially when 9L5A is everywhere on the bands. Ohhh, poor TXTers!
Look at this snapshot (click to open in a new tab):
What a great way to wake up and start the day, don’t you think? Human Modes on Ham Radio!
I think I may have to donate a little extra to this 9L5A Group of Real Amateur Radio Operators.
Keep on keeping on Gentlemen, you’re carrying the torch for real Ham Radio just as true “communicators” do. It’s an honor to have chased your pileups and have you in my log!
From FT4GL’s log he’s operated automated FT8 24/7 for days on end. A quick look at any day of his TXTpedition shows his computer scripts rarely stop racking up the Q’s. Eat? Sleep? Build antenna’s? Work? All overrated.
From Club Log Expedition Charts you can “hover” over any hour of any day and see his log entry totals. A few hours for SSB and non-stop 24/7 FT8.
Go to FT4GL’s expedition charts (link), click Statistics, scroll down to Daily QSO’s and click over the Total QSO’s number for any day of operation. You can then hover your mouse over any hour and see the QSO run for SSB or FT8 Q’s for that hour.
The only problem with automated Q’s? The ARRL’s DXCC rule on automation:
“A resolution at the July ARRL Board of Directors meeting pointed to “growing concern over fully automated contacts being made and claimed” for contest and DXCC credit. The rules now require that each claimed contact include contemporaneous direct initiation by the operator on both sides of the contact. Initiation of a contact may be either local or remote”
From FT4GL’s Blog & Facebook Group, he’s a one-man operation with no CW. There’s no Internet remote operators, no rotating operator shift changes. Heck, from their well documented pilot communication problems they haven’t been able to make reliable eMail and messaging via the Internet but for an hour or two a day, if that.
And since radio is secondary to his work, how is this 24/7 one man operation possible?
If this FT4GL automated operation is allowed to stand not only does it encourage, it PROMOTES future TXTpeditions (who are already doing it) to use automation against the ARRL’s own rules and it turns their DXCC program into – a complete farce.
I suspect future TXTpeditions will NOT be using Club Log’s expedition charts to “out” themselves. Because of those expedition charts I can see today there’s 246 deserving North America Hams that have made a human mode SSB contact with FT4GL. Out of 40,947 Q’s.
What has happened to our hobby? What a shame.
N0UN
EDIT June 8, 2024 1600Z
From his own log book data something sure changed from him operating 140 out of 142 hours over 7 days STRAIGHT THRU on FT8 to immediately taking 7, 9 & 12 hours off every day since this June 5th post?
Hmmmm, I wonder what organization reached out and asked those hard questions?
I wonder if they’ll accept the answers they were given? I don’t think the “super conditioned athlete that needs no sleep” is gonna’ work, not over 7 days…
That’s funny. I just pulled the Club Log stats. Don’t even need to explain (.07%). Those that know, know.
hahahahaha!
I’m thankful for a REAL Ham Radio Operation back in 2009 – FT5GA!
N0UN
UPDATE! 0515Z – 25/May/2024
.025% now, lol!
UPDATE! 1245Z – 27/May/2024
Seems one of the N0UN Fan Club clowns couldn’t help themselves bootlegging my call on that lazy, brainless computer scripted text messaging thingy:
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness” – Oscar Wilde
Ya’ know 3 Hams from North America got through on 20 Meters SSB a couple days ago and I’m in good company as one of 8 from North America that worked FT4GL on 15 Meters SSB yesterday:
11 North American Hams have worked FT4GL on SSB so far out of 16,202 Q’s (.07%) with NO CW at all.
THIS is where FT8 has taken our hobby. What a shame.
UPDATE! 1512Z – 31/May/2024
96 North American Hams have worked FT4GL on SSB so far out of 25,638 Q’s (.37%) with NO CW at all.
And I see a second Ham didn’t get his text message Q because a N0UN Fan Club member bootlegged my call, again.
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KP3/NP3VI Desecheo Stats. Club Log stats for KP5/NP3VI. Of 18,934 Q's (so far) since they've been "on the air" - 53% are FT8 contacts, 7% are SSB and 40% are CW
KP5/NP3VI 20M SSB. And this is why I record most of my QSO's. So I can go back and make sure I got it right. In this case I did not. Clear as day you can hear
KP5/NP3VI Desecheo Confirmed. Well that was fast! I heard KP5/NP3VI on 15M CW this afternoon. I needed them for number 338 active entities worked in my quest
3G0XQ San Ambrosio Canceled. Felipe XQ7IR says he's still working on getting permissions for next fishing season, but for January & February 2026 there's no
Are You Ready? Have you done anything to increase your chances of working Bouvet 3Y0K, San Ambrosio 3G0XQ and Desecheo KP5/NP3VI over the next couple months?
Two Out of Three Ain't Bad. IF these two planned expeditions to KP5/NP3VI Desecheo and 3G0XQ San Ambrosio get on the air in HUMAN MODES I have a chance at 339
I took a peak at the updated Log Stats from ZS8W a bit ago. In my April 19 post "ZS8W Marion Island By YL2GM", well before the operation commenced I predicted,
RF-101 Linear Amp. I saw a sale ad pop up for a "linear amplifier project" on a local radio club forum, and the best part of this project ad was it said, "FREE"
ZS8W Marion Island By YL2GM. Normally I'd be excited at the chance to work ZS8W but there's a couple items that have tempered my enthusiasm on this activation.
SV1GA/A Mount Athos WFWL (Work First Worry Later). Turned on the radio a couple days ago and heard a big pileup for SV1GA/A on Mount Athos. Turned my 173BA...
FT4GL Glorioso On The Air! Well, "Kinda". That's funny. I just pulled the Club Log stats. Don't even need to explain (.0007). Those that know, know! hahahaha!
