YB8Y – OHOIEW – KEI KECIL ISLANDS

Alhamdulillah… 09:00G (Z +9) YB8Y signing off…. We scored total 20.031 QSOs… CU next DXpedition… 73

Ohoiew, March 22, 2012

The weather is really nice today, the sun was showering us with warm day and the sea was so calm. Temperature arround 31 – 33 C and humidity arround 80%. All team members are in the high sprit to reach the highest score on each of 10 bands.

Our antennas are spread out along the shore, most of them are monoband homebrewed yagi, prepared  byYCoVKI, YC0LLY, YD1MRI, YD1ORZ & YD1GCL. For 6 meters, YB1MH brougt and set-up his own antenna that downed by a strong wind then replaced by Ito san’s antenna. For back-up we also set-up a Cushcraft R-7000 vertical antenna that YB0KVN got from YB0DPO. Unfortunately this antenna was also broken down to three pieces by the storm. We’re lucky the whole parts of the antenna was found the next day.

The majority of our radio are Icoms. IC-718 (4), IC706-MKIIG (2), IC-756 (1) & IC-7000. From the Kenwood family we use TS-590 (1) & TS-450 (1). Yaesu FT-1000 MP (1) and Elecraft K-3. Some bands are equiped by linear amps such as Ameritron AL-811, Kenwood TL-922, Acom 1000 and Emtron DX-3.

We got two power generators and 100AH battery (5) to support this DXpedition.

Thanks to John Resubun YB9YZ with the group of supportive locals that provide us with a so nice facility that keep our spirit up.

(YB0KVN & T team reporting from the IOTA OC-221)

YB8Y is calling CQ contest on 7.095 & 14.185. On duty now is YB0JS & YB0ECT. We scored 283 & 327 QSO for those bands

Total of  7.229 QSOs logged at March 22, 2012, 11:16 G (GMT/Z + 9)

By date:

March 20,                            2.791

March 21,                            3.725

March 22                                 713

By mode:

SSB         : 2.709

CW         : 4.430

RTTY      :      90

By Band & mode:             CW                         RTTY                      SSB

160 meter band                               

80                                           127                                                                         =              127

40                                           678                                                                         =              678

30                                           390                                                                         =              390

20                                           588                         2                              570         =              1160

17                                           226                                                         334         =              560

15                                           356                         87                           1503       =              1946

12                                           978                                                         243         =              1221

10                                           1087                       1                              58           =              1146

6                                                                                                              1              =              1

(YB0KVN reporting from OC-221 as informed by YB0ECT & YD1XUH)

Ohoiew, March 22, 2012

Good morning,

Thanks GOD Almighty for a bright sunny day. The sun shines  nicely until now, 10:15 AM local time. Thanks also to Mr. John Resubun – YB9YZ that provide us not only for shelter and food but also clean water. So this morning every body enjoy the shower and washing their clothes.Ria YC0KCM and Nana YC1LUX keep shooting their camera to collect as much as possible the beauty of the island and it’s surrounding.

However, the fanatic operators still glued themselves to their corners.QSOs made on 18 (YB0ECT), 21, (YD1JZ), 24 (YC0TSU) and 28 (YC1KAF).

Up to now we are still not able to up-load our log and pictures…. Please apologies for the incomplete report. We are still working on it at least by batch not real time.

(YB0KVN reporting from OC-221 Ohoiew Isl, Kei Isls, Maluku Tenggara)

Ohoiew Island, March 21, 2012

Since 5 PM yesterday, our power generator  had a serious problem. We tried every possibility to make the engine running but then the machanic siad that it due to injector failure. So Mr John Resubun, our Team Leader, called the suplier to send the necessary parts but the parts needed only will be available another two day (that means our fouth day).

So we gathered for a meeting and decided to continue the QSO using the battery and we priorities high bands until all batteries dried. Finally we reach not less then 2000 QSOs in that condition.

The weather was great after midnight, but then rain and storm came again and brought down another two antennas. YB1MH’s  6 meter band antenna and YB0KVN’s R-7000 broken to three pieces. Mr. Endu Ahadiyat a staff of Infocom Ministery found the  upper part on the evening about 100 meters from the original place.

YB1MH, YC0VKI & YC0LLY then remake the antenna with the available materials.

At 3 PM, YB9YZ came back to the island with another new but smaller Power Generator.  It was a 7KVA power generator. As soon as the electricity is available, all operators run to their base and made more then 4000 QSOs so far.

Meanwhile we had alot of visitors from the Kei Kecil Island that so eager to know our activity

This afternoon YC0TSU and YC1KAF joined our CW team. They came with our fellows from the Ministry of Informations and Communications..

(YB0KVN reporting from Ohoiew Island-Kei Islands, Maluku Tenggara/ OC-221)

YB1CCF just started working on 35.150/ CW…

So far we receive 4000+ QSOs

Working on 24.955, 21.260, 14.260. 10.103, now. Operated by YB0AZ, YB0JS, YB1GJS & YD1UXH

12, 15 & 20 are also working now, operator on duty YB0AZ, YB0JS, YC1XUH, YD1JZ, YC1KAF.

Now we’re broadcastig in 28.107 MHz CW mode. Soon 40 meter band is back on air.