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CY0S - Sable Isl.

  • Feb 16
  • 4 min read

Updated: Mar 31


CY0S Update (Mar 30)


The Sable Island CYØS DXpedition will go QRT by 1100Z on Tuesday, March 31.  Some of the antennas will be taken down on Monday afternoon.  The Yagi antennas and a few of the low band Spider Poles will remain operational until Tuesday morning.


As of 0735Z on March 30, the CYØS team has 97,755 contacts in the log.  This represents 166 DXCC countries.  Operations will remain normal through early Tuesday morning, except for 160 and 60 meters; those antennas will be taken down on Monday.


The CYØS team would like to thank all the DXers around the world who helped make the DXpedition a success.  The band conditions have been very challenging, but the team did the best they could under the circumstances.  Eight band DXCC was achieved with 95 countries on 60 meters.


Donations in any amount for the CYØS DXpedition are most welcome and appreciated.  These may be made through our website HERE



CY0S Update (Mar 24)


Weather on Sable today is not friendly. Wind in the mid 30mph, with precipitation from time to time and high temperature of 34F. The storm last night damaged their 6m beam, and they'll fix it when things calm down. Video shows Murray, WA4DAN, replacing a bad balun on the A3. Note the windsock in the video.



CY0S Update (Mar 20)


Moon bounce on 23cm


Lee, WW2DX, is currently working moon bounce, so if you have that capablilty you may want to give it a listen. So far he's worked stations from OK, IZ, G0, ES, W2, and PA.


1296.115 Q65-60C CFM 1500 1st.



CY0S Update (Mar 19)


CY0S is ON THE AIR.




CY0S Update (Mar 17)


Team leaders WØGJ and WA4DAN met up with Dave Johnson of Vision Air Services on Monday morning and weighed some of the team gear.   This gear will be loaded onto the Sikorsky helicopter on Monday afternoon.  On Tuesday, Glenn and Murray will meet up with Debbie and Ted Brekelmans of Sable Aviation.  We will weigh gear and discuss flight plans for Wednesday.  Debbie and Ted have been our aviation partners for 17 years.


We continue monitoring the weather forecast for Wednesday.  Some adjustments may be needed if weather conditions don't allow for flights or delays flights.  With flights to Sable, flexibility with schedule has always been paramount.


Donations in any amount for the CYØS DXpedition are most welcome and appreciated.  These may be made through our website HERE



CY0S Update (Mar 15)


CYØS team members WØGJ and WA4DAN arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia late Sunday afternoon after a 2300 km drive.  All team gear is in Halifax, and the all-important weigh-in of the gear will take place on Monday and Tuesday.


Attention is focused on the weather, which is forecast to be very poor, with wind and a lot of rain.  Our flights to Sable are scheduled for Wednesday, and we hope the weather conditions will improve.  Because of the weather, we won't know the status of the flights to the island until Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning.  Stay tuned!


Donations in any amount for the CYØS DXpedition are most welcome and appreciated.  These may be made through our website HERE



CY0S Update (Mar 11)


Travel has begun for the CYØS team.  Glenn WØGJ departed his home in Iowa in the very early hours of Wednesday morning, enroute to North Carolina to meet up with WA4DAN.  Glenn is projected to arrive at the home of WA4DAN by late Thursday afternoon.  On Friday, Glenn and Murray will go through the checklist of all gear.  This includes the long ski bags with the antennas and Spider Poles.  Each bag will be opened, inventoried and weighed to make sure all is accounted for. In the ski bags are the antennas, Spider Poles, guy rings with guy ropes already measured and attached with 42-inch-long wood guy stakes for the loose sand on Sable.  Glenn and Murray begin their long drive to Nova Scotia on Saturday morning with projected arrival by late afternoon on Monday.


The team members continue to monitor the weather forecast for Halifax, Nova Scotia, as well as Sable Island.  The extended forecast is for rain on Monday and Tuesday.  The flights to the island are scheduled for Wednesday, March 18.  A weigh-in of the team gear will be conducted on Tuesday at our aviation partners' hangers.  Thank you to Sable Aviation and Vision Air Services for working with us again on this expedition!


Donations in any amount for the CYØS DXpedition are most welcome and appreciated.  These may be made through our website HERE.



CY0S Update (Feb 27)


All preparations have been completed for the CYØS DXpedition.  The team focused on prepping the guy rings for the Yagi antenna mast sections.  All guy rings have four rope guys attached to them.  It is much easier to do this now than in the 40 knot winds on Sable.  It has been a very challenging, but typical, winter on Sable with high winds and surf.  Wind gusts of 50-60 knots were experienced earlier this week, in yet another storm system.  In preparation for the frequent 40-50 knot winds, the team reinforced the guying system on all antenna masts/Spider Poles.  All 42-inch guy anchors were inspected, and any questionable anchors were replaced.  Each anchor has a pre-installed galvanized eye bolt near the top of the anchor.  The team is in constant contact with Parks Canada as to conditions on the island.


Donations in any amount for the CYØS DXpedition are most welcome and appreciated.  These may be made through our website HERE.



CY0S


Ops: K4ZLE, K9NW, K0IR, N2IEN, NE9U, W0GJ, WA4DAN & WW2DX


Bands: 23cm, 6M + HF


Modes: CW, SSB, RTTY & FT8


Qsl Info: QSL via WA4DAN (direct), ClubLog OQRS or LoTW


Start Date - End Date: Mar. 19 - Mar. 31




 
 
 

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