¿ªÔÆÌåÓý? ? CY9C ---> The DXpedition to St. Paul Island [425DXN 1730] ?will run six sta- tions on 160-10 metres, and one station for VHF/UHF/EME and satellite. At any given time, ?a minimum of 3 stations ?will be using the new ?SuperFox FT8 mode. All antennas will be monobanders, with the exception of?12/17?metres, ?which will use a duoband beam with a diplexer. The team will assemble in Dingwall (Nova Scotia)?on 24 August.? Radio opera- tions will commence?on 26 August?and conclude?on 5 September?(both dates are weather dependent). Two helicopters ?will transport all ?gear and operators ?to/from the island, making this the most expensive ?St. Paul Island operation ever.? As "getting permission for these sensitive areas is becoming increasingly more difficult each year", this could well be the last ?St. Paul Island ?operation for many years ?to ?come".? Financial ?contributions ?are ?gratefully ?accepted: ?see ?for information. Source:?425 DX News #1731 dated 6 July 2024 Bill Engel, K5DHY, of Murphy and a member of Garland ARC, is part of the CY9C support team. ?He was a member of the "on-island" operations team on a previous DXpedition.? 73 de KR1ZAN ------------------- SuperFox mode?behaves operationally like the old-style Fox and Hounds mode but uses a new constant envelope waveform for Fox¡¯s transmissions. Messages can be transmitted simultaneously to as many as 9 Hounds with no signal-strength penalty, resulting in a system gain of about +10 dB compared to the older Fox-and-Hound operation with 5 slots. Further details on SuperFox mode can be found in the?.?IMPORTANT:Hounds must use WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc5 (or a later release, when available) to receive SuperFox messages. |
