Please use OQRS to home call. YB4IR/8 via YB4IR YB8RW/P via YB8RW Logs will be uploaded to Clublog for OQRS. Please note that if you OQRS to Din, it may take a while to get your QSL because Din is on a tour of YB IOTA for the next several weeks. SPECIAL PROCEDURE FOR ANGEL […]Read Post ›
By the time you read this, Imam YB4IR is already on his way back to Palembang by way of Jakarta. He is scheduled to be a his office 06Z. He is very very tired, I can tell you that. Din YB8RW is in Ambon, and tomorrow will go to Saumlaki, OC224 to continue his YB […]Read Post ›
Apparently, YB4IR and YB8RW are still on the island. They showed up today on 20M with decent signals. They are fine. A bad storm hit the islands and all the equipment were wet. We were wondering why no signal for over 24 hours, and thought they had left the island. Now we know, they spent […]Read Post ›
Din YB8RW is now on 14.260 listening for NA. Many made it to the log. Apparently bad weather prevented them from landing and after two days, they finally, were able to set foot on the island and operated. Imam YB4IR/8 is also QRV on 12 M at this time. Thank God they are safe and […]Read Post ›
YC8UTI Iwan confirmed that he posted YB4IR/8 after seeing spots from JA and DL land. He could barely hear Imam, he said, and did not work him. Hmm, the plot thickens, was it really Imam YB4IR, and then what happened ? Maybe it was just too dark, and they went back to the ship ? […]Read Post ›
The first spot came from Don JA1EY at 12:30 today on 21.040 for YB4IR/8 from Bingkudu OC27, but it was internet spot, JA1EY@ so anyone could have posted that. Then there was post from YC8UTI but I have not been able to confirm this. YC8RRJ and YC8SFS all could have originated from the same node […]Read Post ›
This is going to be the last update before the team leaves Ambon. As of the time of this writing, the team is scheduled to leave anytime now, 01:45 UTC with a crew of 6 aboard the ship Cakalang 26. The destination is Pulau Bingkudu in the Penyu Islands Group. There is a lighthouse on […]Read Post ›
The Lucipara team is still at Port of Ambon awaiting one missing crew (the machinist). Everyone is ready, so as soon as he shows up, they will sail toward Lucipara islands. Regarding the name of the island, the team was told by the ship’s captain that they are going to the largest of a collection […]Read Post ›
Murphy is back, well, a slight delay. The ship machinist has an urgent family matter and will not be available until Monday April 27 morning. Imam is trying to see if the captain can convince him to return tonight so the ship can set sail at 0100 AM local time (1700 UTC) so that when […]Read Post ›
This is the boat that will take us to Lucipara. it is larger, safer, and it will get us there in about 16 hours. No not the big one on the background, it is the smaller one in the front. Here, the team posed before departure. YB4IR and YB8RW will leave Ambon for Lucipara Islands […]Read Post ›
Bingkudu Island 2015 OC-274 