• Bouvet 3Y0Z Team Presents South African Club with Signed Banner

    From ARRL de WD1CKS@VERT/WLARB to QST on Wed Feb 21 21:42:24 2018
    02/21/2018

    The 3Y0Z Bouvet Island team got a warm welcome back to terra firma on February 17 upon arrival at Cape Town, South Africa, following their return voyage from Bouvet Island.

    The 3Y0Z DXpedition had to be called off due to adverse weather while the team was sailing within view of the subantarctic island, which is #2 on the Club Log DXCC Most-Wanted List. The team's vessel Betanzos also suffered an engine failure, and it was decided that, with just one engine, Cape Town was the closest safe destination.

    Among the greeters in Cape Town was South African Amateur Radio League (SARL[1]) President Nico van Rensburg, ZS6QL. A 37-foot ketch with a crew of South African hams on board met Betanzos in the Port of Cape Town. The beleaguered 3Y0Z team had been at sea for more than a month, logging some 9,000 maritime mobile contacts en route.

    "For some, this has been a difficult time, but now stability and dry land are on the horizon," team co-leader Ralph Fedor, K0IR, tweeted as Cape Town came into view. "Thank you once again to all of you for your support during this difficult time." The team presented a signed 3Y0Z banner to the Cape Town Amateur Radio Center (CTARC[2]). 


    [1] http://www.sarl.org.za/Default.asp
    [2] https://www.ctarc.org.za/

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