DX Arctic/Antarctic

Press Release: Annual Intrepid Spirit Award goes to the VP8PJ Team: The Intrepid-DX Group is pleased to announce the recipients of the annual “Intrepid Spirit Award”. This year’s award goes to the Perseverance DX Group’s VP8PJ...

Big thanks to the VP8PJ team, in particular Dave K3EL & Gene K5GS, for flying the DX-World on Signy Island, South Orkney.  Gene says: "The weather was uncooperative most of the time, so we...

MARCH 6 @ 17:30 UTC - Most of the equipment has now been transferred from the island to the Braveheart, with only a few items left to ferry over. Many team members are already...

FEBRUARY 18, 2020 3Y0I team say: We are on track with 3Y0I Bouvet project. Still missing some budget but we are getting closer and closer. Second attempt will take place in December 2020. Before December, Rebels...

Alexei, RN1ON informs that RI1ANC will be active from Vostok station starting February 10th. QRV mainly in FT8 with some CW & SSB. QSL via RN1ON.

NEWS UPDATE - Many thanks to QSL manager EB7DX for QSL preview of VP8HAL operated by Seba, SQ1SGB. (info below) OCTOBER 24, 2019 -- Instead of using CE9/SQ1SGB, Seba will use VP8HAL from Halley VI...

Deutscher Amateur Radio Club reports that a group of Italian scientists will set out for Concordia Research Station in mid-December. Marco/IK5SQX/DK5SQX and Nicola/IZ7ZNZ are part of the group. Marco begins his journey...

Garth VE8NSD will be active from Hay River, NT as VE8RST during January 1 to February 28, 2020. QRV on HF bands. QSL via K7ICE. ...

Good luck to all participants. A consolidated listing of stations taking part in the contest this weekend can be found here

Felix, DL5XL will once again be active from Antarctica using callsign DP1POL. QTH is the German research base "Neumayer III" in Grid Locator IB59UH, IOTA AN-016. Activity is from January-February 2020 on HF bands, mainly...

Look for Roman, HB9HCF to be active from Neumayer III Station (AN-016), Antarctica during the upcoming 2020 scientific research season. QRV on satellites and possibly HF bands. QSL via DL5EBE.

Oleg, UA1PBA leaves Punta Arenas, Chile today and heads to Wolf’s Fang Camp (Runway), Antarctica. While there, and when time permits, he will QRV as ZS7ANF. QSL via RK1PWA.

In an ambitious move, DX-World is looking at the possibility of creating and hosting a yearly International DX-World Gathering - with the prime aim of bringing website readers, DXpeditioners, IOTA enthusiasts, SWL's, DXers, speakers, advertisers...

Bookmark ADXO for regularly updated participants in this years' IOTA contest. Keep an eye on the IOTA page of DX-World too.

Video by SP3CMX on the ill-fated voyage to Bouvet Island by the 3Y0I team.

Hi! On March 26 this year I mentioned that DX-World would be offline for a week during mid-April. That time is fast approaching - as is the J20DX DXpedition I'm part of. Social media sites...

The following info is published in the Bouvetoya website and is also shown below. Page 1 Page 2

APRIL 2 @ 21:00Z STATEMENT FROM CAPTAIN OF MV ATLANTIC TUNA APRIL 2 @ 15:10Z After spending 2 weeks at sea, and being only 70nm from Bouvet before a ferocious storm struck, the Atlantic Tuna is now...

The low pressure system which thwarted attempts by the 3Y0I team to arrive at Bouvet was such a powerful storm that it has its own definition: BOMBOGENESIS. According to reports on Bouvetoya.org - "the captain analyzed...

**THE DEDICATED 3Y0I POST IS STILL ACTIVE AS WE TRACK THE ATLANTIC TUNA BACK TO CAPE TOWN**  MARCH 27 @ 13:30Z On March 26, 2019, the vessel had been approaching a cyclonal storm wandering nearby Bouvet...