NEWS
OCTOBER 26 – UPDATE
After dedicating ourselves to our jobs to get some time for our expedition, we’ve resumed preparations for the small activity at 3G9S.
We already have our plane tickets from Santiago to Punta Arenas and the ferry transfer to Navarino Island.
Cristian CE2GT and Rafael CE2YWW (who has already obtained his new callsign CE2) have participated in the CQWW for a few moments now.
We already have the DXWorld-e 500W amplifier, and our Flex 8400 has also arrived, which we hope to configure so it can be used by radio amateurs around the world remotely. We still need to learn the configuration through Starlink, a new challenge.
Soon we’ll be setting up and testing our main antennas, a BuddyHex and a DXCommander Expedition. We hope to manage to build a couple of wire antennas for the 30 and 80-meter bands.
Being just two radio amateurs on the island, it will be a challenge to set up all the bands in a short time, but but we’ll give it our best shot, and we’ll also try to build a line filter to keep the generator noise down.
We’re hoping to test all our setup by the end of November or early December.
The expedition is a new experience for us and we’re enjoying the preparations to the max.
More updates soon.
CE2PM
JULY 28 – UPDATE
The meeting point is the city of Punta Arenas, Chile from where a ferry departs to the city of Puerto Williams (approximately a 32-hour journey). The transportation company is called Tabsa and publishes the definite dates and times of departure 6 months in advance, so by the first week of August, the final date should be available. If they maintain what is scheduled until December, the probable departures are on January 1 or January 5. The ferry returns to the city of Punta Arenas 7 days later. (10 days in total of the trip to carry out the activity)
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JUNE 22
The friends of JuncalDX from the Aconcagua Valley, eager to enjoy amateur radio, participate in and organize various amateur radio activities, such as the 3rd Chilean DX Congress and participation in international contests like CQWW or CQWPX, POTA activations, lighthouses, and others.
CB9N, XR9N and 3G9S will be the special callsigns that will be part of the expedition to the Chilean Antarctic Province CE9 on Isla Navarino, taking place during the first half of January 2026. Info as follows:
— QTH: IOTA SA-050, Navarino Island, Chile (Provincia Antártica Chilena, CE9 Zone).
— Callsigns: 3G9S, CB9N, XR9N.
— Operators: “Pelao” Miguel CE2PM, “Cris” Garcia CE2GT
— Dates, first half of January 2026 (confirmed soon).
— Rig: 3x ICOM 7300, 1x ICOM 705.
— Power: 100W.
— Antennas: 1 x Buddihex, 1 x Hexbeam NA4RR, 1 x DX Commander Expedition.
— Bands: 40-6 (80-160 will be confirmed soon).
— Modes: SSB, FT8 & CW.
— QSL detail: DIRECT OQRS.
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