IOTA OC-155 & OC-299P Expedition 2023

この朝にVE3LYCによりIOTA-chasers Forumに表題の件で投稿がありました。すぐに3年前のウエブを探しましたら2023年版に書き換えられていました。10月から11月実行に進むようです。転載します。ご参考ください。

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[IOTA-chasers] OC-155 & OC-299 are back on track! 

Gentlemen,

You may recall that I arranged in early 2020 to travel to the Federative States of Micronesia (FSM) in order to operate from the IOTA references OC-155 (Chuuk) and OC-299 (Yap). Due to the covid pandemic, FSM enacted stringent travel conditions, which were not relaxed for more than a year. In the meantime, the person I retained to provide me with boat transportation to one of the atolls belonging to each of the above references passed away due to a heart attack. His replacement continued to offer me the charter I needed, but at $40K, twice the price agreed upon just a little more than one year earlier. As a result, our communication stalled.

Following my return from Fiji (OC-189), I re-engaged with my contact in FSM regarding the OC-155/299 project. Based on the results of our communication, I am happy to announce that we are now working to finalize the logistics of a trip to FSM coming October/November. Its detailed schedule will be announced on a dedicated website, in due course. Note that the original voyage included boat transportation from Chuuk to Yap and back, while the current plan is for separate boat transportation within Chuuk and Yap, respectively, and flying between the two FSM state capitals via Guam.

Kind regards,
Cezar, VE3LYC 

私のIOTA-HFは2020年11月に同じVE3LYCが運用したOC-298 TX0Tが最後で2022年1月締め分ですべて申請済みでその後のHF newはありません。今回のOC-299Pと交信しクレジットを得なければ2027年1月で5年間未申請でリスト削除になります。VE3LYCさまさまの神頼みです。(笑い)

なお、すでにIOTA-chasers Forumへの投稿文よりウエブの文章の方が先に進んでおります。また、OC-299PはProvisional IOTAですので5大陸から1000局との交信が必要となります。