CY9M - St. Paul Island (LOC. FN97) - July 26 to August 1, 2012

Al Leith VE1AL – Silent Key

The CY9M team are saddened and shocked to learn of the passing of Al VE1AL. A true gentleman in every sense of the word, CY9M would not have happened without Al’s help and knowledge. We now dedicate St Paul Island expedition in his memory. Thanks for everything, Al. EA3NT, MM0NDX, SM0MDG, SV2KBS, AB5EB, EA2TA, IZ7ATN, [...]

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Team Images

Below is a small collection of images taken by various members of the team depicting our time throughout the CY9M expedition.

Logs / LoTW

UPDATE – August 10, 2012: The CY9M team are still resolving a quite complicated issue and removed the earlier misleading “change time” instruction. In an effort to please operators who demand early LoTW uploads, we did just this. However, the initial log upload was somewhat problematic. Note, very many ops have received their full credits. [...]

Team Pic

  [photo by N2WB]

CY9M is QRT

Due to forecast poor weather conditions and the fact the skipper will be unable to collect us due to this, CY9M’s team was departed at 19z yesterday from St. Paul Island. We left early at skippers request and now we are safe  back to Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. 30.000 QSOs circa in the [...]

CY9M Band Plan

Please note that CY9M will work SPLIT throughout the entire expedition (except during the IOTA contest). We look forward to working you!

CY9M Press Release #4

RSGB IOTA Contest Participation (July 28-29) The CY9M team will participate in the IOTA contest next weekend, giving both DXCC and IOTA hunters the chance to confirm NA-094. Our contest operation will be limited to 20 meters only – please do not ask for a contest exchange on other bands. We will operate both SSB [...]

Equipment arrived safely

With under week to go before the CY9M team leave their respective homes for the journey to St Paul Island, we are happy to report all radio equipment has arrived safely to Nova Scotia and now in secure storage. Additional items such as generators will be collected as we travel to Bay St Lawrence, NS. [...]

CY9M – Press Release #3

Very soon it’s time for an international team of 10 amateur radio operators to board their flights to Nova Scotia, Canada to participate in the expedition to St. Paul Island, a top-40 “most wanted” DXCC. Quick Facts: CY9M St. Paul Island, July 26-Aug 1, 160-6 meters, QSL via M0URX. Once the team arrives at St. [...]