Auckland Islands 1988 DXpedition - ZL9BQD
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- Come along with me to the Auckland Islands 1988.
Share our Ham Radio DX-pedition featuring ZL9BQD, ZL9AMO, and ZL0AFZ/9.
Special thanks to #ICOM Incorporated for IC735 Transceivers.
JA1BK for beams
JA1ACB for Tono RTTY equipment
ZL4BO and the gang
K4TKM for a most generous donation
JA!EMK Group
JA2VPO Group
INDEXA, NCDXF, YASME, EDXG, SDXRA
#Auckland-Islands #DXpedition #ZL9BQD #HamRadio
Also,
Special thanks to New Zealand Department of Conservation
The Scientific Group..... Graham Taylor, Sue Pockett, Greg Lind, Jock Craige,
And huge thanks to Captain Ian Leask and his crew on the "Savannah"
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That now sits in the top 3 or 4 TH-cam videos that I know I will revisit time and again. Fascinating to see the logistics and goodness knows how much planning was involved. Above all it was great to see the operating skills on display. Thank you Roly. A pleasure to watch. 73
Glad you enjoyed it Tim. More to come from Rotuma, Tokelau ......
Спасибо за интересное видео.
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73 de PY3FBI .Very good dxpeditions videos. Congratulations.
Glad you like them! A few more to come yet 👍...... cheers
Being "golden oldie" amateur I remember that DXEpedition well. Far more goes into those expeditions than those that work them realise. Thanks for letting us all see behind the scenes, 73 Ken G3WNR
Yep getting way down to the Auckland Islands is no mean feat at all.
The Island is "locked up" now by Dept of Conservation so future Dxpeditions will be near impossible. It has also been designated as a World Heritage site which adds even more complexity..... cheers
Wow! That was amazing. I enjoyed every minute of that. Thank you Roly. 73
Glad you enjoyed it
Fantastic Roly thanks. I can read cw abt 35 wpm and that was just a blur to me. vk5cz
It is quite amazing how you can quickly get into the groove so to speak.
The strange thing is that Ron would be on one side of the room on CW on a band and i would be on the other also on CW and you soon realise you are both at the same speed ....... Weird but it happened over and over... cheers
I was just browsing the outer islands of New Zealand on google earth looking for places i'd never seen and came across the Auckland Islands, curious to know more I checked TH-cam and here I am having paused the video to comment. Interestingly enough, My late father was an amateur radio enthusiast and had a ZL2 callsign. Thankyou for this documentary, it's great viewing during this covid lockdown. Cheers! :)
Look up ZL8BQD and you will see my adventures on the Kermadec Islands as well....
Wonder what your fathers call was?
Cheers.
Another great video and tribute. Thank you-W1FYG
Thank you Don......either Rotuma- 3D2RJ or Tokelau - ZK3RR will be next, Cheers
Fabulous vid Roly, even if I couldn't understand any cw. You must have some amazing film from those DX-peditions. Thanks for sharing.
I have about 4hours of material all on VHS tapes. It takes ages to transcribe into a digital format. Then the tapes are 36yrs old now so they don't give up their data without a fight !! What i have shown here is only the surface really..
Cheers.
@@ZL1BQDRoly For tapes that old you've certainly extracted and transcribed it well giving a great result. Many happy memories for you I'm sure as you watched the tapes. Thanks for doing it.
@@matts-occvids24 Well they certainly put up fight and didn't yield their footage without a fight... cheers
What a great video Roly. Ron sure had a great fist. He sure made that chrome Bencher sing. I thought for sure the mast was going to snap and you were going to have a pile of scrap aluminum ( as you say aluminium) on the ground. I can't believe you guys haled up 3 beams like that. I would of had to have a few beers first to settle my nerves before doing that lol. 73 Joe
Thank you Joseph, yes i miss my Expedition mate. We did a lot of DXpeditions together.. Glad you enjoyed it...Cheers
Another brilliant Production Roly.. Hats off to you mate..
Thanks Mike... Fun to make and certainly brought back a lot of memories....cheers
Really enjoyed this video Roly,thanks for sharing and 73.
Glad you enjoyed it
That's the best one yet Roly, what an amazing insight. Thanks very much!
Hi Jim, Glad you liked it. There is so much more to tell, not so much from a Ham Radio perspective but certainly from the ecology point of view......cheers
What a great video Roly. Very interesting to see the logistics etc. Great job and congratulations on this great DXpedition.
I was just nine years old when it took place. HIHI
73 de Kevin, VK4KK
Tremendous Kevin, well hopefully some of these stories from way back will inspire the likes of yourself to "give it a go" :)
Brilliant video Roly! Raising the yagi with ropes and 6 different opinions brought back memories 😂 really enjoyed this 1,,,copied c6u..kh6..yu..jh..w4,,Ke,,and w5 station before passing out! Keep them coming Roly love it 👍
Good going. Glad you enjoyed it.
The iCOM IC-735 one of my favourite Tranceivers, still til today. Nice video. 73's de Uncle Günter
It certainly was a great little rig for DX-peditions in its time. I still have mine and still use it regularly..... cheers
@@ZL1BQDRoly Since I finally found the 2,8khz SSB Filter for it I decided this Radio to stay with me to the Day I die. All necessary mods and maintanence jobs age wise are done on this baby which makes me looking forward to have fun with it for another 28 yrs + + + maybe.
Have a nice weekend and thx for responding. Stay safe, 73's de Günter
@@DK5ONV Ha....so you too have discovered the secret weapon of the IC-735.... Cheers
The old ICOM IC735, I still have one and it’s still got the transparent flap door over the slider controls 👍
Good 'ole faithful. The IC735 was first off the block for that DX-pedition :)
It helped being the Icom Agent for NZ in those days :)
@@ZL1BQDRoly and it still goes today:)
5 guys, 6 opinions 😂 that made me chuckle. I can imagine the sea lion comments about 5 nutters and Antennas. CW really is an art form though.
Amazingly we all got on fine and had a ball.
BRILLIANT!!
Roly, well explained my friend! This is certainly his expedition many of us would dream of doing!
Thank you for sharing your experience!
Many of us would never have this opportunity to go somewhere and enjoy our favorite hobby
Well done and God bless you my friend!
Glad you enjoyed it! It certainly was a lot of fun and well worth the effort. cheers
Excellent video ! 73 de Jose ON4CAU
Thank you! Jose, Cheers!
Omg you are amazing!❤ This is awesome!
Thank you so much!!
Amazing
ZL1AMO had a fantastic fist. I'm inclined to think he was operating with no in-circuit CW filter.
Expeditions the old way, no helicopters there !
73, good DX
Gust ON6KE
Ron and I always did it the "old fashion" way. The ears are by far the best filters that have been "made" so far, even with all the technology we have available today.... cheers
I love the sound of the pile-ups special those that sing the cwbird sing its song
Yes I agree 👍.
The pileup develops its own rhythm and it is almost like a song.
Glad you enjoyed it.... Cheers
Congratulations for the fantastic site and perfect organization. PY1AHD ALEX
Thanks a lot Alex, we all had great fun for sure.
How much of the CW did you copy :)
I have tried, but listening to Ron's CW skills is mind spinning, sounds like a digital signal it is so fast. I guess my brain still hears CW at 10 WPM.
IT is all practice, but Ron was certainly one of this worlds experts.... Cheers
Thank you. Vk3fspd
You are welcome, Hope you enjoy the other Expedition type videos on my channel as well 😊
Ron looks like he's working CW in some sort of Zen-like heightened state of mind.Did he ever get frustrated with people calling at much slower wpm speeds? Thanks for the video Roly. Please keep them coming if it's not too much trouble.
Hi Martin, The frustrations don't come with slower wpm operators, that is par for the course and well accepted. The frustrations come from those who have very BIG signals but they are not hearing you. So you go back to this very strong signal and end up having to send his report several times until he copies it correctly... grrrr
@@ZL1BQDRoly Like real estate it's antennas, antennas, antennas. Location helps too. I liked the part in the video where you gave the guy running 4 W kudos fo his signal report. Nice.
@@martinvanek5951 Thank you Martin. It is a subtle reminder really that high power is not always the answer. You will notice that when i answered the QRP station he was in the clear. I bet he studied my pattern and knew where i was going to be listening next :)
Enjoyed seeing the logistics behind this dexpedition, the operation of the radios, and the operators doing their thing. I have just started learning Morse and was not able copy any of Ron’s transmissions. How many wpm was he doing, and what was his top speed?
I remember you saying he could carry on several qso’s at the same time. I’ve down loaded this one and will try to copy him after mastering Morse code. Thanks!
Fred W2FTR
Hi Frederick, most of that was around the 30 - 35wpm.
I am not sure what Ron top out at but it would be way north of 40wpm.
It is only practice and plenty of it :)
ZL1BQD - Roly
Yes Roly, plenty of practice ahead of me. Doing Farnsworth method.
Aargh, and what was JR3EZH/QRP power? 😁
Hi Pawel, 4watts from memory :) Power is not always the secret. The better secret to breaking the pile up is timing...... and a lot of experience.
@@ZL1BQDRoly Great memories then :) Nice to hear how things look from the other end. I've only ever heard from ZL9 for a couple of minutes in my career, a genuine rarity here. Best 73!
How many stations was he working at the same time? My head hurts just trying to work it out! Nice video Roly. Who was the gentleman in the Penguin suit by the bushes? lol
I have watched Ron work two or three stations at the same time without them being aware of it ..
I have done it a few times myself but nowhere near as cleanly as Ron.
It was always fun with Ron working say 15mtrs CW and i would be say 10mtrs CW and both of us trying to match each other call for call.... Great fun.
lol w4a, cgt, dl5nn, ie5? nt ? too many , my cw suck ,
Practice, practice, practice is the secret.... cheers