scarborough reef (bs7h) dxpedition is on the air! (apr 30, 2007) -- after a delayed start due to rough seas, the bs7h dxpedition on scarborough reef -- the most-wanted dxcc entity in the world -- now is on the air. "bs7h is now qrv. the first qso was made at 1347 utc 29 april," says a brief announcement on the dxpedition web site. the team landed and set up stations over the weekend and has already put in its first 24 hours of operation. the daily dx reports that two stations up and running from two different rocks -- on 20 meters (cw and ssb). an 80 meter station heard on the air was a pirate. the daily dx says the team plans to get a third station on the air may 1. no decision has been made as to when the dxpedition will shut down. east coast us stations should try 20 meters, 2100 to 2300 utc, as there was an opening sunday at the time (local time on scarborough reef is 8 hours ahead of utc). headed by arrl pacific division director bob vallio, w6rgg, the bs7h team says it will follow propagation forecasts as closely as possible and concentrate on the bands that should provide the highest productivity to the americas and to western europe. logs will be available only after the dxpedition and also are expected to be uploaded to logbook of the world.
