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We will transmit on the QRGs ± QRM, showen in the frequency table. We are working on split only. Please pay attention to the SPLIT MODE! We are listening to US Genarals on 14.280 and UP.
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Ducie Island, a rarely visited island atoll, has been part of the Pitcairn Islands since 1902, there are no permanent inhabitants, nor is there any scheduled transportation to the island. Ducie is a designated "Protected Marine Area", landing on the island requires permission, payment of a per person fee, and a visa.
The atoll is located 540 km east of Pitcairn at 24°40′09″S, 124°47′11″W and has a total area, including the lagoon, of 3.9 km². It is 2.4 km long, northeast to southwest, and about 1.6 km wide. There are four islets on the rim of the atoll:
The land area is 0.7 km². The maximum elevation is 4 m. 70 percent of the land is forested with Tournefortia Argentea (a common tree throughout much of the Pacific Ocean), which grows to a height of 6 m.
Portuguese sailor Pedro Fernandez de Quiros discovered Ducie on January 26, 1606 and named it La Encarnación. It was later rediscovered by the British in 1791 by Captain Edward Edwards who commanded the Pandora while searching for the mutineers from the Bounty. Ducie Island is named after Baron Francis Ducie, a captain in the Royal Navy.
The island was claimed in 1867 for the United States under the Guano Islands Act and the UK annexed the island in 1902.
Ducie became a DXCC country on November 16th 2001 and the first expedition was led by Kan, JA1BK in March 2002 using the VP6DI callsign. One year later, in March 2003, Kan again operated with the help of PIARA as VP6DIA from this atoll. The most recent major DX-pedition was VP6DX in 2008.
How to work with us
All island communications will be via the Pilots. Do not send e-mails to the team, they will not be seen.
1If you cannot hear us, please don't call. Wait until propagation and conditions favor your QTH for one or more of the Bands / Modes.
2Unless you hear otherwise from the Operator, we will ALWAYS be operating in SPLIT MODE throughout the DXpedition.
3Listen to the Operator for RX frequencies (e.g., "up 5 to 10", or "listening on 7.155", etc.)
4You have two ears and one mouth, so please try to listen more, talk less. Be patient.
5During SSB pileups, please use common phonetics, do NOT call continually without listening or call over a station being worked.
6During ALL pileups, listen for YOUR call on the comeback. Trust that we have two good ears.
7We're not impressed by those who add to the QRM by constantly calling out of turn.
8Please do not Tune Up on any of our TX frequencies or any of our RX slots!
9If we ask for "EU" only or "QRP only" or any other specific request, please QRX.
10Resist those "insurance" QSOs. We want to maximize unique QSOs, not Dupes.
11Whenever possible, we will try to listen in the General portion of the band.
12Do not repeat our call sign, we know it.
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