K1LZ Open letter 3Y0K
An Open Letter to the DX Community from Krassy Petkov, K1LZ 21 October 2025 As many of you know, it was both my dream and my honor to join the team planning to activate 3Y0K Bouvet Island in February 2026. To make this possible, I recruited K3JO,LU9ESD, RN5M, and JT1CO to join me in this effort, and I personally contributed $120,000 to cover both their participation and mine. In addition, K3JO, LU9ESD, RN5M, and I built all the Yagi vertical antennas, towers, and supporting equipment that were to be used at 3Y0K — representing an additional personal out-of-pocket expense of about $100,000. It took us over three months of hard work and dedication to complete everything. I also secured major sponsorships and equipment deals: • From Icom America, twelve IC-7610 transceivers and four IC-7300s. • From ACOM, twelve amplifiers. • I personally provided a full set of antennas for both camps, including fourteen Yagis, two verticals for 160 m, two 4-square arrays for 80 m and two for 40 m, verticals for 30 m, tribanders, dual-banders, filter sets for all bands, duplexers, triplexers, and more — plus nearly 30 waterproof cases, all purchased out of my own pocket. All this equipment was shipped to Norway for loading into the container that is now en route to Bouvet. I took full responsibility for ensuring the technical success of this expedition — and I fulfilled 100% of that responsibility. Over the past several months, I repeatedly asked Ken (LA7GIA) to share with the team a financial statement — including a cash-flow report and a profit-and-loss summary — for the 3Y0K expedition. My intention was simple: to ensure transparency for all team members and to organize a collective meeting to review the final preparations — and, if necessary, to coordinate financial or logistical
Source: DXNews
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