[RSM] Jarvis 2024 DXpedition - N5J (34 Years)

[Cary Rubenfeld]

To: Cary Rubenfeld VE4EA

From: Jarvis DxPedition - N5J <n5j at dx-peditions.com>
Date: Wed, May 8, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Subject: Jarvis 2024 DXpedition - N5J




*‍Jarvis Island N5J DXpedition*

*August 5, 2024 to August 17, 2024*


Dear Fellow DXers,


In March the Dateline DX Association was pleased to announce that it has
received permission from the USFWS for a DXpedition to Jarvis Island
National Wildlife Reserve this August. Jarvis is ranked nr. 18 on Clublog's
global most wanted list. It is number 9 in Europe.  In some EU countries
Jarvis is ranked as high as second most wanted on phone and digial.  Jarvis
is ranked higher than Bouvet (16) in Europe. It is 450 miles from Palmyra
Atoll and 1500 miles from Hawaii.


Because it’s been over 34 years since last activated it is one of the
highest ranked IOTA and POTA targets among the hams who chase those
awards.   We were pleased that both program administrators have altered
their rules to allow for their awards to be credited by working one of the
5 operators who are remoting from the ship just offshore (and still in the
reserve).


An experienced team of five consisting of George, AA7JV, Don, N1DG, Tomi,
HA7RY, Adrian, KO8SCA, and Mike, KN4EEI, will install 6 RIB stations on
Jarvis.  The at-island team will be augmented by 24 remote operators from
Asia, Europe and North America.  All phone, 160 and 6 mtr operations will
be done locally.   The local ops will also operate CW and FT8 on all
bands.  The remote operators will operate on 80 to 10 meters using CW and
FT8 modes. We are permitted 12 days of operation but the permit is good for
the whole month of August to allow for weather issues.


The core of the Dateline DX Association is the team of operators from the
highly successful Baker Island 2018 and Midway 2009 DXpeditions.  Both
DXpeditions received the coveted DXpedition of the year awards at Dayton.
We have broad experience working from the Pacific and remote and
environmentally sensitive areas around the world.  It was this experience
that earned Dateline the first permission to activate Jarvis since 1990.
This will be the third ever operation from Jarvis.


Any DXpedition to a protected area is expensive and our externally
financial need is over $200,000. We have a boat, approved by the US Fish
and Wildlife Service, to safely carry us to and from the Reserve and not
cause any harm to Jarvis Island or the surrounding reefs.   The budget
would easily have been over $500,000 had it not been for the use of AA7JV’s
vessel, the Magnet.  The $200,000 is required for fuel, USFWS permit fees,
extra crew for the trip and data services and equipment.   Radios are not
included in the budget as NCDXF contributed to the design and building of
the RIBs.


NCDXF has also kickstarted our fundraising campaign with a hefty grant of
$75,000.


Please understand the dates for our DXpedition were not our first choice.
Rather, the exact dates of our DXpedition were specified by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.  While top band opportunities are limited by the
early August dates, 10 and 6 meters should offer ample opportunities to
pick up new band counters.   Europeans (where Jarvis is number 9) should
benefit greatly for ATNO QSOs during the peak months of cycle 25.


There will be extensive science being conducted on Jarvis by 3 biologists
from the USFWS.  We will be providing free transportation and food for
their team.


You can follow our plans on our web site at: http://jarvisisland2024.com
<https://www.dx-peditions.com/index.php?option=com_acym&ctrl=fronturl&task=click&urlid=2&userid=12640&mailid=33>,
and on Facebook.


We are counting on help from DXers and DX organizations from around the
world to help cover our costs.  Jarvis has not been activated for 34 years
and we anticipate by demonstrating our RIB concept to the USFWS biologists
accompanying us to Jarvis we can open the doors to other islands off limits
to the ham community.


Please consider making a donation to the Dateline DX Association to help
bring Jarvis Island on the air.   Donations can be made either through our
paypal *donate at jarvisisland2024.com <donate at jarvisisland2024.com>* or
direct to our bank:


Checks made out to the Dateline DX Association should be sent to:


Dateline DX Association

PO BOX 1397

Duxbury, MA 02331-1397




We wish to thank you in advance for your support.

Don Greenbaum, N1DG and George Wallner, AA7JV

Jarvis Island 2024 and The Dateline DX Association


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