HAM RADIO NEWS
First Bouvet … and Now Crozet
fter a Covid-induced pause in international travel, DXpeditions to remote locations are again on the rise. There has been much written about planned trips to Bouvet, and now a solo DXpedition to Crozet (FT5/W) is on the calendar as well. The Crozet Islands are a subantarctic archipelago and national conservation area in the southern Indian Ocean administered by France. The last ham radio operation from Crozet was in 2009 and the islands rank third on the DXCC most-wanted list. The is reporting that French authorities have approved a one-person DXpedition to the archipelago between mid-December>, has already committed to supporting the trip, although the amount of its donation was not announced. It is not clear at this point how long Mazel plans to be on the islands or what callsign he will be using there. He notes on his Twitter feed (@Crozet2022) that initial reports of re-using a previously issued callsign are incorrect and says the call to be used on this trip will not be announced in advance.
