Decisions like this are not easy especially as cost continues rising to a point of diminishing benefit for the organizer. Or, siege style expeditions have peaked and, going into Cycle 25 small and lit may achieve the same result at half the cost. If the lightweight DXpedition emerges as one of preferred choice to activate most wanted entities then it maybe time to consider one criterion -- DXpedition success depends on its loud signal?
The focus could shift from that of 'loud' is the responsibility of the DXpedition to that of antenna systems and receivers at one's operating location. Additionally, signal swarm management has to improve at both ends, from sending Morse code not at the speed of the DXpeditioneer rather at the speed of the swarm, as one example.
We've enjoyed over four decades of relatively stable DXpedition cost to benefit returns however we may not have the same luxury as the next four decades unfold? Perhaps, there maybe a significant uptick in digital DXpeditions operating low power to include Morse code, as these modes are proven performers under less than optimal conditions.
Overall, a $1.5M dollar price tag achieves a sense of untenable and unsustainable; Cordell Expeditions is sharp coming off their recent Clipperton success. The bottomline is the bottomline that is beginning to shape how-to organize an expedition to activating one on the most wanted list for the benefit of the world's DXing community.
Chase DX with respect and patience.
The focus could shift from that of 'loud' is the responsibility of the DXpedition to that of antenna systems and receivers at one's operating location. Additionally, signal swarm management has to improve at both ends, from sending Morse code not at the speed of the DXpeditioneer rather at the speed of the swarm, as one example.
We've enjoyed over four decades of relatively stable DXpedition cost to benefit returns however we may not have the same luxury as the next four decades unfold? Perhaps, there maybe a significant uptick in digital DXpeditions operating low power to include Morse code, as these modes are proven performers under less than optimal conditions.
Overall, a $1.5M dollar price tag achieves a sense of untenable and unsustainable; Cordell Expeditions is sharp coming off their recent Clipperton success. The bottomline is the bottomline that is beginning to shape how-to organize an expedition to activating one on the most wanted list for the benefit of the world's DXing community.
Chase DX with respect and patience.
DX World: We wish to announce that the expedition to Heard Island has been rescheduled for January, 2015. The primary reason for this decision was the cost of using the preferred vessel, the Marion Dufresne to put the team on Heard Island for the required time. In spite of extensive negotiations and rescheduling of the cruise, it became clear that the cost of using this vessel will exceed $1 million, and therefore the total cost for the project would be about $1.5 million, as we noted earlier. In spite of our plan to increase the team size to 50 (which the M-D can accommodate) to partially cover this cost, we reluctantly concluded that sponsorship at this level would be impossible.