There are three DXCC entities in Canada:
- All of Canada including cover as one the 10 provinces and 3 territories and separately;
- St Paul Island (Nova Scotia) assigned the Prefix CY9 and;
- Sable Island (Nova Scotia) assigned the Prefix CY0
From March 20 for 11 days a team of 8 American well seasoned DXers conducted the most extensive DXpedition multi-mode operation on Sable Island in history using the call sign CY0S on bands 160 m through to 70cm. Although not so much DX as far as distance is concerned for North American hams, it was still a challenge to contact the Sable Island operation because to the “pileups” from all hams word-wide seeking a contact with this relatively rare DXCC entity activation. Sable Island is ranked number 49 on the most wanted DXCC entity list and the last time there was a DXpedition there was 2012. The CY0S team has now departed from Sable Island after making over 84,000 QSOs. I managed to work them on 12 out of their 43 band slots including one on 20 M using the built-in RTTY functionality of my IC 7300 transceiver.
Here shows the CY0S “ClubLog” confirming my efforts:
References:
https://t-rexsoftware.com/cy0s/index.htm
https://www.dx-world.net/cy0s-sable-island-dxpedition-2023/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sable_Island
Norm VE3LC
Appears in: Rambler Vol 65 Issue 8, April 2023