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We greatly appreciate any YL coming to Amateur Radio and were very happy with the news, especially considering the exotic DX location of the station.<\/p>\n
This clearly is a puppet operation planned and executed by Dominic Grzyb 3Z9DX to generate more OQRS income by using the YL operator. With Fiji being at 152nd DXCC Most Wanted, you have to be creative to generate demand. Who wouldn’t run for contact with a beautiful young lady and didn’t spare a buck along?[\/vc_column_text]<\/div>
Following the reasonable question on the eham.net forum 3Z9DX aggressively replied and specifically mentioned that the “antenna is on the shore”. That alone raised much more questions and we decided to take an action.<\/p>\n
We hired a local Fiji Private Investigator to visit the claimed to be 3D2ZK’s “Naisoso Residence” and take some photos of the antenna installation.[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1452697527111{background-image: url(http:\/\/3z9dx-busted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/bg_04.jpg?id=143) !important;}”][vc_column]
One particular antenna was sloping from the catamaran’s mast to the deck with the coaxial cable running to the yacht! They even located the manufacturer of that antenna – HyEndFed antenna from Holland (multi-band 40-20-10m).<\/p>\n
The rest of the antennas were verticals, attached to the guardrails on the catamaran. There is no doubt, that the operation is actually happening from the vessel itself and therefore does not count to be credited for DXCC awards.<\/p>\n
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There were three verticals attached to the porch and Joanna as proof of the land-based operation. There were also several pictures with Joanna sitting next to the table inside the “house”.<\/p>\n
Rebel’s Facebook page was insisting on operation location as “home in Fiji”, “no traveling allowed”, “only food or pharmacy”, and funny comments on “laundry clips”, although they are absolutely useless for antenna purposes.<\/p>\n
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Claimed to be very distant from the Rebel catamaran, the “house” is actually much closer than one thinks. 100 meters to be exact.<\/p>\n
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As far as we know, there were several pictures done. The only difference in those pictures is the color of Joanna’s t-shirts, the position of the window shades, bandpass filters location on the left corner, and absolutely zero food or personal items anywhere in the room.<\/p>\n
We thought that after about two weeks of 3D2ZK activity they might actually go ashore to operate from the Denarau Yacht Club building.[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1452697527111{background-image: url(http:\/\/3z9dx-busted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/bg_04.jpg?id=143) !important;}”][vc_column]
This is the very same building of Denarau Yacht Club made on May 11, 2021. Three days after a very new Amateur Radio operator was shot in the room of the “house” with all the equipment “up and running”.<\/p>\n
We didn’t notice any antennas, rooms are closed and empty. Once a very active ham station vanished![\/vc_column_text]<\/div>
Still, think it is a land-based operation?<\/p>\n
Once a “very new” YL Amateur Radio operator, very active and 20,776 QSOs later, still milking fellow colleagues out of their money to support their liveaboard in Fiji.<\/p>\n
She could’ve been a real deal, she could’ve been a very respected Amateur Radio operator, traveling the World and making a lot of OM very happy with the new ones, but unfortunately, she met a real crook on the way.<\/p>\n
The only hope is that he will not ruin an Amateur Radio future for Joanna, as he did for himself.<\/p>\n
We are very pleased to see, that the very same operator is joining the 3Y0I “land-based” future operation.[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1452697527111{background-image: url(http:\/\/3z9dx-busted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/bg_04.jpg?id=143) !important;}”][vc_column]