Bouvetoya (Bouvet Island) claimed by Norway in 1927 is an uninhabited volcanic protected nature reserve island in the subantarctic South Atlantic ocean. It is 19 square miles in size. It is located at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge making it the world's most remote island. The island experiences constant bad weather and has little to no landing area.

Bouvet Is., 3Y/B. wasn't on the post-WWII DXCC list which was published in 1947. The ARRL announced the addition of Bouvet to the DXCC list in the March 1963 QST.

The August 1951 issues of both the RSGB Bulletin and Short Wave Magazine report a QSO on 2nd July 1951 between GM2BDX and LN7B that claimed to be on Bouvet Island. Nothing else is known.

There was a 2 hour operation from Bouvet by 3Y1VC (LA1VC) and 3Y3CC (LA3CC) on Feb.24, 1977 from 1500-1700Z. John Snuggerud 3Y1VC made 27 QSO's, Audun Hjelle 3Y3CC made 5 contacts. See 3Y1VC QSL & photo! See 3Y3CC QSL & photo!

3Y5DQ Thore Winsnes LA5DQ sk was on Bouvet as a geologist working for NPI. He operated from December 1978 to January 1979 and made 550 QSO's. See 3Y5DQ QSL card! During that time John Snuggerud LA1VC went back to operate 3Y1VC. During the first 3 months of 1979 he made 1930 contacts. See 3Y1VC 1979 QSL, photo, & info!

3Y0FP was approved for March 1988. SM7DSE / 7S8AAA were off shore and couldn't get on island with their helocopter due to bad weather.

3Y5X Multi-op DXpedition from December 28, 1989 to January 13, 1990 with ops LA1EE, LA2GV, JF1IST, F2CW, HB9AHL. They made 47,010 QSO's. See 3Y5X QSL & photos! See a second QSL from 3Y5X!

3Y2GV Kare Pedersen LA2GV February 22, 1997 part of the Norwegian Antarctic Research expedition went ashore and made around 200 contacts in 2-3 hours. See 3Y2GV QSL card!

3Y0C Chuck Brady N4BQW was on Bouvet with the Norwegian Antarctic Research Expedition for several months in late 2000 to early 2001. He made around 8000 contacts. Chuck became a sk on 23 July 2006, a month short of his 55th birthday. See 3Y0C QSL card & photos! Hear 3Y0C on 20M SSB!

There was a 1 day operation by Petrus Kritzinger 3Y/ZS6GCM (also ZS8T) on December 16, 2007. I'm not sure if any cards were printed.
Petrus was working on the island then became 3Y0E and operated into 2008. See 3Y0E QSL card! See another 3Y0E QSL card!

LH4C November 1962 by Gus Browning was operated from ship but was counted for DXCC. See LH4C QSL card!
3Y0AB 1968 Don Miller did not go.
3Y0A 1981 Hans DK6KX did not go.
LB4LC/3Y 1986 has Bouvet across the top of his QSL card. However, the photo on the card is from Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. He did not operate from Bouvet. See LB4LC/3Y QSL card!
3Y0B 1988 W9RF and group did not go.
3Y/R0L May 30, 31, 1993
KC4/N4GCK 1994. Some thought this was from Bouvet. He was actually on Peter I Island with the 3Y0PI DXpedition. He used the /KC4 to handle 3rd party traffic back to friends in the states.
3Y0Q May 2, 2009. A pirate operation! Hear my recording!

3Y0G 2017 3Z9DX Dom cancelled due to lack commitment for a 2 month operation.

The Norwegian Communications Authority informs that the following licenses are valid as of 25 January 2017:
3Y0G Granted to ON4WW, valid from 1 January 2017 to 30 April 2017.
3Y0I Granted to 3Z9DX, valid from 13 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.
3Y0Z Granted to LA6VM, valid from 1 December 2017 to 30 April 2018.
3Y0H Granted to RA9USU, valid from 1 January 2018 to 28 February 2018.

3Y0Z team was a go for early 2018. They made it to the island and were waiting for the weather to break to use the ships 2 helicopters to get on the island. While waiting, one of the ships 2 engines failed. The captain decided to abort the DXpedition and headed back to Cape Town, South Africa. Most of the team said they will retry in 2019 or 2020. This didn't happen. See the 3Y0Z website for the story!

3Z9DX March 2019, The Rebel DX Group led by Dom Grzyb 3Z9DX were overtaken be a severe storm within a few hundred miles of the island and turned back.

3Y0J In April 2021, Paul Ewing N6PSE Inerepid-DX Group with Ken Opskar LA7GIA announced a 2023 Bouvet Is. DXpedition. The ship they planned to use was the famous MV Braveheart. However the ship was sold and donations were refunded. They looked for other transportation but ended up canceling.

Dom Grzyb 3Z9DX is still planning to try in December 2021.

3Y0J A group led by Ken Opskar LA7GIA with LA7THA, LB1QI, LB5GI, KO8SCA, HA0NAR, RA9USU, KO7SS, VE7NY, DL6KVA, AB5EB is planning to try in November 2022. This looks like a GO! The date and team was revised.
The 3Y0J team of LA7GIA, LA7THA, LB1QI, LB5GI, KO8SCA, VE3LYC, NP4G, KO7SS, N0FW, DL6KVA, AB5EB, WD5COV departed England January 11, 2023 and landed in the Falkland Islands on January 12. They loaded the Marama sailboat, waited for good weather and headed for Bouvet on January 17. Some of the team were /MM using their home calls. The team is receiving Starlink Internet service thanks to Elon Musk. The group arrived at Cape Fie Bouvet on January 31, waiting for better weather and started preparations to land. A zodiak landing was made in difficult conditions and LA7GIA went into the water and had to swim 30 meters but clothing stayed dry. 4 team members spent 4 days on Bouvet in difficult conditions and returned to the Marama February 3. The wx looks very bad for the next several days. The operation will be scaled back some. More operators made it to the island. They starting on 30 meters February 6 and ended of February 13 wih 18,628 contacts in their log.
There are many photos and much information on the 3Y0J Facebook page, website, NCDXF newsletter, youtube video!, INDEXA Newsletter!

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Tnx info from 5B4AHJ, Club Log, RSGB Bulletin, K8CX, K8MFO, W3UR, 3Y0J Facebook, N2AJ.