The Rebel DX Group’s plan to operate as T31TTT this month from Kanton Island in central Kiribati could well be the last for amateur radio for a long time, according to a report from organisers on the website DX-World.

Dom, 3D2USU, said that the nation’s fishery and environmental officials have put in place a full array of costs affecting visitors. He said that these new permit fees and other requirements will impose a great financial burden on teams. DXpeditioners will need to provide accommodation, food and transportation for four government officials who will need to be present on any future visits to Kanton.

He says that in simple terms future Kanton Island DXpeditions will cost about 200,000 US dollars which makes T31 prohibitive.

The obstacles are not unlike some of the restrictions the same group of operators face for its hoped-for trip to Conway Reef 3D2/C. Since Rebel DX’s 2024 operation there in May 2024 as 3D2CCC, Fiji’s Ministry of Fisheries has begun moving toward declaring it a restricted-access zone. The group announced in January that, with those plans in mind, the hams are accelerating their plans for an activation there.

Meanwhile, the DXpeditioners are hoping to get to Kanton Island and be on the air sometime around March 25th.