HD8R Galapagos 2021

An international team of operators plans to operate from the Galapagos to 160 up to 6m bands. Arrival is scheduled for October 26 and the end of the expedition on November 7 2021. At least four stations should be in continuous operation. Operators will also take part in the upcoming CQ WW DX Contest.

The team consists of HD8R

TX / RX	Antennas	Amplifiers	Miscellaneous Hamradio discussion forum
2 x Icom IC-7000	3 x 5Bands Spiderbeam	4 x SPE Expert 1.5K-FA	Bandpass Filters
2 x Elecraft K3	1 x Vertical for 30m	1 x SPE Expert 1.3K-FA	5 x Laptop PC
1 x Icom IC-756ProII	1 x Vertical for 40m		4 x aluminium mast
1 x Kenwood TS-590	1 x Vertical for 60m		Win-Test Software
1 x Icom IC-910	1 x Vertical for 80m		1 x triplexer
	1 x Inverted “L” for 160m		1 x pentaplexer
	2 x Beverages
	1 x 28ft boom 6m Yagi
	1 x Arrow SAT Antenna

HD8R frequencies

BAND	CW	SSB	RTTY	FT8
	Frequencies may change due to QRM
6M	50.103	50.103	–	50.313
10M	28.024	28.495	–	28.095
12M	24.894	24.945	–	24.911
15M	21.024	21.295	–	21.091
17M	18.074	18.145	–	18.095
20M	14.024	14.195	14.080	14.090
30M	10.104	–	–	10.131
40M	7.004	7.065 / 7.160	–	7.056
60M	5.360	5.360	–	5.357
80M	3.524	3.780	–	3.567
160M	1.824	1.845	–	1.843

QSL HD8R

QSL via EA5RM
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P.O.Box 930
E-03200 Elche
SPAIN

If you want a direct QSL, must be sent to the UAE + 3 USD (max. 15 QSO). If you need to confirm more connections, send 4 USD. If you send a post to the expedition 25 € or 30 USD, you become a donor and you can request QSL directly from the QSL manager.

Spring: http://www.dxfriends.com/hd8r/index.php