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Russian Robinson Club presents:
XR8RRC
Wellington island
IOTA: SA-032
Intro
We are ready for the next IOTA adventure!
This time we'll go to Wellington island, IOTA: SA-032, which is
located in a heart of Chilean Patagonia.
This island is one of the rarest in SA (credited only to 11.9% users)
and reachable only by water with 24+ hours of sailing.
We plan to be active on HF bands (depends on propagation) in CW, SSB and FT8 modes during 4 full days.
DXCC entry: Chile
QTH: Villa Puerto Eden, Wellington isl.
IOTA: SA-032 Ultima Esperanza Province North group
ITU zone: 16
CQ zone: 12
Coordinates: 49.127200 S 74.411335 W
GRID square: FE20tu
Plans
07.03.2020
Expedition start
Team meeting in Moscow. Departure to Santiago, Chile.
10.03.2020
Get to the south!
Flight from Santiago to Puerto-Natales
11.03.2020
Set the sails to SA-032
the voyage will take 24 hours
12.03.2020
16.03.2020
XR8RRC on the air!
16.03.2020
XR8RRC QRT
Dismantling position and boarding the vessel back to the mainland.
17.03.2020
Arriving Puerto-Natales
19.03.2020
21.03.2020
Possible activity from SA-091
We planning to landing on Riesco island, weather and transport
permitting. Activity up to 48 hours. Stay tuned...
21.03.2020
Get to the north!
Flight from Punta-Arenas to Santiago
Equipment & antennas
RADIO 1
RADIO 2
RADIO 3
Antenna 1
Antenna 2
Antenna 3
Antenna 4
Antenna 5
Elecraft K-3 + PA SPE 1,3 K - FA
Elecraft K-3 + PA home made
2 el. GP for 40m
2 el. GP for 30m
ICOM IC-7300
2 el. VDA for 17m
GP for 40 - 10m
3 el. VDA for 20m
Bands
Modes
40, 30, 20, 17, 15m
CW, SSB, FT-8 (F/H mode, WSJT-X 2.0 software)
The team
Vasily R7AL
Previous activities:
EP6RRC (AS-189) C96RRC (AF-088) C96RRC (AF-066) R24RRC (AS-114) RI0C (AS-069) R24RRC (AS-044) R23RRC (AS-091) UE23RRC (AS-142) R7AL/0 (AS-172) R7AL/1 (EU-119); Also EU-066, EU-117, EU-133, EU-162, EU-180, EU-185
Vasily RA1ZZ
Previous activities:
EP6RRC (AS-189) C96RRC (AF-088) C96RRC (AF-066) R24RRC (AS-114) RI0C (AS-069) UE23RRC (AS-142) RI1PT (EU-188) RI0X (AS-064) RI1N, RA1ZZ/p (EU-162)
Vlad RK8A
Aleksei RL5F
Previous activities:
EP6RRC (AS-189) C96RRC (AF-088) C96RRC (AF-066) R24RRC (AS-114) RI0C (AS-069) R24RRC (AS-044) R23RRC (AS-091) UE23RRC/p (AS-025)
Previous activities:
EP6RRC (AS-189) C96RRC (AF-088) ES1CH/0 (EU-034) P3A
The team
Vasily R7AL
Previous activities:
E44RU XR0ZRC (SA-003) XR1RRC (SA-069) TA0/R7AL (AS-115) R205NEW (AS-205) R26RRC (AS-204) EP6RRC (AS-189) C96RRC (AF-088) C98RRC (AF-066) R24RRC (AS-114) RI0C (AS-069) R24RRC (AS-044) R23RRC (AS-091) UE23RRC (AS-142) R7AL/0 (AS-172) R7AL/1 (EU-119); Also EU-066, EU-117, EU-133, EU-162, EU-180, EU-185
Vlad RK8A
Previous activities:
XR0ZRC (SA-003) XR1RRC (SA-069) TA0/RK8A (AS-115) EP6RRC (AS-189) C96RRC (AF-088) C98RRC (AF-066) R24RRC (AS-114) RI0C (AS-069) R24RRC (AS-044) R23RRC (AS-091) UE23RRC (AS-025) R205NEW (AS-205) R26RRC (AS-204)
Leo RW9JZ
Previous activities:
E44RU XR0ZRC CT9/RW9JZ EA8/RW9JZ EA6/RW9JZ TA4/RW9JZ
Igor UA3EDQ
Previous activities:
R26RRC (AS-204) EP6RRC (AS-189) R3RRC/0 (AS-082)
RI0K (AS-061) RI0K/P (AS-092) T4*RRC (NA-204, NA-086, NA-218)
Also EU-147, EU-133, EU-066
Slav OK8AU (also RW8A)
Previous activities:
EA8/RW8A SV9/RW8A LA/RW8A OZ/RW8A SM/RW8A
Off - island team
Vasily RA1ZZ
Technical support
Marco CE1TBN
Logistical support
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Alex, RW5C
Logistical support
Andy EU7A
Our Pilot station
Sebastian CE3GCA
Logistical support
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Salim, CA5OBT/8
Logistical support
Support
Our team is kindly grateful for your support!
Clubs, Foundations and Corporate Sponsors
Individual sponsors
Donors
Andy, EU7A
Sergey, RA4RT
Sergey, RJ3AA
Michael, OE6IMD
Tord, SM3EVR
Valery, UN7JID
Ghis, ON4CD
Ken, RW3DD
Alex, RW5C
Vladimir, UA1OIZ
Keizo, JH4DYP
Igor, RA9CMO
Taka, JA8COE
Oleg, UA0CID
Sai, JA6FIO
Eugene, RA0FF
Hiro, JE7JIS
Craig, VK5CE
Chris, F4WBN
Bruce, N9BX
Andy, RK7A
Andy, RN3RY
Vasily, RU3SD
Sergey, UA0FO
Slava, RA3TAR
Tom, RA6AR
Mike, VE3VHB
Ruslan, RK9A
Patrick, F-59706
Pavel, R9OK
Sergey, KJ6MBW
Charles, W7BEM
Oleg, UN7ECA
Kang, DS4DRE
Thomas, K4MM
Hans, SM0BYD
Doc, ON4IZ
Joe, DK5WL
Enrico, I4GAD
Mike, DL2OE
Eugene, UA9YJO
Janko, S57L
Anatoly, R3WW
Sergey, RA3RGQ
Attila, HA5JP
Toshi, JM1PXG
Serge, R2RZ
Slavek, OK1TN
Yasu, JA6WJL
Yuri, N3QQ
Vadim, R7GA
Serge, RW5D
Rolf, DL6ZFG
Tom, SM3DMP
Rene, DL2JRM
Mike, S58N
Zbigniew, SP6CZ
Simon, ZS1XG
Guenther, OE3GCU
Yuri, RM0F
Andy, DL1DXX
Igor, R0XA
Fabien, F4GYM
Yuri, RX6CM
Nick, RL4A
Vladimir, RA6DT
Alex, R1AC
Gennady, UC6A
How to donate
For donation in USD
For donation in Euro
For donation in JPY
*** Please, note, that the purpose of payment listed as "E44RU DXpedition"
It's all OK as we used the same Donate-buttons for this expedition.
PayPal account
Сбербанк России
Карта VISA Сбербанка России
4276 3000 4274 2083
Владелец: Пинчук Василий Васильевич
Contacts & QSL info
For message to our team please use this form
Expedition pilot:
DXpedition logs will be uploaded to Club log only when we'll
came back to the mainland.
For QSL-request please use log search form under the text
or go directly to Club Log
DESPITE a VERY POOR I-NET we'll try to upload the logs
to let you know are you in the XR8RRC log.
Please, DO NOT MAKE A DUPES!!!
Online logs and QSL request
XR8RRC/mm QSL-card will be sent automatically for those who already ordered
XR8RRC using Direct OQRS
ClubLog OQRS is strictly preferable!
It's Fast, Easy and Safe method to receive your QSL-card.
But if for some reason you decided to sent a Direct mail, please use only this address:
Andrey N. Teterukov
P.O. Box 13
Mogilev-30, 212030
Belarus
Andy EU7A will kindly help us with direct QSL-requests. (Thanks, Andy!)
Special plaque from
Most Wanted DX award program is issued for QSO with XR8RRC expedition More info:
http://dxwanted.net/
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