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A relative newcomer to contesting and DX Daniel was first
licensed in 2004 as HQ2DMR and has managed to grow in ham radio both at
the local and international level. His wall boasts some of the most
desired awards in ham radio such as: DXCC, WAS, WAC, CQWW and many
more.
Dan is a member of Radio Club de Honduras and definitely a great addition to the HQ8R DX team.
He is part of the HQ8R management team and is our operations manager.
Previous Activations
HQ3C Cayos Cochinos 2006 IOTA NA-160
HQ3C Cayos Cochinos 2007 IOTA NA-160
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Another newcomer to contesting and DX Tony manages to carry on
his father's legacy HR2D into the new millennia, a member of Radio Club
de Honduras he was first licensed
in 2002 as HQ2AHC and also has excelled in ham radio both at the local
and international level. He holds WAC and CQWW awards and has been the
president of Radio Club de Honduras for the last two years. He is part
of the HQ8R management team and is our logistics manager.
Previous Activations
HQ9P Pigeon Cay 2005 IOTA NA-057
HQ3C Cayos Cochinos 2006 IOTA NA-160
HQ9L Little Cay 2007 IOTA NA-057
HQ3C Cayos Cochinos 2007 IOTA NA-160
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Javier is one of our veteran members at Radio Club de Honduras, he was first licensed as HR5JPT
and has operated many contests, he is the recipient of a one
letter Honduran callsign (only 7 in the country) as HR2J and the one
came up with the original idea of activating Swan Islands, he holds DXCC and CQWW awards.
Javier is another plus to the HQ8R DX team.
Previous Activations
HQ9P Pigeon Cay 2005 IOTA NA-057
HQ3C Cayos Cochinos 2006 IOTA NA-160
HQ4R Isla del Tigre 2006 IOTA NA-060
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Pedro was first licensed in 1997 and has managed to keep his HR2PAC
callsign he is a member of Radio Club de Honduras and although he was
inactive for a couple of years while living in the USA he is trying to
make up for lost time. Currently he is working on his DXCC and WAS
awards and holds CQWW. He is the Webmaster for HQ8R and our DXpedition
leader.
Previous Activations
HR2RCH/HR6 Rock Cay 1999 IOTA NA-057
HR2RCH/HR6 Rock Cay 2000 IOTA NA-057
HQ9P Pigeon Cay 2005 IOTA NA-057
HQ3C Cayos Cochinos 2006 IOTA NA-160
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Ray is an active contester and active member of Radio Club de Honduras
he's located on the island of Roatán (he is also
known as HQ9R specially during contest season), with his
friend Boyd HR9BFS they have built one of the best contest
stations in Honduras called "Command Central". Most recently Boyd managed
to complete the first EME QSO for Honduras from there, congratulations!
Ray is a power DX'er and another plus to HQ8R.
Previous Activations
AL7IJ Alaska 1984 to 1987
ZK1XC South Cook Islands 1991
V31BD Belize 2000
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Enjoys Emergency net control |
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Ramon is member of Radio Club de Honduras and also a new kid on the block but has managed to make a name for
himself in the local Central America ham radio scene, he operates
mostly 40 & 80 meters specially the emergency prevention nets and has gotten his entire
family involved in the hobby (XYL and three kids are licensed hams).
Holds local contesting awards.
Welcome aboard Ramon!
Previous Activations
His first DXpedition adventure.
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Enjoys
Contesting |
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HR9OGS Oscar is a member of Radio Club de Honduras and lives on the
island of Roatán in the Bay Islands. He is part of the HQ9R DX team
along with HR9BFS Boyd and WQ7R Ray, Oscar has been active on and off
for the last 15 years from the islands, he has been part of several
DXpeditions with Radio Club de Honduras and has demonstrated to be
a loyal companion and great logistics guy.
Welcome aboard Oscar!
Previous Activations
HR2RCH/HR6 Rock Cay 1999 IOTA NA-057
HR2RCH/HR6 Rock Cay 2000 IOTA NA-057
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Enjoys DX,
Contesting and EME |
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HR9BFS Boyd is a member of Radio Club de Honduras living on the island
of Roatán in the Bay Islands, along with his friend WQ7R Ray they have
built one of the best contest stations in Central America HQ9R. Recently
Boyd added EME capabilities to the station and was able to complete the
first EME QSO for Honduras with the Netherlands. He has informed the
HQ8R organizers that he will operate high power EME from Swan Islands, he is also
providing a brand new 6,500 watt diesel generator to the op. Thank you
Boyd for promoting DX and Honduran ham radio, we know how much of a
sacrifice this is for you.
Previous Activations
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HR9BFS for over 20 years from the island of Roatán IOTA NA-057
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NZ5N Bill lives in Plantation, Florida and enjoys golf, travel, Star
Trek. Age 54, married with 7 year old son. He's been an attorney since
1981, now a partner in a law firm. Lived in Bratislava, Slovakia, Europe
from 1998 to 2004. Before that lived in New Orleans. First licensed in
seventh grade in New Jersey in 1966 as WN2YRD, later WB2YRD. Moved to
Florida (WB4RSF) and later Louisiana (EL49), with a weekend shack on the
Mississippi gulf coast (EM50). Was active in the 80's on 6, 2 and 432,
also Oscar satellite and some HF. After having great fun on VHF from
OM9ACA in summer 2007, he picked up an ICOM IC-7000 and has worked
meteor scatter and moon bounce in Florida with stealth antennas. Along
with HR9BFS Boyd they are the resident "Gurus" of the EME operations from
Swan Islands. Bill is a great addition to the HQ8R DX team and we are
sure that with his experience the op will be more fun, welcome aboard
Bill!
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Donska 40, 84106 Bratislava, Slovak Republic, grid square JN88mf, call
OM9ACA
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Enjoys CW |
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W9GL Jim has been inactive for a while because of his work and having
moved eight times since 1992, not much operating got done.
However he is now resurrecting the old station and has been mostly CW
lately, but can be found on SSB phone. He really likes CW and that's the
spirit we need at HQ8R,
welcome aboard Jim!
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V31LG Belize
TI5/W9GL in San Jose, Costa Rica
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Enjoys DX, Contesting
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Extra Class,
first licensed in 1961 he is a private practice consulting engineer
(both electrical and mechanical) doing mostly new product design and has
done several
Caribbean contest and non-contest
DXpeditions. Won NA and placed second in the world on 80 CW in ARRL CW
DX one year from KP4, also won NA and placed second in the world on 40
CW from VP5 in the ARRL CW DX contest another year. Also has done
2-person mini-DXpeditions to
Cooper
Island, off Tortola (VP2V) and St. Lucia
(J6). The
Cooper
Island operation
was solar powered. Participates in 5 to 6 contests a year, mostly DX and
both Phone and CW. Recent score in the 2007 CQWW CW contest was 1.37M in
the SOHP(A) category. Was deeply involved in EME on 2 meters for about
10 years in the late 70’s and early 80’s. He has worked 47 states on 2
meters, quite a few off the moon and designed, built and maintained 3
different EME arrays as well as built the high powered amps and low
noise preamps to make it work. He is part of the software development
team for N1MM logger for the last 7-8 years.
Ted is a power operator and a great overall addition to the team,
welcome aboard Ted!
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Has operated from several rare locations such as KP4, VP5, VP2V and J6.
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Superior Class,
first licensed in 1993 as HR2MVD and has changed recently to his current
callsign HR2MD "Medical Doctor". Vinicio is a real life 100% medical
doctor working at a local hospital in the city of San Pedro Sula, he has
been a part of several DXpeditions as a member of Radio Club de Honduras
and has participated in local Central American contests. Being one of the
official physicians for HQ8R we are glad to have him on board, thank you Vini for joining the HQ8R DX team!
Previous Activations
HR2RCH/HR6 Rock Cay 1999 IOTA NA-057
HR2RCH/HR6 Rock Cay 2000 IOTA NA-057
HQ4C Isla Conejo 2002 IOTA NA-060
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A Superior
Class Jorge is one our veteran DXpedition operators, he was part of the
original HQ6DX team that went to Cayos Cohinos IOTA NA-160 for the first
time in 1995. He is a real life 100% medical doctor, this DXpedition is
truly blessed with having two doctors on board, Jorge has demonstrated
in the past to be an excellent companion and logistics "go to" guy. Being
part of the medical team of HQ8R we are glad to have him on board, thank you
Jorge for joining the HQ8R DX team!
Previous Activations
HQ6DX Cayos Cochinos in 1995 the first DXpedition for Radio Club de
Honduras
HR2RCH/HR6 Rock Cay 1999 IOTA NA-057
HR2RCH/HR6 Rock Cay 2000 IOTA NA-057
HQ4C Isla Conejo 2002 IOTA NA-060
HQ9L Little Cay 2007 IOTA NA-057
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David is an optometrist living in Choluteca (southern Honduras) he
is a relative newcomer to ham radio and this will be his first
DXpedition adventure with us.
Welcome aboard David!
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His first DXpedition adventure.
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