TF/WT8P - Iceland

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Jim, WT8P will be active as TF/WT8P from Iceland, IOTA EU - 021.
He will operate on HF Bands.
QSL via EA5GL, LOTW, eQSL.
Ads for direct QSL:
PEDRO MIGUEL RONDA MONSELL, MAXIMILIANO THOUS 16-24, E-46009 VALENCIA, Spain.




Iceland. Author - Neil Halin.

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TF/WT8P will be active again from Iceland 17 August - 3 September 2024.

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2024-08-19: I'm mixing in geocaching, being a tourist and stops for ham radio POTA work. The tentative park list, weather permitting. (bold means logs have been uploaded to pota.app, QRZ, lotw, clublog and eQSL (but see the limitation below) :
•2024-08-17: IS-0031 Grábrókargígar Natural Monument (Grid HP94)
•2024-08-18: IS-0024 Breiðafjörður Protected Landscape Area (Grid HP85)
•2024-08-18: IS-0026 Bárðalaug Natural Monument (Grid HP84)
•2024-08-19: (winds too gusty to repeat IS-0031)
•2024-08-20: IS-0105 Krossanesborgir Country Park (Grid IP15)
•2024-08-20: IS-0102 Goðafoss National Monument (Grid IP15)
•2024-08-21: IS-0099 Dimmuborgir National Nature Reserve (Grid IP15)
•2024-08-21: IS-0010 Mývatn Protected Landscape Area (Grid IP15)
•2024-08-24: IS-0004 Skaftafell - Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður National Park (Grid IP14)
•2024-08-25: IS-0013 Dyrhólaey Nature Reserve (Grid IP03)

2024-04-30: I am returning to Iceland August 17 - 28th, then will have a few days in the Faroe Islands (see OY/WT8P) before heading home. If the weather is more conducive to radio, I'll try operating at Parks on the Air sites in northern Iceland between Akureyri, Myvatn (IS-0010), and Dettifoss (IS-0097). Faroe Islands has a single Parks on the Air entity (FO-0001) that I hope to visit while there.

KX3 (QRP), on appropriate bands for conditions (40, 20, 17, 15) CQ and FT8. QSL via Pedro EA5GL. QRZ, LoTW , ClubLog and eQSL (however, because eQSL setup is terrible, the grid is hard-coded to IP15.)

The original plan was to activate Parks on the Air while doing the Ring Road. No good plan survives first contact with Icelandic storms.

Original idea:

I will bring my KX3 (QRP) on vacation to Iceland. Conditions-permitting, will attempt to POTA activations (CW, FT8/4) as TF/WT8P of:
•TF-0006 Holmandes National Reserve (NR) - near Eskifjörður (Grid IP25)
•TF-0010 Mývatn NR - south of Lake Mývatn (Grid IP15)
•TF-0008 Vestmannsvatn NR (Grid IP15)
•TF-0001 Herdubreidar Fridland NR - near Reyjkavik (Grid HP84)