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It isn’t uncommon for traveling hams
to visit and operate from remote
locations, but WB2REM has made
three hamming visits to the
Galapagos Islands over four decades,
and reflects here not only on his
expeditions but on how things have
changed in the land of the
giant tortoises!
Ham Versus Tortoise:
The HD8M Galapagos Islands DXpedition(s)
BY JIM MILLNER,* WB2REM
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