Organisers from the Amateur Radio Club of Khulna are calling the Sundarbans DXpedition a "milestone event" that will combine the talents of newly licensed ham radio operators from Bangladesh under the coordination of Shuvo S21CMD.
Operating from what is considered the world's largest mangrove forest, the youthful team of as many as 20 will be putting the callsign S21SDX on the air from the 13th through to the 15th of November. Shuvo said in an email: [quote] "Bangladesh's few young amateur radio operators are not only connecting voices across continents but also carrying the spirit of nature in every transmission, whether calling CQ or sharing stories over HF." [endquote] They will be operating on most of the HF bands using SSB and FT8. The activation in the west forest division of the Khulna Range will be a POTA activation as much as a DXpedition. The Sundarbans is a UNESCO World Heritage site and a sanctuary for the Bengal tiger.
Shuvo said [quote] "Our target is to test and prove the potential of young amateur radio operators of Bangladesh and to spotlight the beauty, biodiversity, and cultural richness of the Sundarbans to the world through the universal language of radio." [endquote]
