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"VY2 LAND" DX and Contest Info for the week starting August 1, 2008:
TURKEY, TA. Urcun, TA0U, will be active in the European HF Championship.
TUNISIA, TS. Look for special event station TS28ASJ to be QRV until August 3. Activity is for the 28th Arab Scout Jamboree.
BERMUDA, VP9. Angelio, as VP9/IK2RZP from August 5 to 24.
LEBANON, OD. Members of the national club, RAL, are organizing a field day in the Cedar Mountain range on August 2 and 3, signing OD5RAZ. QSL via K3IRV.
FRANCE, TM. Special event station TM0WPC, celebrating the 18th World Parachuting Championships.
SOUTH COOK ISLANDS, ZL. Tony, ZL2AGY, is on the air signing E51AGY.
CAYMAN ISLANDS, ZF. John, K8WDN, will be QRV from August 4 to 8 as ZF2JG.
NEW CALEDONIA, FK. Jean-Louis, FK/F5NHJ, will be QRV August 12 to 29.
ICELAND, TF. TF/G3ZAY, TF/M0BLF and TF/M0SCH will be QRV August 2-9.
SENEGAL, 6V. Members of the Senegalese SNRASEC ARC, 6W7PCT, will be celebrating Space Week, October 4 through 10, with special call 6V7SPACE.
CONGO. 9Q. 9Q1TB (F5LTB), Philippe, continues to be QRV on 20 meter SSB between 0700 and 0800z and 15 meters (21.188 mHz) in the 1500 to 1600Z.
BANGLADESH, S21. S21RC was worked on 14265 kHz, just before 1530z.
SOUTH KOREA, 6L. 6L0NJ/4 will be activated by the Gwangju DX Club,
UKRAINE, EM. The UR QRP CLUB is celebrating their 10th anniversary and is QRV with the special call sign EM10QRP until August 4
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY. Operators Doug, KD8CAO and John, K8YSE will activate the Grand Haven South Pierhead Inner (USA-1077) and Grand Haven South Pierhead Outer (USA-1078) Michigan Lighthouses during the ARLHS 2008 National Lighthouse-Lightship Week. Operation from Grand Haven will be on August 2. On August 3, they will try to activate other Lake Michigan lighthouses. Look for them on all HF bands. Satellite operations on AO-51, SO-50 and AO-27 are a possibility. QSL via K8YSE.
WEEK STARTING FRIDAY AUGUST 1 ON THE RADIO:
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NCCC Sprint |
0230Z-0300Z, Aug 1 |
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TARA Grid Dip Shindig |
0000Z-2400Z, Aug 2 |
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10-10 Int. Summer Contest, SSB |
0001Z, Aug 2 to 2359Z, Aug 3 |
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National Lighthouse Weekend QSO Contest |
0001Z, Aug 2 to 2359Z, Aug 9 |
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NCCC Sprint |
0230Z-0300Z, Aug 2 |
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European HF Championship |
1200Z-2359Z, Aug 2 |
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ARRL UHF Contest |
1800Z, Aug 2 to 1800Z, Aug 3 |
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North American QSO Party, CW |
1800Z, Aug 2 to 0600Z, Aug 3 |
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RSGB RoPoCo 2 |
0700Z-0900Z, Aug 3 |
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SARL HF Phone Contest |
1300Z-1630Z, Aug 3 |
Please see the ARRL site at: http://www.arrl.org/contests/#corral and the WA7BNM site: http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/weeklycont.php for contest details. Many thanks to the "425 DX News": http://www.425dxn.org/ , the "ARRL DX Bulletin" and "Contest Corral": http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/dx/ and "WA7BNM Contest Calendar": http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html for the above information.
Much more information can be found on the above sites.
GL es Gud DX de Ken VY2RU