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"VY2 LAND" DX and Contest Info for the week starting August 15, 2008:
KENYA, 5Z. Valery, RW1AU is QRV as 5Z4/RW1AU for the next several months
CHILE, CE. Look for 3G1F to be QRV from the lighthouse on the del Alacran Peninsula for the ILLW
MOROCCO, CN. Mohamed, CN8PA is QRV as CN33M until August 26.
URUGUAY, CV. Station CV1AA is QRV from the Faro Puerto del Buceo West
SWITZERLAND, HB. Members of the Swiss Lighthouse Activity Group will be QRV as HB9LH from Romanshorn Lighthouse, ARLHS SWI-005, during the ILLW.
PANAMA, HP. Club de Panama will be QRV as H81L from the Miraflores Locks Lighthouse, ARLHS PAN-030, on August 16 and 17.
REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HL. 6L0NJ/4, from the Huksan Island group, IOTA AS-093,
SVALBARD, JW. Niels, OZ8KR is QRV as JW/OZ8KR from Longyearbyen, IOTA EU-026, until August 127.
ARGENTINA, LU. LU4WG and LU7WW will be QRV from the Punta Tehuelche Lighthouse, ARLHS ARG-059, for the ILLW.
GREECE, SV. SV1HEM/8 from Meganisi Island, IOTA EU-052, until August 17.
PALAU, T8. T88TX from Koror, IOTA OC-009, until August 20.
TURKEY, TA. Karl, TA0/WA2KBZ from Buyukada Island until September 1.
CORSICA, TK. Nicolas, F5TGR is QRV as TK/F5TGR from Porto Vecchio,
IOTA EU-014, until August 23.
INDIA, VU. NIAR HQ station VU2NRO is QRV during the NIAR Silver Jubilee Celebrations on August 16 and 17. Look for AT8LH to be QRV until August 24 for the first-ever operation from Mahabalipuram Lighthouse.
ASCENSION ISLAND, ZD8. Bob, QRV as ZD8LP until August 16,
WEEK STARTING FRIDAY AUGUST 15 ON THE RADIO:
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NCCC Sprint |
0230Z-0300Z, Aug 15 |
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SARTG WW RTTY Contest |
0000Z-0800Z, Aug 16 and |
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1600Z-2400Z, Aug 16 and |
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0800Z-1600Z, Aug 17 |
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NCCC Sprint |
0230Z-0300Z, Aug 16 |
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ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest |
0600 local, Aug 16 to 2400 local, Aug 17 |
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Russian District Award Contest |
0800Z, Aug 16 to 0800Z, Aug 17 |
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Keyman's Club of Japan Contest |
1200Z, Aug 16 to 1200Z, Aug 17 |
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Feld Hell Sprint |
1400Z-2400Z, Aug 16 |
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ARCI Silent Key Memorial Sprint |
1500Z-1800Z, Aug 16 |
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North American QSO Party, SSB |
1800Z, Aug 16 to 0600Z, Aug 17 |
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New Jersey QSO Party |
2000Z, Aug 16 to 0700Z, Aug 17 and |
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1300Z, Aug 17 to 0200Z, Aug 18 |
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Run for the Bacon QRP Contest |
0100Z-0300Z, Aug 18 |
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