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"VY2 LAND" DX and Contest Info for the week starting July11, 2008:
CYPRUS, 5B. Jack, RW3QC, will be active as 5B4AII .
MALDIVES, 8Q. Tim, VE6SH, IARU Vice President, will be active as 8Q7TM between July 11 and 20.
AFRICAN TOUR. John, 9M6XRO, will be active from the following African locations, July 11 to 13 from Johannesburg, South Africa, as ZS6/GM3OOK; July 14 to 19 from Mozambique as C91XO; July 19 to 25 from Swaziland as 3DA0OK.
CAPE VERDE, D4. Massimo, IZ4DPV, will be active as D4C.
MARKET REEF, OJ0. Five operators will activate Market Reef between July 11 and 14.
GREENLAND, OX. Operator Bo/OZ1DJJ (OX3LX) is expected to combine a work and vacation DXpedition until July 23.
FAROE ISLANDS, OY. A German group will be active from Suduroy Island (EU-018), until July 16. Operators are DL2MLU, DD1LD, DD5FZ, DK7MCX and DL6RAI. Look for the operators to sign home call/OY.
UNITED KINGDOM, G. GB50OT will be QRV until July 13 to mark 50 years of RAOTA, the Radio Amateurs Old Timers' Association.
ALAND ISLANDS, OH0. OH2PM and OH2BH will be taking a ferry to Aland Islands today and will be QRV in the IARU Contest signing OG0A
MONTENEGRO, 4O. Bill, ON5JE, will be active as 4O1/ON5JE until July 17.
ASCENSION ISLAND, ZD8. Jim, N6TJ, is once again active as ZD8Z and will be staying on the island until July 15.
WEEK STARTING FRIDAY JULY 11 ON THE RADIO:
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NCCC Sprint Ladder |
0230Z-0300Z, Jul 11 |
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FISTS Summer Sprint |
0000Z-0400Z, Jul 12 |
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IARU HF World Championship |
1200Z, Jul 12 to 1200Z, Jul 13 |
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SKCC Weekend Sprintathon |
0000Z-2400Z, Jul 13 |
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ARCI Summer Homebrew Sprint |
2000Z-2359Z, Jul 13 |
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RSGB 80m Club Championship, SSB |
1900Z-2030Z, Jul 16 |
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NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint |
0030Z-0230Z, Jul 17 |
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NCCC Sprint Ladder |
0230Z-0300Z, Jul 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 CI2RU