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"VY2 LAND" DX and Contest Info for the week starting July 18, 2008:
DODECANESE, SV5. Leo, S50R, plans to be QRV as SV5/S50R until July 24.
SVALBARD, JW. JW/ON6TI will be active in his evening hours mainly,until July 20
POLAND, SP. Look for SP7VC/1 and SP8RX/1 from Wolin Island (EU-132).
HONG KONG, VR2. The Hong Kong Amateur Radio DX Association will use the special call sign VR2008O during the Olympic Games.
CRETE, SV9. Dimitris, SV9/SV1JB, will be active from Kokini Hani, (EU-015) July 21 to August 7.
TIMOR LESTE, 4W. Mike, PA5M, is now active as 4W6AAB.
MALDIVES, 8Q. Hideki, JA2IVK, will be active as 8Q7SH between July 18 and 20.
GHANA, 9G. Stefan, DL5XX, plans to be active during his as 9G5MM until August 10
MOZAMBIQUE, C9. K5LBU's team should be on the air through July 30 as C91CF.
SOUTH COOK ISLANDS, E51. Bill, N7OU, will be QRV as E51NOU between September 15 and October 11.
IRAN, EP. Yuki, JH1NBN, is currently active as EP3BN.
MAYOTTE, FH. Alain, F6BFH, will be active as FH/F6BFH until August 9.
NORTHERN IRELAND, GI. A group of Irish operators will be active as GI0MPG from Rathlin Island (EU-122) in the upcoming IOTA Contest.
PORTUGAL, CT. CT1BOL will activate the Selvagens Islands (AF-047) from July 24 to 27, as CQ9U and CT95S.
BRAZIL, PY. Look for special event station ZW2FEN.
WEEK STARTING FRIDAY JULY 18 ON THE RADIO:
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NCCC Sprint Ladder |
0230Z-0300Z, Jul 18 |
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Feld Hell Sprint |
0200Z-0300Z, Jul 19 and |
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1000Z-1100Z, Jul 19 and |
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1800Z-1900Z, Jul 19 |
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Russian Radio Team Championship |
0700Z-1459Z, Jul 19 |
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VK/Trans-Tasman 160m Contest, CW |
0800Z-1300Z, Jul 19 |
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DMC RTTY Contest |
1200Z, Jul 19 to 1200Z, Jul 20 |
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North American QSO Party, RTTY |
1800Z, Jul 19 to 0600Z, Jul 20 |
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CQ Worldwide VHF Contest |
1800Z, Jul 19 to 2100Z, Jul 20 |
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RSGB Low Power Field Day |
0900Z-1200Z and 1300Z-1600Z, Jul 20 |
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CQC Great Colorado Gold Rush |
2000Z-2159Z, Jul 20 |
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Run for the Bacon QRP Contest |
0100Z-0300Z, Jul 21 |
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SKCC Sprint |
0000Z-0200Z, Jul 23 |
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RSGB 80m Club Championship, Data |
1900Z-2030Z, Jul 24 |
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