[50mhz] Fw: 7P8 DXpedition and 3DA call issued

[frosty]

We are thinking of trying some 6 meters from here also. anyone have any
ideas on what we need. Will have IC746 and 756 rigs. not sure about beam
yet. May not get it over 40 feet high.
Charles Frost
Frosty K5LBU
WWW.k5lbu.com

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> >  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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> >          The July 18-25 Lesotho 7P8 DXpedition sponsor by the Lone Star
> > DX
> >  Association and the Texas DX Society has added amateur satellite mode
> > to
> >  its planned operations, DXpedition Leader Charles Frost, K5LBU/7P8CF
> > has
> >  announced.
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> >          The operation will be on the AO-40 satellite.  The uplink will
> > be
> >  U--band (70cm) uplink on U-band 435.550 to 435.800 MHz CW/LSB and S2
> >  (2.4GHz) downlink 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/USB, Frost said.  The
> > AO-40
> >  satellite was launched Nov, 16, 2000 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from
> >  Kourou, French Guiana.
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> >          Equipment including antennas and a down converter were donated
> > by Wayne
> >  Estes, W9AE and a spare
> >  down converter donated by Bruce Paige, KK5DO. Paige, qsl manager for
> > the
> >  recent P5/4L4FN operation from North Korea is also providing
> >  pre-Dxpedition satellite training in Houston. Paige is AMSAT VP of User
> > Services & ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC). For additional 7P8
> >  satellite information and news click on http://www.amsatnet.com
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> >          "We're glad to offer such a needed mode from Lesotho," Frost
> > said,
> >  adding that those wanting to  make a contact with the DXpedition "take
> >  it easy on us because none of us are satellite operators, but we are
> >  willing to try our best at giving everyone who wants one a 7P8 QSO."
> >
> >          Besides Frost, the operators include: Igor Zdorov of
> >   Minneapolis MN, W0IZ/7P8IZ; Dave Anderson of Ashville NC K4SV/7P8DA;
> > Madison Jones
> >  of Houston TX, W5MJ/7P8MJ; Neil King of Port Coquitlam, British
> > Columbia
> >  Canada VA7DX/7P8NK; and Tom Anderson of Colleyville TX, WW5L/7P8TA, on
> >  the all modes, all band team July 18-25 from Mohale's Hoek, Lesotho.
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> > K4SV and VA7DX will also be operating from 3DA after 7P8.  Callsigns
> > will be 3DA0SV for Dave Anderson K4SV and 3DA0WC for Neil King, VA7DX.
> > QSL via home calls.
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> >          The 7P8 operation will be an all mode, all band operation. "We
> >    hope to have at least one station on the air 24 hours a day," said
> >   Frost, of Missouri City TX, vice-president of the Texas DX Society
> >   http://www.tdxs.net/, which is coordinating the DXpedition along with
> >  the Lone Star DX Association
> >   http://www.dxer.org/lsdxa. "Two of our operators are excellent SSB
> >  operators and the other four
> >    are specialists in CW and the digital modes," he added. Jones is
> >   president of the TDXS, while Tom Anderson is vice-president and
> >  information
> >    director of the Lone Star DX Association.
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> >            Operations will be will be at the Hotel Mount Maluti
> >    http://www.seelesotho.com/mountmaluti.htm near Mohale's Hoek (30.16 S
> >   and 27.48 E).  Equipment includes Tribanders for 10-15-20, a 2 element
> >   WARC Band antenna, a log periodic, a 40-80-160 vertical, and Alpha
> >  Delta
> >   40/80/160 dipoles. Kenwood TS850S, ICOM 706MKIIg and 756 PRO, plus 600
> >   and 1 KW amps. Most of the equipment is already in country.
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> >          QSLs will be handled by each operator separately via their
> >    home calls as each will have their own 7P8 call.
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> >          QSL routes are: 7P8CF--K5LBU--Frosty; 7P8TA--WW5L--Tom;
> >  7P8MJ--W5MJ--Madison; 7P8NK--VA7DX--Neil; 7P9DA--K4SV--Dave; and
> > 7P8IZ--W0IZ--Igor.
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> >           Andre van Wyck, ZS6WPX, is the on-scene coordinator of the
> >    DXpedition.
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> >          Commerical equipment donors include Tennadyne Antennas, Array
> >  Solutions, and AY-Technologies.
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> >          For additional information contact Frost at frosty1@pdq.net or
> >   Tom Anderson at WW5L@gte.net.
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