[DX] 7P8 July 18-25 DXpedition

[Tom Anderson]

QSL routes for July 18-25 7P8 Dxpedition

7P8CF--K5LBU--Frosty
7P8TA--WW5L--Tom
7P8MJ--W5MJ--Madison
7P8NK--VA7DX--Neil
7P9DA--K4SV--Dave
7P8IZ--W0IZ--Igor

QSL each call individually since there won't be a main DXpedition call.
A web page will be announced later.

7P8CF and 7P8TA will be the main phone ops, while 7P8MJ, 7P8NK, and
7P8DA, 7P8IZ will be mostly CW and digital modes.

This all modes, all band operation is under the aegis of the Texas DX
Society http://www.tdxs.net/
and the Lone Star DX Association http://www.dxer.org/lsdxa.

K4SV and VA7DX will also be operating from 3DA after 7P8, but callsigns
have not been issued yet.

       A sixth operator has joined July's week-long 7P8 Lesotho
DXpedition that will give the group even more expertise in CW & digital
mode operations, DXpedition chief operator Charles Frost, K5LBU/7P8CF.
         The newest operator to join the group is W0IR, Igor Zdorov of
Minneapolis MN
DXpedition that will give the group an additonal plus in digital mode
operations,
said DXpedition chief operator Charles Frost, K5LBU/7P8CF.
         The newest operator to join the group is Dave Anderson, K4SV, a
veteran of many world-class DXpeditions and a world class RTTY and
digital modes
 operator.
         Zdorov has been licensed since 1964 and has more than 300 DXCC
countries to his credit along with 5BDXCC.  He was a team member of the
2002 BQ9P Pratas Island dxpedition. and has operated from Turkey (TA)
under several different calls, TG Guatemala, BW4 Taiwan,  and 1B
Republic of Northern Cyprus.  Zdorov is a member of the Twin Cities DX
Association.
	He joins Dave Anderson of Ashville NC K4SV/7P8DA,
Frost,  Madison Jones, W5MJ/7P8MJ; Neil King VA7DX/7P8NK; and Tom
 Anderson WW5L/7P8TA, on the all modes, all band team July 18-25 from
 Mohale's Hoek, Lesotho.  "Igor gives us even more strength on CW and
the
 digital modes," said Frost, adding that a recent RTTY survey showed
 Lesotho was the 89th most wanted RTTY country.

 Dave Anderson was a member of the A50A and A52A Bhutan, VP5/KW4DA,Turks
& Caicos 2000 & 2003
 operations, T2DA Tuvalu, 3D2CW Fiji, K1B Baker Island, and ZL7C Chatham
 Islands.  He has 303 DXCC countries confirmed and 314 worked.  Dave
 Anderson also has written articles for DX Magazine on operations from
 Bhutan, Baker Island, and Chatham Island. He is a member of the
Northern California DX Foundation, ARRL,
Blue Ridge Amateur Radio Club, Kansas City DX Club, and the Western
Carolina
 Amateur Radio Society.
          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, which is
 coordinating the DXpedition along with the Lone Star DX Association.
 "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.
           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, 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.
           QSLs will be handled by each operator separately via their
 home calls as each will have their own 7P8 call.
        Andre van Wyck, ZS6WPX, is the on-scene coordinator of the
  DXpedition.
         For additional information contact Frost at frosty1@pdq.net or
Tom Anderson at WW5L@gte.net.