[HoustonHam] Fw: Call correction 7P8 DXpedition adds additional operators

[frosty]

> 
>  
>  The July 18-25 7P8 DXpedition by the Lone Star DX Association and the
>  Texas DX Society has added two additional operators to its team.
>  
>  Noted Texas contester Larry Alkoff, N2LA, and his XYL Karen, K2DXV, of
>  Austin have joined the U.S.-Canada team that will be on all bands, all
>  modes from Mohale's Hoek, Lesotho. Alkoff, who was first licensed in
>  1953 as KN2DXV, and has 317 confirmed DXCC entities, and his wife have
>  requested the calls 7P8LA and 7P8KA. The Alkoffs are members of the
>  Central Texas DX and Contest Club in Austin.
> 
>  On line web page and logs will be at http://www.amsatnet.com/7p8.html
>  once the DXpedition is underway.
>  
>  Besides the Alkoffs, the team includes: Charles Frost, K5LBU/7P8CF;
> 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; Tom Anderson of Colleyville TX,
>  WW5L/7P8TA; Elizabeth White of Houston KA2UCA/7P8EW.
> 
>  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.
>  
>  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 others 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 from 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
>  600and 1 KW amps. Most of the equipment is already in country.
>  
>  Commerical equipment donors include Tennadyne Antennas, Array
>  Solutions, AMSAT users group, AY-Technologies, Force 12, Icom and
>  numerous generous TDXS and LSDXA members.
>  
>  QSLs will be handled by each operator separately via their
>  home calls as each will have their own 7P8 call.
>  
>  QSL routes are: 7P8CF--K5LBU--Frosty; 7P8TA--WW5L--Tom;
>  7P8MJ--W5MJ--Madison; 7P8NK--VA7DX--Neil; 7P8DA--K4SV--Dave;
>  7P8IZ--W0IZ--Igor; 7P8EW--KA2UCA--Elizabeth; 7P8LA--N2LA--Larry and
> 7P8KA--K2DXV--Karen.
>  
>  Andre van Wyck, ZS6WPX/7P8ZZ, is the on-scene coordinator of the
> DXpedition.
>  
>  To help pay shipping expenses of donated equipment, the team is selling
>  a commemorative t-shirt like the one the team will be wearing on its
> QSL
>  card.  Short sleeve shirts in sizes Medium through X-Large are $20 and
> a
>  limited number of long sleeve shirt in XXL and XL are available at $25.
>  Stateside and Canadian postage is included in the cost.   Add $5 for DX
>  airmail delivery.  Order through Frost or Tom Anderson via their
>  callbook addresses.
>  
>  For additional information contact Frost at frosty1@pdq.net or Tom
>  Anderson at WW5L@gte.net.
>