[OKDXA] VU7LD

[K5TT]

Has anyone heard how long they will be there?

Jim
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Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 2:46 PM
Subject: [OKDXA] VU7LD


> An open letter to the DX community:
>
> Looks like the first ARSI  (Amateur Radio Society of India) VU7LD activity
> has begun at 1200 AM (1830Z  today) December 1st local time on Kavaratti
> Island, Lakshadweep.  This  is the all Indian national team DXpedition. 
> I'd
> like to bring the  following info/request to the DX Community's attention.
> This group has been  told they must sign VU7LD/VU#??? while operating from
> the number 2 most  wanted DXCC Entity.  The stroke (/) VU#??? represents 
> the
> call of the  actual operator.  I would ask DXers around the world to 
> refrain
> from  working VU7LD on the same band and mode more than once, just because 
> it
> is a  different operator.  There is no need to work VU7LD/VU2UR, 
> VU7LD/VU2PAI
> and VU7LD/VU3RSB all on 20 meters SSB.  There will be no  awards for the
> station that works the most VU7LD DXpedition!!!  You only  need to work 
> one
> of them per band/mode.  It's the same station and will  get the same exact
> QSL card from W3HNK.  It would be like working 3Y0X  on 20 meters SSB when
> N2WB was operating and then working K4UEE when he was  the op and then
> working LA6VM when he was the operator.  There is no  need to dupe or work
> each operator on every band mode.  It's perfectly  fine though to work 
> VU7LD
> on each of the bands and modes you need it.   As with any major DXpedition 
> to
> a rare location, such as the Lakshadweep  Islands, the pileups are going 
> to
> be extremely large.  Certain areas of  the world will have a more 
> difficult
> time than other areas.  When the  operator asks for a certain area please
> respect their plea.  By the way  VU7LD will have an on-line log search,
> probably in a few days, at  http://arsi.info/vu7/.  Good luck to all and
> please listen carefully to  the operators instructions!  See you in the
> pileups!  This team  will be QRV until the end of December.  VU7RG will be
> QRV January  15-25th, with an international group of operators.  They have 
> a
> Web page  at http://www.vu7.in.
>
> PS. Please post this on your club reflector,  other DX reflectors, Website
> and other DX publications.  Thank you in  advance.
>
> W3UR, Bernie
>
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