[OKDXA] VU7LD

[Gene Lewis]

Jim,
The entire month of December
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K5TT" <k5tt at cox.net>
To: "Discussion of OKDXA" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] VU7LD


> Has anyone heard how long they will be there?
>
> Jim
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <K8fu at aol.com>
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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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