[RVRC] Southern Sudan: New DXCC Country

[Drew Moore]

Dxpedition to Southern Sudan
Welcome to SOUTHERN SUDAN 2011 DXpedition web site, where we'll give you
more information about our DXpedition.

The Intrepid-DX Group and the DX Friends have combined efforts to planning a
multi-national DXpedition to Southern Sudan to celebrate the birth of a new
country.

>From July 25 to August 10

DX-Code of Conduct
Team members endorse the DX-Code of Conduct.
http://dx-code.org/english.htm 

Respectfully requests stations calling us to kindly comply with the DX-Code
of Conduct.

Team is composed of the following operators: 
        a.. N6PSE (Co-Leader)<about:n6pse.php> 
        b.. YT1AD<about:yt1ad.php> 
        c.. K1LZ<about:k1lz.php> 
        d.. N6OX<about:n6ox.php> 
        e.. JH4RHF<about:jh4rhf.php> 
        f.. RA9USU<about:ra9usu.php> 
        g.. K3LP<about:k3lp.php> 
        h.. AH6HY<about:ah6hy.php> 
     a.. EA5RM (Co-Leader)<about:ea5rm.php> 
        b.. EA7AJR<about:ea7ajr.php> 
        c.. EA7KW<about:ea7kw.php> 
        d.. IN3ZNR<about:in3znr.php> 
        e.. UA9KGH<about:ua9kgh.php> 
        f.. UT7CR<about:ut7cr.php> 
        g.. DH8WR<about:dh8wr.php> 
     

Southern Sudan, also known as South Sudan, is an autonomous region in the
southern part of the Sudan, that will become an independent country on 9
July 2011. Juba is its capital city. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the east;
Kenya, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south; and
the Central African Republic to the west.

A referendum on independence for Southern Sudan was held on 9-15 January
2011. Preliminary results released by the Southern Sudan Referendum
Commission on 30 January 2011 indicate that 98% of voters selected the
"separation" option, with 1% selecting "unity". The final results were
announced on 7 February with 98.83% of the electorate opting for secession.
The President of Sudan Omar al Bashir accepted the results and has issued a
Republican Decree confirming the outcome of the referendum. Southern Sudan
is expected to become an independent country on 9 July 2011.

Don Wilson, K2DSV
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