[South Florida DX Association] : Andaman on the air - April 18th to 25th by an international t...

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I just received this, not sure how valid but sounds good.
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Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 5:30 AM
To: destinataires inconnus:
Subject: Andaman on the air - April 18th to 25th by an international
team - Can you help us ?


Please find attached my support request regarding our planned Andaman
island activities:


     * Dates:  april 18-25
     * Call(s): the first calls have been isued. The format will be
    VU4AN/VU3... or VU4AN/homecall for those whom didn"t ask for a indian
callsign.
     * Operators:
           o DL4KQ, Frank Rosenkranz (Organizer T33C in 2004 and
XY3C in                                      2002, ...), CW
           o VU3RSB, Sarath B. Rayaprollu (VU4NRO operator in 2004),
                                            Digital
           o DL5OAB, Bernd Willeke (Member T33C, XY3C, ...), CW
           o N6TQS, Doug Faunt (Member T33C, VP6DIA, K1B, ...), Digital
           o IK1PMR, Dr. Andrea Panati (Member T33C, TX4PG, 6O0MR,
                              .....), CW
           o K2LEO, Claudia Fava (Member T33C, 3D2CF, TY5LEO, ...),
                         Digital
           o F5CWU, Flo Moudar (Member T33C, TI9M, TY, FG, ...), CW/SSB
           o F4EGD, Sylvain Lefevre (TY, contest experience), SSB/DIDI
           o K3LP, David Collingham (KP5/K3KP, T33C, ...)CW/SSB
           o AA4NN, Joe L. Blackwell (Member T33C, BQ9P, BV9L, ...), CW

     * Stations:
           o 3 (4) Stations (at KW level if permitted), IC746PRO`s,
      K2/100`s
           o 1 (2) Stations (at 500 W level if permitted)
           o Spider beams (high bands + 30m)
           o Verticals (low bands) + K9AY RX Loops
     * Bands:
           o 160 - 10 m (SSB/CW)
           o  40 - 10 m (Digital)
     * Emphasis:
           o CW
           o Low(er)bands
           o Difficult NA path
     * Operation site(s):
           o 2 operation sites
           o good locations
     * QSL Handling:
           o via buro
           o via qsl manager(s) (depending on issued call(s), tba,
manager outside of India)
     * Online Logs:
           o NO! (due to short operation time of 8 days and only a few
very unreliable internet cafes at Pt. Blair there will be no online log)
           o Logs will be uploaded after the operation
     * Budget:
           o All operators pay for their own transports (beside VU3RSB)
           o All operators agreed to share further expenses as
                 + Rental of seperate operation sites
                 + Purchase of needed equipments (antennas,
filters,                   local materials as poles etc.)
                 + Purchase/arranged local delivery of coax cables
                 + Excessive luggage costs for transport of equipments
                 + QSL printing costs
                 + Total of above expenses > 5.000 USD
     * Webpage:
           o www.dx-pedition.de/Andaman2006
     * Further Comments:
     *
       We understand that a "dxpedition" as part or condition for a
hamfest will be slightly different to a standard dxpedition. Due to the
expected number of VU4 stations (all in all about 30 incl. ours) and
that most operation sites (hotels) are close situated we expect a
serious interference situation. We have given special attention to this
and are prepared beside that we are not bound to specific hotels due to
local knowledge and local contacts (I have checked the local situation
in november 2005). Furthermore VU3RSB will help with his local contacts
and experiences of the 2004 VU4 dxpedition. To make his participation
possible it is necessary that the team supports him due to the high
expenses (tickets and so on) considering that his monthly salary is only
at an average of 180 USD. The main emphasis of the operation is to
provide the ham community with a higher number of CW contacts because
the recent 2004 dxpedition could not fullfil the demand. Special
attention will be given to the lower bands considering the actual condx
but the difficult path to NA too because of the US operators of the group.
     *
       I would like to point to pay attention to the hamfest too and not
only the operations. All group members are requested to provide the
hamfest with articles and/or lectures. Attending Indian government
authorities of highest level will be watching the hamfest and foreign dx
activities. It will be essential to give them a good show and to support
the undergoing process of change in Indian ham rules which finally
will/can end in liberalisation and a permanent opening of VU4 but VU7 too.

We are sure that we can provide the ham community with a high number of
qso´s but to make the hamfest a success too and therefore would like to
request for your support.

73

Flo F5CWU

http://www.dx-pedition.de/Andaman2006