[South Florida DX Association] Southern Sudan

[Bill]

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*Also from Bernie W3UR:
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*Press Release*

**The Intrepid-DX Group and the DX Friends**have combined efforts to 
announce our next DXpedition, to the newly created country of Southern 
Sudan, to take place after July 9^th  2011.

The Intrepid-DX Group is the group which brought you the 2010 YI9PSE, 
IRAQ DXpedition. The DX Friends have brought you the 2006 S01R 
DXpedition to Western Sahara, the 2008 DXpedition to Rwandaas 9X0R, the 
2009 DXpedition to Western Saharaas S04R, the 2010 DXpedition to 
Palestineas E4X and the 2010 DXpedition to San Marinoas T70A.

Once again, ICOM America has agreed to be Global Radio Sponsor, while 
ACOM-K1LZ has agreed to provide the venerable ACOM amplifiers for this 
operation.

It is hoped that the callsign ST0DX will be issued this next week 
following our meeting with the Government of Southern Sudan Mission in 
America.

As with previous DXpeditions, this will be a major effort, with a target 
of more than 150,000 QSOs. There will be up to ten stations on the air, 
using amplifiers along with high performance beams and vertical dipole 
arrays, 24 hours a day, for almost three weeks.

Our primary objective is to activate Southern Sudan with a view to 
giving as many DXers as possible a first contact with this new DXCC 
entity and, as a secondary objective, to give as many band-slots as 
possible.

We will soon be seeking contributions from sponsors to help defray the 
very significant logistics costs of this DXpedition. For example, there 
is limited electricity in Southern Sudanso generators will have to be 
shipped.

Details of how to donate will appear on our website which will be live 
very soon. PayPal donations may be made directly via the site. All 
donations of $10 USD or more will be acknowledged.

The logos of all DX clubs etc which have helped to sponsor the 
DXpedition will be shown on the QSL card, as will the names and 
callsigns of those who make an individual contribution of $100 USD or more.

This first Press Release is intended mainly to alert you to our upcoming 
DXpedition. More information will be available soon via our website.

*Thank you,*

*The Intrepid-DX Group and The DX Friends. *

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