WVDXA VU7LD INFO

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FYI, from W3UR. ...........................GL ........WA8WV

Subj:   [PVRC] VU7LD now QRV    
Date:   11/30/2006 3:42:54 PM Eastern Standard Time 
From:   donovanf at starpower.net  
To: pvrc at mailman.qth.net    
Sent from the Internet (Details)    

An open letter to the DX community from the Daily DX:

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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