Fellow DXers: For some unusual reason a little while ago the news release below was first apparently sent to the list successfully, then three more blank messages with the same subject line were received by the list, I received them myself too.
I can assure you I didn't send a blank message three times, nor did I send the release three additional times either. Unknown as to what happened. Thanks to those who sent me e-mails alerting me to the problem. When I received the three blank messages I figured the server or something hiccuped someplace. Sorry about the weird blank message. Also I do run Norton 2003 AV that is constantly updated on all incoming and outgoing messages. Tom, WW5L Tom Anderson wrote: > > The July 18-25 7P8 DXpedition by the Lone Star DX Association and the > Texas DX Society has added two additional operators to its team. > > Noted Texas contester Larry Alkoff, N2LA, and his XYL Karen, K2DXV, of > Austin have joined the U.S.-Canada team that will be on all bands, all > modes from Mohale's Hoek, Lesotho. Alkoff, who was first licensed in > 1953 as KN2DXV, and has 317 confirmed DXCC entities, and his wife have > requested the calls 7P8LA and 7P8KA. The Alkoffs are members of the > Central Texas DX and Contest Club in Austin. > > Besides the Alkoffs, the team includes: Charles Frost, K5LBU/7P8CF; Igor > Zdorov of > Minneapolis MN, W0IZ/7P8IZ; Dave Anderson of Ashville NC K4SV/7P8DA; > Madison Jones of Houston TX, W5MJ/7P8MJ; Neil King of Port Coquitlam, > British > Columbia, Canada VA7DX/7P8NK; and Tom Anderson of Colleyville TX, > WW5L/7P8TA. > > K4SV and VA7DX will also be operating from 3DA after 7P8. > Callsigns will be 3DA0SV for Dave Anderson K4SV and 3DA0WC for Neil > King, VA7DX. > QSL via home calls. > > The 7P8 operation will be an all mode, all band operation. "We > hope to have at least one station on the air 24 hours a day," said > Frost, of Missouri City TX, vice-president of the Texas DX Society > http://www.tdxs.net/, which is coordinating the DXpedition along with > the Lone Star DX Association http://www.dxer.org/lsdxa. "Two of our > operators are excellent SSB operators and the others are specialists in > CW and the digital modes," he added. Jones is president of the TDXS, > while Tom Anderson is vice-president and information director of the > Lone Star DX Association. > > Operations will be will be from the Hotel Mount Maluti > http://www.seelesotho.com/mountmaluti.htm near Mohale's Hoek (30.16 > S and 27.48 E). Equipment includes Tribanders for 10-15-20, a 2 > element WARC Band antenna, a log periodic, a 40-80-160 vertical, and > Alpha > Delta 40/80/160 dipoles. Kenwood TS850S, ICOM 706MKIIg and 756 PRO, plus > 600and 1 KW amps. Most of the equipment is already in country. > > Commerical equipment donors include Tennadyne Antennas, Array > Solutions, AMSAT users group, AY-Technologies, Force 12, Icom and > numerous generous TDXS and LSDXA members. > > QSLs will be handled by each operator separately via their > home calls as each will have their own 7P8 call. > > QSL routes are: 7P8CF--K5LBU--Frosty; 7P8TA--WW5L--Tom; > 7P8MJ--W5MJ--Madison; 7P8NK--VA7DX--Neil; 7P9DA--K4SV--Dave; > 7P8IZ--W0IZ--Igor; 7P8LA--N2LA--Larry and 7P8KA--K2DXV--Karen. > > Andre van Wyck, ZS6WPX, is the on-scene coordinator of the DXpedition. > > To help pay shipping expenses of donated equipment, the team is selling > a commemorative t-shirt like the one the team will be wearing on its QSL > card. Short sleeve shirts in sizes Medium through X-Large are $20 and a > limited number of long sleeve shirt in XXL and XL are aviable at $25. > Stateside and Canadaian postage is included in the cost. Add $5 for DX > airmail delivery. Order through Frost or Tom Anderson via their > callbook addresses. > > For additional information contact Frost at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Tom > Anderson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On line web page and logs will be at http://www.amsatnet.com/7p8.html > once the DXpedition is underway. > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems, etc > DX-NEWS http://njdxa.org/dx-news > DX-CHAT: http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > To post a message, DX NEWS items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news%40pro-usa.net > ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems, etc DX-NEWS http://njdxa.org/dx-news DX-CHAT: http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX NEWS items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news%40pro-usa.net -------------------------------------------------------
