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CHRISTMAS ISLAND 2008
PRESS RELEASE # 1
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It's a Great Pleasure to Announce Officially the VK9X, CHRISTMAS
ISLAND 2008 Amateur Radio DXpedition It's Another "Ambitious"
Adventure DXpedition by DXciting.

Dates: From July 8th until July 20th
The Crew: MARQ/VK9XWW (CT1BWW), JOHN/VK9XHZ(EA3GHZ), HENRY/VK9XOR
(EA5EOR), DINA/VK9XME (EC5BME)
Stations: 3 Stations (1 High-power 2 barefoot)
Bands and Modes : 160 to 6 Meters CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV
Pilot Stations: Africa-ZS1AU, Asia-JA8BMK, Europe-EA4TD, Ocenia-ZL2AL
and VK2CZ and North America - K4SV.
QSL Card: via EA4URE direct or by Bureau.
The official Web site is: http://www.dxciting.com/vk9x/

The team is looking for help, contributions and sponsors to cover the
big costs of this DXpedition.

Please visit the above Web page for details.

In case any doubt or additional information don't hesitate to call us
by e-mail or by Phone: Marq/CT1BWW (00351) 914996144 or John/EA3GHZ
(0034) 629849966

Remember Operators, Pilots and Web designer, we're all on the same
Adventure.

Ｏｋａｙ for ＤＸＣＣ

Approved for DXCC

The following operations are approved for DXCC credit:

9UXEV – Burundi

2008 Operation

5X1NH – Uganda

2007 Operation

YK9G – Syria

2008 Operation

SØ5A – Western Sahara

2007 Operation

HZ1PS – Saudi Arabia

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9N7WU - Katmandu, Nepal. April 27 / May 5
By JA8MWU.

SSB only - check 14180, 18120, 21280 & 28480

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In a combined effort, John 9M6XRO and Gerben PG5M will be active from the lodge of Ambran V85SS in Brunei (IOTA OC088). Activity is planned as follows:

>From 17-23 April V8FRO by John 9M6XRO
>From 18-22 April V8FGM by Gerben PG5M




Equipment will be JRC 245 and antennas are Mosley TA-53-M, a full wave dipole for top band as well as 2 verticals covering all bands including WARC.

For QSL cards use the following direction:

V8FRO via his manager M3SDE
V8FGM via PG5M

Visit this web site for the latest information on our operation as it will be updated daily.

Full details and updates can be found on Gerben's website www.dx.to

[73 - John - 9M6XRO]