[HCDX] Separate Lakshadweep Islands DXpeditions No Longer to Butt Heads

[sakthi vel <ardicdxclub@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

NEWINGTON, CT, Nov 28, 2006 -- The first of two
planned DXpeditions to rare Lakshadweep Islands (VU7)
is set to start December 1. A team sponsored by the
Amateur Radio Society of India (ARSI) -- the
International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
member-society for India -- plans to operate as VU7LD
from Kavaratti Island. Meanwhile, a second announced
foray to the second most-wanted DXCC entity has
returned to its original plans to commence in
mid-January instead of December, thus avoiding the
potential for on-air chaos. ARSI says it has
permission from India's telecommunication and military
authorities to operate from December 1 until December
30. 

"The plans for this expedition are well under way, and
we are assembling together around 25 Indian radio
operators who have a proven record of operating in
'pile up' conditions on all modes, so that the poor
propagation conditions are utilized to the maximum,"
the DXpedition's Web site reports. ARSI says VU7LD --
the actual call sign could change -- will operate on
all HF bands on CW, SSB and digital modes. 

A DXpedition under the auspices of the National
Institute for Amateur Radio (NIAR), will kick off with
a three-day hamfest January 15, and the DXpedition
will continue for approximately 10 days. The NIAR
DXpedition plans to operate as VU7RG, in honor of the
late Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, VU2RG. 

"We are pleased to inform that the Ministry of
Communications and Information Technology, Department
of Telecommunications, WPC wing has released the first
list of special permission issued to foreign hams
holding Indian Amateur Radio licenses to operate
Amateur Radio stations from Bangaram, Kadmat and
Agathi in Lakshadweep Islands," Rama Mohan, VU2MYH,
said in a November 22 statement on the VU7RG Web site.
"Until today a total of 33 DX hams have been
officially approved for the VU7RG operation!" The NIAR
operation could include as many as 50 radio amateurs
from India and elsewhere. 

NIAR says the "well-known, experienced operators"
staffing all three operating sites will "work closely
together to avoid multiple stations on the air using
overlapping frequencies." 

Concerns arose within the DX community in October
after NIAR rescheduled its event from January to
December, and it appeared the two DXpeditions would
have multiple stations on the air simultaneously on
various HF bands and modes at least during the first
part of the month. NIAR organized and sponsored a
DXpedition and hamfest-conference in the Andaman
Islands (VU4) earlier this year. 

Part of the Laccadive Islands, Lakshadweep -- the
smallest union territory of India -- is located in the
Arabian Sea some 200 to 300 km off the southwestern
coast of India. The territory marks its 50th
anniversary this year. 
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Source: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/11/28/103/?nc=1

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   Jaisakthivel 
  Chennai, India. 

     
   
   



		
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