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425 DX News issue #1215
DXCC prefix: VU4 - Andaman & Nicobar Is.
A DXpedition to either the Andaman and the Nicobar Islands is being organized to take place in November. It is one single DXCC Entity, but IOTA wise they count for two separate groups: AS-001 for the Andamans, and AS-033 for the "most wanted" Nicobars. The callsign will be VU4KV for both operations, and exact dates will be published once the logistics are in place. The operating team includes Krish W4VKU (VU2VKU), Prasad VU2PTT, Pai VU2PAI, Nandu VU2NKS, Kumar VU2BGS, Chetan VU3DMP, Deepak VU2CDP, Sangeeth A45WH (VU2WH), Kiran VU3KPL and Aravind VU2ABS. Initially, a short duration activity will be carried out from Campbell Bay,Great Nicobar by three operators (VU2VKU, VU2PAI and VU3DMP) with two stations on limited bands SSB and CW. The operation will be sometime between 3 and 13 November. The team requests DXers to avoid working band-fills. Those who need VU4 for DXCC purposes will have an opportunity to work the larger Andaman activation (five stations operated by the full team), which will take place from Neil Island for at least 10 days sometime between 15 and 30 November. QSL via W4VKU (OQRS available in December). Separate QSL cards will be issued for the Nicobars and the Andamans. Further information, updates and logsearch at www.vu4kv.info. [TNX VU2CDP]information from: http://www.425dxn.org