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HOWS DX?  2007 ARRL DESOTO CUP WINNER  THE ARRL HAS ANNOUNCED THAT FAUSTO
MINARDI, I4EAT, HAS WON THE 2007 DXCC DESOTO CUP CHALLENGE WITH AN AMAZING
3129 ENTITIES CONFIRMED.  THE CUP IS GIVEN TO THE DXER AT THE TOP OF THE
ARRL DXCC CHALLENGE TOTAL COUNTRIES CONFIRMED ON FAUSTO MINARDI, 1R8
THROUGH 50 MHZ.  FAUSTO PASSED BOB ESHLEMAN, W4DR, WHO HAD 3124 CONFIRMED,
LATE DECEMBER AND HELD ON TO HIS NUMBER ONE POSITION OVERTHROWING
INAUGURATION OF THE W4DR.  BOB HAS WON THE CUP SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2000.
NOT FAR BEHIND WAS LEIF OTTOSEN, OZ1LO, WITH 3119 COUNTRIES CHECKED BY THE
ARRL DXCC DESK.  TO DATE, 19 DXERS HAVE PASSED THE 3000 MARK.  THE TOP 19
LISTINGS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW. ARRL. ORG/ AWARDS/ DXCC/ LISTINGS/ DESOTO
CUP.  HTML.  4O MONTENEGRO MILOS, 4O/YT3M, WILL BE QRV FROM MONTENEGRO
BETWEEN AUGUST 1 AND AUGUST 20.  HELL BE OPERATING FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS
ALONG THE ADRIATIC COAST.  IT MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR AN IOTA OPERATION FROM EU
163.  5X UGANDA NICK, G3RWF, IS ONCE AGAIN HEADING BACK TO FORT PORTAL, IN
WESTERN UGANDA WHERE HE WILL BE QRV AS 5X1NH UNTIL AUGUST 15.  QSL VIA
G3RWF.  BY CHINA STARTING MAY 18 THE 2008 BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES SPECIAL
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KZ2I/353 AE1Q/340 JA1ADN/367 KE9L/340 W6XA/341 JA9LJS/342 NM4O/344
9A2OM/340 KD2SY/339 AB6QM/333 N3ZOM/332 JA2FCZ/339 336 LU1JDL/343 AL7R/341
JA1ADT/344 KF0LA/342 W7BJN/341 JD1AMA/337 NN4T/345 9A7V/338 KD4OS/338
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