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KOSOVO INTERNATIONAL MILITARY FORCE KFOR.  QSL VIA CT1FKN EITHER DIRECT OR
VIA THE CT BUREAU.  BOYAN, YU8/LZ1BJ, WHO IS A POLICE OFFICER IN KOSOVO,
PLANS TO BE THERE FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.  HE HAS BEEN ON 40 AND 20 RTTY
AND PSK AND 10 SSB AND PLANS TO BE ON AL
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CT1XK/350 JA1EOD/362 KH6WU/354 W7SLB/340 JF3LGC/341 NR0X/346 AA9CN/338

EVENT AMATEUR RADIO STATIONS WILL BEGIN ACTIVITY.  FIVE SPECIAL CALLS,
REPRESENTING THE FIVE RINGS OF THE OLYMPIC FLAG, WILL BE QRV.  THE CALLS
WILL BE BT1OB, BT1OJ, BT1OH, BT1OY AND BT1ON.  THE LAST LETTER OF THE CALL
SIGN CORRESPONDS TO THE COLOR OF EACH OF THE RINGS OF THE OLYMPIC FLAG
BEIBEI BLUE, JINGJING BLACK, HUANHUAN RED, YINGYING YELLOW AND NINI GREEN.
BA4EG WILL BE THE QSL MANAGER FOR ALL STATIONS.  QSLS CAN BE SENT EITHER
DIRECT OR VIA THE BUREAU AND WILL BEGIN TO BE ANSWERED IN OCTOBER.  THERE
IS A WEB SITE SET UP AT WWW. BJ2008SES. COM. CN.  THE WEB SITE INCLUDES AN
ONLINE LOG SEARCH, QSL CARD RECEIVE AND SENT STATUS, AWARD CRITERIA, ALONG
WITH OTHER INFORMATION.  LOOK FOR THESE FIVE OLYMPIC SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS
TO BE QRV THROUGH SEPTEMBER 17.  EZ TURKMENISTAN TURKMENISTANS MINISTRY OF
COMMUNICATIONS HALTED AMATEUR RADIO ACTIVITIES IN THE SUMMER OF 2006.
DESPITE THE STANDSTILL, CLUB STATION EZ7V HAS BEEN REPORTED OCCASIONALLY ON
THE AMATEUR RADIO BANDS.  TURKMENISTANS AMATEUR RADIO LEAGUE, LIGA
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AC6HY/332 N4BYU/341 JA2FWS/336 AA4S/356 N1API/343 CP5NU/339 JA1CHN/345
KG6B/346 W7DQM/363 JE1HPM/340 NN7X/339 9A8A/337 KE0MO/336 AD1C/341 N5ET/339

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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