[SEDXC] Fw: Big D6 DXpedition less than 4 weeks off!

[MIKE GREENWAY]

This is another request for donations.  We will have 2 on the table at the
meeting so be thinking about it even if it is just a token .......K4PI

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Telenius-Lowe <m01uzn00@cwcom.net>
To: g4jvg@cwcom.net <g4jvg@cwcom.net>
Date: Saturday, January 13, 2001 11:08 AM
Subject: Big D6 DXpedition less than 4 weeks off!


>Dear DX friends,
>
>I am writing to you on behalf of the Five Star DXers Association, which
>is organising the D68C DXpedition to the Comoros that starts on 8
>February. Please forgive this circular e-mail and my apologies if you
>have received this message in error.
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>Some time ago we sent you a colour brochure and a letter about our
>DXpedition. I hope you have had
>time to read them and that your DX club feels it will be able to sponsor
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>out DXpedition. I would be very grateful if you could let me know if you
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>will be able to make a contribution to the DXpedition.
>You can e-mail me at: g4jvg@cwcom.net
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>If you did not receive the brochure, I would be pleased to send one to
>you by air mail if you give me your full postal address. Alternatively,
>the brochure is now available as a PDF file (approximately 375kb in
>size) and I would be pleased to send this to you by e-mail if you wish.
>Much information about the DXpedition can also be found on our web site
>at www.dxbands.com/comoros
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>It is now looking as if this DXpedition will be the biggest one ever. We
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>have 26 top-rate operators from 11 different countries. We have sent a
>shipping container with 3.5 tonnes of equipment and this should have
>already arrived on the Comoros in the last few days. We will have large
>mono-band beam antennas on all bands from 80 to 6 metres, with Force 12
>or Cushcraft Yagis on 6 to 30 metres, and full-size 4-Square arrays on
>40 and 75/80 metres. On 160m we have an 82ft high Titanex vertical. All
>the antennas will be situated on the water's edge. We will be operating
>a minimum of six high-power stations 24 hours a day for three weeks. At
>peak propagation times we will have even more stations on the air.
>
>One of the reasons we are taking so much equipment and so many antennas
>is that we want to make it really easy for even beginners to DXing to
>work us. In this way we will be encouraging DXing and - we hope -
>helping to put the fun back into amateur radio. Although all our plans
>have come together well, we are still a few thousand dollars short of
>our target for sponsorship. Each operator has put in around $3000 of his
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>own and paid for air tickets, accommodation and food.
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>I hope you or your club will be able to sponsor us. I look forward to
>hearing from you and to working you from D68C next month!
>
>If you are unable to make a donation or do not wish to do so, please
>accept my apologies for troubling you.
>73,
>Steve Telenius-Lowe, G4JVG
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