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ARLD027 Eritrea dxpedition
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DX Bulletin 27  ARLD027
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  May 24, 1993
To all radio amateurs

Eritrea DXpedition

Norwegian DXpedition to Asmara, Eritrea - May 31 to June 9 1993

The following from Erling Wiig, LA6VM, was received at ARRL HQ today:

The dxpedition program includes an amateur radio introductory
seminar, the setup of a club station and on-the-air operation.
Engineers, technicians and students selected by the
Telecommunications Authority of Eritrea will attend.

Eritrea was deleted as a separated DXCC country 14 November 1962
after if had been annexed by Ethiopia as its 14th province.  Ham
radio was banned for many years.  After the recent referendum,
Eritrea has been recognized as an independent state, with May 24,
1993 as their formal Declaration of Independence day.  Eritrea is
expected to reappear on the DXCC countries list shortly.

The dxpedition is organized by Ham Forum - LA5X.  The dxpedition
team members are:

Erling J. Wiig LA6VM (team leader)
Just Qvigstad LA9DL
Halvard Eriksen LA7XK/KK6ZS
Einar Enderud LA1EE
Jim Fujiwara JF1IST from Japan is also part of the team.

Operation is anticipated on HF SSB and CW, with participation of
resident operators as part of the seminar.  Callsign and frequencies
of operation will be announced later, from site.  Equipment for 3
complete stations will be available. QSL manager for this special
event will be  Ruth Tollefsen, LA6ZH, PO Box 17, N-0617 Oslo,
Norway.
/EX