{"id":345,"date":"2026-01-09T10:13:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vu2rs.com\/vu7r\/?p=345"},"modified":"2026-01-09T10:13:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:13:39","slug":"press-release-for-lakshadweep-island-dxpedition-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vu2rs.com\/vu7r\/2026\/01\/09\/press-release-for-lakshadweep-island-dxpedition-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS RELEASE FOR LAKSHADWEEP ISLAND DXPEDITION 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hey DX Friends! $\"\ud83d\ude4b\"$ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bummer news, but we\u2019ve got to postpone the Lakshadweep Island DXpedition $\"\ud83d\ude14\"$ . Our Spiderbeam and DX Commander antennas, crucial for 160m\/80m ops, got stuck due to shipment delays $\"\ud83d\ude41\"$ . Material arrived end Dec, but UPS\/Fedex put it on hold for holidays + customs issues $\"\ud83d\ude10\"$ .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT \u2013 we\u2019ve got some good stuff too! $\"\ud83c\udf89\"$ Loop antennas are in, and we\u2019ve added 2 x 1KW Amplifiers & 500Watt Power\u00a0Amplifier to beef up our power $\"\ud83d\udcaa\"$ . Customs dept friends are helping us clear the mess, and remaining gear arrived in Kochi Jan 2026 $\"\ud83d\udc4d\"$ .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re waiting on WPC updates on foreign reciprocal licenses. If needed, we\u2019ll explore shifting to another island where foreign nationals are allowed $\"\ud83d\udc35\"$ . Police verifications are done, we\u2019re ready to roll!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ll share new dates ASAP once customs clears our gear. Stay tuned, thanks for your patience and support $\"\ud83d\ude4f\"$ !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheers,
Sarath (VU2RS)
Expedition Leader, AU7RS
+919949977388\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey DX Friends! Bummer news, but we\u2019ve got to postpone the Lakshadweep Island DXpedition . Our Spiderbeam and DX Commander antennas, crucial for 160m\/80m ops, got stuck due to shipment delays . Material arrived end Dec, but UPS\/Fedex put it on hold for holidays + customs issues . BUT \u2013 we\u2019ve got some good stuff […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vu2rs.com\/vu7r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vu2rs.com\/vu7r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vu2rs.com\/vu7r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vu2rs.com\/vu7r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vu2rs.com\/vu7r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.vu2rs.com\/vu7r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346,"href":"http:\/\/www.vu2rs.com\/vu7r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions\/346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vu2rs.com\/vu7r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vu2rs.com\/vu7r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vu2rs.com\/vu7r\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}