DXpedition To Bangladesh (23°43'N 90°26'E)

Callsign: S21YZ ( Most Wanted Ranking of #14 in North America )

March 12, 2011

Announcing a Dxpedition to S2, Bangladesh, #14 Most Wanted in North America

The FGC DX Group (*Foundation with Global Children) is pleased to announce our next multi-national DXpedition to Bangladesh, callsign S21YZ. We will begin operations by March 17, 2011 and will run until March 30th. We will activate 160-10m including the WARC bands using modes: SSB, CW, and RTTY. We will erect high gain antennas, use filtering and receive antennas, and run amplifiers at 4 stations, 24 hours a day. We have a new and improved QTH and will focus on the low bands to maximize this time of year. Also, we intend to listen carefully to the needs of the DX community during the operation by monitoring the activity on our website (coming soon), and other social media outlets for band openings, and dialogue with the radio community.

The team is expected to consist of: JH1AJT/A51A, JA1TRC/KH2J, JP1TRJ, JA1HGY, DS4EOI, KL2A, and 3 other operators TBA.

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On behalf of our S21YZ Team, Thank you! We look forward to seeing you in the log!
Jon Kimball, KL2A
S21YZ Team Member

The Team

S21YZ Team is truly multi-national, here are your operators:

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma (Myanmar) to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south. Together with the Indian state of West Bengal, it makes up the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal. The name Bangladesh means "Country of Bengal" in the official Bengali language.
The borders of present-day Bangladesh were established with the partition of Bengal and India in 1947, when the region became East Pakistan, part of the newly formed nation of Pakistan. However, it was separated from the western wing by 1,600 km (994 mi) of Indian territory. Due to political exclusion, ethnic and linguistic discrimination, and economic neglect by the politically-dominant West Pakistan, popular agitation grew against West Pakistan and led to the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, which the Bengali people won with the support of India. After independence, the new state endured famines, natural disasters and widespread poverty, as well as political turmoil and military coups. The restoration of democracy in 1991 has been followed by relative calm and economic progress. Today, Bangladesh is a secular, democratic republic.
Bangladesh is the eighth most populous country and is among the most densely populated countries in the world. The country also has a high poverty rate. However, per-capita (inflation-adjusted) GDP has more than doubled since 1975, and the poverty rate has fallen by 20% since the early 1990s. The country is listed among the "Next Eleven" economies. Dhaka, the capital, and other urban centers have been the driving force behind this growth.[8] Geographically, the country straddles the fertile Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta and is subject to annual monsoon floods and cyclones. Bangladesh is a parliamentary democracy with an elected parliament called the Jatiyo Sangshad.

Extracted from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh