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DX Bulletin 2 ARLD002

From ARRL Headquarters

Newington CT January 10, 2013

To all radio amateurs

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This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by

NC1L, PP1CZ, The Weekly DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The

Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest

Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all.

RWANDA, 9X. Carl, SM6CPY plans to be QRV as 9X0PY from January 15

to 31. Activity will be holiday style using mainly CW on the HF

bands. QSL to home call.

BAHAMAS, C6. Rick, K6VVA is QRV as C6AVA from Bimini Island, IOTA

NA-0148, until January 14. Activity is on the HF bands using CW.

This includes a possible entry in the North American CQ QSO Party.

QSL via N6AWD.

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, DA. Special event station DB100AWPB is

QRV to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the "Ausbesserungswerk

Paderborn" of the German Railway. QSL via DO6NIK.

MINAMI TORISHIMA, JD1. Take, JG8NQJ will be QRV as JG8NQJ/JD1

beginning January 15 until the middle of April while on work

assignment. Activity will be in his spare time. QSL to home call.

PUERTO RICO, KP4. Members of the Caribbean Amateur Radio Group are

QRV using special call N4D until January 25 on the occasion of the

ARRL Puerto Rico State Convention which occurs the end of the month.

QSL via WP4CRG.

AUSTRIA, OE. Austrian stations have the option of using the special

prefix OE2013 from January 15 to February 18 to commemorate the Ski

World Cup in Schladming. QSL via operators instructions.

FERNANDO DE NORONHA, PY0F. Leo, PP1CZ is on vacation on Fernando de

Noronha, IOTA SA-003, from January 15 to 21. He will be QRV as

PY0F/PP1CZ. Activity will be in his free time using CW, SSB and

RTTY on the HF bands, with a focus on 160 and 80 meters using only

CW. QSL to home call.

POLAND, SP. Janusz, SP9YI will be QRV with special event call sign

HF0A from January 15 to February 28 to celebrate the 10th Arctic

Activity Week. QSL to home call.

PALAU, T8. Mike, JA6EGL, Yas, JA6UBY and Yu, JE6DND are QRV as

T88SM, T88CP and T88HK respectively, from Koror Island, IOTA OC-009,

until January 14. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB.

QSL direct to home calls.

BELIZE, V3. Gerd, DJ4KW is QRV as V31YN until January 24. Activity

is on 160 to 10 meters. QSL to home call.

LORD HOWE ISLAND, VK9L. Operators JA3ARJ, JA3BZO, JA3HJI, AE6XY,

W7AVO and W7PBL are QRV as home calls /VK9L until January 18.

Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via

operators' instructions.

NORFOLK ISLAND, VK9N. Lee, VK3GK is QRV as VK3GK/9 until January

15. Activity is in his spare time on 80 to 10 meters using SSB and

some CW. QSL to home call.

VIET NAM, XV. Sei, JA7LU and Hiroo, JA2VWG will be QRV as XV4LU and

XV4DD, respectively, from Phu Quoc Island, IOTA AS-128, from January

12 to 16. Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters using SSB and RTTY.

QSL direct to home calls.

EL SALVADOR, YS. Roberto, I2JIN is QRV as YS3CW from Corinth until

January 31. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using mainly CW. QSL to

home call.

CAYMAN ISLANDS, ZF. Pet, K8PGJ will be QRV as ZF2PG from Grand

Cayman from January 12 to 20. Activity will be holiday style on 20

to 10 meters using mainly SSB. This includes an entry in the

upcoming North American SSB QSO Party. QSL to home call.

OPERATION APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operation is

approved for DXCC Credit: Conway Reef, 3D2C, 2012 operation. If

you had cards previously rejected for this operation please send an

email to bmoore@arrl.org to be put on a list for an update.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The QRP CW Fox Hunt, NCCC CW Sprint

Ladder, Old New Year Contest, SKCC Weekend CW Sprintathon, MI QRP

January CW Contest, UK DX BPSK63 Contest, WW PMC Contest, North

American CW QSO Party, DARC 10-Meter Contest and the NRAU-Baltic CW

and SSB Contest are all on tap for this upcoming weekend. The

NAQCC-EU Monthly CW Sprint is scheduled for January 14. The AWA

Linc Cundall Memorial CW Contest and QRP CW Fox Hunt are scheduled

for January 16. Please see January 2013 QST, page 87, and the ARRL

and WA7BNM Contest websites for details.

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