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DX Bulletin 4 ARLD004

From ARRL Headquarters

Newington CT January 24, 2013

To all radio amateurs

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

K1SFA, NC1L, QRZ DX, 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.

SENEGAL, 6W. Jean-Claude, F6IRS is QRV as 6W/F6IRS until February

7. Activity is holiday style on all HF bands using mostly SSB

during his late afternoons into early evening. QSL to home call.

GHANA, 9G. Marcel, AI6MS is QRV as 9G5MS until May 2013 while

working as a volunteer with Medicine on the Move. This includes

being active in the upcoming ARRL School Club Roundup. QSL to home

call.

FRANCE, F. Gil, F4FET/p is QRV from the Lighthouse Boulogne sur

mer, ARLHS FRA-089, until January 31. Activity is on the HF bands

using SSB. QSL to home call.

REUNION ISLAND, FR. Pierre, F8APV and Stephane, F8EOI are QRV as

FR/home calls until February 9. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters with

an emphasis on 30 meters CW and 20 meters using SSB. QSL to home

calls.

THAILAND, HS. Eddy, ON4AFU is QRV as HS0ZJF/8 from Koh Samui, IOTA

AS-101, until February 18. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using CW

only. He plans to be active from IOTA group AS-126. QSL to home

call.

GUINEA-BISSAU, J5. Peter, HA3AUI is QRV as J5UAP until March 10.

Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using mainly CW and digital modes.

QSL direct to home call.

MARIANA ISLANDS, KH0. Joe, JA1LZR is QRV as NH0Z until January 28.

This includes an entry in the CQ 160 Meter CW contest. QSL via

JJ2VLY.

NETHERLANDS, PA. Special event station PH00ZWAT is QRV until

January 27 from the former Radio Nederland Wereldomroep antenna park

in Zeewolde. QSL via operator's instructions.

SWEDEN, SM. A group of operators are QRV as SI9AM from the King

Chulalongkorn Memorial Amateur Radio Society station in Ragunda

until January 28. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW and SSB.

This includes an entry in the UBA DX contest. QSL via SM3CVM.

EGYPT, SU. Gerd, DJ5IW is QRV as SU/DJ5IW from El Fardous until

February 8. Activity is on 20 meters and above. QSL to home call.

TURKEY, TA. Members of the Turkish Radio Amateur Club from the

Bursa Branch are QRV using special callsign TC16BURSA until March

10. Activity is on all bands using CW, SSB, PSK and ROS modes. QSL

via operators' instructions.

CHAD, TT. Sergiy, US3EZ is QRV as TT8/US3EZ until March. QSL to

home call.

KAZAKHSTAN, UN. Tony, RT9T is QRV as UN/RT9T. This includes an

entry in the CQ 160 Meter CW contest. QSL to home call.

ANTARCTICA. Craig, VK6JJJ is a member of the Antarctica Australian

National Antarctic Research Expedition 2013/14 and is QRV as VK0JJJ

from Mawson Base in the Mac Robertson Land until January 2014.

Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using SSB and digital modes. QSL via

K7CO.

AUSTRALIA, VK. Radio amateurs in Australia may substitute their

normal VK prefix for AX on January 26 in commemoration of Australia

Day.

MEXICO, XE. Dario, LU3DR is QRV as XE3/LU3DR from the Quintana Roo

State until January 28. He is active using SSB on 20, 17, 15 and 10

meters. QSL to home call.

SERBIA, YU. Members of the Old Timers Club of the Amateur Radio

Union of Serbia are QRV as YU15OTC during 2013 in celebration of its

15th anniversary. Activity is on all bands and modes. QSL via

YU6A.

CAYMAN ISLANDS, ZF. Ted, K8AQM will be QRV as ZF2TA from January 26

to February 2. Activity will be holiday style on 20 to 10 meters

using CW and SSB. QSL to home call.

OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operations are

approved for DXCC Credit: Laos, XWPA, 2010 to 2011 operation; Laos,

XW4XR, current operations.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The CQ 160-Meter CW Contest, BARTG RTTY

Sprint, NAQCC Straight Key/Bug CW Sprint, QRP CW Fox Hunt, NCCC

Sprint CW Ladder, REF CW Contest, UBA DX SSB Contest, SPAR Winter

Field Day, WAB 1.8 MHz Phone Contest and the QRP ARCI Fireside SSB

Sprint are all on tap for this upcoming weekend. The Classic CW

Exchange is scheduled for January 28. The QRP CW Fox Hunt is

scheduled for January 30. Please see January 2013 QST, page 87, and

the ARRL and WA7BNM Contest websites for details.

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