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

NC1L, 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.

SRI LANKA, 4S. A group of operators will be QRV as 4S7DRG, 4S7FRG

and 4S7LXG from March 10 to 23. This includes a side trip to

Barberyn Island, IOTA AS-171. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters

using CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK and SSTV. QSL via DL7DF.

TANZANIA, 5H. Arne, OH2NNE is QRV as 5H2DK from the Angaza Women

Center in Sanya Juu until March 23. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters

using SSB. QSL to home call.

BARBADOS, 8P. Alex, DD5ZZ is QRV as 8P9BZ from Dover Beach until

March 13. Activity is holiday style on 40 to 10 meters using mainly

digital modes. QSL to home call.

MALDIVES, 8Q. Jim, G3VDB is QRV as 8Q7EJ and will be active in the

RSGB Commonwealth contest. QSL to home call.

SIERRA LEONE, 9L. Ivo, 9A3A is QRV as 9L1A until the end of May.

He is active on 6 meters around 50110 kHz. QSL via 9A2AA.

NEPAL, 9N. Andy, UA3AA is QRV as 9N7AA until May 23. He is active

on the HF bands, depending on the local noise conditions. QSL

direct to home call.

BAHRAIN, A9. Special event station A91YA is QRV during 2014 during

the context of the Year of Art. QSL via IZ8CLM.

MADEIRA ISLANDS, CT3. Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy, DL3KWF are QRV as

CT9/home calls until April 2. Activity is holiday style on the HF

bands using mainly CW with some digital modes. QSL via operators'

instructions.

PERU, OA. Hutch, NK0S will be QRV as OA4/NK0S from the Radio Club

of Peru club station from March 12 to 25. Activity will be holiday

style on the HF bands using primarily SSB with some CW and digital

modes. QSL to home call.

PALAU, T8. David, VK3BY will be QRV as T88XT from Malakal Island,

IOTA OC-009, from March 8 to 14. Activity will be holiday style on

the HF bands using SSB. QSL to home call.

SOUTH SHETLANDS ISLANDS. Alexander, RX0QM is a member of the 59th

Russian Antarctic Expedition and is going to be QRV as RI59ANT

beginning March 10 on Base Bellingshausen. QSL via operator's

instructions.

UKRAINE, UR. Special event stations EM200RT, EN200RT, EO200RK,

EO200RT and EO200TARAS are QRV during the month of March to honor

the memory of Taras Shevchenko, the renowned Ukrainian poet. QSL

via operators' instructions.

CANADA, VE. Dave, VO1AU is QRV as VO2AAA from the club station of

the Hams of Western Labrador in Labrador City until March 10. This

includes being active in the RSGB Commonwealth contest on all bands.

QSL via VE3AAQ.

MONTSERRAT, VP2M. Iain, M0PCB and Steve, M0SPF are QRV as VP2MXI

and VP2MZR, respectively, until March 10. Activity is on the HF

bands using SSB and RTTY. This includes being active in the RSGB

Commonwealth contest. QSL to home calls.

INDONESIA, YB. Imam, YB4IR will be QRV as YB4IR/P from Enggano

Island, IOTA OC-204, from March 12 to 18. Activity will be on 40 to

10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via operator's instructions.

CAYMAN ISLANDS, ZF. Nigel, G3TXF plans to be QRV as ZF2XF in the

RSGB Commonwealth contest. QSL to home call.

SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS. W1AW Centennial Stations W1AW/7 in Idaho

and W1AW/4 in Kentucky are QRV until 2359z on 11 March. In

addition, W1AW Centennial Stations W1AW/7 in Arizona and W1AW/8 in

Ohio will be QRV starting at 0000z on March 12. They will be active

until 2359z on March 18.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The North American RTTY Sprint, AWA John

Rollins Memorial DX CW Contest, NRAU 10-Meter Activity Contest, QRP

CW Fox Hunt, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC Sprint, RSGB Commonwealth CW

Contest, SKCC Weekend CW Sprintathon, AGCW QRP CW Contest, QRP ARCI

HF Grid Square CW Sprint, EA PSK63 Contest, TESLA Memorial HF

80-Meter CW Contest, Idaho QSO Party, UBA Spring 6-Meter Contest,

NSARA Contest and the Wisconsin QSO Party will certainly keep

contesters busy this upcoming weekend.

The QRP CW Fox Hunt, CWops Mini-CWT CW Test and RSGB 80-Meter Club

CW Championship are scheduled for March 12. Please see March QST,

page 84 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details.

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