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ARLD015 DX news

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

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.

MAURITIUS, 3B8. Mart, DL6UAA is QRV as 3B8MM until the end of

April. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using CW, with some SSB and

digital modes. QSL to home call.

FIJI, 3D2. Wes, ZL3TE is QRV as 3D2SE from Viti Levu, IOTA OC-016,

until April 14. Activity is on the HF bands using mostly CW with

some digital modes. This includes an entry in the Japan

International DX CW contest. QSL to home call.

CROATIA, 9A. Pista, HA5AUC and Ed, HA5BWW are QRV as 9A/home calls

from Rab Island, IOTA EU-136, until April 14. Activity is on the HF

bands using CW. QSL via bureau.

MOROCCO, CN. Carlos, CT1QP is QRV as CN2CL from Hassilabiad until

April 15. QSL to home call.

SPAIN, EA. Members of the Local Section of the URE in Toledo will

be QRV as EH4GT from April 14 to 24 to mark the 400th anniversary of

the death of El Greco, the famous Cretan painter. Activity will be

on the HF bands using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL via

EA4TE.

FRANCE, F. Special event call TM92UFT is QRV until April 20 during

the Union Francaise des Telegraphistes 29th annual meeting in

Aubagne. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW. QSL via F6ICG.

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, HC8. Vlad, UA4WHX is QRV as HC8ART from Isla

Isabela, IOTA SA-004. Activity is on the HF bands using CW, SSB and

RTTY. His length of stay is unknown. QSL to home call.

ST. VINCENT, J8. Brian, GW4DVB will be QRV as J88PI from Palm

Island, IOTA NA-025, from April 13 to 23. Activity will be on the

HF bands using SSB around 2000 to 2300z. QSL to home call.

OGASAWARA, JD1. Minekazu, JA2NQG is QRV as JD1AAI from Chichijima

Island, IOTA AS-031, until April 17. Activity is on the HF bands.

This includes an entry in the Japan International DX CW contest.

QSL direct to home call.

NETHERLANDS, PA. Jan, PE1GNP and Marc, PD7YY are QRV as PH38EU from

Terschelling Island, IOTA EU-038, until April 14. Activity is on 40

to 10 meters and 2 meters using SSB. QSL via bureau.

SABA, ST. EUSTATIUS, PJ5. Frank, K3TRM will be QRV as PJ5/K3TRM

from St. Eustatius, IOTA NA-145, from April 12 to 20. Activity will

be on the HF bands using SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL to home call.

POLAND, SP. Dionizy, SP6IEQ will be QRV using special call sign

3Z14EASTER from April 12 to 24. QSL to home call.

CAMEROON, TJ. Thomas, TJ3TS is generally QRV on 20, 15 and 10

meters using mostly digital modes and some occasional SSB.

SOUTH AFRICA, ZS. Operators ZS1AFS and ZS1AFR are QRV as ZT1T until

after the Easter holiday. Activity is holiday style on 20, 17, 12

and 15 meters, and possibly 40 meters, with two stations. QSL via

operators' instructions.

SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS. W1AW Centennial Stations W1AW/1 in

Massachusetts, W1AW/KP4 in Puerto Rico and W1AW/4 in Virginia are

QRV until 2359z on April 15. In addition, W1AW Centennial Stations

W1AW/5 in Mississippi and W1AW/0 in North Dakota will be QRV

starting at 0000z on April 16. They will be active until 2359z on

April 22.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Japan International DX CW Contest,

NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC Sprint Ladder, OK/OM DX SSB Contest, SKCC

Weekend CW Sprintathon, New Mexico QSO Party, EU Spring CW Sprint,

Georgia QSO Party, Yuri Gagarin International DX CW Contest,

International Vintage HF Contest and the Hungarian Straight Key CW

Contest are all on tap for this upcoming weekend. The 222 MHz

Spring Sprint is scheduled for April 15. The CWops Mini-CWT Test

and RSGB 80-meter Club SSB Championship are scheduled for April 16.

Please see April QST, page 82 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web

sites for details.

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