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DX Bulletin 17 ARLD017

From ARRL Headquarters

Newington CT April 24, 2014

To all radio amateurs

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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.

FIJI, 3D2. Operators Rocco, DG5AA, Rich, DK8YY and Dieter, DL1AWD

are QRV as 3D2RH until May 4. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using

CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL via DH7WW.

KENYA, 5Z. Toru, JH0CJH is QRV as 5Z4/JH0CJH from Nairobi until May

3. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters. QSL to home call.

BOTSWANA, A2. Geo, HB9CPS is QRV as A25/HB9CPS. He is active on 12

and 10 meters using CW. His length of stay is unknown. QSL to home

call.

CHINA, BY. A group of operators are QRV as B7CRA from rare Yongxing

Island, IOTA AS-143, until May 10. Activity is on the HF bands and

will vary at times. QSL via BA4EG.

BALEARIC ISLANDS, EA6. Francois, ON4LO is QRV as EA6/ON4LO/p from

Mallorca Island, IOTA EU-005, until May 15. Activity is on 40 to

10 meters using SSB. He plans to activate different lighthouses on

the island. QSL to home call.

LIBERIA, EL. Dickson, EL2DT has been QRV on 20 meters using CW

around 1930 to 2115z. QSL via operator's instructions.

PANAMA, HP. Roberto, YV5IAL plans to be QRV as HP1/YV5IAL from

April 29 to May 9. Activity will be holiday style using QRP power

and PSK31 on 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10 meters between 2200 and 0300z.

QSL to home call.

DOMINICA, J7. Walter, HB9MFM is QRV as J79WTA until June 8.

Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using SSB and various digital modes.

QSL to home call.

SVALBARD, JW. Kjel, SM5NAS is QRV as 8S5A/JW. His length of stay

is unknown. QSL to home call.

ANTARCTICA. Juan is QRV as LU4ZS from the club station located at

the Marambio Base on Seymour Island, IOTA AN-013. He is usually

active on 10 meters using SSB between 1930 to 2130z. QSL via

LU4DXU.

AUSTRIA, OE. A group of operators from the Austrian Broadcasting

Service and the QSL Collection will be QRV as OE14M for

International Marconi Day on April 26. They will be active from

April 25 to 27. QSL via OE1WHC.

BELGIUM, ON. Members of the UBA section of Midden West-Vlaanderen

will be QRV as ON1418MWV from April 27 to May 27 to commemorate the

location of a German field hospital during World War I. QSL via

ON6UB.

FERNANDO DE NORONHA, PY0F. Leo, PP1CZ is QRV as PY0F/PP1CZ until

April 29. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY.

QSL to home call.

PALAU, T8. Nob, JR3STX will be QRV as T88ST from the Palau Rental

Shack on Malakal Island, IOTA OC-009, from April 29 to May 7.

Activity will be on 80 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to

home call.

CORSICA, TK. A group of operators will be QRV as TK1R from April 30

to May 4. Activity will be mainly on 30, 17 and 12 meters with an

emphasis on the digital modes. This includes being an entry in the

upcoming ARI International DX contest. QSL via IK2DUW.

AUSTRALIA, VK. Members of the Hellenic Amateur Radio Association of

Australia will activate Bare Island, IOTA OC-171, for the first

time. They will be active as AX2CL on April 25 and VK2CL on April

26. Activity will be on the HF bands with 3 or 4 stations active

simultaneously. QSL via operators' instructions.

INDONESIA, YB. A group of operators are QRV as YB8RW/p from

Tahulanddang Island, IOTA OC-210, until April 28. QSL via YB9BU.

SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS. W1AW Centennial Stations W1AW/1 in New

Hampshire and W1AW/2 in New Jersey are QRV until 2359z on April 29.

In addition, W1AW Centennial Stations W1AW/1 in Connecticut and

W1AW/7 in Nevada will be QRV starting at 0000z on April 30. They

will be active until 2359z on May 6.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The 10-10 International Spring Digital

Contest, SP DX RTTY Contest, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC Sprint CW

Ladder, Helvetia Contest, Florida QSO Party and the BARTG Sprint 75

are all on tap for this upcoming weekend. The CWops Mini-CWT Test

is scheduled for April 30. Please see April QST, page 82 and the

ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details.

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