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DX Bulletin 20 ARLD020

From ARRL Headquarters

Newington CT May 15, 2014

To all radio amateurs

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

NC1L, W1UE, 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.

BOTSWANA, A2. Gert, ZS6AYU is QRV as A25GF until May 18. Activity

is on 40 to 10 meters using CW. QSL to home call.

BAHRAIN, A9. Operators Fawaz, A92AA, Rabie, A93AR, Ely, A93LT and

Fahad, A95FQ will be QRV using special event call sign A91WTIS on

May 17 during the World Telecommunication and Information Society

Day. QSL via IZ8CLM.

SOUTH COOK ISLANDS, E5. Richard, N7HX is QRV as E51NHX from

Rarotonga, IOTA OC-013. Activity is holiday style on 20 and 15

meters using SSB. His length of stay is unknown. QSL to home call.

FRENCH GUIANA, FY. Al, F8FUA and Stef, F5UOW are QRV as FY/home

calls from Royale, IOTA SA-020, until May 25. Activity is holiday

style on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home calls.

PANAMA, HP. Members of the Associazione Radioamatori Carabinieri

will be QRV as HP0CC from May 20 to June 5. Activity will be on all

bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via IZ4SUC.

HONDURAS, HR. Dennis, W1UE and Rudy, N2WQ will be QRV as W1UE/HR9

and N2WQ/HR9, respectively, from Roatan, Bay Islands, IOTA NA-057,

from May 22 to 28. Activity will be on 80 to 15 meters using RTTY

and some SSB. This includes being a Multi/Single entry in the

upcoming CQ WW WPX CW contest. QSL both calls to W1UE.

WAKE ISLAND, KH9. Lisa, KJ6GHN is QRV as KH9/KJ6GHN and has been

active on 15 meters using PSK around 0830z. QSL via operator's

instructions.

US VIRGIN ISLANDS, KP2. Operators NZ5N, N8PR, W4JAM and WC3W will

be QRV as N4M and WP2/WC3W from St. Croix from May 21 to 27.

Activity will be on the HF bands, including 6 and 2 meters. They

will also operate EME, Meteor Scatter and Tropo on 2 meters. QSL

via operators' instructions.

BULGARIA, LZ. Station LZ100LS is QRV until the end of May to

celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Levski Sports Club in Sofia.

QSL via LZ1XM.

ARUBA, P4. John, KK9A will be QRV as P40A from May 17 to 25.

Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using mostly CW. This includes

being a Single Op/All Band entry in the upcoming CQ WW WPX CW

contest. QSL via WD9DZV.

WESTERN SAHARA, S0. Man, S01WS is QRV and has been active on 10

meters between 0430 and 0530z. QSL via EA2JG.

GREECE, SV. Special event station J42CPMV is QRV until May 26 to

recognize the Volunteers Minor Civil Protection. QSL via SV2HTI.

PALAU, T8. Fujio, JA1SVP and Takeo, JR1GSE are QRV as T88FA and

T88TH, respectively, from Koror Island, IOTA OC-009, until May 19.

Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home

calls. In addition, operators JH1BGH and 7K1HLJ will be QRV as

T88WI and T88WH, respectively, from Koror Island, IOTA OC-009, from

May 20 to 28. QSL to home calls.

INDONESIA, YB. Imam, YB4IR will be QRV as YB4IR/5 from Midai

Island, IOTA OC-109, from May 18 to 25. Activity will be on 40 to

10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home call.

ZIMBABWE, Z2. After his Botswana trip, Gert, ZS6AYU will be QRV as

Z21GF from May 19 to 23 on the Victoria Falls. Activity will be on

40 to 10 meters using CW. QSL to home call.

OPERATION APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operation is

approved for DXCC credit: Andaman and Nicobar Island, VU4K, 2014

operation.

SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS. W1AW Centennial Station W1AW/0 in South

Dakota is QRV until 2359z on May 20. In addition, W1AW Centennial

Stations W1AW/2 in New York and W1AW/0 in Colorado will be QRV

starting at 0000z on May 21. They will be active until 2359z on May

27.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC Sprint,

Slobozhansky Sprint Contest, Kazakhstan DX Contest, Portuguese Navy

Day Digital Contest, EU DX BPSK63 Contest, Aegean RTTY Contest, His

Majesty King of Spain CW Contest, Feld Hell Sprint, Baltic 80-Meter

Contest and the UA2 QSO Party are all on tap for this upcoming

weekend. The Run for the Bacon QRP CW Contest is scheduled for May

9. The CWops Mini-CWT CW Test is scheduled for May 21. Please see

May QST, page 79, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for

details.

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