ARRL DX Bulletin No. 0011

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DX Bulletin 11  ARLD011

From ARRL Headquarters

Newington CT  March 8, 2018

To all radio amateurs

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

PY2WAS, The Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest

Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites.

Thanks to all.

SPRATLY ISLANDS.  A large group of operators are QRV as 9M0W from

Layang Layang Island, IOTA AS-051, until March 13.  Activity is on

160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes.  QSL via

YT1AD.

MAURITIUS, 3B8.  Nigel, G3TXF will be QRV as 3B8XF in the RSGB

Commonwealth CW contest.  QSL via Club Log.

ANNOBON, 3C0.  Operators YL2GM, YL1ZF and YL2KL are QRV as 3C0W from

Annobon, IOTA AF-039, until March 27.  Activity is on 160 to 10

meters using CW, SSB and RTTY.  QSL direct to YL2GN.

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 9Y.  Operators Arkadiy, UA4CC and Arunas, LY2IJ

are QRV as 9Y4/UA4CC and 9Y4/LY2IJ, respectively, from Tobago

Island, IOTA SA-009, until March 12.  Activity is holiday style on

the various HF bands using CW, SSB and possibly RTTY and FT8.  QSL

to home calls.

BHUTAN, A5.  Look for A5A to be QRV from March 14 to 18.  Activity

will be on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8.  QSL via

JH1AJT.

PHILIPPINES, DU.  Jacek, SP5APW will be QRV as DU1/SP5APW from

Palawan Island, IOTA OC-129, from March 12 to 18.  Activity will be

holiday style on 40, 20, and 17 meters using SSB, RTTY, PSK and FT8.

QSL to home call.

FRENCH POLYNESIA, FO.  Will, W0ZRJ and Bill, KH6OO will be QRV as

TX5X from Tahiti, IOTA OC-046, from March 10 to 17,  Activity will

be on 40 to 10 meters using CW, JT9, JT65 and FT8.  QSL via LoTW.

REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HL.  Taka, JA8COE is QRV as HL4/JA8COE/5 from

Namhae Island, IOTA AS-081, until March 9.  Activity is on the HF

bands using CW, SSB and various digital modes.  QSL to home call.

AUSTRIA, OE.  Operators OE3DMB and OE8AIR will be QRV with special

calls OE100DMB and OE100AIR, respectively, from March 11 to November

13 to celebrate Austria’s declaration of becoming a democratic

republic on November 12, 1918.  QSL to home calls.

CURACAO, PJ2.  Ben, DL1RNT is QRV as PJ2/DL1RNT until March 15.

Activity is holiday style on 40 to 10 meters using mostly CW with

some RTTY and PSK.  QSL to home call.

SABA, ST. EUSTATIUS, PJ5.  Operators SP2FUD, SP2GCJ and SP9FIH will

be QRV as PJ5/home calls beginning March 12.  Activity is on the HF

bands.  They will be QRV as PJ5T in the upcoming CQ World Wide WPX

SSB contest as a Multi Op entry.  QSL via operators’ instructions.

PALAU, T8.  Kiyoshi, JA0EKI is QRV as T88XH from Koror Island, IOTA

OC-009, until March 14.  Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW,

SSB, RTTY and FT8.  QSL to home call.

CAMEROON, TJ.  A group of operators will be QRV as TJ3TT from March

15 to 29.  Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and

RTTY.  QSL direct to I2YSB.

CONGO, TN.  Members of the DX Friends Team are QRV as TN5R from

Pointe Noire until March 19.  Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using

CW, SSB and RTTY.  QSL via EA5RM.

BENIN, TY.  A group of operators are QRV as TY7C until March 18.

Activity is on the HF bands using CW, SSB, and various digital modes

including FT8, with four stations active.  QSL via F5GSJ.

MACAO, XX9.  A group of operators are QRV as XX9B until March 17.

Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SB, RTTY and FT8 with three

stations active.  QSL via PP1CZ.

CAYMAN ISLANDS, ZF.  Operators K0NR and KB9DPF will be QRV as ZF2NR

and ZF2PF, respectively, from Grand Cayman Island from March 10 to

17.  Activity will be holiday style on 40 to 10 meters using SSB and

FT8.  This includes some FM Satellite activity from grid square

EK99.  QSL to home calls.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO.  The Stew Perry Topband CW Challenge,

NCCC RTTY Sprint, QRP 80-Meter CW Fox Hunt, NCCC CW Sprint, SARL

VHF/UHF Analogue Contest, RSGB Commonwealth CW Contest, SKCC Weekend

CW Sprintathon, F9AA SSB Cup, South America 10 Meter Contest, AGCW

QRP CW Contest, Oklahoma QSO Party, EA PSK63 Contest, TESLA Memorial

80-Meter HF CW Contest, QCWA QSO Party, Idaho QSO Party, QRP ARCI

Spring Thaw SSB Shootout, North American RTTY Sprint, UBA Spring

2-Meter Contest, Wisconsin QSO Party and the WAB 3.5 MHz Phone will

certainly keep contesters busy this upcoming weekend.

The 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint is scheduled for March

12.

The CLARA Chatter Party is scheduled for March 13.

The RSGB 80-Meter Club CW Championship, CWops Mini-CWT CW Test,

Phone Fray and QRP 40-Meter CW Fox Hunt are scheduled for March 14.

The ARRL International Grid Chase runs during all of 2018.

Please see March 2018 QST, page 85, and the ARRL and WA7BNM Contest

Web Sites for details.

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