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Friday, March 30, 2018

SARL 80m QSO Party

WA7BNM Contest Calendar – 1700Z-2000Z, Apr 5

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ARRL DX Bulletin No. 0014

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DX Bulletin 14 ARLD014

From ARRL Headquarters

Newington CT March 29, 2018

To all radio amateurs

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

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.

MALAWI, 7Q. Members of the EIDX Group are QRV as 7Q7EI from the

shores of Lake Malawi until April 2. Activity is on 160 to 10

meters using CW, SSB and RTTY with four stations active. QSL via

M0OXO.

GHANA, 9G. Richard, 9G5AR is now licensed and QRV from Accra. He

is generally active on 20 meters using SSB during his weekdays and

weekends. QSL via N4GNR.

CAPE VERDE, D4. Mike, CT1IUA plans to be QRV as D41A from Santa

Maria, Sal Island, IOTA AF-086, from April 1 to 9. Activity will be

holiday style on 40 to 10 meters using mainly CW with some SSB. QSL

to home call.

NORTHERN IRELAND, GI. Special event station GB106TBC will be QRV

from April 2 to 9 to commemorate the sinking of the RMS Titanic on

April 15, 1912. QSL direct to MI0MOD.

THAILAND, HS. Members of the Digital Thailand DX Association are

QRV as HS8JCV/p from Lipe Island, IOTA AS-126, until April 2.

Activity is on the HF bands. QSL via HS8JCV.

ARGENTINA, LU. Special event station AZ36H is QRV until April 2 to

recognize the 36th anniversary of the Falkland Islands War. QSL via

operators’ instructions.

BULGARIA, LZ. Members of the Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik are

QRV as LZ362ME during April to honor the memory of Bulgarian Saints.

QSL via bureau.

NETHERLANDS, PA. Special event station PF2018SLO is QRV from Sloten

during April during the context of the 11th Cities Marathon.

Activity is on the HF bands. QSL via PA0MBD.

EUROPEAN RUSSIA, UA. Special event stations UE12APR, R12APR, R108M

and UE57G will be QRV from April 1 to 15 to mark Cosmonauts Day to

commemorate the first flights in space. QSL via operators’

instructions.

CANADA, VE. Special call VD1BOOM is QRV on Saturdays and Sundays

during April to mark the 40th anniversary of a mysterious explosion

called the Bell Island Boom that happened April 2, 1978 on Bell

Island, IOTA NA-198, one of Newfoundland’s coastal islands.

Activity is on 20 meters. QSL direct to VO1IDX.

TURKS AND CAICOS, VP5. Bernie, KD5QHV plans to be QRV as VP5/KD5QHV

until April 2. Activity is on 40, 20, 17 and 15 meters using CW and

SSB. QSL to home call.

LAOS, XW. Champ, E21EIC is QRV as XW1IC until March 31. Activity

is on 40 to 6 meters. QSL to home call.

KOSOVO, Z6. Gab, HB9TSW is QRV as Z68GB until April 19. Activity

is on 80 to 17 meters using CW. QSL to home call.

GIBRALTAR, ZB. Special Event Station ZB2RAF will be QRV from April

1 to July 29 to honor the first Centenary of the Royal Air Force.

QSL via G8FC.

NEW ZEALAND, ZL. Special event station ZM50GW will be QRV during

April to commemorate the loss 50 years ago of the ferry TEV Wahine.

QSL via bureau.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Russian World Wide MultiMode

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

Feld Hell Sprint, UK/EI DX CW Contest and the RSGB 80-Meter RoLo SSB

contest are all on tap for this weekend.

The IQRP Quarterly Marathon and RSGB 80-Meter Club CW Championship

are scheduled for April 2.

The ARS Spartan CW Sprint is scheduled for April 3.

The UKEICC 80-Meter SSB Contest, Phone Fray and CWops Mini-CWT CW

Test are scheduled for April 4.

The ARRL International Grid Chase runs during all of 2018.

Please see March 2018 QST, page 85, April QST, page 84, and the ARRL

and WA7BNM Contest Web Sites for details.

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

FCC enforcement update: Boston, Brooklyn, Miami, Newark and Fayetteville

Many thanks to an SWLing Post contributor who shares the following FCC enforcement items:

RADIO EQUIPMENT SEIZED FROM TWO ILLEGAL RADIO STATIONS IN BOSTON

https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2018/db0328/DOC-349973A1.pdf

STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MICHAEL O’RIELLY ON ACTION AGAINST TWO BOSTON PIRATE RADIO “STATIONS”

https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2018/db0328/DOC-349972A1.pdf

Notes:

These news releases do not indicate whether the U.S. Marshals Service and FCC agents personally interacted with the alleged operators of these stations.

The FCC stated that the items were seized from the stations’ “antenna location,” which suggests that transmission equipment, but not studio equipment or persons, were taken into custody. For those details we will have to await official legal texts and not news pieces from the FCC media office.

Only a small minority of unlicensed stations ever have their equipment seized. Increasingly the FCC sends enforcement notices to the landlords of these stations, in the expectation that they will act against broadcasting tenants.

Additional enforcement actions against unlicensed stations were released today:

JEROME MOULTRIE; MIAMI, FLORIDA. Notice of Unlicensed Operation issued for radio signals on frequency 90.1 MHz in Miami, Florida. Action by: Regional Director, Region Two, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 03/28/2018 by Notice. EB DOC-349981A1.docx  DOC-349981A1.pdf

JEAN CLAUDE MICHEL; BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. Notice of Unlicensed Operation issued for radio signals on frequency 90.9 MHz in Brooklyn, New York. Action by: Regional Director, Region One, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 03/28/2018 by Notice. EB DOC-349979A1.docx  DOC-349979A1.pdf

ANGEL RIGOBERTO PINZON; OSSINING, NEW YORK. Notice of Unlicensed Operation issued for radio signals on frequency 90.5 MHz in Newark, New Jersey. Action by: Regional Director, Region One, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 03/28/2018 by Notice. EB DOC-349978A1.docx  DOC-349978A1.pdf

FREDDIE RODRIGUEZ; FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. Notice of Unlicensed Operation issued for radio signals on frequency 87.9 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Action by: Regional Director, Region Two, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 03/28/2018 by Notice. EB DOC-349980A1.docx  DOC-349980A1.pdf

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ARRL Headquarters Closed on Friday, March 30, no ARRL Letter this Week

ARRL –

ARRL Headquarters will be closed on Good Friday, March 30. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions on that day. The ARRL Letter is on hiatus this week, and no ARRL Audio News will be released on Friday.

ARRL Headquarters will reopen Monday, April 2, at 8 AM Eastern Daylight Time. The ARRL Letter and ARRL Audio News will return next week.

We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable…

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Malawi 7Q7EI DXpedition Team Taking Advantage of New FT8 “DXpedition Mode”

ARRL –

The 7Q7EI DXpedition in Malawi is using the new FT8 “DXpedition Mode,” which is still in beta, but some of those attempting to work 7Q7EI on that mode are not using the correct version of the FT8 software (part of WSJT-X version 1.9.0-rc3) released on March 18. The 7Q7EI operation concludes on April 2.

“It is working well, and things are okay on [7Q7EI’s] side, apart from a large amount of peopl…

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The Doctor Will See You Now!

ARRL –

“Receive Filters” is the topic for the new (March 29) episode of the “ARRL The Doctor is In” podcast. Listen…and learn!