SB DX @ ARL $ARLD002 ARLD002 DX news ZCZC AE02 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 2 ARLD002 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 14, 2010 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD002 ARLD002 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, OH2BH, QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. SENEGAL, 6W. Peter, HA3AUI is QRV as 6W2SC until March 31 while on holiday. He spends his time at the border between here and Guinea-Bissau. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using mainly digital modes, with some CW and SSB if requested. QSL direct to home call. LESOTHO, 7P. Art, ZS6BQI is QRV as 7P8BA until January 18. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using mainly CW and digital modes. QSL direct to home call. EAST MALAYSIA, 9M6. Members of the new DX group North Borneo Worldwide DXers will be QRV as 9M4STA from the Crocker Range on January 16 and 17. Activity is on several bands and modes. QSL via NI5DX. JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS, CE0. Toshi, JA8BMK will be QRV as CE0Z/home call from January 19 to February 2. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL direct to home call. AZORES, CU. A group of Finnish operators will be QRV as CU2KG and CU2KH beginning January 16. This includes being QRV as CR2X in the upcoming CQ World Wide 160 Meter CW contest as well as the upcoming ARRL DX contests. They will be active on all HF bands, including 160 meters, before and after the contests. QSL CR2X and CU2KG via OH2BH and CU2KH via OH8NC. ANGOLA, D2. Vasiliy is QRV as D2QMN on 80 meters and other bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via RZ3EC. AUSTRAL ISLANDS, FO. Wulf, DL1AWI, Peter, DL3APO and Mat, DL5XU will be QRV as FO/home calls from Raivavae Island, IOTA OC-114, from January 18 to February 5. Activity will be mainly on 160 to 30 meters using CW, and possibly SSB and RTTY on the other bands as well. QSL to home calls. HUNGARY, HA. Gyuri, HA1CW is QRV with special event station HA2010S for all of 2010 during the 30th LEN European Championship in swimming, diving and other water sports that takes place in Budapest in August. QSL via operator's instructions. GUINEA-BISSAU, J5. Peter, HA3AUI is QRV as J5UAP until March 31 while on holiday. He spends his time between here and Senegal. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using mainly digital modes, with some CW and SSB if requested. QSL direct to home call. NORWAY, LA. Special event station LM50NRK is QRV during 2010 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of television in Norway. Activity is on the HF bands, including some satellite activity. QSL via LA4FPA. NETHERLANDS, PA. Members of the European PSK Club are QRV with special event callsign PA30EPC until January 30. Activity is on all bands using PSK. QSL via PA4JB. POLAND, SP. Special event station 3Z0FCH is QRV until June 30 in commemoration of the 200th birthday of Polish composer and pianist Fryderyc Chopin. QSL via SP7PAD. EAST KIRIBATI, T32. Don, G3BJ will be QRV as T32BJ from Kiritimati, IOTA OC-024, from January 20 to 26. Activity will be in his spare time. QSL to home call. TURKEY, TA. In addition to two other countries, Istanbul was designated the third European Capital of Culture 2010. Members of the TC Special Wireless Activity Team are QRV with TC2010 prefixes for all of 2010. In addition, special event stations TC2010CCE, TC2010CCA and TC2010CCI are QRV until January 18. QSL via operators' instructions. MACAO, XX9. Georg, DK7LX is QRV as XX9TLX from Coloane Island, IOTA AS-075. He is active on 80 to 10 meters using mainly CW. His length of stay is unknown. QSL to home call. ROMANIA, YO. Special event station YR5EPC is QRV from Transylvania until the end of 2010. QSL via YO6AJI. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The North American SSB QSO Party, NCCC Sprint CW Ladder, LZ Open CW Contest, Hungarian DX Contest, UK DX RTTY Contest, Feld Hell Sprint are all scheduled for this weekend. The Run for the Bacon QRP CW Contest is scheduled for January 18. Please see January QST, page 80, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. NNNN /EX