SB DX @ ARL $ARLD003 ARLD003 DX news ZCZC AE03 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 3 ARLD003 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 19, 2012 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD003 ARLD003 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, The Weekly DX, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. SENEGAL, 6W. Francis, F6BLP is QRV as 6W7SK from Mbour until February 3. Activity is holiday style on the HF bands using mostly CW. QSL to home call. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, DA. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 2012, Schoenau club members are QRV as DM100MGY until December 31. QSL via bureau. REUNION, FR. Pierre, F8APV will be QRV FR/F8APV from January 22 to February 10. Activity will be on 40 and 30 meters using CW from 0100 to 0400z and then SSB on 20 meters from 1700 to 1900z. QSL to home call. WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS, FW. A group of operators will be QRV as FW0R from Wallis, IOTA OC-054, from January 24 to February 23. Activity is on all bands and modes with two stations active. QSL via HA0NAR. COLOMBIA, HK. Lothar, DK8LRF is QRV as HK3JCL until March 26. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using SSB, PSK31, RTTY and Pactor. QSL to home call. MALPELO ISLAND, HK0. A group of operators will be QRV as HK0NA until February 8. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY with 10 stations. QSL via N2OO. JAPAN, JA. Special event stations 8N1JARL, 8N5JARL, 8N8JARL, 8N9JARL and 8N0JARL are QRV until March 31 to commemorate the conversion of the JARL from an Incorporated Association to a General Incorporated Association. QSL via bureau. MINAMI TORISHIMA, JD1. Take, JG8NQJ is QRV as JG8NQJ/JD1 for three months. Activity is on the HF bands using CW and some SSB in his spare time. QSL to home call. MONGOLIA, JT. Robert, VA7DX is QRV as JT1RF until January 31. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL via VE7YBN. MARIANA ISLANDS, KH0. Albert, HB9BCK will be QRV as KH0/HB9BCK from January 22 to 28. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB, and possibly RTTY and PSK. QSL to home call. BULGARIA, LZ. Special event station LZ1818MOG is QRV until January 31 in remembrance of the Bulgarian martyr and saint Onufrii Gabrovski. QSL via bureau. CURACAO, PJ2. Tom, AA9A will be QRV as PJ2/AA9A from January 21 to February 4. Activity is holiday style on 40 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call. GREECE, SV. Special event station SX1912 is QRV in commemoration of the unification of Macedonia and Greece 100 years ago. QSL via bureau. CONGO (REPUBLIC OF), TN. A group of operators will be QRV as TN2T from Pointe Noire from January 22 to 31. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL direct via M0URX. ANTARCTICA. Slava, UA1PAI is QRV as RI1ANA from the Russian base Molodezhnaya until mid March. Activity is on all bands. QSL via RK1PWA. PITCAIRN ISLAND, VP6. A group of operators are QRV as VP6T until February 4. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY with three stations active around the clock. QSL via G3TXF. FALKLAND ISLANDS, VP8. Zorro, JH1AJT plans to be QRV as VP8DNT from January 21 to 28. Activity is holiday style on 80 to 10 meters. QSL to home call. CAYMAN ISLANDS, ZF. Daryl, W7TAE will be QRV as ZF2TE from Grand Cayman, IOTA NA-016, from January 22 to 27. Activity will be on 20 to 6 meters using CW and SSB. This includes being a Single Band 6 meter entry in the ARRL VHF Contest. QSL to home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes, North American SSB QSO Party, AWA Linc Cundall Memorial CW Contest, QRP CW Fox Hunt, NCCC CW Sprint Ladder, LZ Open CW Contest, YL-ISSB SSB QSO Party, Hungarian DX Contest and Feld Hell Sprint are all on tap for this upcoming weekend. The SKCC CW Sprint, CWops Mini-CWT CW Test and QRP CW Fox Hunt are scheduled for January 25. Please see January QST, page 83 and the ARRL and WA7BNM Contest Web Sites for details. NNNN /EX