SB DX @ ARL $ARLD006 ARLD006 DX news ZCZC AE06 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 6 ARLD006 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT February 9, 2006 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD006 ARLD006 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, ND5S, OK1JR, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. VIET NAM, 3W. Stan, OK1JR is licensed as 3W3JR and expects to be in Hanoi for one year. He can operate on 20, 17, 15 and 12 meters using CW and SSB. He hopes to get permission to operate on the low bands and 6 meters with digital modes. QSL direct via OK1JN. PETER I ISLAND, 3Y. The 3Y0X team is now QRV and of late has been active on 20, 17 and 15 meters. Normal activity is on 160 to 10 meters, including 2 meters and 70cm using all modes. QSL via N2OO. ISRAEL, 4X. Isaac, 4Z4TL will be QRV as 4X0L in the CQ WW RTTY WPX contest as a Single-Op entry. QSL direct to home call. MALAWI, 7Q. Sigfrido is QRV as 7Q7RS until March or April while on work assignment. He is usually active on 20, 15 or 10 meters. QSL via IT9YVO. BAHAMAS, C6. N4BP, K4PG, W4OV and N8PR will be QRV as C6AKQ, C6APG, C6AOV and C6AHR, respectively, from February 14 for about one week. They will be active on 160, 80, 40 and 15 meters during the upcoming ARRL DX CW contest. Before the contest, they will be active mostly on the newer bands. QSL to home calls. Meanwhile, Ivars, KC4PX will be active from Nassau as C6APX during the CQ WW RTTY WPX contest as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. Activity will be on 40, 20 and 15 meters. QSL to home call. AUSTRAL ISLANDS, FO. Wulf, DL1AWI, Mat, DL5XU and Erik, DL9AWI are QRV from Raivavae Island, IOTA OC-114, as FO/DL9AWI and FO/DL1AWI until February 14. Activity is mainly on the lower bands, especially 160 meters. QSL via DL3APO. ENGLAND, G. To celebrate their 60th Diamond Anniversary, the International Shortwave League, ISWL, will be QRV as GB6SWL on February 11 and 12. COLOMBIA, HK. Girts, YL2KL is QRV as HK1/YL2KL from the Cartagena QTH of HK1AR until February 20. This includes activity in the CQ WW RTTY WPX and the upcoming ARRL DX CW contests as Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entries. He is active mainly on 160, 80 and 40 meters. QSL to home call. DOMINICA, J7. Operators K5KG, KK9K, WI9WI, W4IX and K1XX will be QRV as J75KG, J79RV, J79WI, J79IX and J79XX, respectively, from February 11 to 21. They will be QRV as J7OJ in the upcoming ARRL DX CW contest. QSL J7OJ and J75KG via KU9C. QSL all others to home calls. MONGOLIA, JT. To celebrate the 800th anniversary of the Great Mongolian State, all JT amateurs are using the special event prefix JV800 with their own callsign suffix until the end of this year. QSL to home calls. SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS. Diego, LU1ZA has been active on 20 meters around 2230z. QSL via LU4DXU. ST. MAARTEN, PJ5. Ron, ND5S and Sue, KF5LG will be QRV as PJ7/homecalls from February 14 to 25. Ron will also be active in the upcoming ARRL DX CW contest as a Single Op/All Band entry. Outside the contest, they will be QRV on 160 to 10 meters using CW, RTTY and SSB in this order. QSL direct via ND5S. SUDAN, ST. ST0RM has been active on 80 meters around 0200z, 40 meters around 1700 and 1900z, 30 meters from around 1630 to 2030z and 20 meters around 1600z. QSL via T93Y. SAN MARINO, T7. John, T77CD will be QRV in the CQ WW RTTY WPX contest. QSL direct via I0MWI. MALI, TZ. Jack, F6BUM is QRV as TZ3M using CW and SSB until February 27. QSL TZ3M via F6CXJ. Meanwhile, Chris, TZ9A is QRV for another three months. ANTARCTICA. Paul, VK0JLX and Greg, VK0SEE are QRV from Davis Station. Paul will be here over the winter and Greg another four weeks. Of late, they have been active on 20 meters around 1000z. QSL VK0SEE via VK4SEE. TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, VP5. Saul, WA1UKN is QRV as WA1UKN/VP5 from the Grand Turk Island until March 3. Activity is on 20, 17, 15 and 10 meters. OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR DXCC. The following operations are approved for DXCC credit: Kure Island, K7C, operation from September 25 through October 5, 2005; Iraq, YI9VCQ, from November 30, 2004 through November 5, 2005. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest, New Hampshire QSO Party, SARL Field Day Contest, Asia-Pacific Spring CW Sprint, KCJ Topband CW Contest, Dutch PACC Contest, YLRL YL-OM SSB Contest, Louisiana QSO Party, OMISS SSB QSO Party, FISTS Winter CW Sprint, British Columbia QSO Challenge, RSGB 1st 1.8 MHz CW Contest, The North American CW Sprint, the NAQCC 80-Meter Straight Key/Bug Sprint, and the AGCW Semi-Automatic Key Evening will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend and the upcoming week. The ARRL School Club Roundup runs from February 13 to 17. Please see February QST, page 99 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest websites for details. NNNN /EX