SB DX @ ARL $ARLD011 ARLD011 DX news ZCZC AE11 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 11 ARLD011 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT March 17, 2022 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD011 ARLD011 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by KK9A, 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. KENYA, 5Z. Andy, 5Z4VJ has been active using FT8 on 10 meters around 2030z. QSL to home call. BAHAMAS, C6. Chris, VA7XZZ is QRV as C6ACL until March 20. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using SSB and various digital modes, and low power. QSL to home call. COMOROS, D6. Don, K6ZO will be QRV as D60AB from March 22 to 29. This includes being an entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL to home call. SPAIN, EA. Members of URE San Fernando will be QRV with special call sign AM500TOR from March 19 to 27. This activity is to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first voyage around the Earth by the Magellan-Elcano Expedition. Activity will be on the HF, V/UHF bands using CW, SSB, and various digital modes. They expect to be active on Satellite QO-100 and other LEO satellites. QSL via EA7URF. IRAN, EP. Zahra, EP5CZD has been active on 15 meters using SSB. QSL via RW6HS. GUADELOUPE, FG. Jean-Luc, F1ULQ will be QRV as TO1Q from March 24 to April 6. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands using SSB and FT8, possibly EME, and on satellite. QSL to home call. MAYOTTE, FH. Don, K6ZO is QRV as FH/K6ZO until March 22. QSL direct to home call. NEW CALEDONIA, FK. Erwann, LB1QI is QRV as FK/LB1QI from Noumea. Activity is in his spare time on the HF bands. QSL to home call. WALES, GW. Special event station GB2OTA is QRV until March 29 to celebrate twenty years of the Summits On The Air program. QSL via M1EYP. HUNGARY, HA. Special event stations HG200AN, HG200DO, HG200EF, HG200IR, HG200OT and HG200PS are QRV until March 15, 2023, to commemorate the 200th birthday of the Hungarian poet Sandor Petofi. Activity is on the HF bands using CW, SSB, and FT8. QSL via LoTW. BONAIRE, PJ4. John, KK9A will be QRV as PJ4/KK9A from March 23 to 30. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. He plans to be QRV as PJ4R in the upcoming CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest as a Single Op/All Band entry. QSL via WD9DZV. POLAND, SP. Dariusz, SP3POP and Jacek, SP9CJM will be QRV as SP21DKS and HF21DKS, respectively, from March 19 to 27 to mark World Down Syndrome Day. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL via bureau. TURKEY, TA. Special event station TC18MART is QRV from Istanbul until March 20 to commemorate the anniversary of Gallipoli Naval Victory. Activity is on the HF bands using SSB and various digital modes. QSL via TA1BX. CHAD, TT. Nicolas, TT8SN is QRV from time to time on 10 and 6 meters using CW and SSB. This includes being active on Satellite QO-100. QSL via DL9USA. TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, VP5. Dave, K0KQ is QRV as VP5/K0KQ from Grand Turk Island, IOTA NA-003, until March 21. Activity is on various HF bands using FT8. QSL via LoTW. SOUTH SUDAN, Z8. Diya, YI1DZ is QRV as Z81D from Juba until September 11. Activity is holiday style on the HF bands. QSL via OM3JW. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The BARTG HF RTTY Contest, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC CW Sprint, K1USN Slow Speed CW Test, SARL VHF/UHF Analogue Contest, Russian DX Contest, F9AA SSB Cup, AGCW VHF/UHF CW Contest, Virginia QSO Party, Feld Hell Sprint, UBA Spring SSB Contest and the Run for the Bacon QRP CW Contest are all on tap for this upcoming weekend. The K1USN Slow Speed CW Test, OK1WC Memorial, Bucharest Digital Contest, Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest, RTTYOPS Weeksprint, SKCC CW Sprint, QRP 40-Meter CW Fox Hunt, Phone Weekly Test, A1Club AWT, CWops Test, Mini-Test 40 CW and Mini-Test 80 CW are scheduled for March 21 to 23. Please see March QST, page 72, and the ARRL and WA7BNM Contest web sites for details. NNNN /EX