SB DX @ ARL $ARLD013 ARLD013 DX news ZCZC AE13 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 13 ARLD013 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT March 27, 2014 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD013 ARLD013 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by N7UN, NC1L, QRX DX, the Weekly DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. CYPRUS, 5B. Tony, RT9T will be QRV as H27A in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest as a Single Op entry. QSL to home call. BARBADOS, 8P. Tom, W2SC will be active as 8P5A during the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest as a Single Op/All Band/High Power entry. QSL via NN1N direct, bureau, and LoTW. QATAR, A7. Members of the Qatar Amateur Radio Association and other operators will be QRV as A73A from the QARS HQ station in Doha in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL via A71A. CHINA, BY. A group of operators will be QRV as BH1CXR in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest as a Multi Single/Multi 2 entry. QSL via BH1CXR. URUGUAY, CV. Members of the Radiogrupo Sur radio group will be QRV as CV3D in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest as a Multi/Single entry. QSL direct to CX2ABC. CEUTA AND MELILLA, EA9. A group of operators will be QRV as ED9K in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest as a Multi/2 entry. QSL via EA7LS. IRELAND, EI. Oliver, ON4EI will be QRV as EI8GQB and EI1A in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL via SWL PA3249. ETHIOPIA, ET. Ken, K4ZW is QRV as ET3AA for the next few weekends. He is active on the HF bands using CW and some RTTY. He will be active in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL via N2OO. ECUADOR, HC. Rick, KK4GV is QRV as HC1GVT until early April. Activity is on the HF bands. He will be active as HC1GVT/HC3 from Vilcabamba in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL to home call. SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA, HK0. A group of operators will be QRV as 5J0X from San Andres Island, IOTA NA-033, from April 2 to 14. Activity will be holiday style on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and PSK. QSL direct to N7QT. GUINEA BISSAU, J5. Verona Team members are QRV as J52HF from Cummura until April 5 while working on the mission here. Activity is on 20, 15, 10 and 6 meters using SSB, RTTY and JT65HF in their spare time. QSL via I3LDP. JAPAN, JA. A group of operators will be QRV as 8J1MTD from Honshu Island, IOTA AS-007, in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest as a Multi/Multi entry. The callsign celebrates the 70th anniversary of Matsudo City. QSL via operators' instructions. ARUBA, P4. Andy, AE6Y will be active as P49Y in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest as a Single Op/All Band entry. QSL to home call. CRETE, SV9. Members of the Cretan SV9 DX Team will be QRV as SX9C in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL via operators' instructions. EAST KIRIBATI, T32. Tov, T32TV is now QRV from Washington Island, IOTA OC-084. He is active on 40 to 6 meters. QSL via KH6CG. TURKEY, TA. Yasar, TA3D is QRV as TC3D from Izmir in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest as a Single Op/Low Power entry. QSL to home call. CAMEROON, TJ. Thomas, DL8SEQ is QRV as TJ3TS from Yaounde until the Summer of 2015 while working for the German Foreign Service. He is active on 80 to 10 meters using SSB and various digital modes. He will attempt to be active on the various Oscar satellites and 6 meters as well. QSL via SWL PA3249. LAOS, XW. Champ, E21EIC is QRV as XW0YJY until April 1. This includes an emphasis on the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. Before and after the contest he is active on 6 meters. QSL to home call. OPERATION APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operation is approved for DXCC credit: Republic of The Congo, TN2MS, operations from October 12 through October 24, 2013. If you had a card for this operation between these dates that was rejected, send an email to DXCC at bmoore at arrl.org to have your record updated. SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS. W1AW Centennial Stations W1AW/1 in Vermont and W1AW/0 in Iowa are QRV until 2359z on 1 April. In addition, W1AW Centennial Stations W1AW/3 in Pennsylvania and W1AW/7 in Oregon will be QRV starting at 0000z on April 2. They will be active until 2359z on April 8. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest, QRP CW Fox Hunt, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC Sprint and the PN Quick CW Contest will certainly keep contesters busy this upcoming weekend. The QRP CW Fox Hunt and CWops Mini-CWT CW Test are scheduled for April 2. Please see March QST, page 84 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. NNNN /EX