SB DX @ ARL $ARLD018 ARLD018 DX news ZCZC AE18 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 18 ARLD018 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT May 5, 2005 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD018 ARLD018 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by CE3HDI, G3VOF, UA3FDX, QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, The Daily DX, 425DXnews, DXNL, WA7BNM and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all. TUNISIA, 3V. Jeno, HA5FA, Miklos, HA5VZ and Miklos, HA5GO are QRV from Djerba Island, IOTA AF-083, using club station call 3V8SM until May 10. Activity is on all HF bands using CW, SSB and PSK. QSL this operation via HA5FA. KENYA, 5Z. Enrico, IV3SBE is QRV as 5Z4ES through the year 2007. He is active mostly during the weekends. QSL via the Kenya QSL bureau. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 9Q. Gus, SM5DIC is here until the end of 2005 and QRV as 9Q0AR. He has been active on 6 meters and hopes to have 40 and 10 meters available to him soon. QSL via SM5BFJ. CHILE, CE. Ric, CE3HDI is QRV as CE5R from Mocha Island, IOTA SA-061, until May 20. Activity is mainly on 40 and 20 meters, using CW and SSB. QSL to home call. ANGOLA, D2. Janne, OH5NKD is QRV as D2DX until 2007. QSL to home call. BALEARIC ISLANDS, EA6. Christian, DL6KAC is QRV as EA6/homecall from Mallorca until May 24. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using mostly SSB. QSL to home call. BELARUS, EU. Stations EV6ZK, EV7DP and EV8DP are QRV from Orsha, Mogilev and Gomel, respectively, until May 15 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. QSL all calls via UA3FDX. ENGLAND, G. Members of the Havering and District ARC will be QRV as GB2UW, GB0MW, GB2ARW and GB5SW from a number of windmills from May 7 and 8 during the National Mills On-The-Air weekend. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters, including 17, 6 and 2 meters, and 70-cm, using CW and SSB. QSL via operators' instructions. JERSEY, GJ. In celebration of 60 years of peace and freedom, look for GJ60LIB to be QRV for the month of May, with particular activity from May 7 to 15. QSL via GJ3XZE. GUERNSEY, GU. In celebration of 60 years of peace and freedom, look for GU60LIB to be QRV for the month of May, with particular activity from May 7 to 15. QSL via GU3HFN. OGASAWARA, JD1. Nob, JH1WCD and Joe, JR1AGC are QRV as JD1BLW and JD1BLZ, respectively, until May 8. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using mostly SSB. QSL to home calls. NETHERLANDS, PA. Members of the Netherlands Amateur Radio League are QRV using special callsigns PI25BEA and PI25TRIX through May to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Beatrix. QSL via PE2HSB. WESTERN SAHARA, S0. Mahfoud is QRV as S01MZ and have been active on 15 meters using SSB around 1600 to 1900z. QSL via EA1BT. DODECANESE, SV5. Andrea, IK1PMR and Claudia, IK2LEO are QRV as SV5/homecalls from Rhodes, IOTA EU-001, until May 19. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW and RTTY. They will participate in the ARI International DX and Volta RTTY contests. QSL both calls via IK1PMR. CHAD, TT. Pierre, HB9AMO and Mike, PA5M are QRV as TT8AMO and TT8M, respectively, from Abeche until August 2005. Activity is on 40, 17 and 15 meters. QSL both calls via PA7FM. UKRAINE, UR. A group of operators from the Lviv Shortwave Club are QRV as EO60W until May 15 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. QSL via UT7WZ. CAMBODIA, XU. Yuki, JH1NBN is here on business and will be QRV as XU7ADJ from May 8 to 13. He is active in his off-work hours during the evening. QSL to home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The New England QSO Party, The ARI International DX Contest, MARAC County Hunter CW Contest, Nevada QSO Party, 10-10 International Spring CW Contest, Microwave Spring Sprint, Oregon QSO Party, Indiana QSO Party and the North American Spring Meteor Scatter Rally will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. Please see May QST, page 98 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest websites for details. NNNN /EX