SB DX @ ARL $ARLD028 ARLD028 DX news ZCZC AE28 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 28 ARLD028 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT July 16, 2015 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD028 ARLD028 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by QRZ 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. CROATIA, 9A. Operators Goran, S52P, Dragan, S55Z and Kugler, S51TP will be QRV as 9A/home calls from Palagruza Vela, IOTA EU-090, from July 19 to 31. Activity will be on the HF bands. This includes being active as 9A8ZRS in the upcoming RSGB IOTA contest. QSL 9A8ZRS via S57L and all others to home calls. CHINA, BY. Operators Chen, BA7CK and Wu, BA7IA are QRV from Yongxing Island, IOTA AS-143, for about 6 weeks while on a business trip. Activity is in their spare time on 20 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY on IOTA frequencies. QSL BA7CK via BA4TB and BA7IA to home call. BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, E7. Members of the Nikola Tesla Radio Club are QRV as E7TESLA until August 10. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL via E77E. ETHIOPIA, ET. Andy, UR4LRQ, Yaroslav, UW7LL and Igor, UY5LW are QRV from club station ET3AA until August 21. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL this operation via US0LW. ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON, FP. Ariel, NY4G is QRV as FP/NY4G from Miquelon Island, IOTA NA-032, until July 22. Activity is on the HF bands using mostly CW with some SSB and RTTY. QSL direct to home call. ECUADOR, HC. Members of the Quito Radio Club will be QRV as special event station HD084QRC on July 18 and 19 to celebrate their 84th anniversary. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL via bureau. REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HL. Kang, DS4DRE is QRV as DS4DRE/4 from Ui Island, IOTA AS-060, until July 31. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call. VATICAN, HV. Sandro, VE7NY is QRV as HV0A until July 19. Activity is on the HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via IK0FVC. DJIBOUTI, J2. Jean, F5LCI is QRV as J20JM until September 15. Activity is with QRP power on the HF bands using CW and JT65. QSL to home call. US VIRGIN ISLANDS, KP2. Bill, AB3TM is QRV as NP2/AB3TM from St. Thomas, IOTA NA-106, until July 22. Activity is holiday style on 40 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. He plans to be active in the North American RTTY QSO Party and the CQ World Wide VHF contest. QSL to home call. LITHUANIA, LY. Special event station LY100DGA is QRV until the end of July to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the oldest operational airport S. Darius and S. Girenas. QSL via LY5O. SEYCHELLES, S7. Stan, EI6DX is QRV as S79OWZ from Make Island, IOTA AF-024, until July 30. Activity is holiday style on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via RX3RC. In addition, a group of operators are QRV as S79HN from Praslin Island, IOTA AF-024, until July 20. Activity is on 40 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via JJ2VLY. DODECANESE, SV5. Kim, ON4BCV will be QRV as SV5/ON4BCV/p from Karpathos, IOTA EU-001, from July 21 to 28. QSL to home call. CRETE, SV9. Markus, OE3MCS is QRV as SV9/OE3MCS/p from Georgioupoli, Crete Island, IOTA EU-015, until July 25. Activity is with QRP power on 20, 15 and 10 meters. QSL to home call. ASIATIC RUSSIA, UA0. Vladimir, UA0LCZ is QRV as RI0NZ from Popova Island, IOTA AS-066, until July 29. This includes being an entry in the upcoming RSGB IOTA contest. QSL to home call. AUSTRALIA, VK. Special event station VI5MCP is QRV until July 26 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Morialta Conservation Park. Activity is on 40 and 20 meters using SSB. QSL via operator's instructions. VANUATU, YJ. Geoff, ZL3GA will be QRV as YJ0GA from Efate Island, IOTA OC-035, from July 21 to 27. Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. This includes being an entry in the upcoming RSGB IOTA contest. QSL via operator's instructions. CAYMAN ISLANDS, ZF. Bill, W5SJ is QRV as ZF2EZ from Grand Cayman Island, IOTA NA-016, until July 20. Activity is on the HF bands and 6 meters. Some activity will be from the Cayman Amateur Radio Society ZF1A club station and from the QTH of ZF1EJ. QSL via W5JAY. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The North American RTTY QSO Party, CQ Worldwide VHF Contest, QRP CW Fox Hunt, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC Sprint, Trans-Tasman Low-Bands Challenge, DMC RTTY Contest, Feld Hell Sprint and the RSGB Low Power CW Contest are all on tap for this upcoming weekend. The Run for the Bacon QRP CW Contest is scheduled for July 20. The SKCC CW Sprint and CWops Mini-CWT CW Test are scheduled for July 22. Please see July QST page 81 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. NNNN /EX