SB DX @ ARL $ARLD037 ARLD037 DX news ZCZC AE37 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 37 ARLD037 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT September 15, 2005 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD037 ARLD037 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, W0CN, the OPDX Bulletin, The Daily DX, 425DXnews, DXNL, WA7BNM and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all. MONACO, 3A. Slaveck is QRV as 3A/SP2JMB until September 30. Activity is on all HF bands. QSL via SP2PI. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, A6. Ghis, ON5NT is QRV as A6/ON5NT and has been active on 17 meters using CW and SSB around 1545 to 1645z. QSL to home call. NAURU, C2. Roger, G3SXW and Nigel, G3TXF plan to be QRV as C21SX and C21XF, respectively, from September 20 to 25. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters, including the newer bands, using only CW. QSL to home calls. GERMANY, DA. Special event station DQ44FK is QRV from Rantum, Sylt Island, IOTA EU-042, until September 19 during the 44th International Association of Railway Radio Amateurs. QSL via operators' instructions. BALEARIC ISLANDS, EA6. Kurt, HB9XCL will be QRV as EA6/HB9XCL/p from Formentera Island, IOTA EU-004, from September 18 to 23. Activity will be on all HF bands, with an emphasis on SSB and the digital modes. QSL to home call. CANARY ISLANDS, EA8. Olli, OH0XX will be QRV as EA8ZS in the Scandinavia Activity CW contest. QSL via operator's instructions. ECUADOR, HC. Rick, NE8Z will be QRV as HC1MD from Tumbaco from September 19 to 26. He will be active on 40 to 10 meters, including the newer bands. He may also be active on 6 meters. QSL via K8LJG. GUINEA-BISSAU, J5. Gianfranco, J59OFM has been active on 15 meters using SSB around 1600z. QSL via IZ3BIY. JAPAN, JA. Look for 7L3ATQ/1 to be active from To Island, IOTA AS-008, in the North Izu Island group, from September 17 to 19. QSL direct to home call. WAKE ISLAND, KH9. Dan, W0CN will be QRV as KH9/W0CN from September 18 to 30 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via K9JS. WESTERN SAHARA, S0. Mahfoud, S01MZ has been QRV on 40 meters around 2145 to 2330z. QSL via EA1BT. SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE, S9. Charles, S9SS plans to be active between 7150 and 7200 kHz to work North American stations. QSL via operator's instructions. SUDAN, ST. Dane, S57CQ is QRV as ST2T and is here for about a year. QSL via S57DX. NAMIBIA, V5. Klaus, DJ4SO will be QRV as V51/DJ4SO from September 18 to October 12. Activity will be on 6 meters. QSL to home call. CHAGOS ISLAND, VQ9. Larry, VQ9LA has been QRV on 80 meters before 0100z and then active on 40 meters using CW around 0140z. QSL via operator's instructions. INDONESIA, YB. A group of operators are QRV as YE7P from Karimata Island, a new IOTA, until September 20. Activity is on 160 to 15 meters, with an emphasis on 160 and 80 meters, using CW and SSB. They are active primarily on the IOTA frequencies on two to three bands simultaneously. North American stations QSL via K8SIX; European stations QSL via IZ8CCW; and Japanese stations QSL via JN6RZM. ASCENSION ISLAND, ZD8. Ian, ZD8I is here until June 2008. QSL via G4LTI. OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR DXCC. The following operations are approved for DXCC credit: Wake Island, KH9/AH8H, for operations in 2003 and 2004; Chad, TT8BZ, from March 31 through August 23, 2005; Uganda, 5X1B, from August 3 through August 12, 2005. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL Emergency Power Operating Event, FISTS Get Your Feet Wet CW Weekend, Mediterranean Island Contest, SARL VHF/UHF Contest, ARRL 10 GHZ and Up Contest, Scandinavian Activity CW Contest, South Carolina QSO Party, QRP Afield, Washington State Salmon Run, QCWA Fall QSO Party, North American SSB Sprint and the 144 MHz Fall Sprint will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. Please see September QST, page 99 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest websites for details. NNNN /EX