SB DX @ ARL $ARLD038 ARLD038 DX news ZCZC AE38 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 38 ARLD038 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT September 24, 2009 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD038 ARLD038 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by HA3JB, NC1L, QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, DXNL, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. CONWAY REEF, 3D2. A group of operators will be QRV as 3D20CR beginning around October 1. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY, with a 6-meter beacon at 50124 kHz. QSL via DJ8NK. TIMOR-LESTE, 4W. Al, 4W6AL is QRV until October 3. Activity is mostly on 40, 30 and 20 meters. QSL via CT1GFK. CYPRUS, 5B. Gab, HA3JB is QRV as 5B/HG3IPA until October 2. This includes being an entry in the CQ WW RTTY contest. QSL to home call. MALAWI, 7Q. Barrie, G4AHK is QRV as 7Q7BJ until October 12. Activity is mainly on 160, 80 and 40 meters. QSL to home call. CANARY ISLANDS, EA8. Val, RD3AF will be QRV as EF8M from Santa Maria de Guia, IOTA AF-004, in the CQ WW RTTY contest. QSL via UA3DX. AUSTRAL ISLANDS, FO. A group of operators will be QRV as TX5SPA from Tubuai, IOTA OC-153, from September 29 to October 12. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and possibly PSK31 with three stations active. QSL via SP9PT. ST. LUCIA, J6. Bill, WB5ZAM plans to be QRV as J68WI from September 28 to October 11. He will be active on all HF bands using CW and SSB. He may to be to active on 160 meters as well. QSL to home call. DOMINICA, J7. Babs, DL7AFS and Lot, DJ7ZG will be QRV as J79ZG near Calibishie from September 27 to October 15. Activity will be on 80 to 6 meters using mainly RTTY and PSK, but with some CW and SSB as well. QSL via DL7AFS. SVALBARD, JW. Operators LA9DL, LA6VM and LA7XK will be QRV as JW5X in the SAC SSB contest from Longyearbyen, IOTA EU-026. Before and after the contest they will be QRV as JW9DL, JW6VM and JW7XK, respectively. Activity is on all HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL JW5X via LA5X and all others to home calls. LUXEMBOURG, LX. A group of operators will be QRV as LX7I in the CQ WW RTTY Contest as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via LX2A. LEBANON, OD. Special event station OD5F will be QRV from September 27 to October 6 from the Village Francophone at the university of Hadath during the Francophone Games. QSL via operators' instructions. ALAND ISLAND, OH0. Tomi, OH6EI will be QRV from Mariehamn as OH0Z in the SAC SSB Contest. QSL via W0MM. MARKET REEF, OJ0. A group of operators will be QRV as OJ0B in the SAC SSB contest. In addition, they will be active as OJ0J primarily on the newer bands before the contest. QSL OJ0B via OH2BH and OJ0J via OH0RJ. GREECE, SV. A group of operators will be QRV as SY1RY in the CQ WW RTTY contest. QSL via SV1JMO. COSTA RICA, TI. Operators WW4LL and NP3D are QRV as TI5/home calls until September 28. Activity is on all bands using mostly RTTY with some CW and SSB. In addition, they will be entries in the CQ WW RTTY contest on 20 and 40 meters, respectively. QSL direct to home calls. ROMANIA, YO. Special event station YR550BU is QRV until October 5 in celebration of the 550 years since the first mention in writing of the capital city of Bucharest. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters. QSL via operators' instructions. MACEDONIA, Z3. Look for Z37M to be an entry in the CQ WW RTTY contest. QSL via bureau. OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operations are approved for DXCC credit: Chesterfield Island, TX3A, 2009 operation; Afghanistan, T6AB, 2008 and 2009 operations; Afghanistan, T6AF, current operation. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The CQ Worldwide RTTY DX Contest, NCCC Sprint, Scandinavian Activity SSB Contest, Texas QSO Party, AGCW VHF/UHF Contest and UBA ON 6-Meter Contest are all scheduled for this weekend. The QRP Homebrewer Sprint is scheduled for September 28. The 222 MHz Fall Sprint is scheduled for September 29. Please see September QST, page 78, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. NNNN /EX