SB DX @ ARL $ARLD043 ARLD043 DX news ZCZC AE43 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 43 ARLD043 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT October 20, 2016 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD043 ARLD043 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by KK9A, VE3ZF, W1UE, 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. FIJI, 3D2. Aki, JA1NLX and Iko, JI1CNA are QRV as 3D2YA from Mana Island, IOTA OC-121, until October 25. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using CW, with some SSB and RTTY. QSL via JA1NLX. VIET NAM, 3W. Operators Jose, EA1ACP, Gen, EA5HPX, Francisco, EA7FTR, Carlos, EA1DVY, Oleg, US7UX and David, EB7DX are QRV as 3W2R from the Mekong Delta until October 28. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters. QSL via EB7DX. SENEGAL, 6W. Ron, VE3REV has moved to Dakar and will be QRV as 6W1SU. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters. QSL via M0URX. LESOTHO, 7P. Pista, HA5AO is QRV as 7P8EUDXF until October 27. Activity is on the HF bands using only CW. QSL to home call. GHANA, 9H. Rado, S59ZZ, Peter, S54W and Janko, S57L are QRV as 9G5AM from Langma until October 26. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters. QSL via S59ZZ. MARIANA ISLANDS, KH0. Hitoshi, JA1LPH is QRV as KH0/JA1LPH. Activity is on the HF bands. His length of stay is unknown. QSL to home call. PERU, OA. Daniel, DL5YWM will be QRV as OA4/DL5YWM, and possibly as OA8/DL5YWM, from October 22 to November 5. QSL to home call. MARKET REEF, OJ0. Toivo, ES2RR, Martti, OH2BH and Pertti, OH2PM will be QRV as OJ0B from October 23 to 31. Activity will be on the low HF bands using RTTY. QSL via OH2BH. ARUBA, P4. John, KK9A will be QRV as P40A from October 25 to 31. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via WD9DZV. BANGLADESH, S2. Syed, S21SM plans to be QRV from Dhaka. He will be active on 20 and 15 meters using SSB. QSL direct to OH6EAC. TUVALU, T2. Apinelu, T2AT is a new operator and has been active on 20 meters using SSB. QSL direct to N7SMI. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, TL. Operators F4WBN, F9IE, TR8JLD and F5DUX are QRV as TL0A until October 28. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters, including 60 meters, using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL direct to F4WBN. BENIN, TY. Francois, F6AJL is QRV as TY5AA from Parakou City until November 13. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters. QSL to home call. ANTIGUA, V2. Brian, N3OC and Rol, K3RA will be QRV as V26RA and V26OC, respectively, from October 24 to 28. Activity will be holiday style on 160 to 10 meters using CW and SSB during their daylight hours. They plan to be QRV as V26B in the upcoming CQ World Wide SSB DX contest. QSL via operators' instructions. CANADA, VE. Igor, VE3ZF will be QRV as VE2IDX from CQ Zone 2 beginning October 24 for the upcoming CQ World Wide SSB DX contest. He will pay special attention to the low bands. QSL to home call. INDIA, VU. Dennis, W1UE will be traveling through Asia. He will be QRV as VU3XDE during the CQ World Wide SSB DX contest, although he has applied for a special call to be used in the contest. He'll also be active before and after the contest. QSL via operator's instructions. BURKINA FASO, XT. Ibrahim, XT2AGI is a new ham and active from Ouagadougou. He plans to be active on the HF bands. QSL direct to M0OXO. ROMANIA, YO. Members of the Radio club Admira are QRV with special event calls YR95HMK and YP95HMK until November 15 to mark the 95th birthday of King Michael. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL direct to YO2KBQ. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL EME Contest, Stew Perry Topband Challenge, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC CW Sprint, MCG Autumn Sprint, UK/EI DX SSB Contest and the SA Sprint Contest are scheduled for this upcoming weekend. The UKEICC 80-Meter CW Contest, Phone Fray, CWops Mini-CWT CW Test and SKCC CW Sprint are scheduled for October 26. The ARRL National Parks on the Air event runs during all of 2016 to mark the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. Please see October QST, page 95 and the ARRL and WA7BNM Contest web sites for details. NNNN /EX