SB DX @ ARL $ARLD046 ARLD046 DX news ZCZC AE46 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 46 ARLD046 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT November 14, 2013 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD046 ARLD046 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by N7QT, NC1L, 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. MAURITIUS, 3B8. Serge, UU5WW will be QRV as 3B8/UU5WW from November 17 to 30. Activity will be holiday style on 80 to 10 meters using mostly CW. This includes being an entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide DX CW contest. QSL via K2PF. SWAZILAND, 3DA. A large group of operators will be QRV as 3DA0ET from November 18 to 27. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. This includes being an entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide DX CW contest. QSL via N7RO. TOGO, 5V. Wim, ON6DX will be QRV as 5V7TH beginning November 18. Activity will be on 40 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. His length of stay is unknown. QSL to home call. CUBA, CO. Rey, CO6RD is QRV as CO0SS from Sancti Spiritus until the end of the year. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL direct via EA5GL. GUADELOUPE, FG. Special event station TO0MT will be QRV from November 18 to December 1 to commemorate the 2013 Mini Transat, a transatlantic yacht race between the Canary Islands and Guadeloupe. QSL via operators' instructions. ST. BARTHELEMY, FJ. Georg, DK7LX will be QRV as FJ/DK7LX until mid December. Activity is holiday style on the HF bands using mainly CW with some RTTY. QSL to home call. DOMINICA, J7. George, K5KG, Jim, WI9WI, Gus, VO1MP and Charlie, K1XX will be QRV as J75KG, J79WI, J79MP and J79XX, respectively, from November 16 to 25. Activity will be on the HF bands using primarily CW with some SSB and RTTY. They will be QRV as J73A in the upcoming CQ World Wide DX CW contest. QSL J73A via WI9WI and all others direct to home calls. HAWAII, KH6. Fred, NA2U will be QRV as KH6/NA2U from Volcano on the Big Island from November 19 to 24. Activity will be on the HF bands using primarily CW with some SSB and RTTY. He will be QRV as KH7M in the upcoming CQ World Wide DX CW contest. US and Canada stations QSL KH7M direct via KH6ZM. All others QSL direct via I0MWI. QSL KH6/NA2U direct to home call. LEBANON, OD. Sylvain, F5TLN is QRV as OD5/F5TLN until April 2014. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL direct to home call. ST. MAARTEN, PJ7. Rob, N7QT and Hugh, W4VAB will be QRV as PJ7/N7QT and PJ7/W4VAB, respectively, from November 17 to 24. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK and JT65. QSL to home calls. BANGLADESH, S2. A large group of operators will be QRV as S21ZBC from November 16 to 22. Activity will be on the HF bands. They will also be active as S21ZBB in the upcoming CQ World Wide DX CW contest. QSL via IK2VUC. COTE d'IVOIRE, TU. Chris, F4WBN, Paul, F6EXV and Jan, DJ8NK will be QRV as TU5AX, TU5XV and TU5NK, respectively, from November 17 to 30. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home calls. ANTARCTICA. Gerry, G3WIP is QRV as VK0GB from Casey Base Station until February 2014. Activity is on 40, 20, 17 and 15 meters using SSB between 1730 and 0930z. QSL to home call. BURKINA FASO, XT. David, OK6DJ and Petr, OK1FCJ will be QRV as XT26DJ and XT2FCJ, respectively, from Ouagadougou from November 17 to 26. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL both calls via OK6DJ. MYANMAR, XZ. A group of operators are QRV as XZ1J from Nay Pyi Taw until November 26. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY with three stations running continuously. QSL via operators' instructions. SOUTH SUDAN, Z8. A group of operators are QRV as Z81X from Juba until November 28. Activity is on all bands using mainly CW and possibly SSB. This includes being an entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide DX CW contest. QSL via OH0XX. OPERATION APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operation is approved for DXCC Credit: Wake Island, K9W, 2013 operation. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. ARRL SSB Sweepstakes Contest, ARRL EME Contest, North American Collegiate ARC SSB Championship, NCCC RTTY Sprint, QRP CW Fox Hunt, NCCC Sprint, YO International 80-Meter PSK31 Contest, SARL Field Day Contest, LZ DX Contest, Feld Hell Sprint, All Austrian 160-Meter CW Contest, RSGB 2nd 1.8 MHz CW Contest, EPC BPSK63 QSO Party and the Homebrew and Oldtime Equipment CW Party will certainly keep contesters busy this upcoming weekend. The Run for the Bacon QRP CW Contest is scheduled for November 18. The QRP CW Fox Hunt is scheduled for November 20. Please see November QST, page 87, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. NNNN /EX