SB DX @ ARL $ARLD054 ARLD054 DX news ZCZC AE54 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 54 ARLD054 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT December 27, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD054 ARLD054 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by LZ1ZF, NC1L, 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. ROTUMA, 3D2. Tony, 3D2AG is QRV as 3D2AG/p until the end of January. He is generally active on 20 meters using mostly CW but with some SSB as well, and on 40 and 17 meters using CW. QSL via FO5RK. CYPRUS, 5B. Special event station C4EURO will be QRV during 2008 to commemorate the Euro as the new currency of Cyprus. Activity will be on all HF and VHF bands using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL via 5B4AGC. TANZANIA, 5H. Pat, W8FV is QRV as 5H9PD until January 12. Activity is mainly on 40 to 10 meters using CW with some PSK31. He may try to be active on 80 meters as well. QSL to home call. KENYA, 5Z. Ben, DL7UCX will be QRV as 5Z4/DL7UCX from December 31 to January 12. Activity will be holiday style on 160 to 17 meters using mainly CW. QSL to home call. MOROCCO, CN. Didier, F4ELJ is QRV as CN4MC until January 3. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using SSB. QSL to home call. CANARY ISLANDS, EA8. Giovanni, IZ2DPX will be QRV as EA8/homecall from Fuerteventura, IOTA AF-004, from December 30 to January 6. Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters. QSL via IK2DUW. JERSEY, GJ. Operators Flo, F5CWU, Sylvain, F4EGD and Terry, F5MOO are QRV as MJ/homecalls until January 6. Tom, GM4FDM is QRV as GJ4FDM, also until January 6. Activity is on the HF bands, including 2 meters. QSL to home calls. SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS. Marek, SP3GVX will soon be QRV as HF0POL from the Polish Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station. He is here for all of 2008. QSL via SP3WVL. OGASAWARA, JD1. Harry, JG7PSJ will be QRV as JD1BMH from Chichijima, IOTA AS-031, from December 29 to January 4. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home call. BULGARIA, LZ. In commemoration of the 130th anniversary of the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman empire, special event call LZ130LO will be QRV from January 1 to March 31. QSL via operators' instructions. SURINAME, PZ. A team of operators will be QRV as PZ5YV from Paramaribo for ten days in the first half of January. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via IT9DAA. KAZAKHSTAN, UN. Rashad, 4J9M is QRV as UN/4J9M until February 3 while on business here. QSL via DL7EDH. ANTIGUA, V2. Pete, N0FW and Rod, KE0A are QRV as V25FW and V26GF, respectively, until January 2. Look for V25FW to be active in the Stew Perry Topband CW Challenge contest using low power. They will be active holiday style. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters. QSL V25FW via W8QID and V26GF via KE0A. MICRONESIA, V6. Kazu, JA0VSH and his XYL Miyuki, JG0PBJ are QRV as V63KZ and V63MP, respectively, from Pohnpei, IOTA OC-010, until January 3. They may also be active using club call V63BBQ. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via JA0VSH. TRISTAN DA CUNHA and GOUGH ISLANDS, ZD9. Andy, ZD9BV has been active on 20 meters from around 0730 to 0800z. QSL direct to home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Stew Perry Topband CW Challenge, NCCC CW Sprint, RAC Winter Contest, Original QRP CW Contest, SARTG New Year RTTY Contest, AGCW Happy New Year CW Contest and the AGCW VHF/UHF Contest are all on tap for this last weekend of 2007. The ARRL Straight Key Night begins January 1st. The Lighthouse Christmas Lights QSO Party runs until January 1. Please see December QST, page 79, January 2008 QST, page 98 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. NNNN /EX