SB DX @ ARL $ARLD060 ARLD060 DX news ZCZC AE36 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 60 ARLD060 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT November 30, 1995 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD060 ARLD060 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with info provided by Walt, G3NYY, Piero, IK1TZO, Jean Michel, F6AJA, Barrie, W3ENL/8, Joe, NJ1Q, Theo, C91BT/PA3CBH, Uwe, DL9GOA, Chris, G4BUE, the Yankee Clipper Contest Club PacketCluster network and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all. VIETNAM, 3W. 3W5FM was worked by AA6TT in Colorado on 1831 kHz around the Vietnamese sunrise. NORTHERN MARIANAS. Allen, KN6AH, will return to Saipan and Tinian Islands in mid-March and operate for 4 or 5 days. Plans are to run 100 watts on 40 to 10 meter CW and SSB. Allen has been the operator behind the calls VK1AAH and V63SA. SEYCHELLES, S79. Gerard, F2JD, will continue operating S79JD until around December 8 or so. His return trip to Kenya has been canceled, though Malagasy, 5R, is still on for early January. MOZAMBIQUE, C91. Theo, PA3CBH, ex-YN1TV, is now working in Mozambique and licensed as C91BT. EASTER ISLAND, CE0. As part of their return trip from Paraguay, JA7AYE and JA7XQV plan to stop on Easter Island and sign XQ0/ their home calls, probably from late December to January 3. Operations will be mainly CW. QSL via JA7AYE. SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS, VP8. CE9AP is on the air from the Chilean Antarctic installation at Arturo Base on Greenwich Island. QSL via CE2LOL. GIBRALTAR, ZB2. Jorma, OH2KI, has been on 10 meters operating as ZB2X. GREENLAND. OX3XR tries to get on 1825 kHz between 2200 and 2300z every Wednesday. QSL via OZ3PZ. OX3LK is also active on 160m. KERGUELEN ISLAND, FT8. Jean Jacques, FT5XK, is on the air most days on 14136 kHz around 1600z. JORDAN, JY. Bob, WB9YXY, who was active as JY8XY in October, left his RTTY equipment for JY4MB, who is now working that mode. ASIATIC RUSSIA, UA0. Oleg, R0/UR8LV, has been very busy on the low bands from Zone 18 recently. Try 160 meters around 0345z. SWAZILAND, 3DA0. Jon, 3DA0CA, has been working American stations on 160 meters between 2300 and 2400z using a broadcast antenna. After being on 40 and 80 meters, he returned to 160 at 0250 and worked Sweden and stateside stations, including two in Colorado before the band died at 0304z, six minutes after his local sunrise. QSL via W4DR. ZAMBIA, 9J. Ely, IN3VZE, should be active as 9J2CE until December 5. QSL via his home call. JAMAICA, 6Y5. Alan, G3XAQ, will be QRV on QRP CW as G3XAQ/6Y5 through December 12. QSL via G3XAQ. BAHAMAS, C6A. Listen for Meg, N2NQI, Dave, WG3I, Walt, G3NYY, and Tim, G4VXE, signing their home calls /C6A from New Providence Island, IOTA NA-001, December 2 to 10. Activity will be on all bands, mainly CW and RTTY. QSL via home calls, direct or via bureau. BERMUDA. Bill, KM1E, will sign C6AGN from Green Turtle Cay from mid-December through mid-February, and again from mid-March to mid-April. Operations will be on 160 to 6 meters. MOST WANTED COUNTRIES WORLD-WIDE. Results from The DX Bulletin 1995 survey, though no surprise, shows North Korea, P5, holding the number 1 spot. In descending order, the rest of the top ten are Bhutan, A5, Andaman Isl, VU4, Heard Isl, VK0, Yemen, 7O, Libya, 5A, Macquarie, VK0, Tromelin, FR/T, Laccadive, VU7, and Mount Athos, SV/A. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. Rules for the ARRL 160-Meter Contest appear on pages 130 and 131 in November QST. Info on the QRP ARCI Holiday Spirits Homebrew CW Sprint and the TOPS Activity 3.5 MHz CW Contest are on page 116 of December QST. NNNN /EX