SB DX @ ARL $ARLD046 ARLD046 DX news ZCZC AE46 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 46 ARLD046 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT November 13, 2014 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD046 ARLD046 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by 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. RODRIGUEZ ISLAND, 3B9. Olov, G0CKV will be QRV as 3B9HA from November 16 to 22. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands using CW. QSL to home call. SRI LANKA, 4S. Peter, DC0KK is QRV as 4S7KKG from Moragalla, IOTA AS-003, until April 10, 2015. Activity will be on the HF bands using mainly CW and digital modes. QSL to home call. OMAN, A4. Special event station A44ND is QRV until November 20 to celebrate the 44th anniversary of the National Day of the Sultanate of Oman. QSL via A47RS. CAPE VERDE, D4. Fran, EA7FTR is QRV as D44KA from Boa Vista, IOTA AF-086, until December 5. Activity is holiday style on 40 to 6 meters using SSB and RTTY. QSL via EB7DX. FRENCH POLYNESIA, FO. Philippe, FO4BM is QRV as either FO4BM/p or FO8AA/p from Mangareva Island, IOTA OC-063, until November 24. QSL via operator's instructions. MARQUESAS ISLANDS, FO. Operators Taiki, W6TLD, Hiroyuki, JI1JKW and Arihide, JI1WTF will be QRV as FO/home calls from Hiva-Oa Island, IOTA OC-027, from November 16 to 21. Activity will be on 40 to 6 meters. QSL to home calls. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HI. Vittorio, DJ0ML is QRV as HI7/DJ0ML while staying here until June 2015. Activity is on 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 and 6 meters. QSL direct to home call. CURACAO, PJ2. Joeke, PA0VDV will be QRV as PJ2/PA0VDV from November 20 to December 26. Activity will be on the HF bands using only CW. QSL to home call. SLOVENIA, S5. Special event stations S507SLG and S507PMC are QRV until January 5, 2015 to commemorate Slovenj Gradec's role as a Peace Messenger City. QSL via bureau. GREECE, SV. Theodoros, SV1EJD will be QRV as SV8/SV1EJD from Syros Island, IOTA EU-067, from November 17 to 20. Activity will be on the HF bands using SSB. QSL via operator's instructions. MICRONESIA, V6. Mitsuru, JE1HXZ is QRV as V63XZ from Pohnpei, IOTA OC-010, until November 16. Activity is on 40 to 6 meters. QSL to home call. BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, VP2V. Kevin, K6TOP is QRV as VP2V/K6TOP from Tortola until November 18. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using CW from 0200 to 0400z and then 1000 to 1200z. QSL via operator's instructions. ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS, VU4. Krish, W4VKU and Pai, VU2PAI are QRV as VU4CB from Campbell Bay, IOTA AS-033. Afterwards, a large group of operators will be QRV as VU4KV from Neil Island, IOTA AS-001, from November 16 to 30. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters with five stations active. QSL via operators' instructions. BURKINA FASO, XT. Harald, DF2WO plans to be QRV as XT2AW from November 17 to December 2, depending on the political situation here. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL via M0OXO. INDONESIA, YB. Operators Din, YB8RW and Syafyuddin, YB8OUN will be QRV as home calls/p from Banggai Island, IOTA OC-208, from November 18 to 22. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL direct via YB8RW. VANUATU, YJ. Barry, VK2BJ is QRV as YJ0BJ until November 21. Activity is holiday style on 40 to 10 meters with some SSB. QSL via operator's instructions. ASCENSION ISLAND, ZD8. Marko, N5ZO will be QRV as ZD8O from November 17 to December 2. Activity will be on the HF bands. This includes an entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide DX CW contest. QSL via OH0XX. SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS. W1AW Centennial Stations W1AW/1 in Rhode Island, W1AW/5 in Mississippi and W1AW/KH8 in American Samoa are QRV until 2359z on November 18. In addition, W1AW/4 in Florida and W1AW/5 in Arkansas will be QRV starting at 0000z on November 19. They will be active until 2359z on November 25. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. ARRL SSB Sweepstakes Contest, North American Collegiate ARC SSB Championship, NCCC RTTY Sprint, QRP CW Fox Hunt, NCCC Sprint, SARL Field Day Contest, Russian World Wide MultiMode Contest, All Austrian 160-Meter CW Contest, Feld Hell Sprint, RSGB 2nd 1.8 MHz CW Contest 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 17. The QRP CW Fox Hunt and CWops Mini-CWT CW Test are scheduled for November 19. Please see November QST, page 86, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. NNNN /EX
