ARRL DX Bulletin 001
January 6, 2000


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DX Bulletin 1 ARLD001
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT January 6, 2000
To all radio amateurs

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ARLD001 DX news

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by Tedd, KB8NW, the OPDX Bulletin, 425DXnews, The Daily DX, QRZ DX and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all.

MONACO, 3A. Laura, 3A2MD, is QRV between 3510 and 3515 khz before 0700z.

GUINEA, 3X. Robert, 3XY1B0, has been QRV on 21035 khz around 1630z. QSL via F5XX.

SRI LANKA, 4S. Yasu, 4S7YSG, can usually be found on 10103 khz just before 1700z. QSL via JA2BDR.

UNITED NATIONS, 4U. Fritz, DL4TT, will be QRV from 4U1UN beginning January 7. He will concentrate on CW on the higher bands.

JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS, CE0. A group of amateurs are QRV as CE0Z until January 16. Look for their CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31, SSTV, Packet and Satellite operations on 80 to 10 meters, including the newer bands, and 6 and 2 meters and 70 cm. QSL via operator instructions.

SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA ISLANDS, HK0. Abel, HK0VGJ, can often be found on 40 meters CW starting as early as 0330z.

SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS. Marek has been QRV as HF0POL on 21010 khz between 1400 and 1530z. QSL via SP3WVL.

ITALY, I. Amateurs living in Rome have been granted permission to replace their regular callsign prefixes with the special II0 prefix to celebrate the Jubilee Year until December 24, 2000.

MINAMI TORISHIMA, JD1. Shiro, JD1BIC/JD1, usually comes up on 30 meters CW around 1000z.

ANTARCTICA. Sarah is operating KC4AAD, and will be active for the next several weeks from Siple Dome Station. QSL via K4MZU.

SEYCHELLES, S7. S79LE has been QRV using PSK31 on 14070 khz just before 1800z. QSL via DL8LE.

PALAU, T8. Hide is QRV as T88LJ, and can be found on 30 meters CW between 1400 and 1800z. QSL via JH8DEH.

UZBEKISTAN, UJ. Shams, UK8CK, is usually QRV on 80 meters using CW around 0000z. QSL via RW6HS.

BERMUDA, VP9. Bob, KE0UI, will be QRV as VP9/KE0UI from January 8 to 15 on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. He will be active from rare Hamilton Parish, IOTA NA-005. QSL to home call.

BURKINA FASO, XT. XT2DR has often been QRV between 0700 and 0800z on 21275 khz. He will be here until January 24. QSL via F6BZH.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL RTTY Roundup, Japan International DX CW Contest, Meet the Novices and Technicians Day and the North American CW QSO Party will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. Please see January QST, page 100 for details.