ARRL DX Bulletin 011
March 16, 2000


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DX Bulletin 11 ARLD011
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT March 16, 2000
To all radio amateurs

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ARLD011 DX news

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by Tedd, KB8NW, the OPDX Bulletin, The 599Rpt, QRZ DX, The Daily DX, 425 DX News and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all.

EAST TIMOR, 4W. Ross, VK8UN, has been authorized to use 4W6UN from this new DXCC entity. His activity of late has been on 20 and 10 meters. Thor, TF1MM, is now licensed as 4W6MM. QSL 4W6UN via VK3OT. 4W6MM QSL route to be announced.

MONACO, 3A. Look for 3A/W8MV and 3A/WZ8A to be QRV from March 20 to 25 using CW on 80 to 10 meters. QSL to home calls.

VIETNAM, 3W. 3W50K has been QRV on 10 meters using CW and SSB around 0000z. QSL via OKDXF.

ALGERIA, 7X. Angel, 7X0AD, will occasionally show up on 20 meters using RTTY between 1600 and 2000z. QSL via EA4URE.

MALDIVES, 8Q. Peter, HA2SX, is active as 8Q7KK until March 25 while on holiday. Operations are on 80 to 10 meters, including the newer bands, using CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV, PSK31, Hellschreiber and MT63. QSL to home call.

JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS, CE0Z. OH2MXS, OH2NSM and OH3JF will be active as homecalls/CE0Z from March 17 to April 8. They will operate with three stations on all bands with an emphasis on CW and RTTY and some SSB. QSL to home calls.

ETHIOPIA, ET. ET3AA is usually QRV on 15 meters around 0930z.

THAILAND, HS. Kurt, HS0ZBS, is usually QRV around 28010 kHz daily starting around 0000z.

SVALBARD, JW. Jan, LA5QFA will be active mainly on 160 and 80 meters using SSB as JW5QFA on March 17 to 20. QSL to home call.

ANTARCTICA. Operator Dave is QRV as KC4AAA from Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station until November, 2000. Look for him on 14243 kHz around 0500z. QSL via K1IED.

WAKE ISLAND, KH4. Randy will be QRV as KH9/KH7EH March 22 to 24. He will be active in his spare time, and may be found on 20, 10 and 6 meters. QSL to home call.

MARKET REEF, OJ0. Seppo is QRV as OJ0VR and has been found on 80 and 40 meters using CW between 1930 and 2100z. QSL via OH1VR.

SURINAME, PZ. Ramon, PZ5RA, is active on 20 meters using RTTY after 0400z.

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, VP2V. Bill, AA7X, will be QRV from Virgin Gordo, March 25 to April 1 as VP2V/AA7X. Activity is centered around 40 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Alaska, Virginia and Ohio Winter QSO Parties, and the Bermuda Contest will be contesters busy this weekend. Please see March QST, page 100 for details.