ARRL DX Bulletin 041
October 5, 2000


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DX Bulletin 41 ARLD041
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT October 5, 2000
To all radio amateurs

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ARLD041 DX news

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by Tedd, KB8NW, the OPDX Bulletin, WA4ZJJ, The Daily DX, 425DXnews, DXNL and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all.

MONACO, 3A. Willi, DJ7RJ, is QRV as 3A/DJ7RJ until October 20. QSL to home call.

GHANA, 9G. Bart, PA3GGM, and other three operators are QRV until October 24. They plan to sign 9G1AA as well as their personal calls. Activity is on 80, 40, 20 and possibly 160 meters using CW, and SSB on 6 meters. QSL via operator's instructions.

CHINA, BY. David, BA4DW, is QRV as BA4DW/5 from Tao Hua, Zhou Shan Islands, IOTA AS-137, until October 7. QSL to home call.

TURKMENISTAN, EZ. Vit, EZ3A, has been QRV on 20 meters SSB around 0300z. QSL via EZ8CW.

REUNION ISLAND, FR. Bernard, F5XX, will be QRV as FR/F5XX or FR5/F5XX from the QTH of FR5CD from October 11 to 23. QSL to home call.

ITALY, I. Stefano, IV3CJT, and Claudio, IW3RI, are QRV as IG9/home calls from Lampedusa, IOTA AF-019, until October 12. Activity is on all HF bands, as well as 6 and 2 meters, and possibly 70 cm. QSL to home calls.

JAN MAYEN, JX. Per is QRV as JX7DFA and has been active on 30 meters around 1800z. QSL via LA7DFA.

MARIANA ISLANDS, KH0. Yama, JA1SGU, and Kazu, JJ1KZI, are QRV as KH0T and KH0V, respectively, from Saipan, IOTA OC-086, until October 8. They are active on 80 to 10 meters, including the newer bands, using mainly CW. QSL to home calls. Meanwhile, Hide, JF1VXB, is also QRV from here until October 10 as KH0M. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters, using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. He hopes to participate in the Oceania DX Contest. QSL to home call.

MOUNT ATHOS, SV/A. Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/A, is QRV as SY2A. Plans are to use this special call for the rest of the year. QSL to home call.

CRETE, SV9. Roby, IZ3CYN, will be QRV as SV9/IZ3CYN from October 10 to 15. Activity will be on 20, 15 and 10 meters using SSB. QSL to home call.

COSTA RICA, TI. A group of hams will be QRV as K4QFF/TI8 from Quepos, IOTA EJ-79, for a week beginning October 7. Activity will be on all HF bands, including some satellite activity on UO-14, AO-27, SO-35 and RS-13. QSL via K4QFF.

CAMEROON, TJ. Darek, TJ1GD, has been QRV using RTTY on 14082 kHz between 2200 and 2300z.

CAMBODIA, XU. XU7ABD has been QRV on 20 meters SSB around 1400z. QSL via EA4URE.

SYRIA, YK. Omar, YK1AO, has been showing up on 160 meters, usually near 1828 kHz around 0330z.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The California QSO Party, VK/ZL/Oceania Phone Contest, RSGB 21/28 MHz Phone Contest, YLRL YL Anniversary CW Contest and the TARA PSK31 Rumble are all scheduled for this weekend. On October 10, look for activity in the Ten-Ten Day Sprint. Please see October QST, page 100 for details.