SB DX @ ARL $ARLD010 ARLD010 DX news ZCZC AE10 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 10 ARLD010 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT March 7, 2013 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD010 ARLD010 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by N6NY, NC1L, The Weekly DX, 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. SPRATLY ISLANDS. Members of the Borneo Amateur Radio Club will be QRV as 9M4SLL from Pulau Layang Layang, IOTA AS-051, from March 10 to 18. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY with five stations active. QSL via M0OXO. ALGERIA, 7X. Members of Amateurs Radio Algeriens are QRV as 7T50ARA and 7T9A until May 30 to commemorate the 50th jubilee of the IARU society. QSL via 7X2ARA. MALDIVES, 8Q. Wolfgang, OE1MWW will be QRV as 8Q7WK from March 9 to 23. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands. QSL to home call. RWANDA, 9X. Nick, G3RWF is QRV as 9X0NH from Kigali until March 12. Activity is on the HF bands using mostly CW. QSL to home call. IRAN, EP. Mohsen, EP3SMH has generally been active using RTTY on 20 and 15 meters around 1500 and 1550z. QSL to home call. BELARUS, EU. Members of the radio club Dalnye Strany are QRV during March as EV50WB in celebration of its golden jubilee. Activity is on the HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via EU1AZ for SSB contacts and EU1DX for CW and RTTY. CLIPPERTON ISLAND, FO. A large group of operators are QRV as TX5K until March 10. They are active on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY with up to 10 stations active. QSL via N2OO. DOMINICA, J7. Rick, KK4GV is QRV as J79GV until March 17. Activity is holiday style on the HF bands using SSB. QSL to home call. MARIANA ISLANDS, KH0. Operators Sam, JE1XUZ and Tama, JQ2WTT will be QRV as KH0XH and KH0XW, respectively, from Saipan from March 10 to April 1. They will also be active as AH0BT in the upcoming CQ WW WPX SSB contest. QSL to home calls and QSL contest call via 7L1FPU. GUAM, KH2. Look for operators JE1JAC, JK1FUP, JA2JWH and JA3HHV to be QRV as AC2CX/KH2, N6NY/NH2, KH2/K2IO and AE3KS/KH2, respectively, from March 9 to 10. Activity will be on 80 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL to home calls. CURACAO, PJ2. Operators W1USN, AA1M and W1SSR are QRV as PJ2/home calls until March 22. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL to home calls. TUVALU, T2. A group of operators will be QRV as T2GM from March 12 to 23. Activity will be on the HF bands with two stations. QSL via GM4FDM. ASIATIC RUSSIA, UA0. Vladimir, RV3EFH is QRV as RV3EFH/0 from Bolshevik Island, IOTA AS-042, until October. Activity is on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL direct to home call. CAMBODIA, XU. Eddy, ON4AFU is QRV as XU7AFU until March 14. Activity is on the HF bands using CW. QSL to home call. INDONESIA, YB. Members of the Indonesian Amateur Radio Organization are QRV as YB6N from Nias Island, IOTA OC-161, until March 13. Also look for operators YB6VK, YB0SAT, YB1HK, YB4IR and YB5QZ to be QRV as home calls/6. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL via operators' instructions. ROMANIA, YO. Members of the AJR Brasov Radioclub are QRV as YP0FOTO until the end of August. QSL via YO6BBQ. ALBANIA, ZA. Max, IZ4JMA is QRV as ZA/IZ4JMA for the next 18 months. Activity is on all bands and modes. QSL to home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The North American RTTY Sprint, SKCC Weekend CW Sprintathon, AWA John Rollins Memorial DX CW Contest, NCCC RTTY Sprint, QRP CW Fox Hunt, NCCC Sprint, RSGB Commonwealth CW Contest, AGCW QRP CW Contest, QRP ARCI HF Grid Square CW Sprint, EA PSK63 Contest, Idaho QSO Party, UBA Spring 6-Meter Contest, NSARA Contest and the Wisconsin QSO Party will certainly keep contesters busy this upcoming weekend. The RSGB 80-Meter Club CW Championship, QRP 40-Meter CW Fox Hunt, NAQCC-EU Monthly CW Sprint and CWops Mini-CWT Test are scheduled for March 13. Please see March QST, page 84, and the ARRL and WA7BNM Contest websites for details. NNNN /EX