SB DX @ ARL $ARLD011 ARLD011 DX news ZCZC AE11 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 11 ARLD011 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT March 13, 2014 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD011 ARLD011 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by JA1TRC, NC1L, QRX DX, 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. VIET NAM, 3W. Vlad, R3HD and Slava, UA3DK are QRV as 3W1D and 3W4DK, respectively, from Hanoi until the end of March. Activity is on 60 to 10 meters, and possibly 160 and 80 meters. QSL via operators' instructions. TANZANIA, 5H. Maurizio, IK2GZU is QRV as 5H3MB until April 11 while visiting a hospital and orphanage here that are both part of the Mission Ilembula. Activity is on the HF bands in his spare time. QSL to home call. TONGA, A3. Masa, JA0RQV is QRV as A35JP from Nuku'alofa on Tongatapu, IOTA OC-049, while on a work assignment. Activity is during his free time and weekends on 80 to 6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call. MOZAMBIQUE, C9. Gert, ZS6AYU will be QRV as C91GR from Bilene from March 16 to 19. Activity will be holiday style on 40 to 10 meters using CW. QSL to home call. MOROCCO, CN. James, W7EJ will be QRV as CN2R until April 2. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. This includes entries in the Russian DX and the upcoming CQ World Wide WPX SSB contests. QSL direct to home call. CAPE VERDE, D4. Henryk, SM0JHF is QRV as D44CF from Mindelo on Sao Vicente, IOTA AF-086, until the end of March. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL direct to home call. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, E7. Members of the Akademski Radio Klub in Banja Luka are QRV with special call sign E750EBL until the end of 2014 to celebrate their club's 50th anniversary on the air. QSL via E77E. JERSEY, GJ. Kazu, M0CFW will be QRV as MJ5Z from St. Brelade, IOTA EU-013, in both the Russian DX and the BARTG RTTY contests. He is active as MJ0CFW before and after the contests. QSL both calls to home call. THAILAND, HS. David, HS0ZLU is QRV from Koh Phangan Island, IOTA AS-101, until May. Activity is on 20 and 10 meters using SSB and PSK. QSL to home call. ST. VINCENT, J8. Ark, UA4CC and Arunas, LY2IJ will be QRV as J8/home calls from Bequia Island, IOTA NA-025, from March 17 to 26. Activity is holiday style on 160 to 10 meters. QSL to home calls. LITHUANIA, LY. Sam, LY5W is QRV as LY10NATO until the end of 2014 to mark Lithuania's joining of NATO 10 years ago. QSL to home call. WESTERN SAHARA, S0. Azman, S01AH plans to soon be QRV from Bir Lehlu. QSL direct via EA2JG. In addition, Naama, S01A plans to be QRV on 60 meters on 5403.5 kHz during the month of March. He has also been active on 15 meters using SSB around 1345z. QSL direct to EA2JG. CANADA, VE. David, VE3VID is QRV as VY0/VE3VID from Igloolik Island, IOTA NA-174, until April 20. Activity is on the HF bands using primarily RTTY, with Hell and Olivia as well. This includes an entry in the BARTG HF RTTY contest and the upcoming EA RTTY contest. QSL to home call. MYANMAR, XY. Zorro, JH1AJT is QRV as XZ1Z from Nay Pyi Taw from March 16 to 21 while working for the Foundation for Global Children mission. Activity will be in his spare time on the higher HF bands. QSL to home call. SERBIA, YT. Special event station YU120STEPA is QRV during the month of March to celebrate the founding of the elementary school Vojvoda STEPA 120 years ago. QSL via YU1BBV. CHATHAM ISLAND, ZL7. Franz, OE2SNL is QRV as ZL7/OE2SNL until March 20. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL to home call. SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS. W1AW Centennial Stations W1AW/7 in Arizona and W1AW/8 in Ohio are QRV until 2359z on 18 March. In addition, W1AW Centennial Stations W1AW/KH2 in Guam, W1AW/4 in Tennessee and W1AW/5 in New Mexico will be QRV starting at 0000z on March 19. They will be active until 2359z on March 25. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. North American SSB Sprint, BARTG HF RTTY Contest, QRP CW Fox Hunt, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC Sprint, PN Quick 40-Meter CW Contest, F9AA SSB Cup, Russian DX Contest, Virginia QSO Party, AGCW VHF/UHF CW Contest, Feld Hell Sprint and UBA Spring 2-Meter Contest are all on tap for this upcoming weekend. The Run for the Bacon QRP CW Contest and Bucharest Contest are scheduled for March 17. The CLARA HF Contest is scheduled for March 18. The QRP CW Fox Hunt and CWops Mini-CWT CW Test are scheduled for March 19. Please see March QST, page 84 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. NNNN /EX