SB DX @ ARL $ARLD041 ARLD041 DX news ZCZC AE17 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 41 ARLD041 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT July 27, 1995 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD041 ARLD041 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by DX-NL, 425 DX News, Helen, VE2YAK, Mike, K3UOC, Charlie, KY0A, KE4IL, Murray, WA4DAN, Joe, NJ1Q, and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all. SAUDI ARABIA. Mike, K3UOC, arrived back in the states earlier this month. Mike made 32,332 contacts between October 11, 1994 and July 6, 1995. 97 percent of the QSOs were on CW, the remainder on SSB. He plans on returning to the middle east on September 14 and reactivate 7Z5OO. The licensee of 7Z5OO is His Royal Highness Prince Khaled Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. The station is located at the Prince's Palace in Riyadh. Mike will be active on 160 through 10 meters and will bring 6 meter gear with him in the hope of his VHF operating application being approved by the Saudi PTT. QSL via W1AF. CHRISTMAS AND COCOS KEELING ISLANDS, VK9C AND VK9X. Uwe, DJ9HX, plans to be active on CW and SSB from July 30 to August 16. Call signs mentioned are VK9CJ and VK9XI. LAOS, XW. Andreas, DK9LM, ex TA1ZE, will be in Laos for twenty months and plans on applying for permission to operate. NAMIBIA. Charlie, KY0A, will be signing either V52YG or V52/ZS6YG, from August 7 to 10. He will be active before sunrise and after sunset on 160 through 30 meter CW only. QSL via KY0A. SAINT PAUL ISLAND. This operation should be on through August 2 on 160 through 6 meters, as well as some satellite work. QSL via WA4DAN. IOTA NOTES. Yuki, JI6KVR, will be on the air July 29 and 30 from Amakusa Archipelago, AS-012. QSL via EA5KB. XJ1CWI will be an all band effort operating from Pictou Island, NA-154, July 28 to August 2 or 3. QSL via the West Island Amateur Radio Club Inc, PO Box 884, Pointe Claire/Dorval, Quebec, H9R 4Z6 Canada. BAND SPOTS / HEARD AND WORKED RECENTLY. 5N0MVE 3798 kHz at 2200z VP8CPC 3791/2225 4S7/JA4FM 7005 kHz at 1825z 5A1A 7051/2350 and 7005/0415 QSL via LZ2UA OA4BHV 7095/0555 TT8AB 7070/2140 5A1A 10100 kHz at 2205z 9X2P 10114/2210 QSL via N1IR TI4/AA7JM 10115/0125 VS6BG 10100/2220 5A1A 14020 kHz at 0800z and 14200/1440 7P8SR 14034/0615 7X2CR 14021/0625 QSL via IS0LYN 9N1RHM 14197/1730 9Q5MRC 14004/2130 QSL via G3MRC 9U/F5FHI 14010/0536 9X2P 14025/2205 D3T 14191/1910 QSL via ON5NT FK8HC 14030/2025 QSL via CBA HV3SJ 14225/0615 S92YL 14220/1055 S0RASD 14080/2044 RTTY TJ1JB 14029/1845 QSL via KE9A V44KAO 14028/2245 V73C 14035/0950 QSL via N4GAK ZK3RW 14025/0941 QSL via ZL1AMO 5A1A 18069 kHz at 0955z 8R1Z 18120/2215 9G1UW 18151/1705 AP2N 18124/1300 D3T 18145/1005 (OP ON6TT) OK1EE/OD5 18069/1725 OY/DK9FE 18080/0950 TL8CK 18142/1730 V63AO 18135/1000 3B8/NK6F 21014 kHz at 1215z 5A1A 21020/1735 and 21200/1915 9V1ZG 21011/0910 A92Q 21007/1040 YO3YX/D2 21266/0945 4U/KC0PA 21290/1450 QSL via VE9RHS CP8CRT 21210/1555 5A1A 24890 kHz at 1395z D3T 24945/1500 TK/F6AUS 24895/0835 HV4NAC 24950/1600 5A1A 28019 kHz at 1935z C53HG 28477/2000 QSL INFO. KE4IL reports receiving cards for TU2EY and TU4EY. The correct path is to QSL both stations via Daniel Sullivan, KE4I. And the following is from the ARRL W5 Incoming QSL Bureau Manager. QSL AR5N via the Pakistan Amateur Radio Society, GPO Box 1450, Islamabad, Pakistan. QSL YI9CW via DF3NZ. AMxxxx and AOxxxx are Spanish stations. QSL ZA9A via OKDXF, NOT the OKDXA. QSL V73C via N4GAK. 3B8DB direct. Only send cards via NA5U for contacts before 3/1/91. QSL 9M8AJ, 9M8DB and BY9GA direct ONLY. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The RSGB IOTA Contest runs from 1200z July 29 to 1200z July 30 on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters only. Exchange signal report, serial number and IOTA reference number if applicable. The Venezuelan Independence Day Contest is from 0000z July 28 to 2400z July 30 on 80 through 10 meter CW only. Exchange signal report and QSO number. For more information on these events, see page 114 in July QST. NNNN /EX