SB DX @ ARL $ARLD066 ARLD066 DX news ZCZC AE64 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 66 ARLD066 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT November 11, 1994 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD066 ARLD066 DX news Thanks to Bob, WB2CJL, Gary, NI6T, Bob, W5KNE, QRZ DX, Chod, VP2ML, The DX Bulletin, Gary, K8BN, Don, WB2DND, Tedd, KB8NW, the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin, the Yankee Clipper Contest Club PacketCluster network and the Contest Corral column from the pages of QST. Thanks. SYRIA. A eight member team will activate YK0A November 23 to 30. Omar, YK1AO, arranged issuance of the license and secured an operating site inside a Syrian PTT training facility on the outskirts of Damascus. The primary objective is to make YK available on CW, RTTY and the low bands. Secondary to that is to operate a two or three transmitter Multi/Multi in the CQWW CW Contest. Some SSB and WARC band operating is possible. QSL via W6OAT. CHAGOS ISLANDS ON 160 METERS. VQ9SS and VQ9QM should soon be active again on this band. VQ9SS plans to be in both the CQWW CW Contest and the ARRL 160 Meter Contest. TONGA. Paul, KK6H, will sign A35RK from November 24 to sometime early in February. He will operate mostly 160 through 30 meter CW. Plans are to be active in the ARRL 160 Meter contest and CQ World Wide DX CW on 160 meters. QSL via KK6H or the W6 bureau. UAE. A61AD will be on 160 and 80 meters around 0200z from November 11 to 16. QSL via WB2DND. ANTARCTICA. Nigel, VP8CMR, has been worked on 14260 kHz after 2230z. Plans are to be active on 17 meters from 1500 to 1900z. He will be at the base until February 1995. QSL to Nigel, Halley Base, BAS, Via Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. TAIWAN. Tom, WB4IUX, has permission to sign BV/WB4IUX. He should be on the air in late November or early December, with plans to operate 80 and 40 meter CW almost exclusively. He may get on 20 meter SSB to spread the word that he is up and running, and to provide his operating schedule. ZAMBIA. Ely, IN3VZE, will be active as 9J2CE until November 20. Listen for his SSB on 20 and 40 meters. QSL via IN3VZE. MARIANA ISLANDS. A group will sign KH0AM during the CQ WW CW Contest. Some activity will take place before the contest on the WARC bands and some RTTY. QSL via JE1CKA, Tack Kumagai, PO Box 22, Mitaka, Tokyo 181, Japan. JAMAICA. Walter DJ6QT is now signing DJ6QT/6Y5 until December 1. Look for his print in the WAE RTTY contest using the call 6Y5X. QSL via his home call. CARIBBEAN DXPEDITION. Dieter, DL3KDV, will be active from J6, J8 and J7 starting sometime this month. Listen for him in the CQWW CW contest. Dieter prefers QSL cards via the bureau. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Listen for N9RJ/KP2, operated by N9RJ, N9KZJ, WB9CEP and W2CGI, from November 12 to 20. Plans are to be on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 10 and 6 meters. QSL via WB9CEP. MARTINIQUE. F6AOI, F6BFH and F9IE will be on all bands with CW and SSB from November 11 to 27. They will sign FM/ their home calls. ARUBA. Jeff, KR0Y, will sign P40F from Aruba November 21 to 29 including an effort in the CQWW CW Contest. GIBRALTER. Dave, N7RK, will be active from ZB2 November 10 through 15 as N7RK/ZB2. He will be on 80, 40 and 20 meters, but may try 160 meters. QSL via CBA. GAMBIA. C56/G0MRF is not listed in 1994 Callbook. Direct QSLing is via G8PDW, or bureau cards may go addressed to G0MRF. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. Information on the European DX Contest, RTTY, appears on page 126 in July QST. Please note that W/VE stations are no longer required to send their state/province as part of the exchange. OK/OM DX Contest, sponsored by the Czech Radio Club, runs from 1200z November 12 to 1200z November 13. Exchange signal report and serial number. OK/OL/OM stations will exchange a 3 letter district code. For details check page 126 in October QST. The 1994 Japan International DX Phone Contest, sponsored by Five-Nine Magazine, is from 2300z November 11 to 2300z November 13. Exchange signal report and serial number starting with 001. Japanese stations will exchange signal report and two digit prefecture number. NNNN /EX