SB DX @ ARL $ARLD043 ARLD043 DX news ZCZC AE43 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 43 ARLD043 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT October 29, 2009 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD043 ARLD043 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, VK5ZD, QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, DXNL, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. TANZANIA, 5H. Harald, DL7VSN will be QRV as 5H1HS beginning November 1. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using mostly CW and RTTY. QSL to home call. GUYANA, 8R. Operators Edi, PU8TEP, Abilio, PV8AZ, Paulo, PV8DX, Anderson, PY2TNT, Alex, PY2WAS, Iva, PV8IG and Ivan, PY1YB will be QRV as 8R1PY from Lethem city from October 31 to November 4. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via PY2WAS. MOZAMBIQUE, C9. Mike, ZS6TAF is QRV as C91BA from the capital of Maputo. Activity is generally on 80 to 6 meters. QSL to home call. EASTER ISLAND, CE0. Operators Marco, CE6TBN, Leszek, NI1L, Zbig, SP7HOV, Art, PA3C, Stan, SQ8X and Victoria, SV2KBS will be QRV as XR0Y from October 31 to November 15. Activity will be on all bands with three stations active simultaneously with an emphasis on 160, 80 and 40 meters using mainly CW, with some SSB and RTTY. QSL via operators' instructions. CROZET ISLAND, FT/W. Florentin, F4DYW is QRV as FT5WO and is active until November 15. He is generally active on 20 and 17 meters between 0600 to 1300z. QSL to home call. GUINEA-BISSAU, J5. Joao, CT2GQA is QRV from here for the next five years. He is active as J5JUA on 80 and 40 meters and J5GQZ on 20 and 17 meters. QSL to home call. MONGOLIA, JT. Special event station JU75BSI is QRV until November 30 in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Mongolian Border Service Institute. QSL via JT1CH. NETHERLANDS, PA. Special event call PB65BP is QRV until November 11 in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Breda. QSL via PA1WLB. ICELAND, TF. Rene, DL2JRM will be QRV as TF/DL2JRM/p from October 31 to November 2. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW. QSL to home call. MALI, TZ. Mac, JA8SLU will be QRV as TZ6JA from November 2 to 23. Activity will be on the HF band using only SSB. QSL direct to home call. AUSTRALIA, VK. Special event station VI50LZ will be QRV from October 31 to November 8 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Elizabeth Amateur Radio Club. Activity will be on all HF bands. QSL via bureau. MONTSERRAT, VP2M. Operators Tom, DL2RUM, Rudi, DM2XO and Jan, DJ8NK will be QRV as VP2MUM, VP2MXO and VP2MNK, respectively, from November 3 to 15. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home calls. VIET NAM, XV. Operators Manfred, DK1BT, Wolf, DL4WK, Andy, DL5CW, Sigi, DL7DF and Frank, DL7UFR will be QRV as XV4D from Phu Quoc Island, IOTA AS-128, from November 4 to 17. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV and PSK. QSL via DL7DF. VANUATU, YJ. Tomas, VK2CCC will be QRV as YJ0CCC from Efate Island, IOTA OC-035, from October 30 to November 5. Activity will be on 160 an 80 meters using mainly CW. QSL to home call. ZIMBABWE, Z2. Fernando, EA4BB is QRV as Z21BB and is active from Harare for two years while on work assignment. He plans to be active on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via W3HNK. OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operations are approved for DXCC credit: Conway Reef, 3D20CR and 3D2CV, 2009 operations; Midway Island, K4M, 2009 operation. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The NCCC Sprint and High Speed Club CW Contest are all on tap for this weekend. The ARS Spartan CW Sprint is scheduled for November 3. Please see October QST, page 78, November QST, page 86, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. NNNN /EX