SB DX @ ARL $ARLD010 ARLD010 DX news ZCZC AE10 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 10 ARLD010 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT March 8, 2012 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD010 ARLD010 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, The Weekly DX, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. LESOTHO, 7P. Gert, ZS6AYU is QRV as 7P8GF until March 13. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using only CW. QSL to home call. MALTA, 9H. Peter, G3PHO is QRV as 9H3C from Gozo Island, IOTA EU-023, until March 15. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters and possibly 160 meters. This includes an entry in the RSGB Commonwealth contest. QSL to home call. KUWAIT, 9K. Some members of the Kuwait ARS are QRV as 9K2F from Failaka Island, IOTA AS-118, until March 12. QSL via 9K2HN. TONGA, A3. A group of operators are QRV as A35YZ until March 24. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV and PSK31 with several stations active. QSL via DL7DF. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, DA. Special event station DQ0STRATEX is QRV until January 31, 2013 to commemorate the March 10 and March 24 launches of the stratospheric balloon projects named StratexB. Activity is on all bands and modes. On the balloons an APRS beacon will be on 144.800 MHz and a speech beacon on 430.375 MHz FM. QSL via DK4REX. BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, E7. Special event station E720RS is QRV until the end of 2012 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding of Republika Srpska, the Serbian entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina. QSL via E78CB. DOMINICA, J7. Simon, G7SOZ is QRV as J79SZ until March 15. This includes an entry in the RSGB Commonwealth contest. QSL to home call. JAPAN, JA. Special event station 8N5KOCHI is QRV until March 22 to mark an ARISS school contact from Kochi on Shikoku Island, IOTA AS-076. QSL via bureau. DENMARK, OZ. Stefan, DL7AOS is QRV as 5P5K until March 24. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters. This includes an entry in the upcoming Russian DX contest. QSL to home call. SLOVENIA, S5. Members of the Radio club Skofja Loka are QRV as S540DKR until the end of April in celebration of its 40th jubilee. QSL via S59DKR. SEYCHELLES, S7. Tom, DL5NEN and Claudia, DO5NEN will be QRV as S79NEN from Mahe and La Digue, both IOTA AF-024, from March 12 to 28. Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. This includes entries in the upcoming CQ WPX SSB and BARTG HF RTTY contests. QSL via DO5NEN. CHAD, TT. Elvira, IV3FSG is QRV as TT8ES from N'Djamena until March 18. Activity is on the HF bands using SSB and digital modes. QSL via IK3GES. BERMUDA, VP9. Bob, G3PJT is QRV as VP9/G3PJT until March 15. This includes an entry in the RSGB Commonwealth contest. QSL to home call. VIET NAM, XV. Retu, OH4MDY, plans to be QRV as XV2RZ from March 14 to April 16. QSL to home call. CHATHAM ISLANDS, ZL7. Dave, VO1AU is QRV as ZL7/VO1AU until March 13. Activity is on the HF bands using CW and SSB. This includes being a Single Op/All Band entry in the RSGB Commonwealth contest. QSL via VO1MX. OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operations are approved for DXCC credit: Somalia, 6O0M, 2011 operation. If you had this operation rejected, send a note to bmoore (at) arrl.org to have your record updated. Burundi, 9U3TMM, reported as December 2011 and January 2012. If you had this operation rejected, send a note to bmoore (at) arrl.org to have your record updated. Afghanistan, T6BP, current operation commencing in 2011. Macquarie Island, VK0TH and AX/VK0TH, current operations. If you had VK0TH rejected, send a note to bmoore (at) arrl.org to have your record updated. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The North American RTTY Sprint, RSGB Commonwealth CW Contest, AWA John Rollins Memorial CW DX Contest, QRP CW Fox Hunt, NCCC Sprint, AGCW QRP CW Contest, QRP ARCI HF Grid Square CW Sprint, EA PSK63 Contest, Idaho QSO Party, SKCC Weekend CW Sprintathon, UBA Spring CW Contest, NSARA SSB Contest and Wisconsin QSO Party will certainly keep contesters busy this upcoming weekend. The NAQCC-EU Monthly CW Sprint is scheduled for March 12. The CW QRP Fox Hunt, RSGB 80-meter Club CW Championship and CWops Mini-CWT CW Test are scheduled for March 14. Please see March QST, page 86 and the ARRL and WA7BNM Contest Web Sites for details. NNNN /EX