SB DX @ ARL $ARLD023 ARLD023 DX news ZCZC AE23 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 23 ARLD023 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT June 9, 2011 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD023 ARLD023 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by CS1CRE, KF4VTT, NC1L, The Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. CROATIA, 9A. Csaba, DH7KU will be QRV as 9A/DH7KU from Pag Island, IOTA EU-170, from June 12 to 22. Activity is holiday style on 40 and 20 meters. QSL to home call. BAHAMAS, C6. Operators N5KM and N4BP are QRV as C6AKQ and C6A/N5KM from Freeport until June 13. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using CW and SSB with two stations. They will be QRV as C6AKQ in the ARRL VHF QSO Party. QSL via operators' instructions. CUBA, CO. A group of operators will be QRV as T48K in the ARRL VHF QSO Party from grid square FL10mw as a Limited/Multi Op entry. QSL via DK1WI. PORTUGAL, CT. Members of the Clube Radioamadores do Entroncamento are QRV with special callsign CS2CS from Serta Castel until June 12. Activity is on all HF bands using CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via operators' instructions. JERSEY, GJ. Operators EA1AP and EA1SA will be QRV as MJ/home calls from June 12 to 21. Activity will be on 80 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home calls. JAPAN, JA. In celebration of the 220th birthday anniversary of Samuel F.B. Morse, special event stations using 8J1MORSE are active from each call area until December 31, 2011. Each callsign is followed by the call area number. Activity is on the HF bands using mainly CW with some SSB. QSL via bureau. SVALBARD, JW. Roar, LA1EOA is QRV as JW1EOA from Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen, IOTA EU-026, until June 15. Activity is on 40 to 6 meters using SSB. QSL to home call. MARIANA ISLANDS, KH0. Toru, JI3QBQ is QRV as AJ2L/AH0 from Saipan, IOTA OC-086, until June 14. Activity is on all HF bands. QSL direct to home call. MARKET REEF, OJ0. Operators OH2BH, OH2PM and OH2TA will be QRV as OJ0B from June 11 to 13 while working on the station here. Activity will be primarily on 30, 20 and 17 meters using CW and SSB with two stations. QSL via OH2BH. DENMARK, OZ. A group of Scouts are QRV as OZ1RDP from Romo Island, IOTA EU-125, until June 14. Activity is mainly on 80, 40, 30 and 20 meters using SSB and PSK31. QSL via DL9BCP. NETHERLANDS, PA. Special event station PG6N will be QRV from the Noordwijk Lighthouse Station, ARLHS NET-019, from June 11 to 18. This takes place during Coastal Week. Activity will be on all HF bands including 6 and 2 meters. QSL via bureau. CURACAO, PJ2. Wayne, K8LEE will be QRV as PJ2T from Signal Point in the ARRL VHF QSO Party with an emphasis on 6 meters. QSL via N9AG. MONTSERRAT, VP2M. John, KB4CRT is QRV as VP2MRT until June 18. Activity is on 40 to 2 meters. QSL direct to home call. BERMUDA, VP9. Doug, KF4VTT is QRV as KF4VTT/VP9 until June 17 while on holiday. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and possibly PSK31 in his spare time. QSL to home call. NICARAGUA, YN. Operators W5MJ and W5PR are QRV as YN2MJ and YN2PR, respectively, until June 13. Activity is mainly on 160 and 80 meters. Look for YN2PR to be QRV in the ARRL VHF QSO Party on 6 meters. QSL via operators' instructions. OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operations are approved for DXCC credit: Cameroon, TJ9PF, 2011 operation. These particular cards were printed with the year 2001 instead of 2011. This is a known software bug that has been fixed. This will not affect the integrity of the logs. DXCC will accept TJ9PF QSL cards showing the date as 2001; Macquarie Island, VK0KEV, current operation. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL June VHF QSO Party, NCCC Sprint Ladder, DRCG Long Distance RTTY Contest, Portugal Day Contest, VK Shires Contest, Asia-Pacific SSB Sprint, CWops Mini-CWT CW Test, GACW WWSA DX CW Contest, REF DDFM 6-Meter Contest and SKCC Weekend CW Sprint are all on tap for this weekend. The NAQCC Straight Key/Bug CW Sprint and RSGB 80-Meter Club CW Championship are scheduled for June 15. Please see June QST, page 84, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. NNNN /EX