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27 March 2010                                             A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 986
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                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

3B8    - Mart, DL6UAA will be active again as 3B8MM  from  Mauritius  Island
         (AF-049) starting on 4 April  for  three  weeks.  He  will  operate
         mainly CW on 160-10 metres, with some SSB and  digital  modes.  QSL
         via DL6UAA, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
9K     - The Kuwait Amateur Radio  Society  will  be  active  as  9K2F  from
         Failaka Island (AS-118) on 1-5 April. QSL via 9K2HN. [TNX DX World]
C3     - Ten C35 stations (C35CA, C35DR, C35HI, C35JM, C35KC, C35LM,  C35MO,
         C35PR, C35SG and C35US) and ten C36 stations (C36AR, C36AT,  C36BO,
         C36CT, C36JI, C36JS, C36MF, C36PP, C36RP and C36VM) will be  active
         on 1-30 April to celebrate the 30th anniversary of  Andorra's  IARU
         society (Unio de Radioaficionats  Andorrans).  Information  on  the
         relevant award can be found at ura30anys.blogspot.com [TNX F5NQL]
CT8    - For the first time, the Azores Islands will  be  active  under  the
         callsign CQ8X (QSL via OH2BH) in this weekend's  WPX  Contest.  The
         operators (CU2CE, CU2DX, DL6LAU, N6RC, OH1TV, OH2BH, OH2UA,  OH6KN,
         OH6RM and OH8NC) might also put another station  on  as  CR2X  (QSL
         via OH2BH). [TNX OH2BH]
DL     - Dan, DL5SE is going on an island & lighthouse tour on 26-29  March.
         He plans to operate CW only from a few IOTA and/or  German  Islands
         Award locations, as well as from  lighthouses  on  the  Baltic  Sea
         coast. QSL via bureau. [TNX DL5SE]
FR     - Ced, F4EGZ active as FR/F4EGZ from Reunion Island (AF-016)  between
         25 March and 19 April. He will operate on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and  6
         metres, and take part in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest.  QSL  via  home
         call. [TNX NG3K]
GM     - MM0DGR/p will operate CW, SSB and BPSK63 on 40-10 metres  from  Den
         of Airlie National Nature  Reserve  on  27  March,  including  some
         activity during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via MM0DFV.  Further
         information is available at gmff.org [TNX MM0DFV]
HK     - HK3OVP and HK3OCH will be active as 5K7SNC from the  Sierra  Nevada
         Mountain Range, Colombia on 1-2 April. Look for  them  around  7140
         kHz. QSL via HK3OCH, direc or bureau and LoTW.
I      - Special station II0SPQR will be active 1-30 April to celebrate  the
         2763rd anniversary of  the foundation  of  Rome.  QSL  via  IK0QNZ.
         [TNX IK0ZCW]
OZ     - Look for Ben, OZ/DO1BEN and his  wife  Barbara,  OZ/DO1IQ  will  be
         active again from Lolland Island (EU-029) on 2-9 April.  They  will
         operate on the HF bands SSB with some RTTY and PSK31. QSL via  home
         calls. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
PA     - Anneke, PB7XYL will be active as PB88XYL on 3-30 April.  This  will
         be the  first  activity  by  the  WOTA  Club  (Women  On  The  Air,
         wotaclub2010.blogspot.com). QSL via PB7XYL, direct or bureau.  [TNX
         VA3RJ]
PY     - Araucaria DX Group's contest station ZW5B will participate  in  the
         CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as  PY5GA,  as  a  tribute  to  their  "major
         elmer" Olavo Scherrer (PY5GA). Olavo passed away on 21 March at  88
         years of age. [TNX PY5EG]
T32    - The Line Islands DXpedition team  started  operations  from  Malden
         Island (OC-279) at 00.22 UTC on 25 March. T32MI is QRV  with  three
         stations, as "extreme  temperature  and  high  winds  have  limited
         setting up more antennas and a fourth station". They plan one  more
         night of operation from Malden, and then head for  Caroline  Island
         (T32CI, OC-281). QSL via SM6CAS. [TNX t32line.webnode.com]
VE     - According to the latest update at  qrz.com,  Cezar,  VE3LYC  (VY0V)
         arrived in Thunder Bay on  25  March  and  was  scheduled  "to  fly
         north"  on the  26th.  For the  trip  to  East Pen Island  (NA-231)
         [425DXN 975] he has retained the services of two local guides. They
         will load all the  camping  gear on sleds towed by snowmobiles, and
         the travel to the island  should take around  ten  hours under good
         weather  conditions.  Outside temperature is expected to be -20C or
         even  lower.  "This  is  a rather difficult project",  Cezar  says,
         which  "may  have to be aborted if safety concerns dictate it".
YI     - Eric, KG4GYS says he will be active as  YI9GYS  from  Tikrit,  Iraq
         "for the next several  months".  He  operates  SSB  on  20  and  17
         metres. QSL via home call.
YI     - Announced frequencies for the 2-11 April YI9PSE expedition to  Iraq
         [425DXN 973] are as follows:
         CW   1824, 3504, 7004, 10104, 14024, 18074, 21024, 24894, 28024 kHz
         SSB  1845, 3780, 7065/7180, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945, 28495 kHz
         RTTY 7035, 10140, 14080, 18100, 21080, 24920, 28080 kHz
         Thirteen operators (AH6HY, FM5CD, JH4RHF,  K1LZ,  K3LP, K3VN, N2WB,
         N6OX,  N6PSE,  W5KDJ, W0UCE,  YI1UNH and YT1AD) will be active with
         five  stations, four  amplifiers  and  a wide range of antennas. It
         will be possible to follow YI9PSE via Twitter (twitter.com/yi9pse).
         QSL via  N6NKT. QSLling  policy and further  information, including
         on-line  logs  and  propagation   predictions,  can  be   found  at
         yi9pse.com

CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST --->  The  following  stations  have  announced  their
participation in this year's event (27-28 March):
Call          Category        DXCC                  QSL
-------------------------------------------------------
3V8SS         SOAB LP         Tunisia            IZ8CCW
4L3A          M/2             Georgia              LY4A
4V4JR                         Haiti                K4QD
5D5A          M/S             Morocco             I2WIJ
8P5A          SOAB HP         Barbados             NN1N
BX5AA         SOAB HP         Taiwan              BX5AA
C4I           M/?             Cyprus              LZ2HM
CN2BC         SOAB LP         Morocco             DL7BC
CO8LY         SOSB 15m LP     Cuba               EA7ADH
CO8TW         SOSB 20m LP     Cuba               HB9SVT
CQ3L          SOAB            Madeira             DJ6QT
CQ8X          M/?             Azores              OH2BH
CR1M          SO              Azores              SP5ES
CR1Z          SO              Azores             SP5UAF
CR2X          M/?             Azores              OH2BH
CR3A          M/?             Madeira Isl         CT3EE
E20AS         M/S             Thailand           HS1CKC
E51COF        SO              South Cook Isls      K8NA
E51USA        SO              South Cook Isls     E51CG
EB8AH         M/?             Canary Isls
EE2W          M/S             Spain              EB2BXL
EJ6DX         M/S             Ireland             RX3RC
EJ8GQB                        Ireland             ON4EI
FR/F4EGZ      SO LP           Reunion Isl
GW9T          M/?             Wales              GW6NLP
H22H          SOAB QRP        Cyprus              5B4MF
HQ2T          SOAB            Honduras            W3HNK
HQ2W          MO              Honduras           HR2DMR
IF9A          M/?             Italy (Sicily)     IT9ATF
JU1DX         M/S             Mongolia          qrz.com
JY5CC         SOAB            Jordan              JY5CC
KH0UA      SOAB HP Rookie     Mariana Isls       JF1UCV
KP3Z          SOAB            Puerto Rico          N4AO
L21D          SO              Argentina          LU7DSY
LX7I          SOAB            Luxembourg           LX2A
NH7A          SOAB HP         Hawaii              F5VHJ
OG0Z          SOSB 15m        Aland Isls           W0MM
OH0Z          SOSB 20m        Aland Isls           W0MM
OH8X          SO              Finland             OH2UA
OL80OK        M/2             Czech Republic     OK1DRQ
OY6A          M/S             Faroe Isls
P3N           M/S             Cyprus              RW3RN
P40LY                         Aruba              KB6NAN
P41M          SOAB            Aruba               DK1MM
P49Y          SOAB            Aruba                AE6Y
PJ2/OH1VR     SOSB 15m LP     Neth. Antilles      OH1VR
PJ2T          M/2             Neth. Antilles       N9AG
PJ4L                          Bonaire             OK7MT
PY5GA         M/M             Brazil              K3IRV
S65Q                          Singapore           9V1QQ
ST2AR         SOAB            Sudan                S53R
SZ1TEIA       M/S             Greece
T70A          SOSB 80m        San Marino
T77GO         SOSB 20m        San Marino
TF1CW         SOSB 40m        Iceland             LX1NO
TG9IRP        SO              Guatemala          IK2ILH
TM5W          M/S             France              F5KIN
TO7A          SOAB            Martinique         UT5UGR
V85ZX         SOSB 20m LP     Brunei              V85ZX
VC6R                          Canada              VE6SV
VC7C          M/?             Canada              VE7NA
VP50V         SOAB            Turks & Caicos       W5CW
WH0/WH7ZJ     SOSB 10m LP     Mariana Isls       JF1VGZ
XR1A          M/?             Chile              XQ1IDM
XR6T          M/S             Chile              CE3FED
YE0X          M/?             Indonesia         qrz.com
ZC4T          M/S             Cyprus UK SBA        ZC4T
ZP0R          SOAB            Paraguay           ZP5AZL
Do not  forget  to  give  a  look  at  the  Announced    Operations  listing
maintained  by Bill, NG3K at  ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2010.html -  good contest to
you all!

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                         ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

2ND PHASE DX SUMMIT ---> The "2nd phase DX Summit" will  be  made  available
to limited Beta testers for Easter. If you wish to  be  one,  please  e-mail
Radio Arcala (oh8x@sral.fi). [TNX OH2BH]

HB9 & HB0 POSTAL RATES ---> Postal rates  in  Switzerland  will  rise  on  1
April. The new prices for standard letter  items  up  to  20  grams  are  as
follows:
Europe   Economy    CHF 1.30     Other countries   Economy    CHF 1.60
         Priority   CHF 1.40                       Priority   CHF 1.90
A Mail Calculator on-line service is provided by Swiss Post  (poste.ch).
Please note that the same rates apply to Liechtenstein, as  postal  services
in that Principality are operated by Swiss  Post,  under  the  terms  of  an
agreement between the two countries. 1 IRC  covers  Economy  postage  for  a
standard letter item up to 20  grams  to  anywhere  in  the  world.  At  the
current exchange rate, 1 USD is +/- 1.05 CHF, and 1 EUR  is  +/-  1.45  CHF.
[TNX HB9DKZ]

K4M ---> The K4M (Midway Atoll 2009, 44  minutes)  DVD,  produced  by  James
Brooks, 9V1YC is  now  available;  purchase  information  can  be  found  at
dxvideos.com

QSL D44AC ---> Mario, IK3HHX says he is receiving  direct  and  bureau  card
requests for D44AC, but he is not his QSL manager. He can confirm only  QSOs
made between 21 March and 2 April 2002, when D44AC  was  operated  by  4L5A.
Otherwise cards should be sent diret to Carlos Pulu, P.O. Box 398,  Mindelo,
Sao Vicente, Cape Verde.

QSL VQ9LA ---> Starting 15 April 2010, the new QSL route will be  via  N0QM:
Larry Arneson, 705 Rhodes Ave, Grandview,  MO  64030,  USA.  Larry  will  be
departing Diego Garcia in December, and he  wants  the  mail  going  in  the
right direction prior to that. All QSL cards sent to the  FPO  Box  will  be
honoured up to December 2010. [TNX VQ9LA]

+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent  Keys  include  Kenneth  M.  Miller
(K6IR), William "Bill" W. Loucks (VE3AR) and Joe T. Pinella (WA9VGY).

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                         ******* QSL  ROUTES *******
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

===================================================================
CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3B8GT       RX3DD       E51COF      K8NA        P40YL       AI6YL
3Z0RADIO    SP9SX       E74A        K2PF        P41M        DK1MM
4J0WFF      4J5T        E79D        E77E        P49MR       VE3MR
4J3M        DL7EDH      EJ8GQB      ON4EI       PJ4/W9NJY   WD9DZV
4J9M        DL7EDH      EM20UCC     UT7UJ       PJ4L        OK7MT
4L3A        LY4A        EN1IFF      UR3IBV      PW5G        PP5VB
4L4CC       RV1CC       EP3PK       IK2DUW      PX2T        PY2DN
4L8A        K1BV        ER4KAA      RA4LW       R1ANB       RN1ON
4L9QQ       UR9QQ       ES2MC       W3HNK       R1ANP       RW1AI
4S7HSG      9K2HS       ES5FDX      UA3FDX      S520AKR     S59AKR
4S7LF       OZ6ZV       EX2U        IK2QPR      S79GM       GM4FDM
5C2J        IK7JWX      EX7MK       IK2QPR      SE800M      SM6VVT
5C2L        I8LWL       FM/KL7WA    UT5UGR      SG0M/P      SA0AQT
5C2Q        IK2GPQ      FM1HN       NI5DX       SN80PZK     SP5PPA
5C2SG       IZ7ATN      FM5WD       W3HNK       SN85IARU    SP4OZ
5C2W        IK2DUW      GB0SP       M0DOL       SO80PZK     SP7PCA
5C2Y        IK8GPY      GB5SPD      MN0AKU      SQ85IARU    SP3MGM
5P5CW       DL5SE       HA125HHOT   HA6MW       ST2AR       S53R
6W2SC       HA3AUI      HC2SL       EA5KB       T32AJ       K9AJ
7Z1HL       DJ9ZB       HC7AE       EA7FTR      T32MI       SM6CAS
8N3I        JI3DNN      HF100ZHP    SP6ZDA      T6AF        WA2EWE
8Q7NC       F6BGC       HF200FC     SP9HTY      T6AG        EA3GHZ
8Q7QQ       HB9QQ       HF30PGZ     SP3PGZ      TC18M       TA1HZ
8Q7QX       DL3OCH      HF680TAR    SP9PTA      TC2010PSG   TA1HZ
9A500AA     9A2AA       HF720S      SP3FGQ      TF2CT       EA7FTR
9M6JC       NI5DX       HF80PZK     SP5PSL      TG9IRP      IK2ILH
9M6TMT      NI5DX       HF85IARU    SP9YGD      TG9NX       N4FKZ
9M6XRO      M0URX       HK1KYR      EA5KB       TI3/W7RI    AI4U
A33A        K6HFA       HQ2T        W3HNK       TN5SN       IZ1BZV
A41KJ       NI5DX       HR2/NP3D    W3HNK       TO5SM       F6BFH
A61AS       YO3FRI      HZ1PS       IZ8CLM      TR8CA       F6CBC
A65BM       W4JS        II9ICF      IT9MRM      UA0AV       W3HNK
A71CT       EA7FTR      IR1C        IK1APO      UE0QDA/P    RN0QQ
A71CV       A71AN       J28KO       F6DKI       UE6MCA      RA6LW
A71EL       A71AN       J38CW       G3VCQ       V21NC       XE1TNC
A71EM       EA7FTR      J38SW       G3VCQ       V21ZG       DL7AFS
BA5HAM      IK2DUW      J79VO       VE1TRI      V26AO       RV1CC
C31CT       EA3QS       J79XBI      SM0XBI      VP8DNA      M0PCB
CE9/R1ANF   RK1PWA      J88DR       G3TBK       VQ9ZZ       N1ZZZ
CN2R        W7EJ        JD1BNA      JL1UTS      VX3S        VE3NNG
CO3JN       EB7DX       JT1GCW      6K2GCW      W4/VG3RA    VE3IKV
CR1M        SP5ES       K1HP/KH0    JE2EHP      XV2RZ       OH4MDY
CR1Z        SP5UAF      KL7J        N3SL        YB8BYL      EA7FTR
CX2AQ       EA5KB       LX30AK      LX1CC       YB8EXL      EA7FTR
CX7CO       WB3CDX      LX8RTTY     LX1DA       YP1WFF      YO6EZ
D2CQ        CT1IUA      LY20W       LY5W        YS3CW       I2JIN
D2EB        IZ3ETU      LZ180FT     LZ2VP       Z21BB       W3HNK
D2QMN       RZ3EC       MC0SHL      M0URX       Z21FO       K3IRV
D44TD       CT1EKF      MM0DGR/p    MM0DFV      Z22JE       K3IRV
DA0GLH      DL2VFR      OD5TE       K3IRV       Z23MS       UA3DX
DA0HEL      DF6QC       OL10AMPER   OK1DRQ      ZF2UL       K3UL
DF0SAX      DL3DXX      OX3XR       OZ3PZ       ZL4TY       VK4DXA
DF0WFF      DL2VFR      P29CS       M0URX       ZP6/N3BNA   KA2AEV
DQ750UEM    DL2VC       P40LY       KB6NAN      ZY7C        PT7WA

4J5T     Natig Gasimov, P.O. Box 86, AZ 1000 Baku, Azerbaijan
5R8AL    Alain Loiseau, P.O. Box 9008, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar
F6BFH    Alain Duchauchoy, 21 Rue de la Republique, 76420 Bihorel, France
GM4FDM   Tom Wylie, 3 Kings Crescent, Elderslie, Johnstone, PA5 9AD, United
         Kingdom
I2JIN    Roberto Torri, Via I Maggio 40, 22038 Tavernerio CO, Italy
K6HFA    Hubert R Clark, 545 W Vassar Ave, Fresno, CA 93705, USA
OH4MDY   Reijo Laitinen, Mantytie 13, 76940 Nenonpelto, Finland
RA6LW    Alan Biryukov, P.O.Box 17, Taganrog, 347900, Russia
RX3DD    Alexey V. Averkin, P.O. Box 6, Orekhovo-Zuevo, Moskovskaya obl.,
         142600, Russia
SM6CAS   Nils Persson, P.O Box 66, SE-296 21 Ahus, Sweden
VK4DXA   Ray Crawford, 53 Moore Street, Kingaroy QLD 4610, Australia
XU7AAA   Hiroo Yonezuka, DD153 Huang Sathi, Vientiane, Laos

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