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- DX Bulletin 4 ARLD004
- >From ARRL Headquarters
- Newington CT January 13, 1994
- To all radio amateurs
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- ARLD004 DX news
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- Thanks to DX news contributors Tony, WA4JQS; Stu, K8SJ; Jim, KR1S;
- Tedd, KB8NW; Chod, VP2ML; The DX Bulletin; and the Ohio/Penn and
- Yankee Clipper Contest Club PacketCluster Networks.
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- COUNTDOWN TO PETER 1ST. Hot off the Internet comes the first in a
- probable series of Peter 1st updates.
-
- At dawn on January 12 the first group of operators left from
- Minnesota and Belgium on the first leg of the trip to Peter 1st.
- >From London they will fly to Ascension Island and then to the
- Falklands.
-
- Their brief stay at Port Stanley will allow them to operate as
- VP8BZL on 160, 80, 40 and perhaps 20 meters with CW, SSB and RTTY.
- Plans are to install satellite and EME systems at the QTH of Mario,
- VP8ALJ.
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- The entire team plans a February 1 landing on Peter 1st. This
- operation will be 160 through 10 meters, satellite and EME.
-
- THAILAND. Fred, K3ZO, is in Thailand until February 15. He hopes
- to be active as HS0ZAR from club station HS0AC. Listen for his 40
- meter CW between 7015 and 7030 kHz during morning and evening gray
- line openings.
-
- Reiner, DL2VK, is active as HS0/DL2VK until January 31. He favors
- CW but operates other modes including PacTOR. HS0C was worked from
- New England on 3505 kHz between 2130 and 2145z.
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- BANGLADESH. Manju, S21AM, was worked 20 meter longpath around
- 1240z. Manju is a newly licensed Bangladesh national. QSL via PO
- Box 4000, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
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- WESTERN MALAYSIA. Neville, 9M2/G3NUG, will be active from three
- islands off the coast of Western Malaysia during January and
- February. His schedule is as follows. Pangkor, AS 072, from
- January 14 to 21; Langkawi, AS 058, from January 22 to 28; and
- Penang, AS 016, from January 29 to February 10. Listen for him
- around 14260 and 18140 kHz. QSL via CBA.
-
- SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL'S ROCKS. The DXpedition by four
- Brazilian operators has been delayed until January 20 and will only
- be for two weeks. The group plans to have two stations going 24
- hours a day, and operate 160 through 6 meters with CW, SSB, RTTY and
- packet. QSL SSB/RTTY/6M contacts via PS7KM. QSL CW contacts via
- PT7WA.
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- MONTSERRAT. Stu, K8SJ, will be on as VP2MFA from January 14 through
- 27. Here is his operating schedule. 1835 kHz at 0400z. 3502 to
- 3512 kHz from 0300 to 0600z. 7002 to 7012 khz between 0200 and
- 0300, and 1100 to 1200z. 14002 to 14027 kHz from 1900 to 2100z.
- 18077, 21025 or 28025 kHz between 1600 and 1700z. QSL via K8SJ 1994
- CBA.
-
- REGULAR CATCHES. The following resident amateurs are quite active
- on the air and are relatively easy catches.
-
- Algeria, 7X4AN, 40 meter CW from 2230 to 2330z, and 3505 kHz at
- 2100z. Ascension Island, ZD8M, 7001 kHz at 0000z. Botswana, A22MN,
- 7004 kHz between 2200 and 2400z. Gambia, C53HG, 7013 kHz between
- 2300 and 0100z. Kuwait, 9K2MU, 3795 kHz at 2200z and 14017 kHz at
- 1600z. Mayotte, FH5CB, 21290 kHz at 1400z. Qatar, A71CW, 3507 kHz
- between 2130 and 0030z. Reunion Island, FR5BT, 15 meter CW at
- 1445z. Rwanda, 9X5HG, 20 meter CW at 1900 and 2300z. 9X5DX, 21024
- kHz at 1300z. South Shetlands, 4K1F, 80 meter CW from 0200 to
- 0500z, and 7002 kHz at 0545z. Sri Lanka, 4S7NB on 14180 kHz and
- 4S7EA on 14192 kHz, both at 0130z.
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- W1AW RUNS QRP? Listen for members of the QRP club of New England,
- QRP NE, operating W1AW between 1800 and 2100z, Sunday, January 16.
-
- THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Winter NWQRP Sprint, sponsored by
- the North West QRP Club, is a CW only event on 3560, 7035 and 14060
- kHz. The sprint is from 0100 to 0400z January 15.
-
- The HA DX Contest, sponsored by the Hungarian Radioamateur Society,
- is from 0000z January 14 until 2400z January 16. This is a CW
- contest on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. Non HA stations send
- signal report and serial number.
-
- Meet the Novices and Technicians Day, sponsored by the YLRL, is from
- 1500z January 15 until 0500z January 16. OMs relax, this is a YL
- only affair in the Novice/Technician HF subbands.
-
- The phone portion of the North American QSO Party, sponsored by the
- National Contest Journal, runs from 1800z January 15 to 0600z
- January 16. The exchange is your name and QTH.
-
- Hunting Lions in the Air Contest, sponsored by the Lions Club
- International, runs from 0900z January 15 until 2100z January 16.
-
- For more information on these events, see page 129 of December QST.
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