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- ZCZC AE51
- QST de W1AW
- DX Bulletin 25 ARLD025
- >From ARRL Headquarters
- Newington CT May 20, 1993
- To all radio amateurs
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- SB DX ARL ARLD025
- ARLD025 DX news
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- Thanks to Bob, WB2CJL; the Western New York DX Association; and
- Pete, KB1HY, for the items in this week's bulletin.
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- SPRATLY ISLANDS. Martti Lane, OH2BH, is cruising the Caribbean.
- After this, OH2BH and crew will be leaving for Malaysia and then on
- to the Spratly Islands. They plan to have Spratly on the air by the
- end of May.
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- DODECANESE ISLANDS. K5BDX will be active from Rhodes as SV/K5BDX
- from May 25 through 31. He will be active in the CQ World Wide WPX
- CW contest. QSL via NA5U.
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- ETHIOPIA. Sid, ET3SID, has been very active on SSB and RTTY.
- During a recent QSO, he spoke of plans to get a satellite station up
- and running sometime soon. Sid will be in Ethiopia for two years.
-
- WALVIS BAY. There was plenty of activity from ZS9-land over the
- past week, especially on 15 meter SSB and RTTY. Keep an eye open
- for PacketCluster spots.
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- SAN FELIX ISLANDS. XQ0X on San Ambrosio Island has been available
- nightly on 18070 kHz between 0000 and 0400z. QSL via CE3ESS.
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- BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA. Many hams from this area have been more than a
- little conspicuous sporting their new T9 call signs. Prefixes heard
- on the air recently include T91, T93, T94, T95, T97 and T99.
-
- WHAT'S UP WITH SATELLITES. Look for Lesotho showing up on the birds
- sometime in July. Stay tuned to W1AW bulletins for details.
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- K7JA has been active on OSCAR 13 from the Yaesu Caribbean Cruise.
- He signed 8P9EX from Barbados on Wednesday, and FM/K7JA from
- Martinique on Thursday. Upcoming stops will be J3, PJ2 and P4. For
- mode B contacts, check 145.870 MHz for CW and 145.890 MHz for SSB.
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- THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL 50 MHz Spring Sprint, a four
- hour event, starts at 2300z Saturday. There have been good 6 meter
- openings the past week, so this weekend may be prime time for DX on
- this band. Check page 110 of March QST for more details.
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