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- QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 44 ARLD044 From ARRL Headquarters
- Newington CT August 20, 1993 To all radio amateurs
-
- MELLISH REEF. During the three to four day trip aboard
- the schooner Nina Q1 from Bundaberg, Australia, to the
- reef, DXpedition operators will be active as VK4CRR/MM on
- 7180 and 14195 kHz. Activity from the reef will be from
- September 19 to 28. Thanks VK4CRR, WA4DAN, W5KNE and QRZ
- DX.
-
- MOUNT ATHOS. JA3MNP and SV2WT are now active. SV2BES was
- heard on 18120 kHz at 1955z. Thanks W2MIG, K4CEF, N4VZ,
- KI5GF, W5KNE and QRZ DX.
-
- LIBYA. The now not-so-recent five day activation of Libya
- by Romeo, EK0RR; Danny, LZ2UU; and Said, 5A0RR; netted
- some 11,000 QSOs. Copies of the log are in Bulgaria and
- QSLs are being sent. Said, a Libyan national, will
- continue to operate as 5A0RR. The call sign is in effect
- for two years. Said is primarily a CW op but may operate
- SSB from time to time. Thanks W1GG, WB2DHY and NT2X.
-
- SAINT PAUL ISLAND. Yet another DXpedition is planned,
- this time for the first week of September by VE3MRN,
- VE3VQL and VE3CRG. The group will operate from the north
- island using the call sign CY9R. Thanks VE3VQL, W5KNE and
- QRZ DX.
-
- CALL SIGN CONFUSION. The XE0 prefix is being issued to
- Novice licensees in Mexico. Their operating segments on
- HF are 7000 to 7050 kHz CW and 7050 to 7100 kHz LSB.
- Thanks XE1MD, W5KNE and QRZ DX.
-
- ERITREA. The DX Advisory Committee, DXAC, vote on the
- DXCC status of Eritrea is scheduled for August 30. If you
- have an opinion one way or the other on this matter,
- contact your DXAC representative.
-
- TOP TEN LIST. The ARRL DXCC Desk has developed a ''need
- list'' based upon actual counts of countries credited to
- DXCC Awards. From the most wanted, they are Peter One
- Island, Yemen, Bhutan, Heard Island, Libya, Bangladesh,
- Tromelin Island, the Andaman and Nicobar Island groups,
- Glorioso and the Penguin Islands. For more information on
- this list, check the How's DX column in September QST.
-
- THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The seventh ARRL 10 GHz
- Cumulative Contest will be held from 8am to 8pm local time
- this Saturday and Sunday, and the weekend of September 18
- and 19. See page 113 of June QST for more information.
-
- Contest Corral on page 110 of July QST details the
- following activities for the weekend.
-
- The SEANET Phone Contest is a 48 hour event that starts at
- 0000z August 21. Exchange signal report and serial
- number, starting with 001 on each band.
-
- The phone weekend of the North American QSO Party,
- sponsored by the National Contest Journal, will be from
- 1800z Saturday through 0600z Sunday. The exchange is
- operator name and state/province/DXCC country, as
- appropriate.
-
- The New Jersey QSO Party, runs from 2000z Saturday to
- 0700z Sunday. The exchange is signal report, serial number
- and NJ county/ARRL section/DXCC country, as appropriate.
-
- There are three operating periods for the SARTG Worldwide
- RTTY Contest. They are from 0000 through 0800z and 1600z
- through 2400z August 21, and 0800z through 1600z on August
- 22. Limit operating to 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters.
- Exchange RST and QSO number.
- NNNN
- /EX