rjr@mgweed.UUCP (Bob Roehrig) (10/09/84)
qst de k9eui hr dx bulletin nr 36 from arrl headquarters newington ct october 5, 1984 to all radio amateurs bt san felix. ce0aa is still active on 80 through 15 meters, both ssb and cw. watch for operators fernando and max on 21030 khz at 1600z, 14236 khz at 2300z, 7085 khz at 0800z and 3795 khz at 0530 and 0930z. qsls should go only to box 700, santiago, chile. chad. tt8cw, henri, formerly fb8zq, is now reported to be signing tt8cw. he was first reported at 2300z on 14010 khz on wednesday. henri also promises 10, 15 and 40 meter cw. watch for him on 40 meters between 0430 and 0500z. guinea bissau. j5wwd has been heard lately between 14230 and 14240 khz around 0200z. qsl to home callsign ub5wad. macquarie island. graeme, vk0gc, is reported to be back on macquarie and plans all band activity for the next year. qsl as before. zone 23. a new station, ua0yo, has been heard and worked on the east coast of north america, long path, at 1130z on 7006 khz. contest expeditions. a large number of expeditions are being planned for the cq ww phone contest to be held october 27 and 28. listen to subsequent dx bulletins for further updates. cambodia. sxu1ss is still appearing every sunday at 1200z on 14245 khz. signals have been getting stronger each week and have been well over s9 throughout most of north america. qsl to ja1hqg. ecuador. a special event station from quito, hc1a, is scheduled to operate during the 24 hour period october 13 only. operations are scheduled full time on 160 through 10 meters, both phone and cw. propagation. with winter nearing in the northern hemisphere, static levels have dropped and activity has resumed on 80 and 160 meters. this season is the best time for working transequatorial dx, such as australia and south africa, from north america on the low bands. also watch for long path openings on 40 meters at both local sunrise and sunset. 160 meters. stations heard within the last two weeks on 160 meters include kj9w/kh2, hb0nl and 9j2tj ar
rjr@mgweed.UUCP (Bob Roehrig) (09/14/85)
qst de k9eui hr dx bulletin nr 36 from arrl headquarters newington ct september 12, 1985 to all radio amateurs bt thanks to kb1be and the connecticut dx association for the following dx information. the congo. tn8ee is active on 20 and 40 meter cw, around 1930z on 14029 khz and later on 7 mhz. he is expected to be on ssb on friday the 13th, at 2130z on 14236 khz. grenada. don, j37ah, is back on grenada and is very active on the 20 meter ssb nets. he plans to operate on 40, 80 and 160 meters this fall and winter. kermadec island. chris, zl7oy, returns to kermadec around september 20 as zl8oy. after october 1, his call will be zm8oy. tokelau islands. ron, zl1amo, will activate tokelau october 10 or 12 for a dxpedition as zk(??) replacing the zm7 call. look for him on 20 and 40 meter cw. there will be some ssb operation as well. he is expected to be on 14236 khz at 2330z on october 19 and 26. belize. wa6vnr is expected to operate v3cq october 1 through 7. macao. ks9p is expected to operate xx9sp from september 22 through 28. heard island. vk2bcc, a radio technician aboard an antarctic research institute ship, nella dan, will be on heard island in late september for a five week stay. his call will probably be vk0cc. jim smith, p29js/vk9ns, will try to have him on his 14220 net whenever possible. willis island. vk9zb is active on 14220 khz at 0700z, and may also be found on 40 and 75 meter ssb around 1000z. beacons. a new beacon, lu4aa, began operation on september 3 as part of the ncdxf 14.1 mhz cw beacon net. lu4aa will key for one minute each ten minutes in the 0008 time slot following zs6dn/b. another new beacon, hk4lr/b, is expected to begin operation soon in the 0009 time slot. further information on the beacon net may be found in june 1983 qst ar