rjr@mgweed.UUCP (Bob Roehrig) (03/24/84)
qst de k9eui hr dx bulletin nr 12 from arrl headquarters newington ct march 23, 1984 to all radio amateurs laccadives. many continue to receive vu7wcy cards mailed from two locations in the united states. the dxcc desk reports that both operations have been approved for dxcc credit and cards are being accepted. china. by4aa was operated last weekend, apparently by visiting amateurs, and many north american stations were worked on 20 meter ssb. later this week, by1pk was heard with k7ja, his xyl wa7wtb, and ve7bc at the mike. signals were good but the competition was very keen. tom, ve7bc, was heard to say that the group would leave beijing on saturday and travel to by4aa for two or three days of operating. qsl all ssb contacts to ve7bc. cambodia. xu1ss, cambodia. xu1ss, with yl operator kimsan, was worked in north america this week on 14175 khz at 1200 to 1300 utc. signals were better than ever reported before. qsl to ja1hqg. it is further reported that qsl cards for late december qsos are now being received by some. kermadec. the new zealand/usa dxpedition to raoul island in the kermadec group began almost on schedule, sunday, march 18. callsigns are zl8amo, zl8aas, zl8bqd and zl0ajw/8. qsl as each operator instructs. look for good high speed cw from ron, zl8amo, usually 25 khz from the low edge on 10, 15 and 20 meters, or 5 khz up on 40 and 80 meters. also, zl0ajw/8 has been worked on both 30 meters and 160 meters cw. the original plan was to operate for ten days. the latest word is that the groups boat has been damaged by a tropical storm which hit the kermadecs this week, and departure may be delayed. they plan to operate as long as the fuel holds out, which could be another week or more. for north america, watch as follows, 10 meters 1900 to 2400z, 15 meters 2300 to 0400z, 20 meters 0400 to 1200z, and low bands 0600 to 1300z. north cook. k6ozl is still at manihiki signing zk1xl. many have worked ron on seven bands, including qsos on rtty. due to transportation difficulty, he expects to stay at north cook at least another three weeks. qsl to zk1cg. brunei. a new station in brunei is vs5ta, heard recently on 7004 khz at 1200 utc. no other information is available on this station. yasme. lloyd and iris colvin wrapped up their easter island operation last week and returned to santiago for the weekend. they started yesterday from juan fernandez signing w6ql/ce0. they are expected to activate five bands, ssb and cw, over the next two weeks. south shetland. a new operator, sandy, has been worked signing 4k1gag. this station has been active on 14225 khz at 0530z and 3646 khz at 1000z. qsl to uq2oc. ethiopia. a surprise return of this rare country is et3ps, who has turned up sporadically on 15 and 20 meter ssb. he was last heard on thursday at 1300z on 14203 khz. the operator is tensay, and asks for qsls to box 6128, addis ababa. this is probably the same tensay who operated et3pg a few years ago. dj6si expedition. baldur, dj6si, is departing march 28 for senegal and the gambia where he promises a six band cw effort. it is not known how long he will spend in each country, but the total trip is expected to be ten days. qsl to dj6si. chad. f6bfn/tt went qrt on march 22, but says he will be replaced in two weeks by a new operator, fb8zq. watch for lots of cw. heard and worked, zl0ajw/8 10102 khz at 0545z uk1pgo 14242 khz at 0745z fk0ae 14228 khz at 0550z ah9ab 14196 khz at 1200z 4u1un 21294 khz at 1245z