rjr@mgweed.UUCP (Bob Roehrig) (03/10/84)
QST DE K9EUI HR DX BULLETIN NR 10 FROM ARRL HEADQUARTERS NEWINGTON CT MARCH 9, 1984 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT THANKS TO K1MM, WITRC AND K1XM OF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND DX ASSOCIATION FOR THE FOLLOWING DX INFORMATION. KERMADEC. THE NEW ZEALAND GROUP NOW PLANS TO DEPART THIS SUNDAY FOR RAOUL ISLAND IN THE KERMADEC GROUP. AFTER A FOUR DAY OCEAN TRIP, THEY SHOULD BEGIN APPROXIMATELY MARCH 15 OR 16. THE OPERATING CREW CONSISTS OF THREE ZLS AND ONE U.S. OPERATOR AND AT LEAST TWO STATIONS WILL BE USED. A TEN DAY OPERATION IS PLANNED. MEANWHILE, WARWICK, ZL8AFH, IS BECOMING A LITTLE EASIER TO FIND, WITH ALMOST WEEKLY VISITS TO THE VK9NS NET. QSL ALL ZL8 CALLS TO THE CORRESPONDING ZL1 EXCEPT ZL0AJW/8, WHICH GOES TO ZL1BQD. BEFORE AND AFTER THE KERMADEC TRIP, ZL0AJW QSLS GO TO W6REC. SOUTH SHETLAND. 4K1F HAS BEEN REPORTED EVERY DAY THIS WEEK ON 20 METER SSB. WATCH 14210 TO 220 KHZ AT 0400 TO 0500Z. QSL OPERATOR SANDY TO UQ2OC. SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA. A SIX BAND SSB/CW OPERATION WILL TAKE PLACE THIS WEEKEND FROM SMOM. THE OFFICIAL STATION, 1A0KM, WILL BE OPERATED BY I0JX, I0IJ, I0MGM AND OTHERS. THE OPERATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH LATE SUNDAY. QSL AS USUAL TO I0MGM. 160 METERS / WARC. ON FEB. 22, ITALIAN OPERATORS RECEIVED PERMANENT PERMISSION TO OPERATE ON 160 METERS AS WELL AS ON THE 18 AND 24 MHZ WARC BANDS. THE 160 METER ALLOCATION IS 1830 TO 1850 KHZ, BOTH CW AND SSB. THE TOKELAUS. DL1VU IS STILL ACTIVE FROM THE TOKELAU GROUP AS ZM7VU. KARL HAS A VERY STRONG SIGNAL ON ALL BANDS BUT PREFERS 80 AND 40 METER CW. MALAWI. LES, 7Q7LW, PLANS TO REPLACE HIS 80 METER ANTENNA SHORTLY. WATCH FOR HIM AROUND HIS SUNRISE ON CW. MEANWHILE, LES CAN BE FOUND ON TUESDAY EVENINGS AT 21292 KHZ. QSL TO BOX 24, MTAKATAKA. EASTER ISLAND. THE YASME EXPEDITION IS PRESENTLY AT EASTER ISLAND SIGNING W6KG/CE0. LLOYD AND IRIS WILL STAY UNTIL MARCH 16, AFTER WHICH THEY WILL RETURN TO SANTIAGO. THEIR PLANS ARE TO IMMEDIATELY DEPART FOR JUAN FERNANDEZ FROM SANTIAGO SO WATCH FOR THEM FROM /CE0Z ABOUT MARCH 18. QSL AS USUAL TO YASME FOUNDATION. CLIPPERTON. AS OF INFORMATION RECEIVED TODAY, THE FRENCH/AMERICAN GROUP PLANS TO DEPART FROM MEXICO TOMORROW, WITH ARRIVAL AT CLIPPERTON SLATED FOR MARCH 15 OR 16. A SIX DAY SIX BAND OPERATION IS EXPECTED, USING CALLSIGNS FO0XU THROUGH FO0XZ, A DIFFERENT CALL FOR EACH BAND. LEBANON. DESPITE GROWING POLITICAL TENSIONS, TED, OD5LX, REMAINS ON THE AIR. WATCH FOR HIM JUST AFTER HIS SUNRISE, 0300 TO 0500Z, ON 20/40/80 METER CW ONLY. QSL TO SM0GMG. SPRATLY ISLANDS. CONFIRMATIONS RECEIVED FROM 1S1CK WILL BE CREDITED FOR DXCC BEGINNING WITH THOSE DXCC APPLICATIONS RECEIVED ON AND AFTER FEBRUARY 1, 1984. DXCC. A REMINDER THAT MARCH 30 IS THE DEADLINE FOR DXCC HONOR ROLL SUBMISSIONS AR