SB DX @ ARL $ARLD046 ARLD046 DX news ZCZC AE46 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 46 ARLD046 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT November 19, 2015 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD046 ARLD046 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by AJ9C, NN1N, OH2YL, QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. RODRIGUEZ ISLAND, 3B9. Olof, G0CKV is QRV as 3B9HA until November 28. Activity is in his spare time on 160 to 10 meters. This includes being active in the upcoming CQ World Wide DX CW contest as a Single Op/All Band entry. QSL to home call. ALGERIA, 7X. A group of operators are QRV with the special event call sign 7T150LH until November 30 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Cap Tenes Lighthouse, ARLHS ALG-018. QSL direct via IK2DUW. MOZAMBIQUE, C9. Marko, N5ZO will be QRV as C92ZO from Praia de Bilene from November 22 to December 1. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. This includes being active in the upcoming CQ World Wide DX CW contest as a Single Op/All Band/High Power entry. QSL direct to OH0XX. EASTER ISLAND, CE0. Operators R4WAA and RZ3FW will be QRV as CE0Y/R4WAA and CE0Y/RZ3FW, respectively, from Cabanos Honu Nui from November 24 to December 2. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using mainly CW with some SSB and digital modes. QSL to home calls. PHILIPPINES, DU. Serge, R7KW, Oleg, YL3JM, and Rustam, RU6K plan to be QRV as DU1/R7KW and DU1/YL3JM from Mindoro Island, IOTA OC-244, from November 21 to 30. Activity will be holiday style on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes. They may try to be active from Lubang Island, IOTA OC-126 as well. QSL via K2PF. LIBERIA, EL. Donald, KD4UDU is QRV as EL2DW until December 17. QSL to home call. REUNION ISLAND, FR. Anne, OH2YL will be QRV as FR/OH2YL from November 22 to December 1. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW. QSL to home call. THAILAND, HS. Erich, HB9FIH is QRV as HS0ZLS from Koh Samui, IOTA AS-101, until November 25. Activity is on the HF bands using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL to home call. OGASAWARA, JD1. Take, JA1UII will be QRV as JD1BON from November 25 to December 5. Activity will be on 80 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. This includes being active in the upcoming CQ World Wide DX CW contest as a Single Op/All Band/Low Power entry. QSL to home call. SURINAME, PZ. A group of operators will be QRV as PZ5W from November 23 to December 2. This includes an entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide DX CW contest. QSL via N0AT. TUVALU, T2. A group of operators will be QRV as T2TT from November 24 to December 2. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes with up to three stations active. QSL direct via K8NA. PALAU, T8. Yasu, JH2DFJ and JA2DST are QRV as T88DF and T88UA, respectively, from Koror Island, IOTA OC-009, until November 25. QSL via home calls. VIET NAM, XV. Mats, RM2D will be QRV as XV2D from Phan Tiet from November 23 to December 5. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. This includes an entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide DX CW contest. QSL via operator's instructions. NICARAGUA, YN. Mike, AJ9C will be QRV as YN2CC near Granada from November 25 to December 2. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. This includes being a Single Op/All Band/Low Power entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide DX CW contest. QSL direct to home call. ENTITY NAME CHANGE IN DXCC. There is an administrative change only. In the ARRL DXCC List, the name for the entity for ZL9 will be changed from Auckland and Campbell Islands to New Zealand Subantarctic Islands. This does not include the Snares or any islands claimed by New Zealand south of 60 degrees south latitude. Specifically, the Antipodes of New Zealand and the Bounty Islands of New Zealand will count for ZL9, New Zealand Subantarctic Islands entity. This is not a new entity or a changed entity. It is a clarification of which islands count for the entity previously known as Auckland and Campbell Islands. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL SSB Sweepstakes Contest, North American Collegiate ARC SSB Championship, NCCC RTTY Sprint, QRP CW Fox Hunt, NCCC Sprint, YO International 80-Meter PSK31 Contest, LZ DX Contest, All Austrian 160-Meter CW Contest, Feld Hell Sprint and the RSGB 2nd 1.8 MHz CW Contest will certainly keep contesters busy this upcoming weekend. The Phone Fray, CWops Mini-CWT CW Test, UKEICC 80-Meter CW Contest and SKCC CW Sprint are all scheduled for November 25. Please see November 2015 QST, page 91 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. NNNN /EX