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DX Bulletin 14 ARLD014
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT  April 9, 2026
To all radio amateurs

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This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by The Daily DX, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST, and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM websites. Thanks to all.

RODRIGUES ISLAND, 3B9. Suvarna, VU3OPT, will be QRV as 3B9N from April 4 to May 22. Activity will be on 20, 15, and 10 meters using CW

GUINEA, 3X. Elvira, IV3FSG, will be QRV as 3X3A from Roume Island, IOTA AF-051, from April 11 to 25. Activity will be on 80 through 10 meters and 6 meters using CW, SSB, and FT8, FT4, and FT2.

GUYANA, 8R. Ren, PY8WW, is active from Corriverton as 8R/PZ5TW. He is generally QRV on FT8. 

BAHAMAS, C6. Paul, WA4PAW, is QRV from Treasure Cay as C6APS until April 12. Activity is on 20 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, and FT8.

EASTER Island, CE0Y.  Max, DJ4EL is QRV from Easter Island, IOTA SA-001, as CE0Y/DJ4EL until April 11. Activity is holiday style on 20 through 10 meters using SSB. 

CAPE VERDE, D4. Frank, DL1IL, is active as D41IL until mid-April. Operation is CW only with 10W. 

FRENCH POLYNESIA, FO. Didier, F6BCW, is active as FO/F6BCW from Tikehau Atoll, OC-066, until April 10. He is QRV on 80 to 6 meters using CW and SSB. 

SOLOMON ISLANDS, H4. Bernard, DL2GAC, is QRV as H44MS from Malaita Island, OC-047, until April 10. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using SSB and FT8. 

JAPAN, JS6. Take, JI3DST, is active as JS6RRR from Miyako Island, IOTA AS-079, until April 17. He is also using various /6 and /P callsigns on 40 to 6 meters. 

MINAMI TORISHIMA, JD1. Take, JG8NQJ, is active as JG8NQJ/JD1 until mid-May during his spare time. Operation is mostly CW and FT8. 

ARUBA, P4. Jean-Pierre, P43A, is using the temporary P45A prefix until April 15. QSL via P43A.

CENTRAL KIRIBATI, T31. A group of operator are QRV as T31TTT. Activity includes 6-meter openings to North America. 

PALAU, T8. A group of operators is active from Koror Island, OC-009, until mid-April. Look for T88DZ, T88FM, T88HF, T88MK, and T88SG. 

CAMEROON, TJ. Darek, TJ1GD/P, is active from Mondoleh Island, AF-095, during April. This operation commemorates explorer Stefan Szolc-Rogozinski. 

GUATEMALA, TG. Steve, K4IM, is QRV holiday-style as TG9AWS between April 10 and 20.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, TL. Joao, CR7BNW, is active as TL8BNW until June. Activity is on 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters using SSB and FT8. 

ST. KITTS, V4. Janusz, SP9FIH, is active as V4/SP9FIH until April 18. He is QRV on 30 to 6 meters using SSB and FT4/8. 

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS, VK9C. Mark, VK6BSA, and Deena, VK6DEE, are active as VK9BSA and VK9DEE until May 17. Operation is on various HF bands with a focus on 20-meter SSB.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. NCCC FT4 Sprint, Weekly RTTY Test, NCCC Sprint, K1USN Slow Speed Test, QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party, JIDX CW Contest, SKCC Weekend Sprintathon, OK/OM DX Contest, SSB, Yuri Gagarin International DX Contest, IG-RY World Wide RTTY Contest, DIG QSO Party CW, RSGB FT4 International Activity Day, New Mexico QSO Party, Missouri QSO Party, Africa FT4 DX Contest, Georgia QSO Party,
North Dakota QSO Party, Hungarian Straight Key Contest, 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint are all schedule for this upcoming weekend.

4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint, K1USN Slow Speed Test, ICWC Medium Speed Test, OK1WC Memorial (MWC), RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW, 144 MHz Spring Sprint, Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest, ZL Sprint, DARC RTTY Sprint, NAQCC CW Sprint, Phone Weekly Test, A1Club AWT, CWops Test (CWT), VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest, Mini-Test 40, Mini-Test 80 are on tap from April 13 to 15.

Please see April QST, page 77, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest websites for details. 
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