Big Island ARRL News, 03 March 2017, 20:15 hrs, UTC, Post #135.
Source:
http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletin-archieve/ARLD009/2017
Accessed on 03 March 2017, 20:15 hrs, UTC.
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Comment:
Here are some of the interesting DX opportunities for this weekend as reported by the ARRL:
Togo (5V)
Barbados (8P)
Ghana (9G)
Andorra (C3)
Bahamas (C6)
South Cook Islands (E5)–might be worth trying from Hawaii.
Canary Islands (EA8)
Antarctica (FT3YL)
The ARRL DX Report also mentions some key activities for the next few days:
"THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL International DX SSB Contest, NCCC RTTY Sprint, QRP 80-Meter CW Fox Hunt, NCCC CW Sprint, Wake-Up. QRP CW Sprint, Open Ukraine RTTY Championship, UBA Spring 80-Meter CW Contest, DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest, NSARA 80-Meter Contest and the SARL Hamnet 40-Meter Simulated Emergency Contest will certainly keep contesters busy this upcoming weekend. The RSGB 80-Meter Club Data Championship is scheduled for March 6. The AGCW YL-CW 80-Meter CW Party and ARS Spartan CW Sprint are scheduled for March 7. Please see March QST, page 89, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. NNNN /EX" ------------------------------------------------------ And just a quick reminder: The Big Island Amateur Radio Club will hold an informal breakfast meeting at the IHOP Restaurant in the Prince Kuhio Plaza this Saturday at 0800 local time. For more Amateur Radio News and Information, please check the blog sidebars. These news feeds are updated daily. Other sites of interest: http://HawaiiARRL.info https://oahuarrlnews.wordpress.com https://bigislandarrlnews.wordpress.com (this site) https://kh6jrm.blogspot.com (Simple Ham Radio Antennas) http://www.kh6jrm.info (breaking news for radio amateurs). Please send you Hawaii Amateur Radio news items to kh6jrm@arrl.net at least two weeks prior to your event so I can notify our local print and broadcast media in a timely manner. Opinions expressed in this blog are mine unless otherwise stated. Thanks for joining us today! Aloha es 73 de Russell Roberts (KH6JRM) Public Information Coordinator Hawaii Island, ARRL Pacific Section