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   music and voice on the electromagnetic spectrum - a feat celebrated   
   throughout Brazil since his accomplishment in 1899. The declaration of   
   National Amateur Radio Day in Brazil on November 5th honours his work   
   and as well as the 1924 government decree that established regulation   
   of amateur radio stations in Brazil. By then, the priest had already   
   been granted a US patent while he was in New York City in 1904 for what   
   was known as a wave transmitted. It used a form of modulation that we   
   know today as amplitude modulation.   
      
   Amateurs in Brazil will be active on all the HF bands using CW, SSB,   
   RTTY and FT8 and hope to make contacts as well via the QO100 satellite.   
   They hope each contact will pay tribute to the man who successfully   
   navigated that delicate territory balancing religion and science.   
      
   This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.   
      
   (QRZ.COM, LANDELLDEMOURA.ORG, AMINHARADIO.COM, 425DXBULLETIN)   
      
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   SWL COMMUNITY LEADER ANKER PETERSEN DIES IN DENMARK   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: The world's shortwave listeners and DXers have been   
   grieving the loss of a great friend. We hear more about him from Graham   
   Kemp VK4BB.   
      
   GRAHAM: Anker Petersen was devoted to DX listening, shortwave radio and   
   to others who loved them too. Shortly after his death in Denmark was   
   reported in late October, hams, shortwave listeners and other friends   
   flocked to social media to share their memories of the man they   
   recalled with fondness and respect. The radio enthusiast played a   
   significant role in the Danish Short Wave Club International, which he   
   served for a time as chairman. He was also editor of the Domestic   
   Broadcasting Survey and Tropical Bands Monitor. Anker's voice could be   
   heard as one of the presenters on the club's international shortwave   
   news and music programme "DX-Window." The club disbanded in 2016.   
      
   Anker was remembered as having founded the European DX Council in June   
   of 1967. The council's membership eventually grew to include DX clubs   
   and listeners in Asia and elsewhere in the Pacific region.   
      
   This is Graham Kemp VK4BB.   
      
   (FACEBOOK, EUROPEAN DX COUNCIL)   
      
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   BOEING-BUILT SATELLITE EXPLODES IN ORBIT   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: In the latest blow to Boeing, one of its Intelsat   
   communication satellites blew up in late October while in geostationary   
   orbit and has been declared "a total loss." The fragments are being   
   tracked by the US Space Force and Roscosmos but US officials said that   
   they have detected no immediate threats to other satellites.   
      
   The development is yet another setback for Boeing which is already   
   dealing with a variety of issues, including its troubled Starliner   
   spacecraft which NASA brought back to Earth without its two-person   
   test-flight crew on board because of thruster failures.   
      
   No cause for the explosion was disclosed. The satellite is frequently   
   used for internet, telephone and satellite TV and radio broadcast   
   signals. According to published reports, its launch in 2016 had been   
   delayed by three months after it developed problems with its primary   
   thruster.   
      
   (ENGADGET, AMSAT NEWS SERVICE)   
      
   **   
   BREAK HERE: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur   
   Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including   
   the K6PVR repeater in Ventura, California on Sundays at 6:30 p.m.   
   localtime.   
      
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   NEW ENGLAND HAM, N.D. CLUB ARE ECLIPSE QSO PARTY TOP SCORERS   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: A Massachusetts ham and a North Dakota amateur radio club   
   have been declared top scorers for their participation in HamSCI's   
   Solar Eclipse QSO Party this past April.  Here's Dave Parks, WB8ODF.   
      
   DAVE: Congratulations to Dennis Egan, W1UE, who claimed the highest   
   score in the category of single op during HamSCI's Solar Eclipse QSO   
   Party. He shares the glory with the Souris Valley Amateur Radio Club,   
   K0AJW, in North Dakota, which claimed the number one spot in the   
   multi-op category. HamSCI, the citizen science investigation   
   organization, made the announcement on its website on the 24th of   
   October and thanked all amateur radio operators who got on the air.   
   Those QSOs helped generate data for space physics research about the   
   eclipse's impact on the HF radio spectrum and, of course, that makes   
   science itself the biggest winner.   
      
   This is Dave Parks WB8ODF.   
      
   (AMATEUR RADIO DAILY; HAMSCI)   
      
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   PICO BALLOON BREAKS ITS SILENCE OVER THE ANTARCTIC   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: A hydrogen balloon from Arizona has ended its months of   
   silence with transmissions that were picked up by a ground station in   
   Antarctica. John Williams VK4JJW has more on what happened.   
      
   JOHN: Many months after it marked its first anniversary of orbiting the   
   Earth, the WB6RER Pico Balloon was spotted over the Antarctic.   
   Germany's Antarctic station Neumayer III (Pron: Noy My Err three),   
   DP0GVN/1 provided the good news following a period of concern when the   
   balloon appeared to have gone silent for five months. The October 15th   
   spot by the Antarctic scientific research station showed that the   
   balloon was flying at an altitude of 45,735 feet, with its solar panel   
   measuring 3.88 volts. Weighing 11 grams, the hydrogen-gas-filled   
   balloon was launched in May of 2023 from Golden Valley, Arizona by the   
   Hualapai [WALLA-PIE] Amateur Radio Club. One of its greatest challenges   
   during its year in orbit has been to overcome damage to its 20m dipole   
   antenna.   
      
   This is John Williams VK4JJW.   
      
   (QRZ.COM)   
      
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   WORLD OF DX   
      
   In the World of DX, Alex, K6VHF will be using the callsign K6VHF/HR9   
   from Roatan Island, Honduras, IOTA Number NA-057, from the 3rd through   
   the 9th of November, operating mainly digital modes on various bands.   
   See QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
   The 4U1GSC Amateur Radio Club is using the special callsign for an   
   event commemorating the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Global   
   Service Centre in Brindisi, Italy. Listen for operators between the   
   15th of November to the end of the year. QSL via 9A2AA.   
      
   Makoto, JI5RPT, is on the air as JD1BLY from Chichijima, Ogasawara,   
   IOTA Number AS-031, from the 7th through the 10th of November, using   
   FT8, CW and SSB. Be listening on 40-6 metres and through the   
   satellites.  See QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
   The ONZ Oostkust Radioclub, ON6HC, is using the callsign OT80CLM [OH   
   TEE EIGHT ZERO SEE ELL EMM] from the 1st through the 11th of November.   
   This callsign recognises the Canadian Liberation March, which marks the   
   liberation of the Belgian town of Knokke-Heist from German occupation   
   on November 1st, 1944 and honours the soldiers who were a part of it.   
   See QRZ.com for QSL information.   
      
   (425 DX BULLETIN)   
      
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   KICKER: NY CLUB ACTIVATES IN MEMORY OF A FOUNDER AND A FRIEND   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: Our final story takes us to Robert Moses State Park, a   
   beachfront park on Long Island, New York. This is where the Atlantic   
   Ocean meets the island's southern shore -- and it's where one amateur   
   radio club is preparing a special event tribute to a Silent Key who had   
   been one of the club's founders and presidents. We hear about this   
   special event - and this special radio operator - from Paul Braun   
   WD9GCO.   
      
   PAUL: Even long after he became legally blind in 2016, Walt Grosser,   
   W2TE, would still find a ham friend who could bring him to Robert Moses   
   State Park so he could experiment with his many antennas by the ocean   
   and indulge in one of his favorite obsessions: dxing. Licensed since   
   November of 1948, Walt was the son of Raymond Grosser, 3WB, and the   
   father of John Grosser, W2ATE. He was an avid and proficient CW   
   operator who belonged to the Long Island DX Association and the Long   
      
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