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   Work as many amateur stations as possible via the earth-moon-earth   
   path on any authorized amateur frequency in the bands for the specific   
   weekends.   
      
   EME Logs due back to the ARRL December 17.   
      
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   VHF UHF Field Day Spring 2024   
   Saturday 23 November through Sunday 24 November   
   wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/   
      
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   ARRL 160 METER CW   
      
   December 6-8 is the date this year but it is ALWAYS the first full   
   weekend of December.   
      
   This is a forty-two hour period with no time limitation.   
      
   Logs MUST be returned within seven days   
      
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   10 METER ARRL CONTEST   
      
   For Amateurs worldwide to exchange QSO information with as many   
   stations as possible on the 10 meter band.   
      
   Second full weekend of December.   
   IE December 14-15.   
      
   Again as in most ARRL Tests logs are to be completed and returned   
   within 7 days.   
      
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   YOTA CONTEST   
      
   Youth on the air test 3 of 3 will be 29 December on the five classic   
   bands CW and SSB.   
      
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   DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD.-------------------   
      
   Although many amateur radio special events focus on the earliest   
   pioneering efforts that established communication via telegraphy,   
   hams in Brazil are celebrating the 125th anniversary of the first   
   wireless transmission of the human voice.   
      
   The inventor-scientist was a Catholic priest.   
      
   Listen  throughout this month of November for PR 5 LM on the air.   
      
   The "L" and the "M represent the name of Padre Landell de Moura,   
   an ordained priest and inventor fascinated with the concept of   
   transmitting the human voice - and later, images - wirelessly.   
      
   Before his death  in 1928, Padre de Moura had successfully transmitted   
   both 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 5   
   honours his work and as well as the 1924 government decree that   
   established regulation of amateur radio stations in Brazil.   
      
   Amateurs in Brazil will be active on all the HF bands using CW, SSB,   
   RTTY and FT8. They hope each contact will pay tribute to the man who   
   successfully navigated that delicate territory balancing religion and   
   science.   
      
   (newsline 2453)   
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   NEW ZEALAND   
      
   NZART has a special event call sign for the America's Cup just   
   held in Spain. ZL 6 AMCUP has been allocated to celebrate this   
   event with Phil Garside ZL2RO as the trustee of the callsign.   
      
   November 30 is when ZL6AMCUP goes off air.   
      
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   Special callsign HB 50 VC is active until 31 December celebrating the   
   50th anniversary of the Swissair Amateur Radio Club, HB 9 VC.   
      
   A growing trend these days is that QSL cards will not be provided   
   but QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World.   
      
   You can also download a certificate for working this special event   
   station from the link we like in the text editions of   
   WIA National News   
      
   tinyurl.com/HB50VC-24.   
      
   (rsgb)   
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   In the World of DX, be listening for members of the Zurich City Police   
   Radio Amateur Club who, throughout the year, have been operating as   
   HB 2 SP as the club marks its 20th anniversary. Unfortunately no   
   Bureau QSL's but you can use Logbook Of The World, and HB20SP runs   
   until the end of next month, i.e., December 31.   
      
   (sourced to ARNewsLine 2410)   
      
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   Y   
   Special callsign PH 80 LIB will be in use from various locations   
   until the 10th of November to commemorate the 80th anniversary   
   of the liberation of southern Netherlands in the autumn of 1944.   
      
   PH80LIB will be on the 80 to 10m bands using SSB, CW and digital   
   modes. QSL special station PH80LIB via the Bureau.   
      
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   Y   
   Maurizio, IK2GZU is active as 5H3MB from Tanzania until 11 November   
   while doing volunteer work at a local school.   
      
   In his spare time, he is operating SSB, CW and digital modes on the   
   80 to 10m bands. QSL via Club Logs OQRS, Logbook of the World, eQSL,   
   or direct via IK2GZU.   
      
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   Y   
   OL 80 C.A.R.B.O.N. is active until the 30th of November to mark the   
   80th anniversary of Operation Carbon during World War Two. This   
   operation involved the dropping of paratroopers in the Protectorate of   
   Bohemia and Moravia.   
      
   The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was a partially-annexed   
   territory of Nazi Germany that was established in 1939 after the   
   German occupation of the Czech lands   
      
   A team of operators is active using call OL 80 CARBON on CW, SSB and   
   digital modes on the HF bands.   
      
   More information is available on QRZ.com   
      
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   Y   
   Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Radio Belgrade, the Belgrade   
   Amateur Radio Club is active as YT 100 RB and YU 1924 RB until   
   November 30. For details of a certificate that is available, see   
   yu1ano.org   
      
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   WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS   
   SUMMITS ON THE AIR, WORLD WIDE FLORA, FAUNA PROGRAM,   
   PARKS ON THE AIR and other ADVENTURE GROUPS.   
      
   hema.org.uk/index.jsp   
   minesontheair.com/about-mota   
   parksontheair.com/   
   sota.org.uk   
   sotawatch.sota.org.uk/en/   
   facebook.com/SotaAustralia/   
   wwffaustralia.com/   
   https://bunkersontheair.wixsite.com/october23   
   CHASING A RARE PARK?   
      
   Robert, N2OEF will be active as KH2/N2OEF from Guam (OC-026) until   
   November 13. The "primary focus of this trip will be activating   
   parks for the Parks on the Air (POTA) program", he says. He will   
   operate mainly SSB; "if conditions require", he "may switch to   
   digital modes".   
      
   QSL via LoTW (preferred), or direct to home call.   
      
   qrz.com/db/KH2/N2OEF.   
      
   (425dxgroup)   
   The YNOMY DX Group will be active as PA 44 PARK ending this weekend.   
   QSL via Club Log's OQRS.   
      
   Information about the PA Flora & Fauna Programme Can be found on   
   the link in the text edition of this, the WIA NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST   
      
   pa-ff.nl/   
      
   (425DXGROUP)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - BALLOONS   
      
   PICO BALLOON BREAKS ITS SILENCE OVER THE ANTARCTIC   
      
   A hydrogen balloon from Arizona has ended its months of silence with   
   transmissions that were picked up by a ground station in Antarctica.   
      
   Many months after it marked its first anniversary of orbiting the   
   Earth, the WB 6 RER Pico Balloon was spotted over the Antarctic.   
   Germany's Antarctic station Neumayer III (Pron: Noy My Err three),   
   DPGVN/1 provided the good news following a period of concern when the   
   balloon appeared to have gone silent for five months. The 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. One of its greatest challenges   
   during its year in orbit has been to overcome damage to its 20m dipole   
   antenna.   
      
   (newsline 2453)   
      
   BACAR TO FLY ON 16 NOVEMBER   
      
   This news is obviously wind direction-permitting and all courtesy of   
   the Secunda ARC in South Africa, via the SARL.   
      
   Time of launch will probably be around 07:00 CAT.   
      
   BACAR-12 will be carrying many fun payloads enabling everyone to   
   participate, from cross band repeaters, together with APRS, WSPR   
   and even SSTV, so diarise the morning of 16 November now.   
      
   Stewart, ZR1WT is flying a WSPR beacon on a circumnavigation balloon   
   which is hoped will eventually land on top of we Aussies... but until   
      
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