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   callsigns, including S56DX, S51V, S57UN and several others.   
      
   They will also be participating this weekend in the CQ WW 160-Meter CW   
   Contest as a Multi-Single entry using the team callsign IG9/S51V, all from   
   Lampedusa Island, IOTA number AF-019.   
      
   QSL via the operators home calls.   
      
   (newsline 2464)   
      
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   Listen for OF60AP being used by members of the Central Uusimaa   
   Radio Amateurs Association OH2AP in Finland.   
   The club is marking its 60th anniversary with this year-long special   
   event.   
      
   See QRZ.com for certificate and QSL details.   
      
   (newsline 2464)   
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   y   
   Thierry, TK1CX is active in Cameroon until February.   
      
   In his spare time, he is QRV as TJ/TK1CX on the 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10m   
   bands mainly using FT8 with a solar power supply.   
      
   QSL via Logbook of the World, eQSL or via EA5ZD.   
      
   (rsgb)   
      
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   y   
   Kenya:-   
      
   Scott, WA 5 A, is currently on the air as 5Z4/WA5A from Ruaka on 40 - 10   
   meters  mostly on SSB.   
      
   The duration of his stay is not known at present.   
      
   QSL via home call which again is WA5A   
      
   (SARL)   
      
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   y   
   Don, KW7R is active as V73KW from the Marshall Islands in the north   
   western Pacific Ocean. He is there on a work assignment until September   
   and in his spare time, he operates CW and FT8 on various bands.   
      
   QSL V73KW via Logbook of the World.   
      
   (RSGB)   
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   Y   
   The Czech DXpedition Group will be using the callsign C 8 K  from   
   Mozambique the 17th of January through to the 2nd of February. Find them   
   on 160 through 6 metres and via the QO-100 satellite for our overseas   
   viewers. C8K will be using CW, SSB, FT8 and RTTY.   
   (newsline 2462)   
      
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   Y   
   Rwanda 9 X 2 AW and be on the air from the 27th of January through to the   
   15th of February, holiday style on 10 through 160 metres.   
      
   (newsline 2462)   
      
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   Y   
   PC 80 TT is the special callsign for members of VERON Leiden to celebrate   
   the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands during   
   World War II (5 May 1945).   
      
   Look for activity now until June One   
      
   QSL PC80TT via the bureau to PI4LDN.   
      
   The special call sign honours the memory of Rudolf Tappenbeck (PCTT),   
   a pioneer of Dutch amateur radio who died in Neuengamme concentration   
   camp 1944.   
      
   (425dxn)   
      
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   y   
   Our I.A.R.U. celebrates its centenary this year (2025).   
      
   Since its founding in Paris, France, IARU has worked tirelessly to   
   promote innovation in amateur radio and to encourage the growth of   
   the service in communities throughout the world.   
      
   VI 100 IARU is a special event callsign transmitting from VK3 to help   
   celebrate the IARU Centennial.   
      
   qsl via MO 0 OXO   
      
   (qrz.com)   
      
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   y   
   During 2025 the SARL will be on the air with special event callsign   
   ZS 100 SARL, as well as the permanent callsigns ZS6SRL and ZS9HQ and   
   possibly other special event callsigns.   
      
   (sarl)   
      
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   y   
   8 R 1 TM from Georgetown, Guyana, now until the 8th of February.   
   CW, SSB and digital modes on all bands.   
   (newsline 2461)   
      
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   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY (and Wireless Weather)   
      
   HamSCI Announces Personal Space Weather Station Sessions via Zoom.   
      
   The Personal Space Weather Station (PSWS) network is a distributed series   
   of receivers designed to measure the space environment. These stations are   
   built by professionals, citizen scientists, and ham radio operators.   
   HamSCI and its partners are constantly at work on expanding the network,   
   improving the PSWS data collection hardware and software, growing the   
   network infrastructure for data storage and retrieval, as well as meeting   
   HamSCI's ultimate goal, analysis of the collected data.   
      
   HamSCI has announced a recurring series of Zoom based sessions to help   
   those interested in the project. Sessions occur each Thursday at 10:00 AM   
   Eastern USA time and more information is available on the HamSCI website.   
      
   HamSCI works with scientists and radio amateurs around the world to   
   collect data and half a dozen, from VK7, 5 3 and 2 right here in our own   
   backyard.   
      
   hamsci.org/get-involved   
      
   (ard)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - BALLOONS   
      
   DP0GVN still spotting WB6RER Pico Balloon EARLY January.   
      
   WB6RER Pico Balloon (a 10 meter WSPR transmitter) position over Antarctica   
   January 6 and still at 44,300ft. Looks like it will fly right over or very   
   close to the Neumayer Station III DP0GVN within the next day or two.   
      
   The Neumayer Station is apparently the only 10 meter WSPR spotting station   
   in Antarctica AND it's appreciated the help keeping track of this world   
   traveling balloon. It flew north of the Arctic Circle during its early   
   orbits so it has flown over almost every part of our world.   
      
   Distance Travelled 143,083+ miles   
   Flight duration: 597 days, 22 hours, 40 mins   
      
   (qrz)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- DEFENSE   
      
   Secret listeners -- Revealing the Life of Amateur Radio Heroes:   
      
   The story of the WW2 codebreakers at Bletchley Park near Milton Keynes,   
   the cracking of the German Enigma and Lorenz cypher machines and the role   
   of supreme mathematicians such as Alan Turing is increasingly well known.   
      
   However, the role of the Voluntary Interceptors is equally important but   
   more obscure.   
      
   Prior to the outbreak of WW1 in 1914, many of the techniques to be used in   
   later years for radio communications had already been invented. During the   
   interwar years amateur radio enthusiasts began to emerge in the UK and by   
   1922 there were 6,986 wireless licenses issued to receive transmissions   
   and 286 giving permission to transmit.   
      
   Upon the outbreak of WW2, the Radio Security Service (RSS) was   
   established. The service, which began as a branch of MI5, was formed to   
   listen to radio airwaves and detect illicit wireless communications within   
   the UK. Later the work included interception of Axis diplomatic and   
   military signals.   
      
   Again, much kudos to the Ham Fraternity.   
      
   (eHam)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA   
   iota-world.org/   
      
   And what better Island than Bouvet.   
      
   Bouvet 2026.   
      
   Team 3Y0K has announced the completion of a major milestone with the   
   signing of a contract with the company that will take them to Bouvet   
   Island in February 2026. They have also secured a contract with a company   
   that will provide a helicopter, two pilots and a mechanic for this   
   project.   
      
   We will depart from Cape Town on 1 February 2026, the team says,   
   and the DXpedition is scheduled for 36 days. We intend to stay around   
   the island for more than 21 days, which will provide us with enough time   
   to wait for good conditions to land the team and all the equipment.   
      
   Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) has discussed the planning with   
   their leadership team and believes that this plan will be successful.   
   There is risk associated with this DXpedition as we all know because of   
   weather and local conditions. The leadership has experienced these   
   challenges and has thoughtfully addressed them as best as they know".   
      
   There will be two grants from NCDXF, totally up to $200 000.   
      
   The first will be a down payment of $100 000. The second will be a dollar   
   for dollar match up to $100 000. The match will be a challenge to the   
   clubs and hams that donate prior to the DXpedition".   
      
   3y0k.com   
      
   (SARL)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO SCOUTING   
   VKJOTAJOTI.COM   
   scouts.com.au   
   scout.org/jota   
   international.scouts.com.au   
   jotajoti.info/   
      
   Brett Nicholas  VK2BNN Scouts Australia National co-ordinator   
   for JOTA.   
   Lorraine OHare VK2FICQ is Girl Guides Australia National   
   JOTA-JOTI Co-ordinator.   
      
   Alec VK2MV reports:-   
      
      
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