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   Take part in any or all segments.   
      
   Exchange is your outside temperature.   
      
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   HARRY ANGEL MEMORIAL 80 Meter Sprint, Saturday May 3.     (vk4uh)   
      
   wia.org.au/members/contests/harryangel/   
      
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   May 17/18 is the Sangster Shield.   
      
   QRP CW on 80m, wind back the rig to 5W and give it a go.   
      
   Rules for both   
      
   (nzart)   
   Don Edwards memorial slow Morse contest May 17 - 18 sgars.org (vk2emu)   
   The Don Edwards memorial slow Morse contest is on again for 2025, being held   
   on the weekend after Mother's Day.   
      
   The contest is to encourage those old-time amateurs who haven't used Morse   
   in decades and the newer amateurs who never had to learn Morse to give it   
   ago!   
      
      
   The rules are simple, send by hand, receive by ear and nothing over 10   
   wordsper minute.   
      
      
   Saturday 17th May 6pm to 9pm Eastern Australian Time on 80 metres. Then on   
   Sunday 18th May 1pm to 4pm Eastern Australian Time on 40 metres.   
      
   The aim of the contest is to have fun.   
      
   For more information go to the St. George Amateur Radio Society's website   
   sgars.org   
      
   (Peter VK2EMU)   
      
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   VK Shires Contest  7th - 8th June 2025   
      
   wia.org.au/members/contests/wavks/   
      
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   NZ Straight Key Night   
      
   Next New Zealand Straight Key Night will be held Sunday 8 June   
   from 9pm to 10pm NZDT (0800 to 0900 UTC) on 80 metres.   
      
   Polish and lubricate that old morse key and enjoy an evening of   
   old-time radio fun.   
      
   Straight Key Night is an informal event which honours the roots of   
   amateur radio: Morse Code sent with a straight key (no bugs,   
   sideswipers, keyers or keyboards).   
      
   When.   
   Winter SKN is the second Sunday in June, 8-9pm NZ time.   
   Summer SKN is always the first Sunday in December, 9-10pm NZ time.   
      
   SKN honours the original amateur radio mode in an easy-going style.   
   Operators send signal report, name, location, type of key, type of   
   transmitter and power output. Stations are limited to 100W output   
   power.   
      
   SKN is not a contest - but the operator who gets the most votes for the   
   quality of their sending will win the Bruce Scahill Best Fist Award.   
   This certificate honours Bruce ZL1BWG (SK), who was a dedicated   
   supporter of SKN. Please email your nomination to ZL1NZ within one week   
   following the event.   
      
   (Neil ZL1NZ, SKN Manager)   
      
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   IARU HF World Championship.   
      
   The 24-hour IARU HF World Championship starts at 12 HUNDRED UTC on   
   Saturday 12 July and ends at 11:59 UTC on Sunday 13 July.   
      
   This annual contest supports amateur self-training in radio   
   communications, improving operating skills, conducting technical   
   investigations and inter-communicating with other amateurs around   
   the world using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands   
      
   Ken Yamamoto, JA1CJP Secretary, IARU Region 3 in an email passed to us by   
   WIA Secretary Peter Clee reminds us here at the WIA that in this contest   
   multipliers are the total number of ITU zones plus IARU member society HQ   
   stations worked on each band (not mode). Thus, Society's HQ stations   
   (WIA) participation is very important for the multipliers.   
      
   (SARL/VK8ZZ)   
      
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   Trans-Tasman Low Band Contest - 19 JUL 2025   
      
   The Trans-Tasman contest, held on the 3rd weekend in July, aims to encourage   
   Low Band activity between VK and ZL   
      
      
   Only contest bands 160 80 and 40M are allowed with SSB, CW and Digital (RTTY   
   OR PSK)   
      
      
   wia.org.au/members/contests/transtasman/   
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   YOTA Contest 2025   
      
   Organized by the IARU R1 Youth Working Group in cooperation with the   
   Hungarian Amateur Radio Society, the aim of the YOTA Contest is to   
   increase  youngsters activity on the air, strengthen the reputation   
   of the YOTA programme and demonstrate support for youngsters across the   
   world.   
      
   The next 2 sessions of this year's YOTA Contest will be held   
   19 July   
   29 December   
      
   yotacontest.mrasz.org   
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   DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD.   
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   Special callsign 5 B 50 CARS  celebrates the  50th anniversary of the   
   Cyprus Amateur Radio Society (C.A.R.S.). Look for activity on:-   
   15 April the actual anniversary date,   
   18 April  World Amateur Radio Day,   
   25-26 April 100th anniversary of IARU and 75th anniversary of IARU   
   Region 1.   
      
   QSL via LoTW and QRZ Logbook.   
      
   (425dxnews)   
   Polio On The Air 2025 - CQ SALK   
      
   In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the April 12, 1955 US approval of   
   the Salk polio vaccine, Narwhal Amateur Radio Society is running a Polio On   
   The Air event from April 5 - 19.   
      
   They will be calling CQ SALK on all fashionable protocols.   
      
   Special Event Stations W7P, W7O, W7L, W7I, and W0O are the ones to listen   
   out for and work throughout the 5-19 April period.   
      
   Make contact with one, get a QSL card.   
      
   Make contact with all five, get five QSL cardsand something really neat   
   happens if you collect all five we are told.   
      
   nars.narwhal.be/polio/   
      
   (ard)   
   The D A R Cs special event callsign DA 25 WARD is active until the 27th of   
   April in recognition of World Amateur Radio Day. Hams around the world   
   celebrate April 18, the day of the founding of the International Amateur   
   Radio Union back in 1925   
      
   See QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
   (newsline2472)   
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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/   
      
   World Wide Flora & Fauna in amateur radio, abbreviated as WWFF	is an   
   international amateur radio program, the purpose of which is to:   
      
      
   draw attention to the importance of protecting nature, flora and fauna, and   
   to encourage the development of radio skills, especially in portable   
   operations.   
      
      
   The WWFF program encourages amateur radio operators to operate portable from   
   designated parks and/or protected nature areas around the world, and in turn   
   generate attention for these areas, whilst providing the amateur radio   
   community an interesting and rewarding activity.   
      
      
   Australian Flora and Fauna in amateur radio, abbreviated as VKFF is an   
   authorised partner of WWFF and is a recognised national program of WWFF.   
      
      
   The VKFF program commenced in March 2013.   
      
   The very latest WWFF Directory, containing all of the valid WWFF areas   
   throughout the world can be downloaded from the global WWFF website which   
   iswwff.co/directory/   
      
      
   All qualifying VKFF parks are located in the WWFF Directory.  You can also   
   find a list of qualifying parks for each VK State/Territory on each of the   
   State/Territory pages on this website, wwffaustralia.com   
      
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER   
   AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org   
      
   The history-making Fram2 mission, the first crewed space flight aiming to   
   orbit Earth over the north and south poles, launched from Cape Canaveral,   
   Florida on Tuesday. Among the four astronauts is Australian polar adventurer   
   Eric Philips, making him the fourth Australian in space.   
   The polar Dragon capsule is making several passes over Australia and   
   downloading slow-scan television pictures for the worldwide competition   
   to encourage the next generation of space and radio enthusiasts.   
      
   (sourced to abc)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA   
   iota-world.org/   
      
   AS-169 Arnala Island.   
      
   The DX India Foundation will be active as AU 2 M during May 29-June 1.   
   This is a rare opportunity for IOTA enthusiasts around the world to log   
      
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