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   the world using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands   
      
   During the weekend's  IARU HF World Championship  five stations   
   GB0 WR,  GB2 WR, GB5 WR,  GB8 WR, and GB9 WR are active  on 80-10   
   metres SSB and CW  and tested under field conditions.  They are using   
   the  exact planned equipment  for the  WRTC 2026  event as a trial.   
      
   The operating location, a cluster of sites within the grounds of the   
   Euston Estate, Suffolk (England).   
      
   wrtc2026.org/wrtc-test-event-july-2025/   
      
   (SARL/425dx)   
      
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   Trans-Tasman Low Band Contest - 19 JUL   
      
   HI This is Alan, VK4SN, Manager for the Trans-Tasman Contest.   
   This contest is to encourage Low Band Activity on 160, 80, or 40m   
   in Australia and New Zealand.   
      
   This years Trans-Tasman falls on Saturday night, the 19th of July just 6 days   
   away.   
      
   At 0800z (that's 6pm Eastern Standard time) you can start calling CQ contest.   
   There are 3 x two hour blocks for you to chase contacts using SSB, CW, RTTY   
   or PSK.   
      
      
   Choose from Single operator with high, low, or QRP power.   
   For Multi operator stations chose from Single Transmitter or Multi   
   Transmitter.   
      
      
   logging software used can be VKCL logger, or N1MM using UDC's from VK4SN.COM.   
   Both these loggers produce the cabrillo format accepted by the VK Log checker   
   website,   
      
   where the logs are uploaded to. Rules can be found on the WIA Contest pages.   
      
   Good luck in the contest and hope to work many of you.   
   This is Alan VK4SN   
      
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   YOTA Contests 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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   RSGB IOTA CONTEST   
      
   July 26 to July 27   
   Mode:	CW, SSB   
   Bands:	80, 40, 20, 15, 10m   
   Work once per band per mode.   
      
   (wa7bnm contest calendar)   
      
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   Remembrance Day Contest   
      
   This contest is held every year on the anniversary of the end of   
   World War II, in honour of the Australian amateurs who lost their   
   lives in wartime.   
      
   This contest is unusual because the trophy goes to the Australian   
   state or territory that scores the highest level of activity.   
      
   Next contest 16th & 17th August 2025   
      
   Contest Manager is Alan Shannon VK4SN vk4sn@wia.org.au   
      
   wia.org.au/members/contests/rdcontest/   
      
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   SHINE A LITTLE LIGHT - REGISTER NOW!   
      
   This year, International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend will run from   
   0001UTC on the 16 August to 2400UTC on the 17 August. The event usually   
   attracts more than 500 lighthouse entries located in over 40 countries.   
      
   illw.net/   
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   Oceania DX (OCDX) Contest   
      
   The Oceania DX Contest is managed by the Oceania DX Contest   
   Committee, info@oceaniadxcontest.com   
      
   The OCDX contest is Oceania's only international style contest where   
   contacts with stations all over the globe are able to participate.   
      
   Oceania stations may contact any station for QSO points whilst   
   non-Oceania stations are required to contact any station in Oceania   
   for QSO points.   
   The contest runs over the first two full weekends in October and has   
   SSB, CW and SWL categories   
      
   wia.org.au/members/contests/oceania/   
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   YOTA Contest   
      
   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 planet.   
      
   The final session of this year's YOTA Contests will be held   
      
   29 December   
      
   yotacontest.mrasz.org   
      
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   NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2026   
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   HARRY ANGEL MEMORIAL SPRINT May 2nd.   
      
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   NOW THE DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD.-----------------   
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   DX WINDOW - JULY   
      
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   VU2DGR is active as AT44I [ALPHA-TANGO-FOUR-FOUR-INDIA] from Bharati   
   [BAH-RUH-TEE] Research Station. He is a member of the 44th Indian   
   Scientific Expedition to Antarctica. The station was spotted recently on   
   the 20m band using SSB. QSL AT44I via home call which again is VU2DGR   
      
   (rsgb)   
      
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   Vlad, OK2WX  will be active  as  JW0V  from  Longyearbyen (EU-026),   
   Svalbard on 14-23 July.  He will operate  CW, SSB and FT8  on   
   80-10  metres.   
      
   QSL via I8KHC and LoTW.   
      
   (425dx)   
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   Listen and look for VY2/K1ZN  to be active  holiday style  from   
   Prince Edward Island 16-21 July,  including participation in the   
   North  American QSO Party, RTTY  (19-20 July)   
      
   (425dx)   
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   MOUNT ATHOS --->   
   SV2TOW is the Greek callsign issued to Monk Pausolipios, at the   
   Docheiariou Monastery of Mount Athos.  He still has to "apply to the   
   Mt. Athos Council, which represents the 20 monasteries, to get permission   
   to transmit from there".   
      
   The process may take some time, but hopefully he will be allowed  to  be   
   QRV as  SV2TOW/a  using the equipment of the  late  Monk Apollo.   
      
   (425dx)   
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   REMINDERS   
      
   Celebrating  the  Deutsche Amateur-Radio-Club's  75th  anniversary,   
   four special callsigns  have been activated by DARC till 31 October:   
      
   DC7, D5D, DD7, DK7 and DR75DARC.   
      
   See darc.de/der-club/referate/dx/sonderdiplome/   
   for the "75 Jahre DARC" certificate.   
   QSLs via the bureau, or direct to DL2VFR.   
      
   (425 DX NEWS)   
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   8K3EXPO is on the air until October 13, 1.8 MHz  10 GHz.   
   This event marks the first time a callsign has been established with   
   the 8K prefix and draws attention to the Osaka World Expo.   
      
   (ard)   
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   Well you may not WORK them BUT you MAY hear them.   
      
   Once again Italian radio amateurs have been authorized to use the   
   40 MHz band until the end of the year.   
      
   They are allowed to operate from 40.660 MHz to 40.700 MHz with a   
   maximum power of 10 watts.   
      
   The Italian regulator has given permission until 31 December also   
   for 70.1, 70.2, and 70.3 MHz.   
      
   (425dx news)   
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   Switzerland.   
      
   4 U 0 ITU is the call sign for the International Amateur Radio Club   
   at ITU HQ in Geneva to use from 16 May to the end of the year in   
   celebration of the 160th anniversary of the International   
   Telecommunication Union.   
   QSL via LoTW, Club Logs OQRS, or direct to   
   IARC, PO Box 6, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland.   
      
   (sarl)   
      
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   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY (and Wireless Weather)   
      
   A newly discovered *interstellar object* is only the third such   
   interloper to be observed in our solar system.   
      
   The object is not expected to pose an impact risk to Earth, but is   
   speeding through our solar system at about 245,000 kilometres per hour   
   relative to the sun, it is currently located just inside the orbit of   
   Jupiter.   
      
   Its uncertain at this time if the object  which will get a name when   
   it is approved and published by the Minor Planet Centre  is a comet or   
   asteroid, but the observations so far have helped track the objects   
   journey, indicating it likely came from outside of the solar system from   
   a thin galactic disk.   
      
   (ANS)   
      
   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/   
      
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