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   states and federal territories celebrating their National Day on the   
   31st of August and Malaysia Day on the 16th of September. In West   
   Malaysia they include 9M25MA, 9M25MB, 9M25MC and 9M25MD, among others.   
   In East Malaysia, listen for 9M25MS and 9M25MQ. QSL via operators'   
   instructions.   
      
   (425 DX BULLETIN)   
      
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   KICKER: IT'S TIME FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY - BUT WHAT TIME, EXACTLY?   
      
   STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Now it is time for our final story -- but first, take a   
   look at your watch or your UTC clock - what time is it, really? With so   
   many time zones and the need to convert to UTC, hams sometimes STILL   
   find the whole issue of time confusing, as we hear from John Williams   
   VK4JJW.   
      
   JOHN: It's that time of year when many hams prepare for the Remembrance   
   Day Contest, a major amateur radio event here in Australia on the   
   Saturday closest to the 15th of August. It marks the signing of the   
   Armistice and Japan's unconditional surrender, ending the second World   
   War in 1945. It honours amateurs who died in that conflict.   
      
   However, another potential conflict persists - one of time. The contest   
   starts at 1300 Australian Eastern Standard Time, which is 0300 UTC on   
   the 15th of the 8th month -- August - but observers of history know   
   that the Armistice was signed later that year.   
      
   The answer is: radio! Although history records the signing correctly on   
   September 2nd of that year, this important contest makes note instead   
   of the time and date that Japan's Emperor Hirohito broadcast his   
   nation's surrender over radio. He delivered an announcement at noon on   
   the 15th of August. With Japan's time being UTC plus 9 hours, that   
   places its timing at 0300 UTC. With AEST being UTC plus 10, that places   
   the time at 1300 UTC.   
      
   Got that? We thank Michael Johnston, VK2HFN, president and secretary of   
   the Central Coast Amateur Radio Club, for sorting this one out, all the   
   while keeping an eye on the clock before the contest started.   
      
   This is John Williams VK4JJW.   
      
   (CCARC, WIA)   
      
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