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   Special event station GB 130 WRD is active until today the 30th of   
   November to mark the 130th anniversary of the discovery of X-rays.   
      
   Recently, the station was spotted using FT8 on the 40m band.   
      
   QSL directly to M0KZT.   
      
   See QRZ.com for more information.   
   (rsgb)   
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   The 3 Y 0 K team  has added a  skilled medical and support team for the   
   2026 Bouvet DXpedition.   
      
   Six experienced professionals  (one of them is HB9FKF) in medicine,   
   security, evacuation,  and emergency situations will assist with camp   
   setup, maintenance, safety, and weather monitoring.   
      
   The team is ramping up preparations to depart from Cape Town  in February LA   
   7 GIA reports.	"In two weeks, we plan to make the next payments,   
      
   totalling 650,000 USD.  By then, they will have invested approximately   
   1,650,000 USD  in the Bouvet expedition."   
      
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   REMINDERS NOVEMBER   
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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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   HUNGARIAN AMATEURS CELEBRATE BROADCAST CENTENNIAL WITH HG100   
      
   There was a time in Hungary when the simple act of a radio broadcast - or   
   listening to one - was a crime. Now it's a special event, as we hear from   
   Jeremy Boot G4NJH on NewsLine.   
      
      
   "The transmission of radio signals of any kind was merely an experimental   
   pursuit in Hungary until late 1925 - and listening to radio over the air, or   
   having privately owned amateur equipment - was forbidden. All of that was to   
   change later that year with the start of the first Hungarian public radio   
   broadcast on 1st December. One hundred years later, amateurs in Hungary are   
   celebrating Hungarian Radio Day, when radio was permitted there.   
      
      
   Nine special callsigns - all beginning with "HG100" - are on the air   
   throughout December until 31st, operated by amateurs from the Hungarian Radio   
   Amateur Society and the Honfy Jozsef Radioclub. Contacts have been made since   
   the 15th of November on CW, SSB and the digital modes on 160 to 10 metres.   
   The operators are also making use of the QO-100 satellite.   
      
      
   This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH."   
      
   The Hungarian Radio Amateur Society website has a full list of the nine   
   callsigns and more details about how to receive a commemorative certificate.   
      
   (newsline2508)   
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   80th anniversary of the Technical University of Sofia operating   
   special event station LZ 80 TUS. On the air now through December 24th.   
   (ard)   
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   CROATIA   
      
   9 A 169 TESLA   
      
   This is a special callsign that will be used  until 31 December  in   
   celebration of the  169th anniversary since  the birth of Nikola Tesla   
   (10 July 1856).   
      
   QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW,  Club Log, and QRZ Logbook.   
      
   (425dex)   
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   Listen for Red, operating as TY 5 FR from Cotonou, Benin now through to   
   the 11th of December. Red will be using CW and SSB on 80-10 metres and   
   will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest   
      
   Red's home call is DL 1 BUG.   
   (newsline 2507)   
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   ZL 100 C is the callsign  celebrating the centenary of NZART   
   the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters which was formed   
   on 16 August 1926.   
      
   The callsign is valid until 6 August 2026.   
      
   QSL via the bureau and LoTW.   
      
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   To mark the 60th anniversary since the first French satellite, named   
   Asterix, was launched into orbit, on 26 November 1965, members of the   
   Wingles Radio Club (F 4 KLR) will be active as TM 60 ATX on Fridays and   
   Saturdays  between 14 November and 13 December and again on 19-23   
   December.  All SSB and CW QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the   
   bureau; FT8 QSOs will be confirmed via eQSL.   
   (425dxnes)   
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   South Africa.   
      
   The special event stations ZS 100 SARL, ZS 6 SRL and ZS 9 HQ   
   celebrate the 100th anniversary of the South African Radio League, the   
   S.A.R.L. until the end of 2025, so not much longer to work them if you need   
   them in your log.   
      
   (sarl)   
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   Celebrating the 70th anniversary of their organization, members of   
   the  International Police Association's Swiss branch will be active as   
   HB 70 IPA between 1 November and 31 December.  Activity will be on   
   various HF bands and the QO-100 satellite.   
      
   QSL via LoTW and eQSL,   
      
   (425dxn)   
      
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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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   Special callsign LA 100 A is active to end of year to mark the 100th   
   anniversary of the first amateur radio two-way contact between Norway   
   and the USA in November 1925.   
      
   QSL directly to LA100A, via the Bureau, or QRZ.com   
      
   (RSGB)   
      
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   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY (and Wireless Weather)   
      
   Ever wondered what MUF, TEC or what sporadic-es are when you look at the   
   space weather prediction charts?   
      
   In February the REAST presentation night is for you.   
      
   They have Mr. Roger Harrison, VK2ZRH to guide both live visitors and those   
   connected via the REAST you tube channel, through real science and practical   
   techniques behind understanding radio propagation and space weather. With   
   decades of experience, including his time at the IPS,  ( Ionospheric   
   Prediction Service ), Roger brings significant expertise in   
      
   'this space' (pardon intended!).   
      
   This presentation will unpack the tools and data sources we amateurs rely on   
   every day: MUF maps, ionosonde charts, solar indices, TEC plots, WSPR   
      
   datasets, and much more. Whether you're chasing DX, planning portable   
   operations, experimenting with digital modes or trying to understand why   
   your favourite band just vanished, this session will give you the skills to   
   read the sky like a pro.   
      
      
   This session will be in person and streamed from 7:30pm in Queens   
   Domainclubrooms.   
      
   tinyurl.com/ysver2th   
   (vk7winews)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - BALLOONS   
   PICO BALLOON NEWS   
      
   The high-altitude Pico balloon ZS1ERZ-12 completed its eighth   
   circumnavigation of our planet on Monday 17 November. As of Friday 21   
   November 2025, it has been 96 days since the launch and the balloon has   
   travelled over 272 000 km.   
      
   During this lap, it spent a few days near the Antarctica station DP0GVN. From   
   there, it headed north to the Indian Ocean. However, when last heard, it was   
   again travelling south-east towards Antarctica.   
      
   (SARL)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - DIGITAL.   
      
   It's being heralded as a milestone in the long-overdue evolution of speech   
   quality for land-mobile radio systems - the use of an adaptive neural network   
   that replaces traditional signal processing.   
      
      
   This digital voice milestone was announced at the recent acoustics and speech   
   conference in California when the Free DV Project's David Rowe VK5DGR   
   co-presented a paper describing a neural network that replaces traditional   
   signal processing with machine learning.   
      
      
   In a recent post on the FreeDV website, David called the development:   
   "the first known real-world deployment of a neural codec  an important   
   milestone that the Ham community can be proud of." He and programmer   
      
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