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   contests have restored eligibility for awards to qualifying amateurs   
   from Russia and Belarus. That policy change took effect during the   
   weekend of the CQ World Wide RTTY contest, which took place on the 28th   
   and 29th of September.   
      
   CQ World Wide Contest Director John Dorr, K1AR, announced on the   
   contest blog that the elimination of those operators' eligibility for   
   award plaques -- a decision made two years ago -- was never formally   
   incorporated into any contest rules; it was merely a policy statement.   
   That policy is no longer in effect, bringing the contests into   
   alignment with so many other competitions around the world.   
      
   This is Sel Embee K-B-3-T-Zed-D.   
      
   (CQ WW CONTEST BLOG)   
      
   **   
   WORLD OF DX   
      
   In the World of DX, listen for Markus, DJ4EL, operating as A5/DJ4EL   
   from the islands of Benidorm, Escombreras, and Tabarca, all part of   
   IOTA group number EU-093, from the 17th through to the 25th of October.   
   See QRZ.com for QSL and operating details.   
      
   Find Aldir, PY1SAD, active as 8R1TM from Georgetown, Guyana between the   
   12th of October and the 24th of November. He will be using CW, SSB and   
   digital modes on all bands. He will also be operating satellite. For   
   QSL information, see QRZ.com.   
      
   Bo, OZ1DJJ [Oh Zed One Dee Jay Jay] is using the callsign OX3LX [Oh X   
   Three L X] from Greenland until the 15th of October. For QSL and   
   operating details see QRZ.com   
      
   (425 DX BULLETIN)   
      
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   KICKER: A QSO TO REMEMBER, 100 YEARS LATER   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: Our final story begins 100 years ago. In October of 1924,   
   a young radio enthusiast in North London, England and a sheep farmer in   
   New Zealand changed the shape of the world via radio with a remarkable   
   on-air contact. Now, amateur stations are getting ready to celebrate   
   that QSO's centennial. Jim Meachen ZL2BHF tells us what's going on.   
      
   JIM: Hams in the UK and New Zealand are getting ready to activate   
   special callsigns to mark the first trans-global two-way radio   
   communication and will be operating from the locations where it   
   happened: the Mill Hill School in North London where young Cecil   
   Goyder, G2SZ, made radio contact with Frank Bell, Z4AA, a ham in Shag   
   Valley, Otago. The date of the hour-long CW contact was the 18th of   
   October 1924.   
      
   Here is the voice of the late Frank Bell, who in 1974 recalled that day   
   on the occasion of the QSO's 50th anniversary: [insert clip starting at   
   1:29] "We were both a bit shocked I suppose, really, and Cecil Goyder,   
   whom I was talking to in Mill Hill School near London, he said he was a   
   bit skeptical about it, he said if you are really New Zealand 4AA,   
   cable. Which we did and from then on pretty well every night, for   
   several nights running, we kept in touch." [end clip]   
      
   Cecil's callsign will be back on the air in hopes of contacting hams   
   around the world as operators call CQ from the school from the 14th   
   through to the 20th of October. Frank's original callsign has been   
   modified to ZL4AA for the New Zealand operation which will be on the   
   air from the 12th through to the 20th of October.   
      
   The big day, of course, is the 18th of October, when hams will re-enact   
   that first contact, using a frequency as close as possible to the 1924   
   original, which was around 92 metres).   
      
   Meanwhile, be listening as well for other stations taking part in the   
   celebration: GB2NZ is on the air through the 26th of October 2024   
   throughout the UK. ZM100DX is on the air through the 26th of December   
   throughout New Zealand. The New Zealand station will be using CW, SSB   
   and a number of other modes. The QSL manager for all four special-event   
   calls is M0OXO [M Zero Oh Ex Oh].   
      
   See GB2NZ dot com (GB2NZ.com) for further details.   
      
   This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.   
      
   (NZNET NEWS, RSGB)   
      
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   HAIKU FOR YOU   
      
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   too busy tuning your antennas or chasing the latest DXpedition, pick up   
   a pencil and share your experience by sending an original haiku to us   
   here at Newsline. Use the entry form on our website, arnewsline.org and   
   please follow the rules for writing your three-line haiku -- sorry but   
   we cannot accept any entries that aren't written in traditional haiku   
   form. Share with fellow listeners the poetry that is inspired by your   
   ham radio experience!   
      
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