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   Well, we like everyone to be involved from the start, to have their   
   say how things will run and we also need to "scale" the behind the   
   scenes infrastructure to fit everyone.   
      
   For more information (and some lovely pictures of rescued dogs) go to   
   dogdayradio.org   
   or drop me an email - I'm good on QRZ.   
   Thanks for your time, this is Ed DD5LP.   
   Morocco   
      
   Look for members of the Royal Association of Radio Amateurs of Morocco   
   to be active with special call sign CN 49 MS from Laayoune, Morocco,   
   between 1 and 15 November.   
      
   Activity is to celebrate the 49th anniversary of the Green March.   
   The Green March was a peaceful demonstration which took place   
   originally on 6 November 1975, inspired by the late Hassan II,   
   King of Morocco, bringing together 350 000 participants to recover   
   their Saharan Provinces.   
      
   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_March.   
      
   Operations will be on various HF bands and the QO-100 satellite,   
   using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via CN8WW, LoTW or ClubLog.   
      
   (sarl)   
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   VP8G from the Falkland Islands  (SA 002) 15-25 November.   
      
   "VP8 is ranking high on the Most Wanted list for CW.   
      
   Ranks #30 globally and #27 for Europe".   
      
   2 stations both  CW and FT8 at the same time.   
   Plans are to be QRV on 40-6 metres.   
   QSL via M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW.   
      
   dx.to/vp8g/   
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   Y   
   Holger, ZL3IO is again active as ZL 7 IO from the Chatham Islands   
   until October 31 then again November 19-26.   
      
   QRV on HF bands with participation in the CQWW SSB contest   
   next weekend Oct 26-27.   
      
   In addition, Holgers daughter, Xenia ZL4YL, will be active during the   
   CQWW CW contest November 23-24 as ZL 7 YL.   
      
   (dxworld)   
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   Y   
   ZL 80 MAY   
      
   The NZART has been contacted by an overseas operator organizing an   
   event to celebrate the 80 year anniversary since the surrender of   
   Germany during WWII.   
      
   NZART is willing to arrange ZL80MAY as a special callsign. However   
   they are calling for an NZ operator to help coordinate the activity   
   on New Zealand's side.   
      
   (nzart Infoline 493)   
      
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   Y   
   Special callsign HB 50 VC is active until 31 December celebrating the   
   50th anniversary of the Swissair Amateur Radio Club, HB 9 VC.   
      
   A growing trend these days is that QSL cards will not be provided   
   but QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World.   
      
   You can also download a certificate for working this special event   
   station from the link we like in the text editions of   
   WIA National News   
      
   tinyurl.com/HB50VC-24.   
      
   (rsgb)   
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   y   
   SOMALIA - THE DXPEDITION THAT ALMOST WAS.   
      
   As I mentioned a week or so back the story was going to be published   
   why 6 O 3 T did not go as planned.   
      
   Well the 6O3T team are now home and have written that very   
   comprehensive story has to what actually happened to them.   
   You can read about their misadventure by downloading this link.   
      
   Have a read FAR too much detail for even a full 30 minute broadcast.   
      
   dxexplorer.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/6o3t-Adventure.pdf   
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   y   
   Special callsign PH 80 LIB will be in use from various locations   
   until the 10th of November to commemorate the 80th anniversary   
   of the liberation of southern Netherlands in the autumn of 1944.   
      
   PH80LIB will be on the 80 to 10m bands using SSB, CW and digital   
   modes. QSL special station PH80LIB via the Bureau.   
      
   (rsgb)   
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   Y   
   The Chasing Cornwallis Challenge continues October 5-7 and 19-21 with   
   special event stations K4M and K4Y.   
      
   K4M recognizes the Battle of Kings Mountain, a significant conflict   
   during the American Revolutionary War. K4Y recognizes the Battle of   
   Yorktown.   
      
   QSL cards for each event will be available.   
      
   tinyurl.com/4eke9635   
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   Y   
   NEW ZEALAND - Wireless and Wool ZM 100 DX   
   Celebrating Historic 100 Year Trans World Radio Contact   
      
   This contact was by Morse and was the first ever, trans-world two-way   
   radio communication of any type. It was from Shag Valley Station,   
   Otago and the contact was with Cecil Goyder G2SZ at Mill Hill School,   
   London.   
      
   ZM100DX as well as ZL4AA  will be on air on site in Shag Valley Sheep   
   Station.   
      
   The main planned contact is between Shag Valley sheep Station and   
   Mill Hill School 18th October and other celebration events are   
   planned for the following day or two.   
      
   NZART Branch 30 sincerely invites all amateurs to take part in this   
   celebration and join in marking the 100th year since the original   
   QSO.   
      
   zl4aa.org.nz/zl4aa/history/z4aa-transworld-contact   
      
   (sourced to NZART Infoline)   
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   Y   
   OL 80 C.A.R.B.O.N. is active until the 30th of November to mark the   
   80th anniversary of Operation Carbon during World War Two. This   
   operation involved the dropping of paratroopers in the Protectorate of   
   Bohemia and Moravia.   
      
   The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was a partially-annexed   
   territory of Nazi Germany that was established in 1939 after the   
   German occupation of the Czech lands   
      
   A team of operators is active using call OL 80 CARBON on CW, SSB and   
   digital modes on the HF bands.   
      
   More information is available on QRZ.com   
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   Y   
   NEW ZEALAND   
      
   NZART has a special event call sign for the upcoming America's Cup to   
   be held in Spain later this year. ZL 6 AMCUP has been allocated to   
   celebrate this event with Phil Garside ZL2RO as the trustee of the   
   callsign. November 30 is when ZLCAMCUP goes off air.   
      
   (NZART)   
      
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   y   
   Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Radio Belgrade, the Belgrade   
   Amateur Radio Club is active as YT 100 RB and YU 1924 RB until   
   November 30. For details of a certificate that is available, see   
   yu1ano.org   
      
   (rsgb)   
      
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   y   
   In the World of DX, be listening for members of the Zurich City   
   Police Radio Amateur Club throughout the year, operating as HB 2 SP   
   the club is marking its 20th anniversary. Unfortunately no Bureau   
   QSL's but you can use Logbook Of The World, and HB20SP runs until   
   December 31.   
      
   (sourced to arnline 2410)   
      
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   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY (and Wireless Weather)   
      
   The Sun is officially in solar maximum of Solar Cycle 25.   
      
   Representatives from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency   
   NOAA, and the Solar Cycle Prediction Panel announced the Sun has   
   reached its solar maximum period during a teleconference with   
   reporters on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.   
      
   So from here on in, is it "downhill?"   
      
   (eHam)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - DIGITAL   
      
   The latest version of FreeDV includes a new digital voice over HF mode   
   titled Radio Autoencoder (RADE). Previous updates had abbreviated the   
   mode as radAe. The new mode has been in development since early this   
   year and is now entering a phase of real time, over the air testing.   
      
   This September FreeDV update includes recorded samples of the mode   
   from over the air tests. The samples include QSOs ranging from   
   800-13,000 km and 2-5db Signal to noise Ratio.   
      
   One new user says" To this ham's ear, the voice quality from the   
   provided examples sound far superior to any previously released   
   FreeDV HF digital voice modes!   
      
   The RADAE encoder takes vocoder features such as pitch, short term   
   spectrum and voicing and generates a sequence of analogue PSK symbols.   
   These are placed on OFDM carriers and sent over the HF radio channel.   
   The system is trained to minimise the distortion of the vocoder   
   features over HF channels.   
      
   (ard)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER   
   AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org   
      
   Super Heavy gets a hug.   
      
   To the utter amazement of many, SpaceX executed one of the most   
      
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