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   This new drone has twice the range as the old MK27 drone that it   
   replaces and is said to be significantly quieter as well.   
      
   The BLOS permission means that the delivery drones can service areas   
   which are not directly visible from the warehouse with an attached   
   drone delivery facility. As for the type of parcels you can have   
   delivered with this service, it is limited to 2.27 kg, which is plenty   
   for medication and a range of other items where rapid delivery would be   
   desirable.   
      
   twiar.net/?p=25351   
      
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   OPERATIONAL NEWS - A FELIX VK4FUQ PRESENTATION   
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   NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2024   
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   INTERNATIONAL EARTH - MOON - EARTH CONTESTS   
      
   50 to 1296 MHz THIS WEEKEND, November 16-17.   
      
   Work as many amateur stations as possible via the earth-moon-earth   
   path on any authorized amateur frequency in the bands for the specific   
   weekends.   
      
   EME Logs due back to the ARRL December 17.   
      
   (arrl)   
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   VHF UHF Field Day   
      
   Spring 2024 - 0100 UTC Saturday 23 November through 0059 UTC Sunday   
   24 November (0400 / 0359 in VK6).   
      
   wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/   
      
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   CQ WW CW CONTEST   
   November 23 - 24   
      
   Starts: Zero hundred hours UTC Saturday ending the Sunday at 2359hrs.   
      
   (cq)   
      
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   Ham Spirit Contest   
      
   Inspired by the Amateur's Code written by Paul M. Segal (W9EEA) in   
   1928, the 2024 edition of the HAM Spirit Contest will be held in a   
   single round from 08:00 UTC on Saturday 30 November to 07:59 UTC on   
   Sunday 1 December.   
      
   Based out of Russia, the Ham Spirit Contest comes from a team at   
   The Spirit of Amateur Radio Without Borders and its objective is for   
   amateurs around the world to contact as many other amateurs in as many   
   Maidenhead Grid Fields and ITU Zones as possible using CW and SSB on   
   160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres.   
      
   hs.andys.ru/eng/ham-spirit-contest_rules/.   
      
   (sarl)   
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   ARRL 160 METER CW   
      
   December 6-8 is the date this year but it is ALWAYS the first full   
   weekend of December.   
      
   Begins 2200 UTC Friday, ending 1559 UTC Sunday.   
      
   This is a forty-two hour period with no time limitation.   
      
   Logs MUST be returned within seven days   
      
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   10 METER ARRL CONTEST   
      
   For Amateurs worldwide to exchange QSO information with as many   
   stations as possible on the 10 meter band.   
      
   Second full weekend of December. Starts 0000 UTC Saturday; runs   
   through 2359 UTC Sunday (December 14-15)   
      
   Again as in most ARRL Tests logs are to be completed and returned   
   within 7 days.   
      
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   YOTA CONTEST   
      
   Youth on the air test 3 of 3 will be from 10:00 to 21:59 UTC on   
   29 December on the five classic bands CW and SSB.   
      
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   DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD.   
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   Listen throughout the rest of the year for the special callsign   
   9 A 1 RKZ marking the 100th anniversary of the Radioklub Zagreb   
   which was founded the 24th of March 1924 in Croatia   
      
   QSL via 9A1ADE.   
   (ARNewsLine 2410)   
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   AUSTRIA   
      
   OE100RADIO is active until the 31st of December celebrating the   
   100th anniversary of the beginning of regular radio transmissions   
   in Austria in 1924.   
      
   The station has heard recently on the 40m band using CW.   
      
   QSL via the Bureau.   
      
   (gb2rs)   
      
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   BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.   
      
   E 7 100 RADIO is the special call sign for the Bosnia and Herzegovina   
   IARU member society to celebrate 100 years of amateur radio   
   innovation, community, and advocacy.   
      
   QSL via operators' instructions.   
      
   (eHam)   
      
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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.   
      
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   Y   
   Maurizio, IK2GZU is active as 5H3MB from Tanzania until 11 November   
   while doing volunteer work at a local school.   
      
   In his spare time, he is operating SSB, CW and digital modes on the   
   80 to 10m bands. QSL via Club Logs OQRS, Logbook of the World, eQSL,   
   or direct via IK2GZU.   
      
   (rsgb)   
      
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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   
   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   
   NEW ZEALAND   
      
   NZART has a special event call sign for the America's Cup.   
   ZL 6 AMCUP   
   November 30 is when ZLCAMCUP goes off air.   
      
   (NZART)   
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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   
   In the World of DX, be listening for members of the Zurich City Police   
   Radio Amateur Club who, throughout the year, have been operating as   
   HB 2 SP as the club marks its 20th anniversary. Unfortunately no   
   Bureau QSL's but you can use Logbook Of The World, and HB20SP runs   
   until the end of next month, i.e., December 31.   
      
   (sourced to ARNewsLine 2410)   
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   MEDIA WATCH   
      
   Amateur radio found its way recently into an episode of a popular TV   
   crime drama in Germany. While that's good news for ham radio -- it   
   didn't have the best outcome for one of the fictional TV hams.   
      
   Very early on in Season 16, Episode 2 of the ZDF German crime drama,   
   "SOKO Stuttgart," Hartmut, DH4NO, becomes a Silent Key rather quickly,   
   rather violently and quite mysteriously. It happens in the middle of a   
   2-metre QSO he is having with a friend. The friend, Schrotti, callsign   
   DR5TI, hears the contact go dead - quite literally.   
      
   He summons police and that sets the SOKO team - the team of the series   
   title - into action. SOKO is the acronym in German for the regional   
   special police task force.   
      
   As the crime squad focuses its probe on the amateur radio club the men   
   belonged to, any hams viewing the show can immediately recognise the   
   rigs, which were supplied by the DARC Stuttgart radio club. There are   
   also familiar lessons in propagation and, of course, that important   
   call, "CQ."   
      
   For those who want to practice their German, the show can be seen in   
   the ZDF video store at the address given in the text version of this   
   your WIA NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE.   
      
   zdf.de/serien/soko-stuttgart/schrotti-funkt-100.html   ]   
      
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   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ARDF   
      
      
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