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   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.   
   Our I.A.R.U. celebrates its centenary in 2025.   
      
   Since its founding in Paris, France, IARU has worked tirelessly to   
   promote innovation in amateur radio and to encourage the growth of   
   the service in communities throughout the world.   
      
   VI 100 IARU is a special event callsign transmitting from VK3 to help   
   celebrate the IARU Centennial.   
      
   qsl via MO 0 OXO   
      
   (qrz.com)   
      
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   XMAS IN ENGLAND   
      
   The Humber Fortress DX Amateur Radio Club are once running the   
   special callsign GB 0 MC until 26 of December.   
      
   The MC in the callsign stands for Merry Christmas.   
      
   The Club would like to invite you to call in and give them a   
   hearty HoHoHo and tell them what radio equipment you would like   
   from Santa this year.   
      
   The Club will also be livestreaming on its YouTube Channel   
      
   youtube.com/@humberfortressdxarc   
      
   (rsgb)   
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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 [OSCAR-ECHO-ONE-HUNDRED-ROMEO-ALPHA-DELTA-INDIA-OSCAR] is   
   active until the 31st of December celebrating the 100th anniversary   
   of 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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   Y   
   The Radio Club des Ardennes, ON4RCA, will be on the air as   
   OO 8  BB now through to the 15th of December, commemorating the   
   80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.   
      
   QSLs can only be requested via Club Log's OQRS until the 31st of   
   January 2025.   
      
   (newsline 2455)   
      
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   Y   
   In the World of DX, be listening for members of the Zurich City   
   Police Radio Amateur Club who have been operating as HB 2 SP   
   the club is marking its 20th anniversary. NO Bureau QSL's but you can   
   use Logbook Of The World, and HB20SP runs until months end,   
   December 31.   
      
   (sourced to ARNewsLine 2410)   
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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.   
      
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   WORLD WIDE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP NEWS   
   SUMMITS ON THE AIR, WORLD WIDE FLORA, FAUNA PROGRAM,   
   PARKS ON THE AIR and other ADVENTURE GROUPS.   
      
   hema.org.uk/index.jsp   
   minesontheair.com/about-mota   
   parksontheair.com/   
   sota.org.uk   
   sotawatch.sota.org.uk/en/   
   facebook.com/SotaAustralia/   
   wwffaustralia.com/   
   https://bunkersontheair.wixsite.com/october23   
   Organisers will be watching the weather forecast in the days between   
   Christmas and the New Year to see what day is most suitable for the return of   
   Gaulfest, a SOTA tradition first held in 2003. Over the years, the event's   
   purpose has become one-half SOTA and one-half social. Since the beginning,   
   activators have set up operations on summits in the Shropshire area or on   
   summits near the border of England and Wales, staying close enough to one   
   another for a convenient meet-up afterward in Church Stretton for coffee and   
   cake.   
      
      
   Organisers Tom, M1EYP, and Jimmy, MHGY, are  hoping for a turnout that even   
   attracts SOTA first-timers. They expect lots of opportunities for   
   summit-to-summit contacts. If you wish to participate, Tom advises following   
   the discussion thread on the SOTA Reflector to coordinate with other   
   activators as to which summits everyone is going to be on.   
      
      
   By the way, Tom explains that the name for the event actually originates from   
   the ancient name for Wales: "Pay de Galles" - but someone misspelled it when   
   the first SOTA event was launched. Gaul - spelled "G A U L" was actually the   
   name for a region of western Europe. Tom said no one ever bothered to correct   
   the mistake and so the name Gaulfest simply became permanent.   
      
      
   (newsline 2457)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FAITH.   
      
   In anticipation of Christmas, special event stations 4 X 8 X   
   from the Latrun Monastery and 4 X 9 X rom the Yardenit Baptismal Site   
   will this weekend 6-8 December.   
      
   Latrun is a strategic hilltop in the Latrun salient overlooking the   
   road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, 25 kilometres west of Jerusalem   
   whilst Yardenit is situated on the banks of the Jordan River in which   
   Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist.   
      
   4X9X will be followed by 4 X 7 X from the Abbey of the Dormition   
   on 20-22 December.   
      
   All QSLs via 4 X 6 ZM.   
      
   A  certificate will be available:   
   iarc.org/xmas2024.   
      
   (425 dxnews)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER   
   AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org   
      
   Consider this:   
      
   It is now four decades ago that astronaut Owen Garriott, callsign   
   W5LFL, pioneered amateur radio communication from space.   
   He was a crewmember on the space shuttle program's STS-9 mission.   
      
   During that space shuttle flight in 1983, Garriott became the first   
   ever person in space to communicate with amateur radio operators on the   
   ground. He was also the first person to be heard directly from space   
   by members of the public using simple radio receivers and scanners.   
      
   That event transformed astronaut communications from space, forever,   
   allowing amateur radio operators and the public to communicate with   
   people in space.   
      
   But don't change that dial!   
      
   Much more is coming in terms of amateur radio and the   
   International Space Station.   
      
   tinyurl.com/2xtduash   
      
   (space.com)   
   IM-2.   
      
   Intuitive Machines second CLPS lunar mission, IM-2, carries the   
   Nova-C lander (Athena) and is now targeting a launch in February.   
      
   IMs first CLPS mission landed, albeit roughly, on the Moon in February   
   this year, becoming the first soft landing on the Moon by a private   
   company (and the first American landing since Apollo 17 in 1972).   
   For IM-2, IM is seriously upping their game, with multiple rovers and   
   hoppers on board and a target of the Moons south pole in an area   
   around 89S where water ice could be within the range of the landers   
   1 meter Honeybee Robotics TRIDENT drill.   
      
   (orbitalindex.com)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - INTERNET, THE HAMS DOMAIN   
      
   In a fascinating and disturbing segment on a podcast from Security Now,   
      
   twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/1002?autostart=false   
      
   the hosts exposed the inner workings of a sophisticated cyber espionage   
   campaign by Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as Fancy Bear.   
      
   Using an exploit dubbed the "nearest neighbour" attack, the hackers   
   were able to breach the Wi-Fi network of their target organization from   
   thousands of miles away by compromising an organization located in a   
   building physically adjacent to their ultimate target.   
      
   BUT here's where it gets even more devious - the hackers had previously   
   obtained the credentials to log into the target's Wi-Fi via password   
   spraying attacks.   
      
      
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