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   RULES PUBLISHED FOR WORLD RADIOSPORT TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 2026   
      
   If you've got your eye on the World Radiosport Team Championship 2026   
   in the UK, you may want to read the competition rules which have just   
   been published by the championship's committee.   
      
   The rules have been adjusted slightly from the previous competition to   
   ensure that this a fair test of operator skills. Questions may be   
   submitted to the committee via social media, on the WRTC reflector or at   
   amateur radio conventions.   
      
   Find a link to the rules in the text version of this week's WIA NATIONAL   
   NEWS, wia.org.au   
      
   wrtc2026.org/2025/02/10/wrtc-uk-competition-rules/    ]   
      
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   NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2025   
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   CQ 160 METER CONTEST   
      
   SSB February 21 - 2200Z February 23.   
      
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   FRANCE   
      
   The REF Contest starts at 0600UTC on Saturday 22 February and ends at   
   1800UTC on Sunday 23 February. Using SSB on the 80 to 10m bands, where   
   contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number.   
      
   (rsgb)   
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   The IARU 100th Anniversary Centennial QSO Party.   
      
   The IARU CQP will be held for nine days, beginning Saturday 12 April and   
   ending Sunday 20 April. This event will celebrate 100 years of the IARU   
      
   (sarl)   
      
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   HARRY ANGEL MEMORIAL 80 Meter Sprint, Saturday May 3.     (vk4uh)   
      
   wia.org.au/members/contests/harryangel/   
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   VK Shires Contest  7th - 8th June 2025   
      
   wia.org.au/members/contests/wavks/   
      
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   NZ Straight Key Night   
      
   Next New Zealand Straight Key Night will be held Sunday 8 June   
   from 9pm to 10pm NZDT (0800 to 0900 UTC) on 80 metres.   
      
   Polish and lubricate that old morse key and enjoy an evening of   
   old-time radio fun.   
      
   Straight Key Night is an informal event which honours the roots of   
   amateur radio: Morse Code sent with a straight key (no bugs,   
   sideswipers, keyers or keyboards).   
      
   When.   
   Winter SKN is the second Sunday in June, 8-9pm NZ time.   
   Summer SKN is always the first Sunday in December, 9-10pm NZ time.   
      
   SKN honours the original amateur radio mode in an easy-going style.   
   Operators send signal report, name, location, type of key, type of   
   transmitter and power output. Stations are limited to 100W output   
   power.   
      
   SKN is not a contest - but the operator who gets the most votes for the   
   quality of their sending will win the Bruce Scahill Best Fist Award.   
   This certificate honours Bruce ZL1BWG (SK), who was a dedicated   
   supporter of SKN. Please email your nomination to ZL1NZ within one week   
   following the event.   
      
   (Neil ZL1NZ, SKN Manager)   
      
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   IARU HF World Championship.   
      
   The 24-hour IARU HF World Championship starts at 12 HUNDRED UTC on   
   Saturday 12 July and ends at 11:59 UTC on Sunday 13 July.   
      
   This annual contest supports amateur self-training in radio   
   communications, improving operating skills, conducting technical   
   investigations and inter-communicating with other amateurs around   
   the world using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands   
      
   (SARL)   
      
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   Trans-Tasman Low Band Contest - 19 JUL 2025   
      
   The Trans-Tasman contest, held on the 3rd weekend in July, aims to encourage   
   Low Band activity between VK and ZL   
      
      
   Only contest bands 160 80 and 40M are allowed with SSB, CW and Digital (RTTY   
   OR PSK)   
      
      
   wia.org.au/members/contests/transtasman/   
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   FEBRUARY 2025   
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   Operation Veritable Special Event Operational Through February 28th   
      
   Radio Club Limburg is operating special event station PA 8 OV to   
   honour the Allied pincer movement during World War II. The event, on air   
   now through to February 28th as PA 8 OV is active on SSB, CW, and   
   various digital modes.   
      
   This event only runs every 5 years, with the next event scheduled to take   
   place in 2030.   
      
   See the PA8OV website for more details.   
      
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   Currently based in Nairobi, Kenya, and using his 5 Z 4 J callsign,   
   John has just received his 5X1J license.   
      
   "I have an office in Uganda and I travel by road to Uganda from Kenya   
   on a regular basis, usually for 2 to 3 weeks for each trip", he says.   
   "It is on these trips that I will be using my 5X1J callsign.   
   I will be operating mostly from Jinja, at the source of the River Nile   
   near Lake Victoria".   
      
   QSL only via LoTW.   
      
   qrz.com/db/5X1J.   
      
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   Northern Arizona DX Association will be continuing with year five of the   
   10-year special event countdown to the 100th anniversary of the discovery   
   of Pluto by Clyde Tompaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.   
      
   This annual 9-day event is held each February through to the 2030   
   anniversary. This year's event will take place February 15-23 (UTC).   
      
   (ard)   
      
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   Our I.A.R.U. celebrates its centenary this year (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   
   A team of operators from DARC is active until the 27th of April using   
   special callsign DA 0 IARU. The station is operating to celebrate the   
   100th anniversary of the IARU.   
   A 9 100 IARU is the special callsign for the Bahrain Amateur Radio   
   Society to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the International   
   Amateur Radio Union. Look for activity for five days each month   
   (which days don't ask me! HiHi)  during 2025. QSL via EC6DX.   
      
   (qrz.com / 425 dx news / rsgb)   
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   Thierry, TK1CX is active from Cameroon until the end of February.   
      
   He is QRV as TJ/TK1CX on the 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10m bands.   
      
   He operates mainly using FT8.   
      
   QSL via Logbook of the World, eQSL, or via EA 5 ZD.   
      
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   PC 80 TT is the special callsign for members of VERON Leiden to celebrate   
   the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands during   
   World War II (5 May 1945).   
      
   Look for activity now until June One   
      
   QSL PC80TT via the bureau to PI4LDN.   
      
   The special call sign honours the memory of Rudolf Tappenbeck (PCTT),   
   a pioneer of Dutch amateur radio who died in Neuengamme concentration   
   camp 1944.   
      
   (425dxn)   
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   This year the SARL is on the air with special event callsign   
   ZS 100 SARL as the society celebrates their centenary of organised   
   amateur radio activity in South Africa.   
      
   (sarl)   
      
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   Don, KW7R is active as V73KW from the Marshall Islands in the north   
   western Pacific Ocean. He is there on a work assignment until   
   September and in his spare time, he operates CW and FT8 on various bands.   
      
   QSL V73KW via Logbook of the World.   
      
   (RSGB)   
      
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   British Railways Amateur Radio Society is running special event stations   
   GB0LMR and GB2SDR during 2025 to celebrate 200 years of train travel.   
      
      
   Operation will be mainly focused on 40m but there may be additional activity   
   on other bands.   
      
      
   QSL via the Bureau.   
      
   (RSGB)   
      
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   Over in "the Motherland", the RSGBs weekly news broadcast GB2RS is   
   celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. As part of the celebrations,   
   special callsign GB70RS is active throughout the year. The callsign is   
   being operated by radio amateurs who help to deliver GB2RS each week and   
   could include Newsreaders and RSGB Headquarters staff.   
      
      
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