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   HARRY ANGEL MEMORIAL 80 Meter Sprint, Saturday May 3.   
      
   wia.org.au/members/contests/harryangel/   
      
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   May 17/18 is the Sangster Shield.   
      
   QRP CW on 80m, wind back the rig to 5W and give it a go.   
      
   Rules for both   
      
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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.   
      
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   DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD.   
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   MARCH 2025   
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   Radio amateurs in Scotland have been on the air throughout March using   
   special callsign GB 1 KBR.   
      
   This, to celebrate the start of the official handover of the Commonwealth   
   Games Kings Baton by His Royal Highness King Charles the third at   
   Buckingham Palace for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.   
      
   Activity has been noted on on HF, SSB, CW and digital modes.   
   QSL via Logbook of The World, eQSL and QRZ.com   
      
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   Polio On The Air 2025 - CQ SALK   
      
   In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the April 12, 1955 US approval of   
   the Salk polio vaccine, Narwhal Amateur Radio Society is running a Polio On   
   The Air event from April 5 - 19.   
      
   They will be calling CQ SALK on all fashionable protocols.   
      
   Special Event Stations W7P, W7O, W7L, W7I, and W0O are the ones to listen   
   out for and work throughout the 5-19 April period.   
      
   Make contact with one, get a QSL card.   
      
   Make contact with all five, get five QSL cardsand something really neat   
   happens if you collect all five we are told.   
      
   nars.narwhal.be/polio/   
      
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   The D A R Cs special event callsign DA 25 WARD is active until the 27th of   
   April in recognition of World Amateur Radio Day. Hams around the world   
   celebrate April 18, the day of the founding of the International Amateur   
   Radio Union back in 1925   
      
   See QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
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   Bletchley Park will be hosting one of its infamous 1940s weekends in May   
   to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE day.   
      
   In tribute to the event, the RSGB National Radio Centre will be operating   
   special event station GB 2 BP from the 3rd to the 5th of May. Put the date   
   in your diary and make sure you get this callsign in your logbook.   
      
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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.   
      
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   South Africa.   
      
   On 20 May 2025, the South African Radio League will celebrate its 100th   
   anniversary.   
      
   The SARL Centenary Marathon QSO Party has been running since 1 January and   
   throughout the year, the SARL, with the aid of its members and associated   
   clubs, are on the air with special event call sign ZS 100 SARL, as well as   
   the permanent call signs ZS 6 SRL and ZS 9 HQ and from April   
      
   Several awards will be available, see web page mysarl.org.za   
      
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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.   
      
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   Joel W5ZN, Secretary International Amateur Radio Union advises the   
   Singapore Amateur Transmitting Society (SARTS) has closed its 9V QSL   
   bureau effective February 14, 2025, and is no longer accepting cards.   
      
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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)   
      
   Celebrating the centenary of the International Amateur Radio Union   
   the local divisions of the Belgian IARU society will activate 28   
   YES TWENTY EIGHT  special event stations between 15 March and 15 May:   
      
   ON100I, ON100A, ON100R, ON100U   
   OO100I, OO100A, OO100R, OO100U   
   OP100I, OP100A, OP100R, OP100U   
   OQ100I, OQ100A, OQ100R, OQ100U   
   OR100I, OR100A, OR100R, OR100U   
   OS100I, OS100A, OS100R, OS100U   
   OT100I, OT100A, OT100R, OT100U   
      
   In addition, members of the UBA Board and HF Committee will be   
   active as OQ 0 IARU and OR 0 IARU. A series of certificates will be   
   available, see uba.be/en/news/uba-iaru-100-event for  the details.   
      
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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.   
      
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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.   
      
   Unlike here in VK , in the UK RSGB have to have separate news readers for   
   each frequency.   
      
   You can listen out for RSGB operators on all modes and all bands, with   
   activity taking place at any time, although you are particularly likely to   
   hear them before and after the GB2RS broadcasts.   
      
   Find out more via the GB70RS page at QRZ.com   
      
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   Special event station LZ 75 IPA is active right throughout 2025   
   celebrating the 75th anniversary of the International Police   
   Association.   
      
   QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct to LZ 3 HI.   
      
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   NET ADVICE   
      
   SA Maritime Net   
      
   Worth a listen when propagation is in, is the South African Maritime Mobile   
   Net which provides weather reports and maintains contact with sailing   
   vessels from around their coastline and the high seas.   
      
   The net operates 7 days a week.   
      
   06:30 UTC and 11:30 UTC on 14 316 kHz  high seas net.   
      
   06:35 UTC and 11:35 UTC on 7 120 kHz  coastal net.   
      
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   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ARDF   
      
   IARU Region 3 ARDF Workshop   
      
   Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP, Secretary of our IARU Region 3 reminds us all of   
   an amateur radio direction finders workshop TODAY Sunday March 23.   
      
   It happens at 0600UTC   
      
   Radio Amateurs who are wanting to participate should register on the   
   website shown in the text edition of this weeks WIA NATIONAL NEWS, best   
   read at wia.org.au   
      
   forms.gle/o6M5shMWiRVFNQph8   
      
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   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY (and Wireless Weather)   
      
      
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