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   stations. The duration of the Field Day is 24 hours, but there are also   
   8-hour sections for operators who may not be able to camp overnight.   
   Notably, most club stations prefer to operate for the full 24 hours.   
      
   The Field Days also generate plenty of activity from home stations,   
   so there is also a separate Home Station section.   
      
   All contacts must be simplex: contacts through repeaters or satellites are   
   not allowed. There is plenty of FM activity, but one feature of the Field   
   Days is a high level of SSB activity.   
      
   It is possible to do very well with only modest antennas IF you pick a good   
   hilltop. Another option, if your station is easily transportable, is to   
   operate from more than one location during the contest period.   
      
   The overriding aim is to get away for the weekend and have fun!   
   But next after that, the aims are:   
   to encourage more activity on VHF, UHF, and microwave bands;   
   to encourage people to work greater distances than usual by operating   
   portable, and  to provide opportunities for people to activate or work   
   into new grid squares.   
      
   wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/   
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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   
      
   Ken Yamamoto, JA1CJP Secretary, IARU Region 3 in an email passed to us by   
   WIA Secretary Peter Clee reminds us here at the WIA that in this contest   
   multipliers are the total number of ITU zones plus IARU member society HQ   
   stations worked on each band (not mode). Thus, Society's HQ stations   
   (WIA) participation is very important for the multipliers.   
      
   (SARL/VK8ZZ)   
      
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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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   YOTA Contest 2025   
      
   Organized by the IARU R1 Youth Working Group in cooperation with the   
   Hungarian Amateur Radio Society, the aim of the YOTA Contest is to   
   increase  youngsters activity on the air, strengthen the reputation   
   of the YOTA programme and demonstrate support for youngsters across the   
   world.   
      
   The next 2 sessions of this year's YOTA Contest will be held   
   19 July   
   29 December   
      
   yotacontest.mrasz.org   
      
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   RSGB IOTA CONTEST   
      
   July 26 to July 27, 2025.   
   Mode:	CW, SSB   
   Bands:	80, 40, 20, 15, 10m   
   Work once per band per mode.   
      
   (wa7bnm contest calendar)   
      
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   Remembrance Day Contest   
      
   This contest is held every year on the anniversary of the end of World War   
   II, in honour of the Australian amateurs who lost their lives in wartime.   
   This contest is unusual because the trophy goes to the Australian state or   
   territory that scores the highest level of activity.   
      
   Next contest 16th & 17th August 2025   
      
   Contest Manager is Alan Shannon VK4SN vk4sn@wia.org.au   
      
   wia.org.au/members/contests/rdcontest/   
      
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   NOW THE DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD.-----------------   
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   MAY   
      
   The RSGB Contest Club has recently exceeded one million QSOs.   
      
   These have been made by RSGB members activating historic RSGB callsigns and   
   special event callsigns, either in contests or in radio marathon activations.   
      
   The QSOs have all been uploaded to Logbook of the World.   
      
   The most prolific callsign has been G6XX with over 154,000 QSOs, and the most   
   recent has been GB0IARU which was active in April to celebrate 100 years of   
   the   
      
   International Amateur Radio Union.   
      
   (GB2RS NEWS)   
      
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   North West Group ARC, MN  NWG, is using the special-event callsign GB 0 AEL   
   until the 31st of May to commemorate the anniversary of Amelia Earhart's   
   transatlantic flight which she accomplished nonstop and solo in 1932.   
   Her trip took her from Newfoundland to Londonderry in Northern Ireland.   
   QSL via MIHOZ.   
      
   (arnewsline2479)   
      
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   DM  LIMES is on the air until the 1st of July to mark UNESCO World Heritage   
   Day   
      
   on June 1st. The callsign DM 3 LIMES will join this DL0LIMES on the air and   
   operate   
      
   from the 31st of May through to the 1st of June. The callsigns was chosen in   
   recognition of the limes, which bordered the Roman Empire at its greatest   
   point.   
      
   See QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
   (arnewsline2479)   
      
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   GB 1 BK   
      
   The East Midlands Electronics and Radio Group is on air until today, the   
   11th of May UTC to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day.   
      
   VE DAY or Victory In Europe Day callsign GB1BK is operated from former   
   RAF Binbrook in Lincolnshire and Midland members are on 40m, 20m and 2m,   
   using SSB and some FT8 and SSTV.   
      
   Guernsey Amateur Radio Society has been operating special event radio station   
   GU80LIB between the 9th and today, the 11th of May in celebration of the   
   80th anniversary of the liberation of Guernsey at the end of World War Two.   
   See QRZ.com for more information.   
      
   (rsgb and in the wia text version only)   
      
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   REMINDERS   
      
   Well you may not WORK them BUT you MAY hear them.   
      
   Once again Italian radio amateurs have been authorized to use the 40 MHz   
   band until the end of the year.   
      
   They are allowed to operate from 40.660 MHz to 40.700 MHz with a maximum   
   power of 10 watts.   
      
   The Italian regulator has given permission until 31 December also for   
   70.1, 70.2, and 70.3 MHz.   
      
   (425dx news)   
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   Recently Jason, VK2LAW, brought us news of the special event station   
   in Japan, 8 K 3 E.X.P.O. Now word of another station celebrating this   
   EXPO in the Kansai / Kinki region - JA3 X.P.O.   
      
   This station, JA3XPO, is a mobile commemorative station that will travel to   
   each of the Kansai prefectures. This callsign, originally used for the 1970   
   Japan World Exposition in Osaka, has been revived after 55 years.   
      
   BOTH 8K3EXPO and JA3XPO are on air now and conclude at World Expo's end   
   October 13, the FULL duration of the Expo.   
      
   (ARD)   
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   A very large number of Russian stations using special  prefix RP80   
   are QRV now until May 9 to mark the  80th anniversary  of the end of   
   World War II.   
      
   More information on   
   logradio.ru/   
      
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   Peter, PD1RP, is celebrating the 80th anniversary since the end of the German   
   occupation of the Netherlands during World War II. He is on the air as   
   PD80FREE   
      
   until the 30th of June. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the   
   bureau.   
      
      
   (NewsLine)   
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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/   
      
   THE QUEENS OF THE MOUNTAIN   
      
   The Second Annual Queens of the Mountains will take place from 00:00 UTC on   
   Saturday 7 June to 23:59 UTC on Sunday 8 June.   
      
   This is an event to get YLs operating from SOTA points around the world.   
      
   Adele, ZS5APT is organising the event over in South Africa and she asks all   
   YL operators to get involved. A WhatsApp group has been formed. Closer to the   
   time,   
      
   more information will be posted on the MAIN SOTA reflector:-   
      
      
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