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   Trans-Tasman Low Band Contest AND  YOTA Contests Saturday 19.   
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   "RUSSIAN EME CONTEST".   
      
   July 26-27 on 1296 MHz, 2.3 and 10 GHz.   
      
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   RSGB IOTA CONTEST   
      
   July 26 to July 27   
   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   
      
   16th & 17th August 2025   
      
   wia.org.au/members/contests/rdcontest/   
      
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   SHINE A LITTLE LIGHT - REGISTER NOW!   
      
   This year, International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend will run from   
   0001UTC on the 16 August to 2400UTC on the 17 August. The event usually   
   attracts more than 500 lighthouse entries located in over 40 countries.   
      
   illw.net/   
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   NOW THE DX WINDOW TO THE WORLD.-----------------   
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   Michal, OM2DX informs that he will be active from Tonga (as A32DX) and   
   Fiji (as 3D2XD) at the end of July.   
      
   3D2XD  Fiji  July 22-25th.   
      
   A32DX  Tonga  July 25  30th.   
      
   Activity will be holiday-style covering 60-6m.   
      
   Before and after his Pacific adventure, Michal will also QRV from   
   different VK & ZL areas.   
      
   (dx-world)   
      
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   In the World of DX, Nicolas, F5TGR will be on the air from Iceland as   
   TF/F5TGR from July 26th through to August 9th on 40, 30, 20, 15, 12 and 10m.   
   Nicolas will be using CW, SSB and FT8. See QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
      
   (newsline)   
      
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   DON'T EXPECT CARBOARD QSL CARDS FROM THIS ONE.   
      
   Andre will be active holiday style  CN 2 NE from Morocco now until   
   22nd of July on 40 to 6 metres from grid locator IM 63 DM.   
   QSL via eQSL and QRZ Logbook;   
   REMEMBER he does not plan to have paper cards.   
      
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   Bo, is active as OX 3 LX from Greenland, IOTA NA - 018 until July 29   
   HF Bands and QO-100 Satellite.   
   QSL via OZ0J.   
      
   His DIRECT route address in in our text edition   
      
   Joergen Roemming, Brandelev Stationsvej 9, DK-4700, Naestved, Denmark.   
      
   (dxnews.com)   
      
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   REMINDERS   
   VU2DGR is active as AT44I [ALPHA-TANGO-FOUR-FOUR-INDIA] from Bharati   
   [BAH-RUH-TEE] Research Station. He is a member of the 44th Indian   
   Scientific Expedition to Antarctica. The station was spotted recently on   
   the 20m band using SSB. QSL AT44I via home call which again is VU2DGR   
      
   (rsgb)   
      
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   Celebrating  the  Deutsche Amateur-Radio-Club's  75th  anniversary,   
   four special callsigns  have been activated by DARC till 31 October:   
      
   DC7, D5D, DD7, DK7 and DR75DARC.   
      
   See darc.de/der-club/referate/dx/sonderdiplome/   
   for the "75 Jahre DARC" certificate.   
   QSLs via the bureau, or direct to DL2VFR.   
      
   (425 DX NEWS)   
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   8K3EXPO is on the air until October 13, 1.8 MHz  10 GHz.   
   This event marks the first time a callsign has been established with   
   the 8K prefix and draws attention to the Osaka World Expo.   
      
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   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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   Switzerland.   
      
   4 U 0 ITU is the call sign for the International Amateur Radio Club   
   at ITU HQ in Geneva to use from 16 May to the end of the year in   
   celebration of the 160th anniversary of the International   
   Telecommunication Union.   
   QSL via LoTW, Club Logs OQRS, or direct to   
   IARC, PO Box 6, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland.   
      
   (sarl)   
      
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   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - BALLOONS   
      
   Thirty two campers travelled from all over the world to Thornton, Colorado in   
   June to attend the annual Americas wide camp for amateur radio operators aged   
   15 to 25 called Youth On The Air.  Jack McElroy, KM4ZIA, has been the leader   
   of the YOTA balloon launch team since he was 14 years old at the camp's first   
   in person event in the Americas.   
      
      
   In 2022, we here at the news desk shared Jack's story of one of his personal   
   balloons becoming the closest any amateur radio balloon has been to the South   
   Pole.  At this year's YOTA camp, the youth team in cooperation with Edge of   
   Space Sciences launched a high altitude balloon, tracked it by APRS, and   
   brought back video from near space after reaching a height of 96,600 feet.   
   But, thunderstorms prevented the launch of the two pico balloons scheduled   
   for that afternoon.   
      
      
   Instead, the balloons were transported to NIST radio station WWV in Fort   
   Collins the next day, where the campers were taking a tour of the facility   
   and operated portable stations.  The wide open spaces and clear sky at WWV   
   proved to be a great launch site for these balloons as they started the   
   longest journey of any YOTA Americas balloons yet.  At the time of recording   
   this edition of Newsline, one balloon is flying over Hawaii and is closing in   
   on an entire orbit around the Earth, while the other balloon made it to   
   western Iran before returning to the ground.   
      
      
   You can follow the trek of these balloons on WSPRNET.ORG under KM4ZIA and on   
   APRS.FI under WY-1 and WY-11.   
      
   (newsline2489)   
      
   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/   
   Commencing on Friday 24th October and concluding on Monday 27th October,   
   2025, the VKFF Team are hosting the 3rd annual VKFF National Get   
   Together.  This year the Get Together is being held in Canberra.   
      
   The VKFF National Get Together is an event for those interested in the   
   World Wide Flora Fauna park program, no matter if you are a beginner or   
   an experienced park activator or hunter.   
      
   Previous Get Togethers have been held in Renmark South Australia and   
   Bendigo Victoria and these proved to be very popular. This years event   
   in Canberra will kick off with an evening meal on Friday night at The   
   Lighthouse Pub in Belconnen.   
      
   On Saturday, a series of presentations will be delivered during the day   
   on various topics relating to the WWFF program and operating portable.   
   This will be held at the Eastlake Football Club. A raffle will be held   
   on Saturday with some excellent prizes including transceivers. On   
   Saturday evening, a dinner function will be held at the Eastlake Football   
   Club.  This includes a guest speaker.   
      
   On Sunday, a BBQ breakfast will be held at black Mountain Peninsula BBQ   
   area.  This will be followed by a linked dipole construction session.   
   Sunday afternoon will see a large number of amateurs heading out into the   
   field to activate VKFF parks.  Four experienced VKFF park activators have   
   volunteered to take less experienced park activators out to some of the   
   ACTs parks to show them some of the tips in successfully activating a   
   VKFF park. On Sunday evening, a dinner will be held at the Gunghalin   
   Lakes Golf Club.   
      
   The Get Together will conclude on Monday, with some visits to the   
   Royal Australian Mint and the Australian War Memorial.   
      
   You must register to attend this event.  Walk ups will not be accepted.   
      
   You can attend whatever part of the Get Together you choose, but you   
   must register.   
      
   More information on the 2025 VKFF National Get Together can be found on   
   the WWFF Australia website at:   
   wwffaustralia.com   
      
   Many thanks for listening.   
   73,   
   Paul VK5PAS   
      
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