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   VI 8 POL on air 13-29 September.   
      
   Paul VK5PAS joins us:-   
   Special event call VI8POL will be on air from Saturday 13th September   
   2025 to Monday 29th September 2025 to celebrate the 8th annual   
   National Police Week in Australia.   
      
   National Police Week 2025 is a celebration of our nation's police.   
      
   National Police Week includes National Police Remembrance Day held on   
   Monday 29th September 2025.  It is a day dedicated to honouring and   
   remembering police officers who have lost their lives in the line of   
   duty. This day serves as a tribute to their bravery, dedication, and   
   ultimate sacrifice in the pursuit of public safety and justice.  Sadly, a   
   total of 827 police officers have been killed on duty in Australia.   
      
   It is also a time to remember police officers who have lost their lives   
   through illness or other circumstances.   
      
   VI8POL will be on air on the HF bands on SSB and the digital modes.   
   The station will also be operated from significant police historical   
   sites in South Australia.   
      
   QSL is via VK5PAS.   
      
   More information on VI8POL can be found on QRZ.com   
      
   Thanks for listening.   
   73   
   Paul VK5PAS.   
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   Once again special callsign 4 A 2 MAX will be activated August 1 - 31   
   in remembrance of St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe.   
      
   Activity is on 80-6 metres SSB, CW and digital.   
      
   Born in 1894,  Father Kolbe (SP 3 RN) was killed on 14 August 1941 at   
   Auschwitz.   
      
   QSL via LoTW,  eQSL, QRZ Logbook, or via EA5GL.   
      
   qrz.com/db/4a2max   
      
   (425dx)   
      
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   CROATIA   
      
   9 A 169 TESLA   
      
   This is a special callsign that will be used  until 31 December  in   
   celebration of the  169th anniversary since  the birth of Nikola Tesla   
   (10 July 1856).   
      
   QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW,  Club Log, and QRZ Logbook.   
      
   (425dex)   
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   CATS & DOGS   
      
   During the month of August, especially around 8 August (International Cat   
   Day) and 26 August (International Dog Day), a number of stations will be   
   active to  raise awareness of  pets in need  -  those who have been   
   abused, abandoned  or neglected - and to encourage  adoption  for those   
   who have yet to find a home and a family forever.   
      
   Special "cat" callsigns include DA0CAT, DL0CAT,  GB4CAT,  GB9CAT,  W1C,   
   and YL1CAT   
      
   Special "dog" callsigns include DA0DOG, DL0DOG, GB4DOG, K2D, and YL1DOG.   
      
   (425dxnews)   
      
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   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY (and Wireless Weather)   
      
   Here's one for wallpaper chasers.   
      
   Members of the  Radio Amateur Association of Western Greece are   
   operating a special event station SX 17 ASTRO until 8th of   
   August for the  17th Panhellenic Expedition of Amateur Astronomers.   
      
   A number of certificates will be available.   
      
   sz1a.org/en   
      
   (425dxnews)   
      
   On July 22, 2025, Earth completed its rotation 1.34 milliseconds FASTER   
   than the standard 24-hour day, making it the second-shortest day on   
   record since precise atomic clock measurements began in 1973.   
      
   This continues a puzzling trend observed since 2020, during which Earth   
   has repeatedly broken its own speed records  the shortest day to date   
   was July 5, 2024, some 1.66 milliseconds short.   
      
   While day length variations are not new over geologic time, the recent   
   acceleration defies easy explanation and may point to changes deep within   
   the planet.   
      
   (ans208)   
      
   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/   
   VKFF National Get Together October 24-27 Canberra   
      
   Celebrating the International Amateur Radio Union's 100th anniversary,   
   members  of the  Atlantic Coast DX & Contest Group in Canada are active   
   as CG 9 IARU throughout this month of August.   
      
   They will conduct special activations  of  Parks on the Air (POTA),   
   World Wide Flora & Fauna (WWFF), and Canadian Historical Sites On the Air   
   locations,  alongside other commemorative events.   
      
   QSL via VE9CF.   
      
   qrz.com/db/CG9IARU   
      
   (425DXNEWS)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - BALLOONS   
      
   In the UK, National Coding Week takes place in the third week of   
   September, and the RSGB is dedicating a whole month to amateur radio   
   and coding activities.   
      
   As part of the Societys strategy to encourage practical skills   
   development, it is inviting hams to take part in its LoRa high-altitude   
   balloon challenge. The project takes place on Saturday 20 September.   
      
   The balloon will be equipped with a LoRa digipeater, and the challenge is   
   to follow the instructions provided and build a LoRa tracker. If your   
   tracker build is successful, it will beam up packets to the airborne   
   relay, which will transmit them to a local i-gate.   
      
   Your goal is to get your signal the furthest distance from the launch.   
      
   Anyone can enter, but to win one of the prizes you need to be an RSGB   
   member.   
      
   (rsgb)   
      
   Closer to home in September, in fact in Hobart, the REAST club will have   
   a presentation on weather Balloon Chasing   
      
   reast.asn.au/event/reast-presentation-weather-balloon-chasing/   
      
   This by Steve VK7OO, Anders VK7TCP and Steven VK7SH   
      
   There are hundreds of weather balloons with radiosondes launched every   
   day around the world to help Meteorological and Aviation understand what   
   is going on in our atmosphere. These balloons are one use devices and the   
   balloon eventually bursts and the radiosonde comes back to earth on a   
   parachute.   
      
   They transmit on the 75cm band and can be picked up using a modest   
   receiver and antenna. Some amateurs have even repurposed the transmitters   
   for amateur beacons on 70cm.   
      
   They are tracked through a citizen-science project called SondeHub that   
   Steven VK7SH has been deeply involved with.   
      
   sondehub.org/   
      
   When?: September 3rd, 2025 from 7:30pm   
   Where: Queens Domain Clubrooms and Streams on the REAST YouTube Channel   
      
   reast.asn.au/event/reast-presentation-weather-balloon-chasing/   
      
   (vk7wi news)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA   
   iota-world.org/   
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   SOME IOTA 'OC' REMINDERS   
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   OC-013   
      
   Steve, ZL2KE will again be active from Rarotonga as E 51 KEE during   
   August,  3-18 to be exact. He was previously active from there last   
   year.   
      
   QRV mainly on 40-10m, CW & SSB using verticals next to sea and   
   End-fed wires.   
      
   QSL via IK2DUW, LoTW, eQSL, Club Log.   
      
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   OC-065   
      
   Lance, W7GJ  will be active as  H40GJ  from Pigeon Island (OC-065),   
   Temotu Province on  8-27 August. This will be a  6m EME DXpedition,   
   using Q65-60A in the "Q65 Pileup" mode.   
      
   "When I am not aimed up at the moon, I will be monitoring 50.313 on FT8   
   mode", Lance says.  "Please take the initiative to call  my direction   
   when you think  there may be  ionospheric propagation.  If propagation   
   is good and there are many callers, I may switch to FT4 or FT8 F/H on a   
   frequency to be announced". QSL via LoTW, or direct to W7GJ.   
      
   (425DX plus facebook.com/lance.collister/)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS ---- MARITIME.   
      
   HMAS Vampire Update.   
      
   VK 2 VMP is the callsign of the Amateur Radio station operating on the   
   historic HMAS Vampire, berthed at the Australian National Maritime   
   Museum in Sydney.   
      
   The station has recently undergone a communications upgrade with the   
   installation of a new Off-Centre Fed, Dipole antenna. This replaces the   
   previous antenna, which had deteriorated due to prolonged exposure to the   
      
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