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   ticket includes access to a live stream of events. Additional virtual ticket   
   options include videos of presentations to be made available post-conference.   
      
      
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   zeroretries.org/p/conference   
      
   Ticket options for this event.   
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   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER   
   AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org   
      
   More has come to light, courtesy "The Orbital Index" re our very own   
   (Australian) start up Gilmour Spaces Eris rocket and the launch for the   
   first time, kind of.   
      
   The privately developed 25-meter-tall hybrid-fuelled rocketAustralias   
   first home-grown orbital launch vehicle lost first one and then a second   
   of its four main engines just above the launch pad, which fortunately   
   seems to have survived as the rocket powerslid sideways and then fell to   
   the ground after a total flight time of 14 seconds.   
      
   nasaspaceflight.com/2025/07/gilmours-eris-but-positives/   
      
   Making it off the launch pad is still a critical first step and were   
   looking forward to the next launch, which could come in the next six   
   months.   
      
   (nasa/orbitalindex)   
      
   >From Bowen to India and the USA, this story takes us to space where a   
   satellite created through the partnership of two nations will provide a   
   window into some of the natural disasters plaguing us here on Earth.   
   Newslines Jim Meachen ZL2BHF has the details.   
   JIM: An unprecedented joint satellite project between the Indian Space   
   Research Organization and NASA is giving researchers the hope of better   
   studying the Earth's climate and helping improve responses to natural   
   disasters by monitoring the most subtle changes on Earth, including in its   
   glaciers and wetlands.   
      
      
   The satellite is known as NISAR, the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar   
   mission. Its launch aboard an ISRO spacecraft on the 30th of July from the   
   Satish Dhawan Space Centre, sent it on its mission to send microwaves to   
   collect data from different surfaces on the planet. When processed, the data   
   will be visible in an exceptionally high resolution. An estimated 80   
   terabytes of data will be collected daily. Scientists have said that the   
   method has [quote] "unprecedented accuracy." [endquote]  Researchers and   
   governments around the world will be able to view the data via a cloud   
   platform where they will have open access.   
      
      
   This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.   
   The project is being praised as the first collaborative satellite mission of   
   its kind between the Indian and US space agencies.   
      
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA   
   iota-world.org/   
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   AF-032 Zanzibar Island.   
      
   5 H 1 UM from Zanzibar Island, IOTA AF - 032, 12 - 24 August.   
      
   5H1UM is operating on 80 - 6m, including WARC Bands, Holiday style,   
   CW, SSB and of course FT8.   
      
   dxnews.com/5h1um/   
      
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   SA-084 Playa Blanca Islands.   
      
   Renato, PY8WW reports that after over a year of planning and persistence, hes   
   thrilled to announce an upcoming expedition to the rare IOTA group of SA-084.   
   The activation is scheduled for a short window between November 1216, 2025,   
   on Playa Blanca Island, located within Colombias Pacific National Park.   
      
      
   While the callsign is still pending approval from Colombian   
   telecommunications authorities, Renato informs the process is underway.   
   Securing authorization from the National Park has been one of the most   
   challenging aspects of this project, he says, but can report that things are   
   finally moving forward.   
      
      
   dx-world.net/activation-of-playa-blanca-island-sa-084/   
      
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   OC-002 CHRISTMAS ISLAND   
      
   VK 9 QO October 3-7, 2025 on 40-6m; CW, SSB, RTTY, the FT modes and   
   Satellites QO-100 and RS-44.   
      
   HF / VHF QSL via JI 1 LET.   
   SAT QSL via JA 3 GEP.   
      
   (DX-WORLD)   
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   OC-013   
      
   Steve, ZL2KE has been 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.   
      
   (dx-world)   
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   OC-065   
      
   Lance, W7GJ  is 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/)   
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   OC-054   
      
   The  DX Obsessed Group  will  be active as FW5K from Wallis Island   
   (OC-054) from 20 October to 7 November, including a Multi-2 entry in the   
   CQ WW DX SSB Contest.  Six operators will be QRV on 160-6 metres CW SSB   
   FT8 and RTTY.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS;  QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW   
   6 months after the end of the DXpedition.   
      
   (425 DX and dxobsessed.org/home)   
      
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   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - MILITARY   
   Recordings of military transmissions can be found on the   
   Signal Identification Guide Wiki at   
   sigidwiki.com/wiki/Category:Military   
   youtube.com/@militaryhfradio244   
      
   open.spotify.com/playlist/28SXuX8vL2wHbnfCS0uBVF?si=d9ee366a38a4472e   
   Although the 14th of August has been designated as Navajo Code Talkers   
   Day, a group of proud amateur radio operators took several days to honour   
   this special unit of brave Marines who served in the US military during   
   the second World War.   
      
   Few of these hams could be prouder than Herb Goodluck N7HG, whose late   
   father, John V. Goodluck, had been one of the Marines who used their own   
   Navajo language to craft a wartime code that could not be broken.   
      
   Herb was among those calling QRZ from the 10th to the 15th, using the   
   callsign N7C. The hams operated from Window Rock, Arizona at the   
   Navajo Tribal Park and Veterans Memorial.   
      
   (newsline2493)   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RADIO AMATEUR YOUNG TIMERS - YOTA   
   (Youngsters On The Air)   
   WIA committee:- Steve VK6SJ, Alec VK2MV and Pete VK2LP.   
   ham-yota.com/category/yota-region-3/   
   facebook.com/groups/YOTAOC/   
   youtube.com/channel/UClAapljf0VQ751sOgu2IzaA   
      
   What a day it was last Sunday.   
      
   Pete, VK2LP resumed uber driver for me and took me to Kentlyn.   
      
   That is where Peter VK2PR hosted a fox hunt in Kentlyn Park.   
      
   There were three foxes to find.   
      
   I found the first fox, just ahead of Rae VK2GPU with Skye VK2YIP and Leah   
   VK1PET.   
      
      
   Rae may have received the credit for that find first, I was so close anyway.   
      
   Rae and her team found the next two foxes.   
      
   Derek VK2DEK found two foxes and was looking for the third when I found the   
   third fox.   
      
      
   Rae, Skye and Leah came in first place to win the Supercheap gift card.   
      
   I came in second and won am Anaconda gift card while Derek won the Jaycar   
   card.   
      
      
   After the foxhunt, we stopped by the antenna day that Fishers ghost was   
   hosting.   
      
      
   The next stop was anaconda where I bought a new jacket.   
      
   Oh, and let me take this time to remind you Fishers Ghost is now hosting a VK   
   YOTA Contest for the month of December.   
      
      
   So all VK YOTAs, turn those radios on and start calling CQ in December!   
      
   For WIA National News, I am Alan VK2COD in Sydney.   
      
   WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO   
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