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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

(nzart)
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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

(rsgb)

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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/

(ard)

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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.

(newsline2472)

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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.

(rsgb)

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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.

(RSGB)

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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

(sarl)

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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.

(RSGB)

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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.

(eHam)
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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.

(425 dx news)
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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.

(425dxn)
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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

(rsgb)

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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.

(425 dx news )

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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.

(SARL)
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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

(nzart)

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- ASTRONOMY (and Wireless Weather)


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