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NATIONAL NEWS FOR WEEK COMMENCING NOVEMBER 10 2024
IN OUR 29th YEAR OF NON STOP NEWS

THIS WEEK:-
WIA director Peter Clee VK8ZZ .-

WIA past president Phil Wait VK2ASD . -
BUT WAIT - THERE'S MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE
WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA.

I'M EDITOR GRAHAM VK4BB

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This is WIA director Peter Clee VK8ZZ

The IARU Region 3 Conference is held every 3 years. This year is the
19th International Amateur Radio Union Conference and is being held
from 4 November to 8 November in Bangkok Thailand.

The host society is the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand under
The Royal Patronage of His Majesty The King of Thailand.

The Wireless Institute of Australia as the peak body representing
Amateur Radio in Australia is a member society of the International
Amateur Radio Union. There are 39 member societies of IARU Region 3.
Each member society is entitled to send one delegate to the triennial conference along with observers.

This year we are very grateful that Mr Peter Young VK3MV has agreed to
be the nominated delegate to the conference. There are also several
virtual observers to the conference, including myself.

It was back on the 12th April 1968, representatives from a number of
countries within this part of the world, met in Sydney to establish
a regional arm for the IARU that being the International Amateur Radio
Union - IARU Region 3.

The purpose of the IARU Region 3 is detailed in a recent news article
on the WIA web site.

wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2024/20241101-3/index.php

The official Opening on Day 1 of the IARU Region 3 Conference was met
with traditional Thai dance.

After the opening ceremony the conference got down to business dealing
with agenda items. One of the first agenda items was a debate on the
structure of the IARU in R3. The meeting agreed to keep 7 voting
positions on the executive. The position of Secretary was retained as a
non voting member of the executive.

The position of chairman has been renamed to President and will be
elected by the triannual conference. A new position is that of
Vice-President which is also an elected position.

Day 2 of the conference was dedicated to consider input papers from
societies to the conference which were presented on the morning of
Day 3

A detail of the daily events has been posted to the WIA news pages.

The IARU is essential and Every radio amateur needs the IARU!

This has been WIA director Peter Clee VK8ZZ.
Analyse Your Station for EMR Safety Compliance

The WIA's Education Committee, in consultation with the Spectrum
Committee, have released a new EMR/EME awareness presentation and
a station analysis tool.

The package consists of a PowerPoint/pdf presentation, a station
analysis flowchart, and a link to the RSGB's online EMR/EME calculator.
Thanks to the RSGB for approving the calculators use by the WIA.

All the information, together with the flowchart and a link to the
RSGB calculator, is on the new Education Committee website:-

education.wia.org.au

Click on the 'For WIA Radio Clubs' tab at the top of the home page.

This is the start of the journey to improve the EMR appreciation,
knowledge, and skills, of every amateur radio operator in Australia.

Compliance with EMR safety standards has been a condition of your
amateur licence since 2003, both Apparatus and Class licenses. It is
both a safety requirement and a step along the way in negotiating
higher power privileges for Australian radio amateurs.
Everyone should have a go at analysing their stations EMR compliance
using the Flowchart and the RSGB online calculator.

You will need to enter the characteristics of your station to determine
its compliance class: Class-1 or Class-2. Stations that are found to
be Class-2 are then required to use the RSGB online calculator to
determine the required exclusion zone around the transmitting antenna.

Most people will be surprised how small the required exclusion zone is
for the average amateur station running 400 Watts or less.

Let us know what you think.

Phil Wait, VK2ASD

AUSTRALIANA

Last week we hear from President Scott from the WIA and he mentioned
the talk of 6G at the recently held ACMA RadCom. Well yes 6G technology
is on our horizon, and Australia is gearing up for its future rollout.

While we're still enjoying the benefits of 5G, research and development
for 6G are actively underway locally and globally. Experts expect
commercial 6G networks to appear in Australia by the early 2030s.

6G promises lightning-fast speeds, ultra-low latency, and enhanced connectivity, paving the way for advancements like augmented reality,
advanced Internet of Things applications, and AI integrations.
Australian universities, research institutions, and telecom companies
are collaborating to develop the necessary infrastructure and
standards to support this next-generation network.

For our amateur radio community, 6G presents opportunities.
The enhanced spectrum management and advanced communication
technologies could improve coordination and integration with digital
modes.

Government bodies are working on spectrum allocation and regulatory
frameworks to ensure a smooth deployment. Although it's still a decade
away, the groundwork laid today will position Australia at the
forefront of this technological leap.

( Hank Vk5XB )

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS is with thanks to ARRL, DX-WORLD, eHam, Hackaday,
IARU, ICQPodcast, IRTS, NEWSLINE, NZART, RAC, Radioworld.com, RSGB,
SARL and the World Wide sources of the WIA.

As millions of people around the world celebrated Diwali, the Hindu
festival of lights, "Stuck In Space" NASA astronaut Sunita Williams
radioed home a message of festive cheer.

"I want to extend my warmest wishes for a Happy Diwali to everyone
celebrating the festival of lights around the world," Williams said
in a video message sent from the International Space Station.

Speaking from the ISS' window with Earth as her backdrop, Williams,
who is an American with Indian heritage, spoke about her father's
efforts to keep Indian culture alive after he migrated to the United
States in 1957. She also touched upon the symbolism of Diwali the
triumph of good over evil, light over darkness and hope over despair.

"Diwali is a time of joy as goodness in the world prevails," she said.

AU 2 JCB is a special event call-sign to commemorate the birth date
(30 NOV) & to pay homage & to tell about the great INDIAN scientist
Acharya JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE who is recognized as the "Father of
Wireless Communication" by the scientific community of our world &
IEEE.

VU2DSI- Datta Deogaonkar will operate this AU2JCB special event call
AS HE HAS THE PAST 18 YEARS from 15 NOV to 16 December.

Aacharya J.C.Bose, as the Father of Wireless Communication held
demonstrations in 1895 & 1897 which predates all.

Bose transmitted wireless signals to a distance of a mile.
Popova in Russia was still trying remote signalling at this time &
the first wireless experiment by Marconi was not successful until
May 1897.

Bose is a pioneer in microwave optics technology.
Bose's invention of 1-centimeter to 5 millimetre radio waves is being
used in radars, satellite communication& remote sensing.

Bose's concepts from his original 1897 papers are now incorporated into
a new 1.3 mm multi-beam receiver on the National Radio Observatory
12 Meter Telescope.

Bose anticipated the use of P-type& N-type semiconductors 60 years
ahead of his time. Bose developed the use of GALENA crystals for making receivers.

In Bose's presentation to the Royal Institution in London in January
1897, he speculated on the existence of electromagnetic radiation from
the sun. This radiation from the sun was not detected until 1942.

A prominent educator in Israel has achieved international recognition
for her work in using wireless signals to aid in prediction of extreme
weather, such as flash floods.

Hagit (Ha-GEET) Messer-Yaron (MESSER yuh-ROAN) has been honoured by the
IEEE for her work in harnessing wireless signals to collect weather
data -- to serve as a reliable predictor of floods. She was inspired to
assist meteorologists who had told her, years ago, that predictions are
not always possible or consistent when using radar, satellites and
other tools.

Working with a research team, she found a more reliable method using
wireless communication.

The process involves use of algorithms developed by her and her team
and applied to data collected from communication networks. The
technique, which was tested first in Israel, can predict flash floods
by extracting the data from measurements in the difference between the amplitude of the signals transmitted and those received.

She is hoping to apply it to communication networks globally. Her hope
is that people would be alerted well in advance of the storm and could
be evacuated from affected areas sooner.

For her work, she has received the Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies from the IEEE, where she is also a Life Fellow.
Has orbital debris gone out of control?

In 1978, NASA scientists Donald J. Kessler and Burton G. Cour-Palais
proposed a scenario where the density of objects in Low Earth Orbit
(LEO) would be high enough that collisions between objects would cause
a cascade effect. In short, these collisions would create debris that
would result in more collisions, more debris, and so on.

This came to be known as the Kessler Syndrome, something astronomers, scientists, and space environmentalists have feared for many decades.

In recent years, and with the deployment of more satellites than ever,
the warning signs have become undeniable.

Currently, there is an estimated 13,000 metric tons of space junk in
LEO. With the breakup and another satellite in orbit the Intelsat
33e satellite the situation will only get worse.

HamSCI Program Gets Boost from $1.8 Million NSF Grant

Nathaniel Frissell, Ph.D. (W2NAF), associate professor physics and
engineering at The University of Scranton was recently awarded a grant
of $1.8 million by the National Science Foundation to further the
efforts of HamSCI, that network of ham radio operators helping to
measure weather effects among the earth's ionosphere.

According to W2NAF, the grant supports the development of a network of
30 standardized receive stations capable of observing high frequency
Doppler shifts, HF amateur radio Weak Signal Propagation Reporter
(WSPR, pronounced whisper) transmissions, very low frequency
transmissions and natural radio emissions, and the geomagnetic field.

The grant will also fund 10 WSPRSonde transmitters to serve as a source
of GPS-stabilized HF beacon signals and will tie into the existing WSPR network.

HamSCI recently organized the Solar Eclipse QSO Parties allowing hams
to contribute to scientific studies aimed at understanding how the
ionosphere reacts to solar eclipses.

The 2024 QSO party contest results have been released with Dennis Egan
W 1 UE taking the top spot in the single op category and Souris Valley
Amateur Radio Club K 0 AJW taking the top spot in the multi op
category.
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OPERATIONAL NEWS - A FELIX VK4FUQ PRESENTATION

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NOW CONTEST WISE:- 2024
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INTERNATIONAL EARTH - MOON - EARTH CONTESTS

50 to 1296 MHz NEXT WEEKEND, November 16-17.

Work as many amateur stations as possible via the earth-moon-earth
path on any authorized amateur frequency in the bands for the specific weekends.

EME Logs due back to the ARRL December 17.

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VHF UHF Field Day Spring 2024
Saturday 23 November through Sunday 24 November wia.org.au/members/contests/vhfuhf/

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ARRL 160 METER CW

December 6-8 is the date this year but it is ALWAYS the first full
weekend of December.

This is a forty-two hour period with no time limitation.

Logs MUST be returned within seven days

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10 METER ARRL CONTEST

For Amateurs worldwide to exchange QSO information with as many
stations as possible on the 10 meter band.

Second full weekend of December.
IE December 14-15.

Again as in most ARRL Tests logs are to be completed and returned
within 7 days.

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YOTA CONTEST

Youth on the air test 3 of 3 will be 29 December on the five classic
bands CW and SSB.

(yota)

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Although many amateur radio special events focus on the earliest
pioneering efforts that established communication via telegraphy,
hams in Brazil are celebrating the 125th anniversary of the first
wireless transmission of the human voice.

The inventor-scientist was a Catholic priest.

Listen throughout this month of November for PR 5 LM on the air.

The "L" and the "M represent the name of Padre Landell de Moura,
an ordained priest and inventor fascinated with the concept of
transmitting the human voice - and later, images - wirelessly.

Before his death in 1928, Padre de Moura had successfully transmitted
both music and voice on the electromagnetic spectrum - a feat
celebrated throughout Brazil since his accomplishment in 1899. The
declaration of National Amateur Radio Day in Brazil on November 5
honours his work and as well as the 1924 government decree that
established regulation of amateur radio stations in Brazil.

Amateurs in Brazil will be active on all the HF bands using CW, SSB,
RTTY and FT8. They hope each contact will pay tribute to the man who successfully navigated that delicate territory balancing religion and
science.

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NEW ZEALAND

NZART has a special event call sign for the America's Cup just
held in Spain. ZL 6 AMCUP has been allocated to celebrate this
event with Phil Garside ZL2RO as the trustee of the callsign.

November 30 is when ZL6AMCUP goes off air.

(NZART)
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Special callsign HB 50 VC is active until 31 December celebrating the
50th anniversary of the Swissair Amateur Radio Club, HB 9 VC.

A growing trend these days is that QSL cards will not be provided
but QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World.

You can also download a certificate for working this special event
station from the link we like in the text editions of
WIA National News

tinyurl.com/HB50VC-24.

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In the World of DX, be listening for members of the Zurich City Police
Radio Amateur Club who, throughout the year, have been operating as
HB 2 SP as the club marks its 20th anniversary. Unfortunately no
Bureau QSL's but you can use Logbook Of The World, and HB20SP runs
until the end of next month, i.e., December 31.

(sourced to ARNewsLine 2410)

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Special callsign PH 80 LIB will be in use from various locations
until the 10th of November to commemorate the 80th anniversary
of the liberation of southern Netherlands in the autumn of 1944.

PH80LIB will be on the 80 to 10m bands using SSB, CW and digital
modes. QSL special station PH80LIB via the Bureau.

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Maurizio, IK2GZU is active as 5H3MB from Tanzania until 11 November
while doing volunteer work at a local school.

In his spare time, he is operating SSB, CW and digital modes on the
80 to 10m bands. QSL via Club Logs OQRS, Logbook of the World, eQSL,
or direct via IK2GZU.

(rsgb)

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OL 80 C.A.R.B.O.N. is active until the 30th of November to mark the
80th anniversary of Operation Carbon during World War Two. This
operation involved the dropping of paratroopers in the Protectorate of
Bohemia and Moravia.

The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was a partially-annexed
territory of Nazi Germany that was established in 1939 after the
German occupation of the Czech lands

A team of operators is active using call OL 80 CARBON on CW, SSB and
digital modes on the HF bands.

More information is available on QRZ.com

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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Radio Belgrade, the Belgrade
Amateur Radio Club is active as YT 100 RB and YU 1924 RB until
November 30. For details of a certificate that is available, see
yu1ano.org

(rsgb)
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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/
https://bunkersontheair.wixsite.com/october23
CHASING A RARE PARK?

Robert, N2OEF will be active as KH2/N2OEF from Guam (OC-026) until
November 13. The "primary focus of this trip will be activating
parks for the Parks on the Air (POTA) program", he says. He will
operate mainly SSB; "if conditions require", he "may switch to
digital modes".

QSL via LoTW (preferred), or direct to home call.

qrz.com/db/KH2/N2OEF.

(425dxgroup)
The YNOMY DX Group will be active as PA 44 PARK ending this weekend.
QSL via Club Log's OQRS.

Information about the PA Flora & Fauna Programme Can be found on
the link in the text edition of this, the WIA NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST

pa-ff.nl/

(425DXGROUP)

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - BALLOONS

PICO BALLOON BREAKS ITS SILENCE OVER THE ANTARCTIC

A hydrogen balloon from Arizona has ended its months of silence with transmissions that were picked up by a ground station in Antarctica.

Many months after it marked its first anniversary of orbiting the
Earth, the WB 6 RER Pico Balloon was spotted over the Antarctic.
Germany's Antarctic station Neumayer III (Pron: Noy My Err three),
DPGVN/1 provided the good news following a period of concern when the
balloon appeared to have gone silent for five months. The spot by the
Antarctic scientific research station showed that the balloon was
flying at an altitude of 45,735 feet, with its solar panel measuring
3.88 volts.

Weighing 11 grams, the hydrogen-gas-filled balloon was launched in
May of 2023 from Golden Valley, Arizona. One of its greatest challenges
during its year in orbit has been to overcome damage to its 20m dipole
antenna.

(newsline 2453)

BACAR TO FLY ON 16 NOVEMBER

This news is obviously wind direction-permitting and all courtesy of
the Secunda ARC in South Africa, via the SARL.

Time of launch will probably be around 07:00 CAT.

BACAR-12 will be carrying many fun payloads enabling everyone to
participate, from cross band repeaters, together with APRS, WSPR
and even SSTV, so diarise the morning of 16 November now.

Stewart, ZR1WT is flying a WSPR beacon on a circumnavigation balloon
which is hoped will eventually land on top of we Aussies... but until
then he'd really would like your help to track it. The WSPR beacon
call sign is ZR 1 WT on 20 m WSPR frequency 14,097020 MHz. Its power is
10 mW transmitting two packets every ten minutes, the first with its
grid locator and the second with temperature, altitude, speed and
PSU voltage.

Another payload is SSTV on 433.4 MHz. This ZS6STN BACAR CubeSat will be transmitting images that contain a quotation. If you are the first
person to send through confirmation of the full quotation and its
author, you will win a prize. In addition, there will be a special
BACAR-12 certificate for all those who manage to receive, decode and
send through at least one recognisable UHF SSTV image.

(sarl news)

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - FINAL FRONTIER
AMSAT-VK Secretary - secretary@amsat-vk.org

Amateur satellite operators may be saddened to hear that the satellites
XW-2B, 2C, and 2D are nearing re-entry into the atmosphere. The three
identical Chinese micro-satellites used for atmospheric physics
experiments and amateur radio missions were launched in 2015.

In the next few weeks, they will cease to exist after nine years in
orbit when they make a fiery return to Earth.

This may be welcome news to some terrestrial operators world-wide
though. Satellite XW-2C in particular has been transmitting what
appears to be abnormal sweep-like signals on some terrestrial VHF
repeater output frequencies for several years.

(IRTS)

AMSAT AO-7 to Celebrate 50th Anniversary

It has often been reported that the oldest satellites still working in
space are the space probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. The Voyagers were
both launched in 1977 to take advantage of the planetary alignment
called, back then, the Grand Tour. Their images changed the human
vision of our solar system.

But, are they really the oldest, still functional spacecraft in outer
space? What if we include spacecraft that remained behind in Earth
Orbit? Is it even believable that the oldest still working satellite in
space wasnt even designed or operated by NASA or any other space
agency?

What if this satellite was designed by Radio Amateurs.

Then all things considered, AO-7, a Small Sat launched on November 15,
1974 is the oldest working satellite and is still providing service to
hundreds of Amateur Radio operators around the world.

(NA)

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - INTERNET, THE HAMS DOMAIN

Access to Internet Archive has been restored and the past editions are available.

HOWEVER:-

New uploads are still currently unavailable or intermittent. Attempts
to upload currently cycle back to the main page but for now files from
Edition 1337 to present are housed in a temporary location until
Internet Archive is fully restored.

The archive appreciates everyones patience as they work to provide
continuing access in this issue.

(twiar)

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS - IOTA
iota-world.org/

Theo, PA3CBH is active as 3D2TP from Viti Levu (OC-016), Fiji until
December 12. He will operate QRP on SSB and QRS CW.
QSL 3D2TP via home call which again is PA3CBH.

Jean-Marc, F5SGI IS active as FR/F5SGI from Reunion Island (AF-016)
UNTIL November 18. He will operate CW only on 40-10 metres.
All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau and LoTW.

David, F4FKT will be active again from Antarctica between early
November and late January 2025. Main activity will be during his
spare time as FT4YM/p from Concordia Station, operating SSB and
digital modes.

In addition, he might be QRV as FT4YM from Dumont d'Urville on
Petrels Island (AN-017). QSL via F5PFP.

Erik, PA1ET is active until Monday as MM/PA1ET/p from the Isle of
Canna, the westernmost of the Small Isles archipelago, in the Scottish
Inner Hebrides (EU-008). QRP on 40 and/or 20 metres

(425dx group)

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

TUNISIAN HAM CAMP FOR YOUNGSTERS GETS YASME GRANT

Good fortune smiled upon the recent Youngsters on the Air subregional
camp in Tunisia. For one thing, the camp coincided with scoutings
Jamboree on the Air. For another thing, they received some important
monetary support from the Yasme Foundation. The grant to the
Association of Tunisian Radio Amateurs was announced 5 days prior
the camp got underway

This is the second year that IARU Region 1 YOTA has been able to
organise an African subregional camp.

This year's participants included two youngsters each from Mauritania,
Morocco, Egypt, Libya and Algeria.

Young hams were also joined by members of the Tunisian Scouts who were
very familiar with the location as a well-used international scout
camp facility. Organisers said that the inclusion of scouts this year
will allow the hams to expand their own network even more. Camp
activities include building antennas, fox hunting, solving problems
and, of course, getting on the air.

(newsline2452)

WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS --- RESCUE RADIO

As Cyclone Dana descended upon India recently, hams were deployed to
keep messages getting through in case the information network was
knocked out. Relief workers were deployed and 1.5 million people were
evacuated and moved out of harm's way.

The West Bengal Radio Club quickly established two amateur radio mobile stations at the request of the district magistrate. The hams also set
up three base radio operations at governmental offices, powered with
backup battery power in case the weather took out the information infrastructure.

With its arrival, the cyclone brought wind speeds of 100 to 110 kmph,
snapping power lines and uprooting trees. Airports and schools were
shut down.

Early reports from officials in Odisha indicated that there was no loss
of life; unfortunately, one person was reported killed in Bengal.

(newsline 2453)

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2024 IT'S A DATE

Clubs are welcome to email text with audio for this section

Details of all WIA affiliated clubs and societies can be found
on the WIA website, including email addresses and website links.

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This is Andrew, VK3CAH, from the Southern Peninsula Amateur Radio Club reminding listeners that the Rosebud RadioFest will be held once again
this year on Sunday, the 17th of November.

As usual, the event will be held at the Eastbourne Primary School at
Allambi Avenue, Rosebud, with outdoor displays open from 8 am and the
main sales area open from 10 am, continuing through till 2 pm.

If you have pre-loved equipment to sell, tables are still available at
$10 and can be booked on-line at rosebudradiofest.com

But be quick as only a few tables remain.

Two great Technical forums will also be part of the Rosebud RadioFest
and the event has full catering, plenty of off street parking and great
door prizes. Entry fee is only $6 with under 12s free.

See you in Rosebud on the 17th of November. 73 from Andrew
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