Amateur Radio Newsline(tm)Report 1739 - December 10 2010   
      
      
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   December 10th 2010 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.   
      
      
   The following is aQ-S-T.  ARISS celebrates a decade ofInternational   
   Space Station to schoolroom contacts, the National Conference   
   ofVolunteer Examiner Coordinators releases its new General Class   
   Question Pool, aroadblock catches unlicensed radio operators in Brunei   
   and researchers in Belfast Ireland propose humans as walking cellphone   
   towers.  Find out the strange details on this one on AmateurRadio   
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  ARISS CELEBRATES ITS 10thANNIVERSARY   
      
      
   Amateur Radio on boards theInternational Space Station, better known by   
   the acronym ARISS is celebratingthe 10th anniversary of student ham   
   radio contacts with crew memberson board the orbiting outpost.  We   
   havemore in this report:   
      
      
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   On December 21stof the year 2000, astronaut William Shepherd turned from   
   his usual activitiesaboard the newly occupied International Space   
   Station.  Floating over to a ham radio station attachedto an I-S-S   
   bulkhead, he called the Burbank School in Burbank, Illinois and was soon   
   talking with 14 students earger to knowmore about life in space.  Now in   
   2010,amateur radio operators world-wide are celebrating the tenth   
   anniversary ofthis first ARISS school contact.   
      
      
   Since that first QSO, the hamoperators coming to the Space Station along   
   with their ARISS volunteers on theground have conducted 565 successful   
   contacts in 40 countries and 5continents.  This has allowed thousandsof   
   students to share the excitement of those first 14.  Moreover, tens of   
   thousands of students,faculty, and parents have participated in the   
   program by working on theplanning phase and attending these events.   
      
      
   ARISS contacts have promptedcountless students to seriously consider   
   pursuing science, technology,engineering, and math careers, including   
   becoming an astronaut.  Educational programs and amateur radio   
   clubsestablished at participating schools continue to inspire students   
   long afterthe contact has ended.   
      
      
   The value of manned amateurradio on-orbit was so apparent to NASA and   
   the Russian Space Agency that theham radio from orbit became the first   
   experiment to be activated on boardI-S-S.   
      
      
   For the Amateur RadioNewsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los   
   Angeles.   
      
      
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   The use of amateur radio inspace began in the early 1980's when   
   Astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL, became thefirst ham to operate from   
   orbit on board the Space Shuttle Columbia.  His ground breaking ham   
   radio from spaceoperation was chronicled in the ARRL distributed video   
   titled Amateur Radio'sNewest Frontier produced and hosted by the   
   late NBC newsman Roy Neal,K6DUE.  In all, what became known as   
   theShuttle Amateur Radio Experiment or SAREX flew on 28 shuttle   
   missions, provingthe educational and crew morale benefits of ham radio.   
   Ham radio also proved popular with thecosmonauts aboard the Russian   
   space station Mir. (N5VHO, W8AAS, ARISS,ARNewsline(tm) Archives)   
      
      
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   AMATEUR RADIO TESTING:  NCVEC RELEASES NEW GENERAL CLASS QUESTIONPOOL   
      
      
   If you plan to upgrade yourham ticket, listen up.  On Tuesday,December   
   7th, the Question Pool Committee of the National Conferenceof Volunteer   
   Examiner Coordinators released the new General class question poolalso   
   known as the Element 3 exam.  Thisnew question pool includes graphics   
   and diagrams  It will become effective for all Generalclass examinations   
   administered on or after July 1st of 2011 andwill remain valid until   
   June 30th, 2015.   
      
      
   The new General pool contains457 questions, from which 35 are selected   
   for an Element 3 examination.  The current General question pool that   
   becameeffective July 1, 2007   
      
   will expire June 30, 2011.   
      
      
   And for those interested inthe other classes of United States ham radio   
   license testing, the current Technicianclass question pool that became   
   effective on July 1, 2010 is valid through June 30, 2014. The Amateur   
   Extra class pool that was effective July 1, 2008 is valid until June 30,   
   2012.  (ARRL, FCC)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   BREAKING DX NEWS:  SABLE ISLANDDXPEDITION POSTPONED   
      
      
   Some breaking news in theworld of DX.  This with word that thelong   
   awaited Sable Island DXpedition has been postponed.   
      
      
   According to team spokesmanRandy Rowe, N0TG, the group has been advised   
   that the beach at Sable Island will not be suitable for landing at this   
   time. Thatputs the DXers into the holiday period. As such they have no   
   choice but to return home, re-group and come upwith a new re-schedule.   
      
      
   Rowe adds that they willassess the situation over the next couple of   
   weeks and layout our new plan atthat time.  Newsline will bring   
   youanother update on this long awaited operation as soon as more   
   information isreleased.  (Sable Island DX Team)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   RADIO IN SPACE:  SUN DEVELOPS MEGA FILAMENT   
      
      
   A spectacular filament isreportedly snaking around the sun's   
   southeastern limb.  Spaceweather reports that from end to end,this   
   filament stretches more than 700,000 km.  That's a fullsolar radius   
   or almost twice the distance from Earth to the Moon.  We have more in   
   nthis report:   
      
      
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   According to scientists at the Solar Dynamics Observatory the flare   
   stretches nearly twice the distancebetween the  Earth and moon.   
      
      
   The flare, described by astronomers as a filament, is an elongatedcloud   
   of  cooler gases suspended abovethe Sun by magnetic forces.   
   NASAscientists say the solar storm is confined to the Sun and poses no   
   threat tosatellites in space or the power grid here on Earth.   
      
      
     Last month we reported that a Purdue University professor had   
   researched the lack of solar activityin recent years.  His published   
   reportindicated that we have not had a sun spot in over 800 days.   
   Records show that this is the longest solarspot dry spell in 300 years.   
      
      
   Observers are watching to see if we can expect increased sun   
   spotactivity.  Those operating high frequencyamateur radio bands surely   
   hope this is just the beginning of a bright solarfuture.   
      
      
   Reporting for Amateur Radio Newsline, this is Jack Parker, W8ISH   
      
      
   --   
      
      
   The massive build up is aneasy target for backyard telescopes as long as   
   optical safety precautions toinsure no damage to the astronomers eyes.   
   Solar observers say that the filament holds the potential for   
   animpressive eruption if it happens to collapse in the days ahead.   
   Spaceweater.com is carrying a series ofongoing photos as well as   
   technical updates.   
      
      
   (W8ISH, Spaceweather)   
      
      
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   BREAK 1   
      
      
   From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline,   
   heard on bulletinstations around the world including the WA3AOP repeater   
   serving Philadelphia Pennsylvania.   
      
      
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   ENFORCEMENT: STATION ISSUEDNAL FOR FAILING TO REDUCE NIGHTTIME POWER TO   
   15 WATTS   
      
      
   The FCC has issued a $6000 Notice of Apparent Liability to Donald Coss,   
   ownerof KCKX in Stayton, Oregon.  This for notoperating in accordance   
   with the authorized 15 watt nighttime power specifiedon his license.   
      
      
   According to the FCC, its Portland office monitored the signal of KCKX   
   before and afterlocal sunset.  Field strength was foundto remain   
   constant both before and after sunset on consecutive days last April.   
   The agent also captured KCKX-AM's relativesignal strengths for its   
   daytime and nighttime operations.  At that time he determined that there   
   was noreduction in signal strength for nighttime operation.   
      
   A few days later the FCC agent inspected the station at its control   
   point inWoodburn.   
      
   The commission said thatduring an interview with the Portland agent, the   
   owner said he was aware of the requirementto reduce operating power at   
   night from 1000 watts down to 15 watts.  But the owner said that it was   
   just toocostly to maintain the necessary time-keeping devices, power   
   switching devicesand other equipment to accomplish this.   
      
      
   Now, in its latest correspondence with the station, the FCC noted that   
   in 2000it's Enforcement Bureau had issued a Notice of Violation to   
   Coss also forfailing to reduce the nighttime power of KCKX AM.  It then   
   issued the $6000 Notice of ApparentLiability and instructed Coss to send   
   a sworn statement about how he'll fix theproblem.  It also cautioned   
   Cross thatfuture violations of its rules may subject him to more severe   
   enforcementpenalties.   
      
      
   Cross was given the customarytime to reply as well as to pay the $6000   
   Notice of Apparent Liability or tofile an appeal.  (FCC)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   ENFORCEMENT:  BRUNAI HOLDS ROADBLOCK TO CATCH UNLICENSEDOPS   
      
      
   Unlicensed mobile radiooperators in Brunai, some of whom are hams with   
   expired licenses but still onthe air have felt the sting of that nations   
   government enforcement.  This, when several of them were caught in agood   
   old fashioned roadblock on December 6th.   
      
      
   The roadblock was a jointoperation conducted by the Authority for   
   Information Communications Technologyand the Sengkurong (SEN CURE ONG)   
   Police Station.  In only two hour time, all vehicles with anoutside   
   antenna mounted to it were stopped and inspected.  Several were found to   
   contain radio gearcapable of operation between 137 to 174 megahertz   
   which with the exception of144 to 148 megahertz are supposed to be   
   blocked from use.   
      
      
   The operation was part of anawareness campaign to urge operators to   
   obtain ham radio licenses and confinetheir operation to within the   
   confines of the amateur radio bands.  Also, to avoid the possibility of   
   a fine ofup to $10,000 and /or three years in jail. The ventire story is   
   on-line at tinyurl.com/brunai  (Borneo Bulletin)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   WORLDBEAT:  FRENCH ATV'ERS CONCERNED OVER NEW SATNAVAGATION IN 1.2   
   GHZ BAND   
      
      
   French amateur televisionenthusiasts have voiced their concerns over the   
   future of the 1.2 GHzband.  At a recent meeting, thetrepidations of the   
   French A-T-V Association were raised regarding the use ofthe Amateur   
   Radio 23cm band by the Galileo and Glosnass satellite navigationsystems.   
   Heres why.   
      
      
   The European Union's Galileosystem will use 1260 to 1300 MHz while   
   the Russian Federation Glosnass systemwill be on 1240 to 1260 MHz. Both   
   systems are expected to be operational by2015 and there is fear among   
   some hams I FDrance that Amateur Televisionoperations could be impacted.   
   Completeproceedings of the November 27, gathering in Google English is   
   on line attinyurl.com/38c4vhw.  (Southgate)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   RADIO SCIENCE:  RESEARCHERS IN IRELAND PROPOSE HUMAN ANTENNAS   
      
      
   Turning to an interestingstory out of Ireland, scientists are proposing   
   to increase broadbandnework availability by making people into walking   
   cell phone towers.  Jim Linton, VK3PC, of the WIA News is herewith the   
   rather strange details:   
      
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   Researchers at Queen's University Belfast are looking to improve the   
   reliability of modern wireless   
      
   systems. They believe that humans could be turned into wireless towers   
   to create what they call body-   
   to-body networks.A five year research project is investigating how small   
   sensors carried by people could communicate   
   with each other to create a ubiquitous wireless networking paradigm.This   
   would provide enhanced bandwidth needed when too many people use their   
   phone in the same   
   cell area, help the service to penetrate weak signal areas or black   
   holes and counteract drop outs that   
   result from interference.In a rapidly developing science of body centric   
   communications, new sensors carried by everyone with   
   a mobile phone would interact with each other and wireless devices   
   embedded in local surroundings to transmit data, providing anytime,   
   anywhere mobile network connectivity.The technology also promises to   
   open up the use of wireless communications in a wider range of   
   activities including law enforcement and first responder teams, sports   
   applications through to medical   
   monitoring of patients in their own homes.For the Amateur Radio   
   Newsline, Im Jim Linton, VK3PC.   
   --   
      
   While an interesting idea,its likely to be another of those scientific   
   advances that prove to have littlepractical application.  At least   
   notuntil scientists first prove conclusively the effect that radiation   
   fromcellphones have no adverse affect on the human body.  And that may   
   not be proven either way fordecades.  (WIA News)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   HAM RADIO ON THE NET:  NEW FREE SPANISH LANGUAGE HAM RADIO MAGAZINE   
      
      
   A new Spanish languageamateur radio magazine is now available free on   
   the Internet.  Called Radio Noticias, the publicationincludes   
   information on transceivers, receivers, antennas tests and much   
   more.Also included is news from the worlds of DX, contest operation,   
   shortwave,propagation and much more.  And itspicture filled website has   
   photos of radio gear some of which is not availablein the United   
   Statesincluding a very simple to operate 2 meter mobile rig. You can   
   download the current issue andsee it for yourself at   
   www.radionoticias.com.  (Southgate)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   HAM RADIO EVENTS:  JANUARY 2 2011 IS KIDS DAY   
      
      
   If you are free on Sunday, January2nd, consider using the hours of 1800   
   bto 2400 UTC to help introduceyoungsters to amateur radio on Kids Day.   
      
      
   The Kids Day operating eventis sponsored by Oregon's Boring Amateur   
   Radio Club in association with theARRL.  It was created to expose   
   youngminds to the magical world of ham radio by putting them on the air   
   under thesupervision of a licensed radio amateur so that they can   
   experience making acontact first hand.  And as a Kids Dayvolunteer   
   station you get rewarded by knowing that you have done your part   
   inpassing the hobby on to the next generation.   
      
      
   More information about KidsDay can be found on the ARRL website.   
   That'sin cyberspace at kidsday@arrl.org.  (ARRL)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   MILITARY HAM RADIO:  TWO STORIES IN MULLIGAN LIFESTYLES   
      
      
   Amateur Radio MilitaryAppreciation is featured in a story in the winter   
   2010 edition of MulliganLifestyles Magazine.  Mulligan Lifestylesis a   
   publication that honors our troops, veterans, active duty military,   
   andtheir families. The story can be found on page 58.  The same issue   
   also contains a story aboutAmateur Radio on page 42 submitted by Nick   
   Shyshuk.  You can read both on line attinyurl.com/29v7jv8  (ARMAD)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   NAMES IN THE NEWS:  ZL2BHF CELEBRATES 25 YEARS PRODUCING NZARTNEWSCAST   
      
      
   And a word of congratulationsto Newsline's own Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF.   
   This as he celebrates a quarter of a century producing and   
   usuallyvoicing the monthly NZART Official Broadcast to New Zealand's   
   national hamradio community.   
      
      
   The big celebration of thismilestone for ZL2BHF takes place on December   
   19th.  For the event Jim has has compiled somememorial broadcasts from   
   presenters that are not with us.  Also, the November to December   
   bi-monthlyissue of the NZART magazine Break-In will carry a story on his   
   quarter-centuryof work on this New Zealand national ham radio broadcast   
   project.  (Break-In / NZART)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   BREAK 2   
      
      
   This is ham radio news fortoday's radio amateur.  From the United   
   States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline with links to   
   theworld from our only official website at www.arnewsline.org and being   
   relayed bythe volunteer services of the following radio amateur:   
      
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:  ARISSAT ONE ENROUTE TO MOSCOW   
      
      
   ARISSat One is on its way toits launch site.  Late word from AMSATthat   
   the ARISSat One flight hardware and the backup unit are in Germany and   
   are scheduled to be delivered to Moscow on Saturday, December 11th.   
   Meantime,  Lou McFadin, W5DID, and MarkSteiner, K3MS, will be heading to   
   Moscow on the 10th of December to assist with integrationand testing of   
   the Kursk experiment and battery.  The schedule still has ARISSat going   
   to theISS via a Progress vehicle in late January 2011 and release from   
   the ISS inlate February 2011.  (ANS)   
      
      
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   HAM RADIO NEAR SPACE:  HABEX TO LAUNCH ON DECEMBER 18TH   
      
      
   South  Africa'sHABEX team will be launching its third high altitude   
   balloon on December18th.  The balloon will be carryingvarious payloads   
   in preparation for a future 2011 launch to serve theeducational needs of   
   students 8 schools.   
      
      
   The payload is made up of 4separate modular units. The primary function   
   is the on-board controller boardthat contains an APRS unit.  This   
   willprovide real time the balloon location during the mission.  Also, a   
   store and forward or parrot repeateron 438.500 MHz which includes a   
   backup APRS unit is also onboard.  During the flight, if the repeater is   
   not inuse, the APRS unit will transmit data.   
      
      
   The Sci-Bono Discovery Centrein conjunction with the Gauteng Department   
   of Education initiated this project. Its purpose is to support the   
   ElectricalTechnology Curriculum and provide expanded opportunities to   
   students in thisfield.  More is on-line at www.habex.za.net.  (SARL)   
      
      
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   HAM RADIO IN SPACE:DISCOVEREY'S LAUNCH DELAYED   
      
      
   NASA has announced that the39th planned final flight of the space   
   shuttle Discovery is being pushed backto early February of 2011.  This   
   in orderto give engineers more time to determine the root cause of   
   cracks in theshuttle's external fuel tank covering   
      
   .   
      
   NASA had been targeting launchfor a short window that opens December   
   17th and closes December 20th.  But Shuttle Program Managers have   
   determinedthat tests and analyses intended to determine the cause of the   
   cracks would notbe complete in time to launch during that last 2010   
   opportunity becauseengineers have not yet determined the cause of the   
   cracks.   
      
      
   The space agency' concern isthat such a fracture could cause foam   
   insulation to break loose during launchand damage the shuttle's   
   heat-shield components needed for a safe reentry tothe Earth's   
   atmosphere.  (NASA)   
      
      
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   WORLDBEAT:  HCJB REACHES RADIO DISTRIBUTION GOAL   
      
      
   International religious broadcaster HCJB's recent campaign in   
   cooperation withMoody Radio to raise funds to deliver pre-tuned radios   
   to listeners inunder-developed regions of the world appears to have   
   succeeded.  According to a press release, enough fundingwas raised to   
   send 7,000 radios to Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone and Ghana.   
   That's or2,000 above the initial goal.   
      
   The radios were designed by HCJB's Global Technology Center in   
   Elkhart, Indiana in the United States.  Their simpleoperation is   
   designed to permit listeners to tune in three HCJB partnerstations in   
   the target audience region.  (RW)   
      
      
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   THE DXCC PROGRAM:  NUMEROUS OPERATIONS APPROVED   
      
      
   Bill Moore NC1L, the ARRLDXCC Branch Manager advises that a number of   
   operations are now approvedfor DXCC credit. They are the 2010 operations   
   as 3CèC from Annobon, the 3C9Bout of Equatorial  Guineaalong with the   
   3V9A, 3VèA, TS7TI and the TS8P from Tunisia.   
      
      
   Going back in time, alsoapproved was the 2009 approved is the TS9A also   
   fromTunisia and the 9Q strokeDK3MO from 2007 out of the Democratic   
   Republic of the Congo.   
      
      
   If you had any of theseoperations rejected in recent applications send a   
   note to dxcc at arrl dot orgto have your record updated. Once updated,   
   this will be reflected in yourLogbook of the World account or in the   
   live, daily DXCC Standings at www.arrl.org/dxcc.  (ARRL DXCC Desk)   
      
      
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   DX   
      
      
   In DX, G7BXU, will bespending the Christmas and New Year holidays in   
   Sierra Leone operating portable 9L.  He will be there from December   
   19ththrough January 7th likely using the callsign 9L1BXU. QSL via   
   hishome callsign after his return.   
      
      
   PY2ZX will be active portablePT7 from the PW7T contest station through   
   December 13th.  His operation will be limited to 6 and 2 meters looking   
   mainly for Carribean stations operating weaksignal modes and using   
   horizontal polarization. He will also be checking 70 MHz for openings to   
   Europe.   
      
      
   NA3J tells Newsline that hewwill be operating through December 20th as   
   J3 stroke NA3J MaritimeMobile aboard the 50 foot yacht the Yaba Jaba.   
   His operation will beusing SSB and CW on all bands and he will make use   
   of the WARC bands whenthey're open.  He says that he might get as far   
   north as J8 but there's noreal itinerary.  QSL as directed on theair.   
      
      
   N1DG was expected to arrivein the United  Arab Emirates on December 5th.   
   Hewas anticipated to operate from the A61AD station possibly on 12 and   
   17 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Logs will be uploaded to LoTWon his   
   return.   
      
      
   BX5AA, will be active from Taiwan during the ARRL DX SSB Contest slated   
   for March 5thand 6th.  He says that BX5 isa rare prefix for Taiwan. QSL   
   via BX5AA.   
      
      
   N2RFA will be on the air asC6ABB from Nassau in the Bahamas between   
   February 7th and the 17th.Activity will be on 80/40/20/17 meters. He   
   plans to operate on some of the Digital modes including PSK31, RTTYand   
   possibly SSTV. QSL via N2RFA   
      
      
   Lastly, WJ2O, will be activeas stroke 6W from Senegal during the ARRL DX   
   CW Contest on February 19thand 20th as a Single-Operator, All-Band,   
   High-Power entry.  Dave told the Ohio Penn DX Newsletter that hewill   
   arrive in Senegal on February 17th and will be leaving on the23rd.   
   Activity outside of the contestwill be 100% on CW and mostly on the 30,   
   17 and12 meter bands. Logs will beavailable in almost real-time at   
   wj2o.com. QSL via WJ2O.   
      
      
   (Above from various DX newssources)   
      
      
   **   
      
      
   THAT FINAL ITEM:  RADIO CAN LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE   
      
      
   And finally this week, wordfrom down under of a remarkable new   
   experimental medical procedure.  One that holds the promise of   
   loweringpeoples blood pressure through the use of radio waves.  Graham   
   Kemp. VK4BB, of the WIA News has thedetails of this new way of dealing   
   with what for many is a life threateningmedical problem:   
      
      
   --   
      
      
   No not BP as in Broadband over powerlines but BP as inBlood Pressure.  A   
   new procedure whichtakes just 45 minutes involves a doctor inserting a   
   catheter into anartery in the upper thigh, then threading it into an   
   artery  next to thekidney.   
      
      
   There, they use low-power radio waves to heat up andeffectively turn off   
   specific nerves which are known to play a role in highblood pressure.   
      
      
   Professor Markus Schlaich from the Baker IDI Heart andDiabetes Institute   
   in Melbourne was a principal investigator in an internationaltrial which   
   involved 106 patients across 24 separate sites in Europeand Australia.   
      
      
   After the first ten patients or so were treated, theyreally were quite   
   confident that this is a fantastic new technology that allowslots of   
   people out there who have trouble with their blood pressure.   
      
      
   How long will it be before this treatment is availableto people in   
   Australia?  They arequite hopeful that certainly within the next year,   
   this radio wave treatment for High Blood Pressure should be available   
   for clinical use.   
      
      
   For the vAmateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp,VK4BB, of the WIA   
   News in Australia.   
      
      
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   As to when this new proceduremight become available in nthe United   
   States?  As we go toair, that too, is unknown.  (WIA News)   
      
      
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   NEWSCAST CLOSE   
      
      
   With thanks to Alan Labs,AMSAT, the ARRL, the CGC Communicator, CQ   
   Magazine, the FCC, the Ohio Penn DXBulletin, Radio Netherlands, Rain,   
   the RSGB, the Southgate News and Australia's WIA News, that's all from   
   the Amateur RadioNewsline(tm).  Our e-mail address is   
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