[CW] Fwd: [425ENG] about Albania-INTERESTING-Need ZA?

[Ed Tanton]

To: n4xy@earthlink.net
Subject: [425ENG] about Albania
Date: Thu,  6 Nov 2003 08:53:53 +0100 (CET)
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The following press release comes from Martti Laine, OH2BH.
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UNIQUE AMATEUR RADIO PROGRAM OPENS IN TIRANA, ALBANIA

It has long been thought that systematically integrating different age
groups and educational levels into an amateur radio course with modern
training concepts is the key to regaining a positive intake of new hams.
Amateur radio has much to offer today's youth, but it first becomes
necessary to correctly tune into the a world constantly competing for
young people's attention.

This coming Sunday, an International Amateur Radio (IARU) Region 1
supported course in Albania will commence under the sponsorship of Mr.
Spartak Poci, the Minister of Telecommunications and in cooperation with
the Polytechnic University of Tirana. Thirty-four third and fourth year
students will begin a five-week course of study culminating in a CEPT
license examination. A unique part of this program is that Amateur Radio
is being integrated into the regular University course offerings using
an advanced Radio Society of Great
Britain study package as a reference.

Each week of this program in Tirana will benefit from the efforts of
invited professional educators from the amateur radio community of
specific countries. The countries involved in this five-week program
will be Albania, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Macedonia,
Spain, Sweden and the United States. In total, some fifty amateur radio
operators, drawn mainly the DX and contesting communities, will travel
to ZA-land. The core organizing
team consists of 4X6KJ, DL6LAU, EA1QF, G3LQP, I2MQP, K7WX, OH2BH, OH2PM,
and ZA1B.

The first week will feature Italy and the United Kingdom. It will be
taught by Professor Giorgio Goggi, I2KMG and Professor John Share,
G3OKA, representing the University of Pavia and the University of
Liverpool as well as Italy's ARI and the UK's RSGB. John Share, G3OKA
will serve as a lead-teacher for the first three-weeks and be succeeded
by Uli Weiss, DJ2YA
from Germany.

The second week segment of the course will feature the United States. It
will be lead by Dr. Warren Hill, K7WX and taught under the supervision
of Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA. Representing the ARRL, team members Dan
Brown N7DB, Rich Chatelain, K7ZV, Robin Critchel WA6CDR, Dr. Paul
Rubenfeld WF5T and Professor Don Wilson K6RKE will hands-on operating
practices and cover the topics of the Earth's magnetic field, the
mysteries of radio propagation, practical
antennas, the role of amateur radio in society, FCC/CEPT examinations,
transmitter interference, QSL practices and successful DXpeditioning.

During this five-week period, ZA1A will be active on many bands and in a
variety of modes while demonstrating amateur radio to local telecom and
education administrators, as well as to the students. Multiple locations
will be used and several Yaesu donated stations may be active at the
same time. After the course, all equipment will be serving the amateur
community. During the first week, you will find in Tirana: I2KMG, I2MQP,
EA1QF, OH2BE, OH2BH, DL6LAU, DL7AJA, G3OKA, G3LQP and Z35M.

The progress of the entire project can be followed on the Internet at
http://www.za1a.com

This educational program is supported by the International Amateur Radio
Union (IARU) Region 1 with additional support from the ARI, ARRL, RSGB,
IARC, URE and the Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF), Vertex
Standard Co. Ltd (Yaesu), Fluidmotion Inc. (SteppIR beams), Malev
Airlines and Rogner Europark Hotel in Tirana.

ZA1A QSL via OH2BH

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