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Also, Derek Hay, VE4HAY was recently re-elected Section Manager in the Manitoba for a two-year term snd Joe Craig, VO1NA has been re-elected Section Manager for the Newfoundland and Labrador Section for a two- year term.  Both take office on July 1st.

All three ran unopposed in their respective Radio Amateurs of Canada sections.  This eliminated the need for a balloted election.  (RAC)

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DX

In D-X, the big story is of coarse Ducie Island.  The VP6DI team came on the air on March 17th and its was bedlam.  

Ducie Island is a small, uninhabited atoll in the South Pacific and is part of the Pitcarin Island chain.  It is also among the rarest DXCC entities in the world as proven by the recording you just heard.  It was made in Australia by VK4DX using a Kenwood TS-570D transceiver and posted to his contest website.  (Audio courtesy VK4DX)

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THAT FINAL ITEM:  ARDF CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATLANTA

And finally this week, the calendar says that its spring and hams around the country are turning to outdoor activities such as new antennas and hidden transmitter hunting.  Here's your chance to prove you're the best at the latter activity, as Newsline's Joe Moell K0OV explains:

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The biggest annual event in on-foot hidden transmitter hunting is early this year, so time is getting short if you want to take part.

The Second USA ARDF Championships will be April 19-21 at Franklin Roosevelt State Park near Pine Mountain, Georgia.  That's about 70 miles southwest of the Atlanta airport.  No matter what your level of skill or experience at radio-orienteering, you'll be welcome.  Experts will be vying for positions on Team USA as it travels to Slovakia for the World Championships later this year.  Beginners will be picking up the best RDF techniques from these experts, and learning how to put on similar events in their home towns.

The official deadline to register for the national championships is April 6, but Georgia Orienteering Club urges you to let them know you're coming by March 29, so they can plan food for the picnic supper on Friday and the spaghetti dinner on Saturday.

Learn more about what it's like to be in the ARDF Championships by reading about last year's event in the March issue of QST, and in December and January's issues of 73 Magazine.  There's lots more on the subject at my Web site -- www.homingin.com -- plus a link to the registration site for the Pine Mountain events.  That's homingin -- one word -- homingin.com