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Thu Mar 8 06:28:51 EST 2007

D was recently re-elected Radio Amateurs of Canada Section 
Manager in the Saskatchewan Section.  This, for a two-year term 
that will begin on November 1st.  Donovan ran unopposed 
eliminating the need for a balloted election.  (RAC)

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INTERNATIONAL - JAPAN:  HAM-FAIR TOKYO

The 24th and 25th of August, saw one of the world's largest ham 
radio shows takes place in Japan.  It's the Amateur Radio 
Festival better known as the Ham Fair and was slated for the 
giant Tokyo Exhibition Center.  Last year Ham Fair attracted over 
35,000 visitors.  (JARL)

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DX

In DX, K3TKJ is active on 40 to 6 meters as C6ALW from Andros 
Island in the Bahamas.  He is there until the 18th of September 
and activity is mainly on SSB, but with some CW on 6 meters.  
(GB2RS)

HF98JP is a special event call sign activated by SP9HWN through 
the  31st of August to celebrate the visit of Pope John Paul the 
Second to Poland.  The station is active on 80 to 6 metros CW, 
SSB, RTTY and PSK31.  QSL as directed on the air.  (Modern DX)

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THAT FINAL ITEM:  LICENSE DRIVE

And finally the story of a license drive.  Not a campaign to get 
people their ham license.  Rather the tale of one determined 
applicant who could not wait.  It took place down-under as we 
hear from Q-News Graham Kemp, VK4BB:

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Here's an amazing story of amateur enthusiasm that must be one  
for the record books.  After many years of trying, Roscoe  VK3TPJ 
was overjoyed on receiving news of his pass in CW.   After all 
Roscoe has had a well-equipped HF station for years but hasn't 
been able to use it without supervision.

So enthusiastic was our Roscoe that waiting for the call sign in 
the  mail was not for him.  So he immediately jumped in his 
Falcon  and drove 1000K up to Sydney to visit the ACA in person.  
He arrived at  around 5am and waited a few hours for the office 
to open.  

When it did, he was told he needed a passport photo to stick onto  
his new certificate.  Undaunted, he went downstairs to an instant  
photo machine at Wynyard Station.  Five minutes later he was  
back, photo in hand.  Another five minutes elapsed and Roscoe  
was VK3KRH - authorized to operate on all amateur bands.  The  
task achieved, he got in his car and drove straight home again -  
after just four hours in Sydney and a round trip of approximately 
2000 kilometers!  

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Congratulations to the new VK3KRH.   You can catch up with him on 
160 meter AM during the morning hours.  (Q-News)

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NEWSCAST CLOSE

With thanks to Alan Labs, Amateur News Weekly, AMSAT, the ARRL, 
the CGC Communicator, CQ Magazine, the FCC, the Ohio Penn DX 
Bulletin, Radio Netherlands, Rain, the RSGB and Australia's Q-
News, that's all from the Amateur Radio Newsline(tm).  Our e-mail 
address is newsline @arnewsline.org.  More information is 
available at Amateur Radio Newsline's(tm) only official website 
located at www.arnewsline.org.  You can also write to us or 
support us at Amateur Radio Newsline(tm), P.O. Box 660937, 
Arcadia, California 91066. 

A reminder that a new higher fee for vanity call sign 
applications takes effect on September 9th.  According to the 
ARRL Letter, applications received on or after that date will be 
subject to a $14.50 fee for a 10-year term. 