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Thu Mar 8 06:28:51 EST 2007

Amateur Radio Newsline.

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Orange County, California and information about how hams can best 
support hospitals, point your Web browser to www.hdscs.org.  
(ARNewsline)

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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY:  RC-110 REPEATER CONTROLLER GOES OPEN SOURCE

How would you like to be able to customize a repeater controller your 
way?  Well, according to Ken Arck, AH6LE,  There has been considerable 
interest from folks wanting to customize their RC-110 repeater 
controllers.  So Arck, who is both president and CTO of Arcom 
Communications says that he has decided to make the source code 
available to any ham who wishes to take a stab at 'hacking' it for their 
own use. 

Writing to the Repeater Owners Reflector, Arck says that as far as he 
knows, no other repeater controller offers this open source archecture.  
Of course there are certain  conditions, but they're pretty 
straightforward.

If you are interested in getting the source code, Arck says that you 
simply need to join RC-110 mail list.  To do this send an e-mail to 
rc110-subscribe at yahoogroups.com. The source is available in the files 
section of the list.  More information is at Ken's website - 
www.ah6le.net  (Repeter Owners Remailer)

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INTERNATIONAL - UK:  REPEATER STOLEN

A repeater in the United Kingdom is off the air due to theft.  According 
to the RSGB, the GB3NC two meter repeater and its site companion the 
GB3MCB 1296 MHz beacon have not been heard since someone made off with 
the equipment.  Both were co-located in Cornwall and the RSGB says that 
its not known if either will ever come back on the air.  (RSGB)

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INTERNATIONAL:  YUGOSLAVIA:  THE NEW NATION OF SERBIA-MONTENEGRO 

Yugoslavia has become Serbia-Montenegro.  This, after Yugoslavia's 
parliament voted to formally abolish that nation and replace it with a 
new country called Serbia-Montenegro.

According to the ARRL Letter, the new arrangement will have little 
immediate impact on Amateur Radio.  For D-X-C-C purposes, Serbia and 
Montenegro will be considered a single entity, at least for the time 
being.  Also, amateurs there are expected to continue using Y-U and Y-T 
prefixes.  (ARRL)

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CONTESTING::  UT5UDX ON THE MOVE

Ukrainian international football player Sergei Rebrov, UT5UDX, who moved 
to England in a multi-million-dollar deal in 2000, has moved again.  
This time to Turkish side Fenerbah‡e.  

Word is that Rebrov has signed an 18-month loan deal with the Turkish 
club on January 28th.  The Turkish club now has the right to buy him at 
the end of the loan period. 

Rebrov is a High Frequency contest operator.  He and has been very 
active as M0SDX from his home in the U-K and from other locations in the 
British Isles over the last two years.  He is reportedly now in the 
process of obtaining a Turkish callsign.  (RSGB)

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DX

In D-X,  GB2RS says that a group of Swedish amateurs will be active as 
JW slash SM0BSO, JW slash SM0LQB and JW slash SM1TDE from Svalbard 
through the 23rd of March.  Activity will be on 160 through 6 meters on 
CW, SSB, RTTY and other digital modes.  Q-S-L this one as directed on 
the air.  (GB2RS)

And F5PAC is returning to Panama from the 23rd of February until the 
24th of March.  He will also operate from several Islands on the Air 
groups including from the 25th to 27th of February.  You can fopllow his 
exploits on the web at www.qsl.net/f5pac  (Via e-mail)

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THAT FINAL ITEM:  EXTENDING MORE THAN A WELCOME

And finally this week, the story of a ham radio dream thats about to 
come true.  Its also the story of what Amateur Radio is all about.  
Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, has the details:

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And after that, what else is there to say?  (K6PZW)

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