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Thu Mar 8 06:28:51 EST 2007
France Amateur Radio Club, F8KKH, are looking for radio clubs, French
language schools and individual youngsters to correspond over the
Internet with schools in France this coming December. All of the kids
involved will be between 6 and 10 years of age. French regulations
prohibit kids there from using a microphone to speak on the so the
Internet will be used in place of radio. For further information e-mail
F8KKH at rcnf at free.fr (RSGB)
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DX
In D-X, word that E21EIC, is active again as XW1IC from Laos until the
23rd of June. He plans to operate on 160 to 10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY,
and will participate in the All-Asian DX Contest. QSL is direct to
E21EIC (E21EIC)
Meantime WB8XX will be on the air from Antigua on 6 meters through June
16th. Kevin will be using an 756 Pro, 5 element yagi and TE Systems
300W solid state amplifier from the top floor of a 8-story hotel with
the antenna mounted on the roof. Call will be V26XX. Check
www.wb8xx.com for more details. (VHF Reflector)
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THAT FINAL ITEM: DEATH, TAXES OR THE PHONE COMPANY
And finally this week, from our telephone company never gives up file we
have the story of man's phone bill has followed him to his grave. This
as a cemetary recieves a bill for one of the people buried there. We
have more:
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Well, some are calling it a new way for the telephone company to try to
communicate with the dearly departed. A resident of the town of Auburn
Massachusettes died in December of 1997 at age 60. He was buried at the
nearby Hillside Cemetery. So it was quite a surprise for the Cemetery
Superintendent to receive a bill addressed to the deceased at his
graveside.
Even more shocking was the amount of the bill from Sprint. It was for
12 cents. Thats right -- a big 12 cents and included a 10 cent charge
for call placed on February 16th 2003. A call that the phone company
claims was made five years after the man had departed from his life.
Well, the bill has been handed over to the Auburn Town Clerk. She says
that she will hold on to it for a while.
Meanwhile, a call to Sprint telephones automated service by a local
newspaper in March showed that charges on the unpaid account had
inflated. The dearly departed now owes Sprint $3.95. But for the
moment the bill remains unpaid. This is because technically speaking,
the account is now -- quite dead.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF.
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The Cemetery Superintendent probably had the best line of all. He told
a local newsman that his clients don't usually get mail. Now he wonders
if its time to stat putting mailboxes on graveside monuments.
(Published news reports)
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