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INTERNATIONAL - AUSTRALIA: 5TH ANNUAL IARU REGION 3 ARDF GAMES ANNOUNCED

The IARU Region 3 Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships will be 
held Friday, November 28th to Wednesday,  December 3rd in Ballarat 
Australia.  

Ballarat is a large provincial city in the state of Victoria.  The 
Victorian ARDF Group, which is organizing the event says that it is 
expecting up to 100 participants from member societies in IARU Region 3 
including Japan, Korea, China, New Zealand, and Australia.  Guest 
competitors from other IARU Regions are also invited to attend in the 
world-wide Friendship categories.

This years championships are hosted by the Wireless Institute of 
Australia, with the WIA Victorian Division sponsoring this important 
event.  Full details including competitor and volunteer registration 
forms can be found in cyberspace at www.ardf.org.au  (WIA)

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AWARDS:  WORK A COLORADO MOUNTAIN

Two new awards are now available for ham radio contacts to and from the 
14,000-foot mountains of Colorado.  The Summit Award is earned by making 
contact with 10 or more stations operating from the peaks.  The 
companion Pinnacle Award recognizes operation from 14,000 foot summits, 
requiring radio operation from 5
or more of the peaks. 

Award recipients will receive an attractive, colorful certificate with 
name, call sign and the number of peaks worked or activated on it.  A $5 
fee is required to cover the cost of the certificate and any associated 
expenses.  

To get yours, first hold the QSO's and then take your web browser to 
www.Colorado14erEvent.org.  Questions should be directed to Paul Ermisch 
KB0LUR by e-mail to awards at colorado14erevent.org.  And  
colorado14erevent is all one word.  (K0NR)

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DX

In DX, keep an ear open for GM3PPG stroke P to be active on 160 to 10 
meter S-S-B from South Uist through August 8th, including the RSGB IOTA 
Contest on the 26th and 27th of July.  The island counts as EU-010 for 
the RSGB Istands on the Air awards program.  (GB2RS)

And R1PQ will be on the air from the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago through 
the 25th of July.  Activity will be on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters using 
CW, SSB, PSK and RTTY.  The operation commemorates the British, Russian 
and American polar convoys between 1941 and 1944 and will have two 
stations active 24 hours a day.  (GB2RS)

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THAT FINAL ITEM:  73 TO THE W5YI REPORT

And finally this week we pause to bid farewell to a competitor and a 
friend.  This, with word that the W5YI Report ham radio newsletter has 
ceased publication with it's July 15th issue.  Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF 
spoke with Fred Maia whose call sign appeared on the famed publication 
and they reminisced about the past:

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The W5YI Report was the last of the paper ham radio newsletters 
delivered by the postal system.  At one time there were three.  The very 
first was H-R Report from Ham Radio magazine in 1974.  It was eventually 
taken over by Burt Hicks, WB6MQV and renamed the Westlink Report.  Hicks 
ran it for 13 years before closing down in January of 1995.  

The ARRL Letter came into being in 1981 as a public version of the 
previously private ARRL Directors Letter.  It initially dealt only with 
matters of interest to League members, but over the years has developed 
into a high quality publication covering every aspect of the hobby with 
items of interest to members and non-members alike.

W5YI Report was started by Fred Maia, W5YI in the late 1970's.  This, as 
an information provider to the Richardson Wireless Klub near Dallas 
Texas.  Other hams who saw it asked Fred to make it available to them:

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Initially Fred did not charge for those who supplied him with self 
addressed stamped envelopes.  Eventually his subscription list grew to a 
point where Fred had thousands of envelopes in his home and the numbers 
were getting out of hand.  So he decided to simplify matters by 
converting to a paid subscription operation.  

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And as soon as word got out that Fred was accepting subscriptions, they 
came pouring in.  And the rest -- as they say -- is history.

In 2000, Fred sold his company that included the newsletter, but agreed 
to stay on for three more years with the W5YI Report.  He set this 
summer for his departure.  July 15th was the publication date he 
selected and that's now past:

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If you are a paid subscriber to the W5YI Report, fear not.  Fred has you 
covered.  He has arranged for the remainder of your subscription to be 
covered by C-Q Magazine based on the value of the remaining portion of 
your subscription.  And if you already get C-Q, your subscription will 
be extended by the appropriate number of issues.

For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, with my 
longtime ham radio friend Fred Maia, W5YI.

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And what about Fred?  He is not going away by a long shot.  To find out 
what he has planned for his own future and his thoughts on the future of 
ham radio, be sure to tune into this weeks RAIN Report.  Its on-line in 
streaming audio right now at www.rainreport.com and on the phone at 847-
827-7246

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For now, with Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, at the editors desk, I'm Graham 
Kemp, VK4BB, down-under in Australia saying 73 and we thank you for 
listening."  Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) is Copyright  2003.  All rights 
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