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Thu Mar 8 06:28:51 EST 2007

the wilderness."  Many of us will soon be asking "why didn't we act 
sooner".

You'll recall months ago we mentioned the little units being sold by 
DSE.  Well these are small fry compared to the same basics being applied 
to our 240 volt mains supply, or worse, the High voltage distribution 
system.

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It appears as id BPL is quickly becoming a world-wide problem for 
Amateur Radio.  (Q-News)

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RADIO LAW FOLLOW-UP:  NEVADA TOLD TO SCRAP NEW RADIO SYSTEM

Here's a follow up on a story we brought to you several months ago 
regarding a new state wide radio system in Nevada and an oversight by 
the regulators planning it.  As previousy reported, the Nevada Highway 
Patrol had spent $14 million on a contract with Motorola to build a 
computerized radio system.  It was activated back in 2000 but nobody 
from the state ever applied to the FCC for licenses for the frequencies.  
As a result, the FCC had told the Nevada Highway Patrol and other state 
agencies to stop using the 140 frequencies by last June.  

To comply with the federal order, Nevada  has had to scrap a costly 
radio system that's less than two yeas old.  So on Tuesday, September 
9th  the Nevada state Board of Examiners voted to spend $16.1 million on 
new radio gear for the Nevada Highway Patrol.   (Published news reports)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS:  W4FAL AND K2AD ELECTED NEW NFCC DIRECTORS

Some names in the news.  They are Frank Lynch, W4FAL and Doug Sharp, 
K2AD who have been elected as Directors of the National Frequency 
Coordinators Council.  

The NFCC made known the results on September 6th.  This, after twenty-
eigh of its member councils took part in the vote.  

The National Frequency Coordinators Council is an umbrella group of 
recognized repeater coordinators.  It was formed as the result of a 
meeting held in St. Charls Missouri in the late 1990's.  
(ARNewsline(tm))

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HAMFESTS AND CONVENTIONS: QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA ON SEPTEMBER 19-21 

On the hamfest scene, the 30th annual North Queensland Amateur Radio 
Convention takes place September 19th to the 21st. The venue is down-
under at James Cook University in the state of Queensland Australia.  
For details please e-mail k4zz at wia.org.au (Q-News)

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HAMFESTS AND CONVENTIONS:  THE DX BASH IN TEXAS IN OCTOBER

Back on this side of the Pacific, the 13th Annual DX BASH will be held 
on Oct 10th to the 11 at Lake Buchanan near Austin, Texas.  Icom has 
provided a IC-746 Pro and IC-756 Pro II that will be in use at the W5KFT 
contest station for attendees to try out in actual "on the air" 
conditions.  Also planned are programs on operating, contesting, towers 
and antennas.  More nformation is on-line at www.dxbash.com  (W5KFT)

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SWL-FESTS:  SCADS IN HUNTINGTON BEACH IN SEPTEMBER

And short-wave hobbyists, this one is for you.  Word that the Annual 
Southern California Area D-X'ers Picnic will be held on September 20th 
from 8am to 4pm.  This, at  the Huntington Beach Central Park in 
Huntington Beach California.

Huntington Beach is a suburb of Los Angeles. Further information 
available from Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA, at 714-846-1685 from about 9 
a.m. to 8 p.m. - Pacific coast time.  (SCADS)

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DX

In D-X, if you are waiting for a Q-S-L card for last June's WB8XX 
operation on Antigua, you will have to be patient a bit longer.  
According to Kevin, cards ordered 2 months ago from PY2TNT never did 
show up and now it appears that the company maybe out of business.  
Kevin says that the website is suspended and E-mails bounce.  WB8XX adds 
that he will be ordering more cards from a stateside supplier, and will 
have all of the cards out as soon as the 2nd order arrives.  (VHF 
Reflector)

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THAT FINAL ITEM:  TEACHING HAM RADIO IN ALBANIA

And finaly this week, how would one of you like to teach ham radio in 
Albania?  Yes, we said Albania.  Well you can if you know the British 
Radio Amateur Examination course and like to travel.  Here R-S-G-B 
Newsreader Jeramy Boot, G4NJH, with the rest of the story:

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A radio amateur lecturer is required to help give a radio amateur course 
in the Technical University of Tirana, Albania, this coming November. 
The course will integrate amateur radio communications theory and 
practice into the University's normal study programme. 

The course is organised in coordination with the Ministry of 
Telecommunications in Albania, in conjunction with the IARU, and using 
RSGB documentation. Several agencies and companies are providing 
financial support.  The applicant should have experience of 
teaching electronics and telecommunications at the amateur radio level 
in a UK setting. The course material is based on the UK RAE at the Full 
licence level and will lead to a CEPT-recognised qualification for the 
successful students.  The successful amateur will help to coordinate the 
other visiting lecturers, and the assignment will take three weeks out 
of a six-week program. 

This is a unique opportunity to join a multi-national amateur radio team 
helping to create a new group of telecommunication engineers to benefit 
the Albanian economy. It will provide a rich experience, not to mention 
the opportunity to operate ZA1A from the hotel in any spare moments.

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For more details, please contact Roger, G3LQP, by e-mail to 
g3lqp at aol.com  (GB2RS)

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