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January 4 and 15th, the Radio Club Argentino will participate in the 6th 
Andes Mountains Land Crossing.  LU1BCE is the Secretary of the Radio 
Club Argentino.  He tells the Ohio Penn D-X newsletter that this trek is 
made every year to honor General San Martin and his army's crossing to 
Chile.  This,  during the American Independence War in 1817.  

The Radio Club Argentino will provide the communication for the event. 
The club  will set up two High Frequency stations at every camp point 
throughout the journey.  Operation will be mainly on SSB and C-W using 
the special event call  LS4M.  QSL via LU4AA, either direct or via the 
bureau.   (OPDX)

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INTERNATIONAL-CANADA:  MEET THE NEW RAC EXEC COMMITTEE

Meantime, to the North, word that Daniel Lamoureux VE2KA, has been 
elected as president of the Executive Committee of Radio Amateurs of 
Canada.  This, for a 2004 through 2005 term.  Also elected to the 
committee are First Vice President Robert Nash, VE3KZ; Vice President of 
Regulatory Affairs James Deann, VE3IQ; Vice President Field Services and 
International Affairs Pierre Mainville, VA3PM, and Noel Marcil, VE2BR, 
as Secretary.  (RAC)

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INTRUDER WATCH:  THOSE INDONESIANS AGAIN

On the Intruder Watch scene, we have some bad news and some good news.  
First the bad.  VK6XW reports hearing 53 non ham stations on the 14 MHz 
band operating SSB.  He says that most appear to be from Indonesia. 

The good news?  Word that another group of Indonesians who had been 
using 14.335 MHz have vanished  and have not been found again.  The same 
is true for the bunch on 14.252 which have also disappeared from the 
Amateur spectrum leaving only the 14.144 gang which have gone LSB and 
moved up to 14.145 Mhz.  (Q-News)

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SPECIAL EVENT:  50 YEARS A HAM

And you might call this one celebrating a personal best.  This as Fort 
Wayne Indiana's Jack Forbing, K9LSB, takes to the air from March 1st to 
the 14th as K9L in celebration of his 50 years as a licensed operator.  

Jack and his friends in the Hoosierland Amateur Mobile Systems group 
will operate all bands and all modes from K9LSB's home QTH.  Equipment 
for the event will be a Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark V and a Yaesu FTV-1000 6 
meter transverter into an yaggi at 65 feet.  All other bands will use 
dipoles antennas.  All QSL's go to K9LSB at his Callbook address.  And 
we wish Jack a hearty well done on reaching this milestone in his ham 
radio career.  (Via e-mail)

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DX

In DX, 9V1DX, is now active as 9V0A from Ellsworth Mountain in 
Antarctica.  He was spotted in 40 and 30 meters CW. Watch 7.001 or 
10.108 MHz between 01:30 and 03:00 UTC.  (OPDX) 

And W4WX, will be active as KG4DX from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from  
January 13th to the 19th. He will operate the HF bands and 6 meters.  
QSL to his home call, direct with SASE.  (OPDX)

Lastly,  AP2JZB, was active recently from Pakistan on 17 and 12 meters 
SSB  . Watch around 18.119 and 24.946 MHz between 13:30 and 15:00 U-T-C.  
QSL as directed on the air.  (OPDX)

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THAT FINAL ITEM: HAM RADIO HISTORY -- THE FIRST BIG REPEATER MEETING - 
PART I

And finally this week, many hams are not aware that back in the early 
1970's repeater growth and continued experimentation in ham radio relay 
communication came to a screeching halt. This, as the result of overly 
restrictive regulations on the part of the FCC.   

As most radio amateurs of that era knew,  this was not a good time to be  
the owner of a repeater unless you also held an Electronics Engineering 
degree.  Things had to change if F-M and repeaters were to grow again.  
In the end, one man risked it all to make it happen.  

On January 24, 1974 then 73 Magazine publisher Wayne Green, W2NSD, 
brought a group of prominent "repeater people" before the  FCC.  He had 
arranged the meeting in an attempt to convince the Commissioners to roll 
back the restrictions put in place as a result  of Docket 18803.  Here's 
a sample of what that meeting sounded like:

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Meeting audio sample
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Want to hear more?  Well, over the next several months you can take a 
trip back in time to join Wayne Green, W2NSD, former Colorado's Marshal 
Quiat, AG0X, New York's Howard Lester W2ODC and Dick McKay, K6VGP, from 
California.  This, as they and others go to Washington D-C -- to -- 
quite literaly -- set repeaters free.  

Part 1 of the audio of that meeting is on our website as a Newsline 
Extra.  In it you will meet the hams who traveled to Washington to speak 
on behalf of the nations FM and repeater community.  You will also hear 
some of the presentations made by them.   Its on line now at our f-t-p 
site at www.arnewsline.org slash quincy.

This is literally a page out of ham radio's history.  Its here -- right 
now for you -- exclusively -- on the Amateur Radio Newsline.  
(ARNewesline(tm))

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NEWSCAST CLOSE

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Wilbanks, AE5DW, saying welcome to 2004, 73 and we thank you for 
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