[LeArc] The ARRL Letter, Vol 22, No 04

[Tony Coniglio]

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> ***************
> The ARRL Letter
> Vol. 22, No. 04
> January 24, 2003
> ***************
>
> IN THIS EDITION:
>
> * +ARRL Board targets strategic planning, WRC-03
> * +League to debut Amateur Radio Today CD-ROM presentation
> * +Princess Marconi adds magic touch to 100th anniversary
> * +Logbook of the World gets limited testing
> * +G3YWX is Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Award winner
> * +New 145 GHz DX record set
> * +Leonard award winners announced
> *  Solar Update
> *  IN BRIEF:
>      This weekend on the radio
>      ARRL Certification and Continuing Education course registration
>      FCC says power line communications technology shows promise
>      President Haynie to visit Tropical Hamboree
>      Contributing editor needed
>      Official WRTC 2002 video now available
>
> +Available on ARRL Audio News
>
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>
> ==>ARRL BOARD DISCUSSES STRATEGIC PLANNING, WRC-03
>
> Establishing a timeline for future strategic planning, increasing ARRL
> membership and raising the level of awareness of Amateur Radio issues at
> World Radiocommunication Conference 2003 (WRC-03) were the primary topics
> as the ARRL Board of Directors met January 17-18 in Connecticut. Chief
> Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, cited a cooperative spirit and said
> the session's overall mood was upbeat. As a result of action taken at the
> meeting, the Board plans to convene a leadership seminar in July and a
> two-day strategic planning retreat in September.
>
> ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, said strategic planning--especially
> aimed at embracing new technologies--is vital for the League's health.
> "We're interested in planning for the League on a long-term basis to
> ensure that we're on the right track 5 to 10 years from now," he said. "We
> have to keep up with emerging technology." Haynie said he's excited with
> what the High-Speed Multimedia Working Group <http://www.arrl.org/hsmm/>
> and the Digital and Software Defined Radio committees have come up so far.
>
> The Board also created a new ad hoc committee, chaired by ARRL
> International Affairs Vice President Rod Stafford, W6ROD, to focus on
> recruiting and retaining members. "This committee is for the near term to
> explore ways to entice people to join the organization," Haynie said. The
> panel also will look at what the League can do to make the ARRL more
> attractive to potential members.
>
> The Board also discussed strategy for protecting Amateur Radio's interests
> at WRC-03 <www.fcc.gov/wrc-03/>, to be held in Geneva from June 9 to July
> 4. The hottest ham radio topic is 7 MHz and the objective of a worldwide
> 300 kHz harmonized amateur allocation. Sumner said the immediate need is
> to get the US Government to support a realignment of allocations for
> amateurs and broadcasters in ITU Regions 1 and 3. "The National
> Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA, which oversees
> the federal government's use of radio spectrum) thinks that Region 1 and 3
> administrators should take the leadership role on this issue and that we
> in Region 2 should make no proposal," Sumner said. "We're trying to change
> that view."
>
> Sumner says the US has a responsibility to represent the interests of
> amateur licensees whose 40-meter operation is severely impacted by
> high-power broadcasting stations elsewhere in the world. "The US did so in
> 1979 and 1992 and should do so again in 2003," he said.
>
> The Board also updated the League's legislative positions for the 108th
> Congress. ARRL will work for a re-introduction of The Amateur Radio
> Emergency Communications Consistency Act
> <http://www.arrl.org/govrelations/hr4720/>. Known last session as HR 4720,
> the bill deals with deed covenants, conditions and restrictions. Also set
> to be reintroduced is the Spectrum Protection Act.
>
> In other business, the Board adopted a 2003 budget; resolved to honor the
> Hospital Disaster Support Communications System
> <members.aol.com/emcom4hosp/> (HDSCS) of Orange County, California, with
> the ARRL National Certificate of Merit; and elected Tod Olson, K0TO, and
> John Kanode, N4MM, as honorary vice presidents.
>
> ==>ARRL ANNOUNCES "AMATEUR RADIO TODAY" CD-ROM PRESENTATION
>
> The ARRL soon will make available a new video presentation, Amateur Radio
> Today, that tells Amateur Radio's public service story to nonhams.
> Directed by Dave Bell, W6AQ, and narrated by former CBS news anchorman
> Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD, the presentation runs approximately six minutes.
>
> "We wanted to have something for people to take to nonhams and civic
> clubs," said ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP. Haynie also anticipates
> that the CD-ROM production will come in handy during his visits to Capitol
> Hill. Haynie recently wowed those attending the January ARRL Board meeting
> by playing--and distributing--draft copies of the disk. A slightly
> revised, final version is expected to be ready for distribution in early
> February.
>
> The presentation focuses on Amateur Radio's role in emergency
> communications. Copyrighted by ARRL, the presentation is intended for
> personal, noncommercial use as a tool to showcase Amateur Radio in a
> manner that nonhams can relate to.
>
> "Dozens of radio amateurs helped the police and fire departments and other
> emergency services maintain communications in New York, Pennsylvania and
> Washington, DC," narrator Cronkite intones in reference to ham radio's
> response on September 11, 2001. "Their country asked, and they responded
> without reservation." Amateur Radio Today also highlights ham radio's part
> in helping various agencies respond to wildfires in the Western US during
> 2002 and mentions ham radio in space.
>
> Haynie said he and Bell discussed the project, and Bell agreed to take it
> on. Alan Kaul, W6RCL, authored the script, and Keith Glispie, WA6TFD,
> edited the production. Haynie said Bell, Kaul and Glispie donated a lot of
> their own time and effort in making the the video presentation a reality.
>
> Amateur Radio "really is the best back-up communications system in the
> world," Cronkite says in his concluding remarks, adding, "and that's the
> way it is." That phrase was the one Cronkite always used to close out his
> nightly newscasts during his tenure with CBS.
>
> Individuals may order a copy of the Amateur Radio Today CD-ROM
> (approximately 70 MB) from the ARRL on-line catalog
> <https://www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=8861>. Plans are under way to also
> make Amateur Radio Today available in other video formats if there is
> sufficient demand. ARRL will make the presentation available for
> downloading from its Web site as soon as the final version is available.
> All that's needed to show the presentation to a group is a laptop computer
> with a CD drive plus a large monitor or a video projector and screen.
>
> Bell, a Hollywood TV producer, is a past chairman of the ARRL Public
> Relations Committee. Kaul is an NBC Television producer. Bill Pasternak,
> WA6ITF, of Amateur Radio Newsline also assisted in the presentation's
> production.
>
> Because of copyright restrictions, Amateur Radio Today may not be
> broadcast, multicast or cablecast in any manner. Those seeking to
> distribute copies of Amateur Radio Today must contact ARRL for permission.
> To request permission, send your name and contact information and a brief
> description of the intended use to ARRL Editorial and Production Manager,
> 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111; permission@arrl.org.
>
> ==>AMATEUR RADIO BOOSTS MARCONI CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION INTO ORBIT
>
> The magic touch of a princess helped to put Amateur Radio center stage
> January 18 on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, during events marking the 100th
> anniversary of the first transatlantic wireless message transmitted by
> Guglielmo Marconi. For the occasion, Marconi's youngest daughter--Princess
> Elettra Marconi--launched greetings into space via an Amateur Radio on the
> International Space Station (ARISS) hookup to ISS crew commander Ken
> Bowersox, KD5JBP.
>
> "One hundred years ago today, my father, Guglielmo Marconi, sent the first
> wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Cod," Princess
> Elettra said from a packed auditorium at the Cape Cod National Seashore
> Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham. "In this same spirit of his
> achievement and also from Cape Cod I send this wireless greeting to you in
> space. Cordial greetings, good wishes and God bless you"
>
> Replied Bowersox from NA1SS, "It's wonderful to hear your voice across the
> radio waves. It's amazing how far our societies and radio communication
> have come in the past 100 years."
>
> On January 18, 1903, Marconi sent wireless greetings on behalf of
> President Theodore Roosevelt to Great Britain's King Edward VII. Events
> throughout the week leading up to the ARISS contact included two Amateur
> Radio special event stations. KM1CC operated from a National Seashore site
> not far from Marconi's original Cape Cod radio station, transmitting a
> commemorative message from President George W. Bush and retransmitting
> Marconi's original 1903 text. Another special event station, WA1WCC, was
> on the air from the former WCC shore station in Chatham, where Marconi had
> relocated operations after the ocean threatened to claim the antenna
> support towers of his original station. Princess Elettra also visited the
> WA1WCC special event site.
>
> Following Princess Elettra's introductory remarks, eight students from
> three Cape Cod high schools took turns firing a total of 18 questions at
> Bowersox as hundreds of visitors and some two dozen news media
> representatives looked on. Serving as mentor for the noontime Cape Cod
> contact was ARISS International Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO. The students'
> curiosity ranged from research goals to whether Bowersox had any desire to
> undertake a trip deeper into space--perhaps to Mars.
>
> Bowersox said his wife has forbidden him to go to Mars--a comment that
> drew a chuckle from the audience--but said he'd volunteer for a deep-space
> mission if he could bring his family along.
>
> "I think someday we're going to leave Earth," Bowersox predicted in
> response to one of the students' questions. "We're going to move on out of
> our solar system out to the stars, and we're just taking the baby steps
> now. Your generation will take us a lot farther, I hope."
>
> Handling earth-station duties for the ARISS contact was Nancy Rocheleau,
> WH6PN, in Honolulu. A WorldCom teleconferencing arrangement made two-way
> audio available on Cape Cod. Students selected were from Provincetown High
> School, Cape Cod Technical and Vocational School and Nauset Regional High
> School.
>
> "The ARISS contact at the Marconi centennial event was a tremendous
> success," said Bauer. "I must say that this contact was one of the more
> impressive and awe-inspiring ARISS contacts we have accomplished." ARISS
> <http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov> is an international effort with support from
> ARRL, NASA and AMSAT.
>
> ==>LIMITED "LOGBOOK OF THE WORLD" TESTING IS A HIT
>
> The long-anticipated "Logbook of the World" (LoTW)--the ARRL's secure
> electronic contact-confirmation system--took a major leap toward public
> release this month with several weeks of limited--or "alpha"--testing.
> Dozens of Amateur Radio operators checked out a preliminary version of the
> LoTW software, which is still under development. Once it's ready, LoTW
> will provide a means for participants to qualify for awards such as DXCC
> or WAS without having to first collect hard-copy QSL cards.
>
> "This is cool!" exclaimed one alpha tester. "Slick!" declared another
> tester. "It's pretty neat so far. This looks like a good start."
>
> ARRL staffer Dave Patton, NT1N, said the limited test run was extremely
> helpful. "One of the main things that will come out of this phase of
> testing is a good package that will be ready to give to logging program
> developers to incorporate into their software," he said.
>
> ARRL Web and Software Development Manager Jon Bloom, KE3Z, explained that
> the League hopes that logging software vendors will choose to add value to
> their products by integrating LoTW client-side functions. "But the
> software we provide to individual amateurs will be sufficient for basic
> use of LoTW," he added. ARRL will not be releasing the LoTW server code,
> however.
>
> Linked via e-mail, the LoTW testers spent two weeks registering their call
> signs, uploading logs and attempting to push the system to extremes. One
> tester was amazed at its robust nature after he uploaded a complete
> station log of about 320,000 QSOs. "I sent this blob expecting it to croak
> the server, but it didn't!" he said.
>
> Logbook of the World Project Leader Wayne Mills, N7NG, says LoTW won't
> spell the end of QSL cards. Instead, he says, it will provide an avenue
> for increased speed and accuracy for hams chasing awards, as well as
> remove some chances for human error that can occur in the traditional
> process.
>
> "This is really a system to offer credits for awards," said Mills, who is
> also ARRL's Membership Services manager. Mills said LoTW will minimize
> opportunities to "game the system" or otherwise cheat--something that's
> not always possible to detect even with paper QSLs. He emphasized that the
> League has no plans to do away with accepting traditional QSL cards as
> it's been doing all along. "We're not replacing the whole paper QSL scheme
> with Logbook of the World," he said.
>
> Unlike electronic QSLing systems now in use, LoTW is not set up to
> exchange QSL "cards" via the Internet. The main idea is that ARRL will
> maintain a secure log database that will be constantly updated by DXers,
> contesters, DXpeditions and thousands of individual amateurs. Registering
> and uploading electronic logs cost nothing; the only time a user will
> incur a charge is when applying accumulated contact credits toward an
> award.
>
> LoTW beta testing for the general Amateur Radio public is expected to
> begin soon. The ARRL has not announced a specific inauguration date for
> Logbook of the World.
>
> ==>G3YWX WINS 2002 BILL ORR, W6SAI, TECHNICAL WRITING AWARD
>
> Ian Poole, G3YWX, is the winner of the 2002 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical
> Writing Award, which is sponsored and administered by the ARRL Foundation.
> Poole was chosen as the award's first recipient on the basis of his
> article "Understanding Solar Indices," which appeared in September 2002
> QST. The award's namesake, Bill Orr was an engineer, educator and
> communicator of extraordinary ability and a frequent contributor to QST
> and other ham radio magazines from the 1940s through the 1980s.
>
> "I was extremely delighted to be told I had won the award, and I feel that
> it is a great honor, especially as the award is named after such a great
> name in Amateur Radio," Poole said. "I also feel really privileged to have
> articles accepted by QST, because the magazine has a tremendous
> reputation." He will receive an engraved plaque and a check for $250,
> thanks to a fund established by Steve Cornell, K4AHA.
>
> "Understanding Solar Indices" looks at the three main solar
> indexes--10.7-cm solar flux, Ap and Kp--and shows how all hams interested
> in DX can use these numbers to their advantage. Poole's winning article is
> available on the ARRL Web site
> <http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/0209038.pdf>.
>
> QST Editor Steve Ford, WB8IMY, pointed out that the award criteria mandate
> that the winning article must exemplify the writing philosophy of Orr, who
> died two years ago. "The article should tell a technical story that
> appeals to a broad audience extending beyond those individuals who have a
> particular interest in the topic," Ford said. "In the opinion of the QST
> editorial department, 'Understanding Solar Indices' was a top choice."
>
>  An engineer, Poole has been a ham for more than 30 years and spends much
> of his time on HF SSB and CW. In addition to having written several books
> on propagation, VHF antennas and other topics, he has published more than
> 400 radio and electronics magazine articles. He's a long-time Radio
> Society of Great Britain (RSGB) member.
>
> ==>VIRGINIA AMATEUR GROUP SETS NEW 145 GHz DX RECORD
>
> Four amateurs from the Lynchburg, Virginia, area celebrated the new year
> January 12 by breaking their own distance record on 145 GHz and by
> confirming a fifth grid for VUCC <http://www.arrl.org/awards/vucc/> on yet
> another microwave band. Brian Justin, WA1ZMS; Pete Lascell, W4WWQ; Hal
> DeVuyst, KA4YNO; and G. P. "Geep" Howell, WA4RTS, spanned a nearly 80-km
> path to set a new North American and world DX record.
>
> "This claim should be the very first VUCC for that band, and it took two
> years of hard work to make it happen," said Justin. Both stations
> exchanged contact information using FSK-CW. All participants are members
> of the Lynchburg Amateur Radio Club (K4CQ), of which Justin is president.
> The group already has earned the first-issued VUCC awards on the 47 and 76
> GHz bands.
>
> Justin, who designed and built all of the equipment, set up his station in
> grid square EM96wx in Southwest Virginia. On the other end of the circuit
> was the W2SZ/4 station, with Howell, Lascell and De Vuyst. W2SZ/4 was at
> approximately 4000 feet above sea level in Virginia's Bedford County in
> grid square FM07fm. Lascell said while the team was setting up, he was
> able to snag a 20-meter contact with KM1CC, the Marconi special event
> station on Cape Cod. "A neat way to tie the bottom of the spectrum and the
> beginning of radio to a new frontier 100 years later," he said.
>
> Weather conditions were just right for the QSO to take place with little
> wind and an extremely low dew point and no haze. Both stations ran about 4
> mW of power and used one-foot dish antennas, which must be precisely
> aimed.
>
> Additional information is available on the Mt Greylock Expeditionary Force
> Web site <http://www.mgef.org>.
>
> ==>BILL LEONARD, W2SKE, PROFESSIONAL MEDIA AWARD WINNERS NAMED
>
> The ARRL 2002 Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Professional Media Award honors a group
> project. The winners are Assistant News Director Jill Valley and News
> Director Greg Schieferstein of KPAX-TV in Missoula, Montana. The Leonard
> award is given annually to a professional journalist (or group) for
> outstanding coverage of Amateur Radio in TV, radio, print or multimedia.
> The winners will receive an engraved plaque and a check for $500.
>
> KPAX-TV's winning submission was a news segment featuring Jenna
> Rettenmayer, KD7MAD, a Missoula high school senior on the air making a
> moonbounce (EME) contact. Rettenmayer decided to get her Amateur Radio
> license as her senior project.
>
> Members of the ARRL's Public Relations Committee, who judge the
> nominations each year, said they were especially impressed with the
> KPAX-TV piece. Not only did it feature a young woman who is interested in
> Amateur Radio, it captured a moonbounce contact--a communication mode
> that's outside the mainstream of typical hamming. The ARRL Board of
> Directors ratified the PR Committee's decision this week.
>
> In Amateur Radio circles, Bill Leonard is perhaps best remembered for his
> 1958 contribution to Sports Illustrated, "The Battle of the Hams," which
> describes the "sport of DXing." In November of 1996, Leonard was inducted
> into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame. Leonard died in 1994.
>
> Nominations are now being accepted for the 2003 Professional Media Award.
> For more information, including rules for entry and nomination forms,
> contact ARRL Media Relations Manager Jennifer Hagy, jhagy@arrl.org;
> 860-594-0328.
>
> ==>SOLAR UPDATE
>
> Solar seer Tad "That Lucky Ol' Sun" Cook, K7VVV, Seattle, Washington,
> reports: Daily sunspot numbers and solar flux were down again this week.
> Average daily sunspot numbers for the week were down by more than 43
> points, and average daily solar flux dropped by more than 37 points.
> Current geomagnetic conditions are unsettled to active, with planetary A
> index for the past four days of the reporting period (through January 22)
> at 16, 17, 17 and 17. On Thursday it rose to 19, and it should stay
> unsettled for a few more days. Planetary A index for Friday through Monday
> is predicted at 20, 15, 20 and 15.
>
> Solar flux should decline for a few more days. Flux values predicted for
> Friday through Monday are 135, 130, 125 and 125. Sunday and Monday should
> have the minimum solar flux, and sunspot numbers for the near term then
> are expected to rise to a short-term peak around February 6 or 7.
>
> Sunspot numbers for January 16 through 22 were 135, 150, 148, 168, 184,
> 167 and 152, with a mean of 157.7. The 10.7-cm flux was 144.6, 141.7,
> 137.4, 130.2, 138, 133.6 and 129.5, with a mean of 136.4. Estimated
> planetary A indices were 7, 8, 12, 16, 17, 17 and 17, with a mean of 13.4.
>
> __________________________________
>
> ==>IN BRIEF:
>
> * This weekend on the radio: The CQ 160-Meter Contest (CW), the REF
> Contest (CW), the BARTG RTTY Sprint and the UBA DX Contest (SSB) are the
> weekend of January 25-26. JUST AHEAD: The  North American Sprint (SSB),
> the 10-10 International Winter Contest (SSB), the Delaware and Minnesota
> QSO parties, the FYBO Winter QRP Field Day and the Mexico RTTY
> International Contest are the weekend of February 1-2. See the ARRL
> Contest Branch page <http://www.arrl.org/contests/> and the WA7BNM Contest
> Calendar <http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html> for more info.
>
> * ARRL Certification and Continuing Education course registration:
> Registration for the first class in Radio Frequency Interference (EC-006)
> <http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2002/11/26/2/> and for the Satellite
> Communications (EC-007) course opens Monday, January 27, 12:01 AM Eastern
> Standard Time (0501 UTC). Registration will remain open through Sunday,
> February 2. Classes begin Monday, February 3. Registration for the ARRL
> Level III Amateur Radio Emergency Communications (EC-003) and HF Digital
> Communications (EC-005) courses remains open through Sunday, January 26. A
> new service now allows those interested in taking an ARRL Certification
> and Continuing Education (C-CE) course to be advised via e-mail in advance
> of registration opportunities. Send an e-mail to prereg@arrl.org. On the
> subject line of your message, include the course name or number (eg,
> EC-00#) in which you're interested. In the message body, include your
> name, call sign, e-mail address and the month you want to start the
> course. To learn more, visit the ARRL Certification and Continuing
> Education Web page <http://www.arrl.org/cce> and the C-CE Links found
> there. For more information, contact Certification and Continuing
> Education Program Coordinator Howard Robins, W1HSR, hrobins@arrl.org.
>
> * FCC says power line communications technology shows promise: According
> to an Associated Press report, the FCC's Office of Engineering and
> Technology has found that power line communications (PLC), which can
> enable high-speed Internet access over electric power lines, shows
> promise. The OET has said that PLC is "beginning to look like a viable
> alternative to cable and DSL connections to the Internet," AP reported. At
> present, no regulations prevent the use of electric power lines to provide
> Internet connections. The FCC wants to ensure that the technology does not
> cause interference problems with other services, however. Some PLC devices
> use digital signals that occupy spectrum into the upper HF range. These
> signals can be radiated efficiently by some electrical wiring, so there
> can be a significant potential impact on Amateur Radio. ARRL Lab
> Supervisor Ed Hare, W1RFI, chairs an IEEE C63 "RFI" ad hoc working group
> on the topic. "The problem with PLC is that if a company wants to supply
> Internet service via PLC, it's going to happen at HF, and it will
> radiate," Hare said. Last fall, the International Amateur Radio Union
> (IARU) Administrative Council noted the growing use of PLC for high-speed
> data and expressed concerns that PLC radiation could interfere with
> Amateur Radio reception. As a result of strong opposition from the Japan
> Amateur Radio League (JARL), Japan's government said last summer that it
> was too soon to allow PLC devices in that country between 2 MHz and 30
> MHz, due to its interference potential to other HF users. AP says two
> utilities, PPL of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Ameren of St Louis,
> Missouri, are working with consumers to test Internet access over power
> lines. PLC devices use overhead power lines and/or residential electrical
> wiring to communicate digital signals--for networking within a home or to
> provide Internet services to entire neighborhoods.
>
> * President Haynie to visit Tropical Hamboree: ARRL President Jim Haynie,
> W5JBP, will head the contingent of ARRL officers and staffers heading
> south to sunny Florida February 1-2 for the 43rd annual Tropical Hamboree
> in Miami. Haynie will hold an Amateur Radio forum at the event, held in
> conjunction with the ARRL Florida State Convention. ARRL International
> Affairs Vice President Rod Stafford, W6ROD, will be on hand to discuss ham
> radio on the international level--including this summer's World
> Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-03). RFI will be a hot topic as well.
> ARRL Lab staffer Mike Gruber, W1MG, will talk to Hamboree attendees about
> the causes and cures of RFI. ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, will
> attend the South Florida DX Association forum and be available for
> questions. Sponsored by the Dade Radio Club of Miami, the Hamboree is one
> of the largest regional Amateur Radio gatherings in North America. It
> kicks off Saturday, February 1 at 9 AM at the Fair-Expo Center in Miami
> and continues through the next day. Complete information is available on
> the Hamboree Web site <http://www.hamboree.org>, which also has contact
> information for Spanish-speaking attendees.
>
> * Contributing editor needed: The ARRL seeks a contributing editor with a
> strong interest in and dedication to Amateur Radio and youth to produce a
> monthly Web-based column on that topic consisting of text and photographs.
> The individual selected will be compensated on a per-column basis.
> Candidates should hold an Amateur Radio license, be active on the air and
> be familiar with ham radio activities, programs and projects that appeal
> to youthful amateurs or prospective amateurs. The preferred individual is
> a younger amateur who possesses PC word processing skills, demonstrates a
> flair for written expression, understands grammar and style requirements
> and can regularly meet monthly deadlines. Contact Rick Lindquist, N1RL,
> n1rl@arrl.org; 860-594-0222, for additional information.
>
> * Official WRTC 2002 video now available: The official video of World
> Radiosport Team Championship 2002 (WRTC 2002) held in Finland now is
> available in DVD and VHS formats. Three camera crews covered as many teams
> and events as they could during the actual 24 hour competition. An ESPN
> announcer narrates the video, which is said to have been produced from "a
> sports perspective." Running time is 60 minutes. Information on how to
> obtain a copy is available on the DX & Contest Videos by 9V1YC Web site
> <http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~jamesb/>.
>
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