[SFDXA] From CQ - Current News Update

[William Marx]

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> Updated news has been posted in the CQ Newsroom  - Stories include . . . .       
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> ARRL Asks FCC for Ham Band at 472 kHz - Petition for Rule Making requests establishment of a domestic amateur radio allocation at 472-479 kHz.
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> ARRL Offers Daily/Hourly LoTW Updates After Major Malfunction - League reports bug is fixed, but processing backlog persists and will until new hardware is installed in February.
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> Retired Colonel Named to #2 Spot in Army MARS - Paul English, WD8DBY, is the new Program Officer for the Military Auxiliary Radio System.
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> KB5TZZ Named Director of Johnson Space Center - Astronaut Eileen Ochoa, KB5TZZ, Deputy Director since 2007, takes over January 1.
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> Kornienko (RN3BF) and Kelly to Spend a Year on International Space Station - Mission will help increase understanding of how the human body reacts and adapts to long-term space flight.
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> Hams Play Role in Production of "Lincoln" Movie - Morse Telegraph Club provided telegraph stations in War Department and provided technical advice.
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> Contesting News Website Shuts Down - radio-sport.net will shut its doors at the end of 2012, according to its founder and producer, Jamie Dupree, NS3T.
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> South Africa: All Hams Must Re-Apply for Licenses - Government to start enforcing rule that amateurs must re-apply for licenses every five years.
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> Visual CW Plans Thwarted by Moon - Bright moonlight to make sky too bright to see Morse code messages flashed from the Japanese FITSAT-1 satellite. Will try again in January.
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> IARU Adds Two New Members - The national radio societies of Azerbaijan and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are the newest members of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU).
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> FCC Formally Proposes LF Amateur Band - The FCC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making which, among many other things, formally proposes a secondary amateur allocation at 135.7-137.8 kHz.
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> CQ Files Comments on FCC Relicensing Proposal - Supports concept of permitting former hams to be relicensed without being retested, opposes proposals to shorten license renewal grace period and reduce minimum number of examiners at test sessions.
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> Five CQ "Family" Members Honored by YASME Foundation - YASME Excellence Awards go to Propagation Editors NW7US and K9LA, as well as three members of the CQ World Wide Contest Committee and 11 others.
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> January CQ  
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> Featured articles include:
> * Inside a Chinese Contest Station
> * SSB Results: 2012 CQ WPX Contest
> * FCC's Newest Licensing Proposal
> * Marshmallows and DX
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> Sneak peek - February CQ:
> * An Amazing Ham, An Amazing Accomplishment
> * Sparks in the Snow
> * First Look: Yaesu FT DX 3000
> * CW Results: 2012 CQ WPX Contest
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> Here's a look inside the January issue: 
> In January's Pop'Comm, follow along as legions of SWLers, scanner buffs and radio amateurs make their pilgrimage to the Southwestern United States for Quartzfest 2013 - January 15-25. Gordon West, WPC6NOA, gives readers a preview of the action taking place at one of the quietest listening spots on the planet. ALSO: SWLing expert Gerry Dexter, WPC9GLD, gives monitors tips on chasing the elusive Chinese "Firedrake" jammer across the high-frequency spectrum. Meanwhile, Ham Discoveries columnist Kirk Kleinschmidt, KPCØZZZ, has a loopy idea for a New Year's antenna that will be pleasing to both radio amateurs and SWLers alike. Shannon Huniwell, WPC2HUN, brings readers Part I of "W***-FM, The Imagination Station."
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> January WorldRadio Online Highlights  
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> WRO's January issue preview is now on its site!
> Come along with veteran trail-friendly radio operator Jim Cluett, W1PID, as he and friend Hanz Busch, W1JSB, put on cross-country skis and head to a New England cabin for some wintery DX chasing. AND: Propagation columnist Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, examines Earth's ionosphere in relation to the Sun's 27-day rotation. In Aerials, Krusty Ol' Kurt reminds us there's more than one way to design and build the renowned G5RV multi-band HF antenna. Don't miss this month's Off the Air, in which Cory G.B. Sickles, WA3UVV, gives tips on how to help your radio club grow.
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