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*FCC Back at Full Strength -* Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai are the 
two newest FCC Commissioners.

*Vanity Callsigns May Cost 80 C**ents More -* FCC budget plan for the 
next fiscal year calls for amateur radio vanity callsign fee to rise 
from $14.20 to $15 for a 10-year term.

*M-V Island Deleted from CQ Countries List -* Malyj Vysotskij Island 
(R1M) has been deleted from the CQ countries list now that it has been 
dropped from the WAE (Worked All Europe) list as well.

*Ham Radio Pulled into Territorial Dispute -* Amateur radio has been 
pulled into an ongoing dispute between China and the Philippines over 
ownership of Scarborough Reef.

*Cuban Hams Get New Digital Modes -* Olivia, MFSK, JT65, most PSK 
variants and others approved by Havana.

*CQ Launches Industry E-Newsletter -* The CQ IndustryInsider reports on 
industry news and trends, company news and marketing tips.

*Heathkit Closes Again -* Heathkit's highly-promoted return to 
kit-making, including a possible return to the amateur radio market, 
appears to have failed.

*Steve Mendelsohn, W2ML, SK -* Newly-inducted CQ Amateur Radio Hall of 
Fame member Steve Mendelsohn, W2ML, became a Silent Key on May 23 after 
a long fight against pancreatic cancer. He was 67.

*Progress on John Kanzius's Cancer-Fighting Technology -* Preliminary 
tests have been successful in new method of killing cancer cells with 
radio waves developed by the late John Kanzius, K3TUP.

*Radio Canada Going QRT on Shortwave and Satellite -* Radio Canada 
International planning to rely exclusively on World Wide Web.

*Six Hams Aboard Space Station -* One American and two Russian amateurs 
have arrived at the International Space Station, joining a crew of three 
ham-astronauts/cosmonauts already aboard the orbiting outpost.

*Boy Scouts to Offer Morse Code Interpreter Strip; ICOM Inks Deal for 
Jamboree Gear -* "Interpreter strip" indicates proficiency in languages 
other than spoken English; ICOM will supply all ham gear for the 2013 
National Jamboree.

*2007 Young Ham of the Year Becomes Navy Ensign -* Grant Morine, W4GHM, 
just graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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The June issue of CQ will be on newsstands and in subscribers' mailboxes 
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*Sneak peek - July CQ:*

* New column! - Riley's Ramblings, by K4ZDH

* The ON4WW Ultimate Beverage Switchbox

* Results, 2011 CQ WPX RTTY Contest

* CQ Hall of Fame Inductees

* A Pair of CW Filter Kit

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ALSO: Ken Reiss, WPCØKR, reviews the remarkable AOR AR5001D 
communications receiver, while Kirk Kleinschmidt, NTØZ / KPCØZZZ, 
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