[SFDXA] From the CQ Newsroom:

[Bill]

 From the CQ Newsroom:

Updated news has been posted in the CQ Newsroom  - Stories include . . . .



Australian Ham Leader VK3KI Silent Key - Michael Owen, VK3KI, President 
of the Wireless Institute of Australia and Chairman of Region III of the 
International Amateur Radio Union, became a Silent Key on September 22.



Army MARS Restructures, Decentralizes, Leadership - The Chief of Army 
MARS has put day-to-day management of the organization into the hands of 
the 11 volunteer Region Directors who make up the MARS Government 
Executive Board.



Ham Among Americans Killed in Libyan Consulate Attack - Sean Smith, 
KG4WSS, had worked for the State Department for the past ten years, and 
was on temporary assignment in Libya at the time of the attack.



Co-Founder of Mirage, RF Concepts, a Silent Key - Everett Gracey, 
WA6CBA, who co-founded both Mirage Communications and RF Concepts, 
passed away in late August at age 90.



W1BXY New Managing Editor of QST - Becky Schoenfeld, W1BXY, has been 
named Managing Editor of QST magazine, succeeding Joel Kleinman, N1BKE (SK).



Kosovo Achieves Full Sovereignty - The Republic of Kosovo achieved full 
sovereignty in September at the conclusion of a five-year period of 
"supervised independence." CQ has recognized Kosovo as a separate entity 
for its award and contest programs since 2007, but the ARRL still does not.



US Foxhunters Bring Home 13 Medals - Americans won 13 medals at 
September's World Championships of Amateur Radio Direction Finding 
(ARDF), held in Serbia.



Cubesats Galore - But You Can Only Listen... - Four amateur radio 
cubesats were among a dozen satellites launched together on September 
13. Five additional cubesats - are scheduled to be hand-launched from 
the International Space Station on September 27.


K3EST Retires as CQWW Contest Director- Bob Cox, K3EST, retired in early 
September as Director of the CQ World Wide DX Contest and as CQ's 
Director of Contesting