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Technician and General Radio License Classes	Marina del Rey, CA	11/22/08
30 Meter Digital Weekend Nov 22/23		11/22/08
Amateur and commercial exams	San Pedro, CA	11/23/08
S.S. Portland W1P	MA	11/28/08
2008 CQWW CW Contest		11/29/08

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The Antenna - Buy or Build? Ham radio has changed over the years...Do you still build antenna's, or do you buy a commercial product?
[80 votes since 2008-11-20]

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1627	14191.0	3DA0VM	Tnx Dave rpt 5-8/,73
1626	3673.0	DL0EIT	Clubstation G54 Eitorf
1626	1830.5	RU4YES	Nice call! FT950
1625	7013.8	FR5ZL
1625	7080.0	OD5/IV3YIM	CQ CQ
1624	18082.9	J3/DL7CM	QSX 18083.99 CQ
1624	14003.0	7P8BA	2UP:)
1624	1821.5	BD7JSQ	up now
1623	7008.3	9M2MRS
1623	7007.5	LY70W

Spotlight	KJ4KBN

My first station, working on the General. Listening on a Kenwood TS-570D, talking on Kenwood TR-7950, Icom W-32A, Radio Shack HTX-200, and listening on Radio Shack 10 Meter Mobil, and Radio Shack PRO-74 Scanner. KI4KBN

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Strays	Add a Stray!

What's it going to take to get a geosynchronous ham satellite? In a word, MONEY! Paying for the launch would cost megabucks, well beyond AMSAT's (or even ARRL's) present or foreseeable resources. The days of free launches are long gone, especially to high orbits. w2rs@arrl.net
W2RS

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DXCC Status
A contributor states, "Currently there are only two countries that do not issue Amateur Radio licenses to their citizens, Yemen and North Korea. Thousand of deserving Ham's worldwide who enjoy working DX are shut out of any hope of obtaining the #1 Top of the Honor Roll status due to this. It would seem rational that these two countries (and any others who take a similar position) should be deleted from the official DXCC list in view of this. Why recognize a country on the DXCC list that does not recognize Amateur Radio? What say you?"

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KA5ROW Douglas Cain	3.7
KA1MDA Ham Radio Page	2.5
KB7YOU Chris Levin	3.5
KB0YKI's Radio Zone	2.5
KB7UV - Web Home of Andy Funk	1.5

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Friends Remembered	View More

Joe Coffield (W2DDZ)

Eva "Marie" LeGrand Mo (KI4VFZ)

FRANK S DARMOFALSKI (W1FD)

Lewis Allen (K5POW)

Norma J. Fiorito (K8ZNV)

Shack Showcase	ON4SKY aka LX3SKY at work

Located in Wépion (south Belgium) my temporary shack contains a Kenwood TL-922A kW amplifier, a Kenwood TS-570D transceiver and various accessories including software like DX4Win (logger) and DX ToolBox (propagation). The antenna is usually a G5RV 31m, but I use also a vertical, an horizontal-V dipole 2x40m long. When I work from LX as LX3SKY I use a vertical or a 3-ele beam. More info at http://www.astrosurf.com/lombry

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