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Hamfest: Annandale, VA, 2/24/2008

Sunday, February 24: Annandale, VA
Vienna Wireless Society’s Winterfest,
Northern VA Community College
8333 Little River Tpke., Annandale, VA
(146.91/R); Jim, W4TJP, 703-392-0150
ICOM D-Star digital radio demonstration!
http://www.viennawireless.org

Hamfest: Richmond Frostfest Moves! (2/2/2008)

Changes place, date and day!
Saturday, February 2, 2008: Richmond
Raceway Complex, 600 East Laburnum Ave.
146.88/R (P.L. 74.4); Lee Ann Horton,
W4QCO: http://www.frostfest.com
e-mail: chair@frostfest.com

QST.org Web Address Now in the Hands of the ARRL

Long-time ham and ARRL member David Lien, W6OVP, of Battle Ground, Washington, has transferred the Web address www.QST.org to the ARRL. If you head to that URL, you’ll now find yourself in the QST section of the ARRLWeb.

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/10/18/100/?nc=1

Monster black hole busts theory

A stellar black hole much more massive than theory predicts is possible has astronomers puzzled.

Stellar black holes form when stars with masses around 20 times that of the sun collapse under the weight of their own gravity at the ends of their lives. Most stellar black holes weigh in at around 10 solar masses when the smoke blows away, and computer models of star evolution have difficulty producing black holes more massive than this.
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ARRL DX Bulletin 2007 #43

QATAR, A7.
John, VE7BDI is QRV as A7/M0FZQ from Doha. He is normally active on 40 meters using CW between 0000 and 0200z. QSL direct.

POLAND, SP.
Special event station HF100SK is QRV from Skierniewice until the end of 2007 to mark the 100th anniversary of the scouts inPoland. QSL via SP7ZIA.

http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/dx/2007-arld043.html

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