November 30, 2007 by kb3ljm.

Amateur Radio repeaters in Germany are disappearing, but not because there is nobody to use them. Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, has the details:

German hams are the unintended victim of denationalization of that nation’s tower site business and the new owners don’t seem to really want radio hams paying little to nothing to use their facilities.
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November 30, 2007 by kb3ljm.

The evening of November 13 saw the first transatlantic contact on 500 kHz between amateur experimental stations. US experimental station WE2XGR/2 (Jay Rusgrove, W1VD, in Connecticut) and GI4PDE (Finbar O’Connor, EI0CF, in Northern Ireland) communicated by standard-speed CW for about 15 minutes. On that same night, US experimental stations WD2XSH/12 (Mike Mussler, AI8Z, in Colorado) and WD2XSH/20 (Rudy Severns, N6LF, in Oregon) made the first contact in the western half of the USA. Two days later, WE2XGR/2 and GI4DPE repeated their feat and WD2XSH/12 had contacts with WD2XSH/6 (Pat Hamel, W5THT, in Mississippi) and WD2XSH/13 (John Oehlenschlager, K0JO, in Minnesota). The ARRL 500 kHz experimental license, WD2XSH, was issued in September 2006 and has 19 active stations. Fritz Raab, W1FR, of Vermont, serves as experimental project manager for The 500 KC Experimental Group for Amateur Radio.

http://www.arrl.org/?artid=7868

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November 30, 2007 by kb3ljm.

ROTUMA ISLAND, 3D2.

Tony, 3D2AG expects to be QRV from December 3to January 20. QSL to home call.

ANDORRA, C3.

Salvador is QRV as C31CT and has been active on 40meters around 2330z. QSL via EA3QS.

CANARY ISLANDS, EA8.

Jean, ON5JV and Georgette, ON6AK will be QRV as EA8/homecalls from Tenerife, IOTA AF-004, from December 1 to January 31. Activity will be mainly on 40 and 20 meters during their evenings. QSL to home calls.

MAYOTTE, FH.

Alan, F4RPW is QRV as FH1LE and has been active on 20 meters using RTTY around 1640z. QSL via F6BFH.

OGASAWARA, JD1.

Masa is QRV as JD1AHC and has been active on the low bands at various times. QSL via JA1BVA.

FALKLAND ISLANDS, VP8.

Chris is QRV as VP8CXV and has been active on 30 meters using RTTY between 2230 and 2330z. QSL via GM0TQJ.

http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/dx/2007-arld049.html

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November 30, 2007 by kb3ljm.

The 3-letter code for the airport in Sioux City, Iowa, is SUX. Har. Airport authorities have been fighting for years to get it changed to something that does not suck, but they have recently decided to embrace the name, using flysux.com as their website and printing t-shirts and hats with the name on it.

But really, the best part of this story is that the FAA offered them 5 other choices that the airport turned down. The best of those 5? GAY. Now THAT sux.

http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/online_travel_review/2007/10/iowa-airport-su.html

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