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WORLDBEAT: THE HCJB COAX CABLE MIRACLE
Word that religious broadcaster HCJB has gotten its Radio
Rasuwa project on the air as of last December the 1st, but
not without a little divine guidance. An HCJB article about
the rural Nepal radio project noted that engineer Ty Stakes
fortuitously grabbed an extra length of coaxial cable as he
packed for the journey to that lonely corner of the world.
And it's a good thing that he did.
It turned out to be needed because the station's studio was
not where it had been planned. Once on-site, Stakes and
HCJB missionary Toffer King discovered the tower was not the
one they had requested. Using local talent, translations
and drawings solutions were crafted. A local welder found
himself quite busy and needless to say that the extra length
of coax that Stakes brought with him came to good use.
HCJB's Global Technical Center in Elkhart, Indiana provided
the FM transmitter. The station's coverage area is the
northern border of Nepal with an estimated 14,000 people as
its potential audience. This includes a large number of
Tibetan refugees fleeing Chinese control of their country.
The station will air 17 hours a day, in the local language.
It joins five other HCJB FMs in Nepal. Three more are
expected to launch during 2012. (RW, HCJB)
BT
WORLDBEAT: RAC LOOKING FOR NEW DEFENSE OF AMATEUR RADIO
FUND TRUSTEE
Radio Amateurs of Canada is looking for a person to fill the
recently vacated position of trustee in the Canadian Defense
of Amateur Radio Fund. The Defense of Amateur Radio Fund
trustee must be a licensed Canadian radio amateur and may
not be an officer, employee, director or agent of Radio
Amateurs of Canada. The Defense of Amateur Radio Fund is a
Trust Fund established in the early 1990's to provide
financial support for travel expenses of an amateur radio
representative on the Canadian delegation to World Radio
Conferences to defend the amateur radio bands. If you fit
the requirements and are interested in this position please
provide your name and a brief resume of no more than 500
words by e-mail to Paul Burggraaf at Vo1prb73064 (at) rac
(dot) ca.
(RAC)
BT
WORLDBEAT: IRTS TO CELEBRATE 80TH ANNIVERSARY WITH CONTEST
The Irish Radio Transmitting Society which is Irelands
national ham radio organization will be celebrating its 80th
anniversary by sponsoring a worldwide contest to commemorate
the event. Called CQIR, it will take place most
appropriately on Saint Patrick's Day, which this year
occurs on Saturday, March 17th. Full rules and information
are available on-line at www.irts.ie/cqir or by email to
cqir (at) irts (dot) ie. (IRTS)
BT
WORLDBEAT: EMI SOUNDS PAGE FROM ON4WW
ON4WW in Westham, Belgium, has created a web page with sound
clips that covers the many cases of interference he's dealt
with over the years. The sounds cover everything from a
rain gutter noise to plasma TV interference and even L-E-D
lighting. The ON4WW RFI audio page page is on-line at
www.on4ww.be/emi-rfi.html (Southgate)
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