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Subj: ARN: Names in the News
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NAMES IN THE NEWS: DX SUMMIT APP
Some names in the news. Kevin Schutz has released a
freeware application he calls code.google.com/p/dxer/. Its
primary purpose is gather information from DX Summit.
Schutz says that with this data and his application, you can
easily find out if you already have made a contact or not
with that country. More is on-line at the shortcut of
tinyurl.com/dx-summit-app. (Via e-mail)
BT
NAMES IN THE NEWS: W2ML ORAL HISTORY VIDEO RELEASED
And Steve Mendelsohn W2ML, who passed away earlier this
year, was an extremely active, enthusiastic member of the
ham radio community. Among other things, he was an ARRL
Vice-President and ran the ham radio communications for the
New York Marathon. Professionally he was a broadcast
engineer for CBS and ABC, and did frequency coordination for
the National Football League spending 13 years as the Game
Day Coordinator for the New York Jets. Then tragedy struck
as he was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and given only a
short time to live.
Knowing that he had a vibrant story to tell, his lifelong
friend Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, interviewed Steve at the 2011
Pacificon hamfest. Steve was the conventions guest of honor
and it gave them what would be a final opportunity to video
record an oral history of Steve's life.
Steve Mendelsohn passed away early in the morning of May
23rd. It was decided that the anniversary of the date of
the interview would be apropos for its public release. As
such it's now available at two locations.
Gary Pearce, KN4AQ, who edited the production, has it
available at his HamRadioNow website at tinyurl.com/w2ml-
video. It's also on YouTube at tinyurl.com/w2ml-life-story.
Even if you knew W2ML, and many hams did, you may yet learn
a few things you did not know. If you didn't, then take
this rare opportunity to hear the story of someone that many
call a true trendsetter in the hobby and whose legacy will
remain with us for decades to come. (ARNewslineT)
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