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The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No. 1046.1
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January 24, 2012
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
Clusters Network, K2MGA, W2VU and G3SXW for the following DX information.
CQ PRES RELEASE (ARRL, CQ, Sign Agreement to Provide Logbook of the World
Support for CQ Awards). The following press release was sent out by Richard
Moseson, W2VU:
For more information, contact:
Harold Kramer (WJ1B)
Chief Operating Officer
ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio
(860) 594-0200 / wj1b@arrl.org
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Richard Ross (K2MGA)
President
CQ Communications, Inc.
(516) 681-2922 / k2mga@cq-amateur-radio.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 24, 2012
ARRL & CQ Sign Agreement to Provide
ARRL=92s Logbook of The World Support for CQ's Awards
(Hicksville, NY and Newington, CT - Jan. 24, 2012) =96 CQ Communications,
Inc. (CQ) and ARRL =96 the national association for Amateur Radio, have
signed an agreement to begin providing support for CQ-sponsored operating
awards by the ARRL's Logbook of the World (LoTW) electronic confirmation
system.. The agreement was announced jointly today by ARRL Chief Operating
Officer Harold Kramer, WJ1B, and CQ Communications President Richard Ross,
K2MGA.
CQ's awards will be the first non-ARRL awards supported by LoTW and
will be phased in, beginning with the CQ WPX award. Additional CQ awards
will follow. The ARRL's LoTW system, an interactive database recording
contacts between radio amateurs was created in 2003 and has been
adopted by 47,500 radio "hams" worldwide. It already has records of
400 million contacts and grows weekly. The target date for beginning
LoTW support for WPX is April 1, 2012. Amateurs will be able to use
LoTW logs to generate lists of confirmed contacts to be submitted for
WPX credit. Standard LoTW credit fees and CQ award fees will apply.
ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, observed that this
step gives radio amateurs throughout the world an inexpensive and
convenient means of gaining credits toward CQ=92s popular operating
awards. "LoTW has significantly increased interest and participation
in the ARRL's DXCC, Worked All States and VUCC awards programs. We
anticipate a similarly positive response to the addition of the CQ
WPX award. Amateurs will be able to spend more time operating and
less time chasing QSL cards."
CQ President Richard Ross, K2MGA, said he is very pleased to be able
to move forward with Logbook support for CQ awards. "We have had
excellent results with electronic confirmations for several years,"
he said, "and I am glad that we are now able to begin expanding that
convenience to those participants in our award programs who use Logbook
of the World. We look forward to a smooth launch for WPX, and to the
expansion of LoTW support to include the rest of our award programs
as well."
ARRL (www.arrl.org) is the national association for Amateur Radio in
the United States and publisher of its membership journal QST. CQ
Communications, Inc. (www.cqcomm.com) is publisher of CQ Amateur Radio
and several other magazines. There are currently over 700,000 Amateur
Radio licensees in the USA and approximately 2.5 million worldwide.
To learn more go to < www.arrl.org/logbook-of-the-world>. =
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SPECIAL EVENT (Titanic Centenary =96 Station GR100MGY - Press Release
No. 1, 23 January 2012): The sinking of White Star Line's RMS Titanic on
15th April 1912 sent shock-waves around the world and has touched our
hearts ever since. Those who perished in this disaster will be remembered
on its 100th anniversary during many commemorative events.
Within amateur radio we recognise that this event marked the first time
that Morse code saved so many lives at sea. Jack Phillips (1887-1912) was
the liner's Chief Marconi Wireless Operator. He perished only after sending
distress signals in Morse right until the ship foundered, thereby saving
hundreds of lives. Jack was from Godalming, Surrey, where his heroism is
constantly recalled. A group of local radio amateurs commemorated his
heroism on the 90th anniversary of the sinking by setting up a radio
station in Godalming with the call-sign GB90MGY. The letters 'MGY' were
used by RMS Titanic for all its radio transmissions. Five years later,
the Wey Valley Amateur Radio Group (WVARG), activated a similar commemor-
ative station in Godalming, this time using GB95MGY.
For the 2012 centenary a much larger project to honour Jack's memory
will be mounted in Godalming by the Wey Valley club. From Tuesday 10th
April (when Titanic sailed from Southampton), until the day of the sinking,
Sunday 15th April, two transmitters will be manned continuously, with the
special call-sign GR100MGY (Godalming Remembers the Centenary of the
Titanic Disaster). There will be a short pause in transmissions at 0547 GMT
on the Sunday, the time when distress messages ceased minutes before the
liner sank. The transmitters will make contacts around the world, mostly
in Morse code, targeting 15,000 two-way exchanges. Each contact may be
confirmed with a specially printed card depicting Titanic and Jack Phillips.
We offer our grateful thanks to Charterhouse for providing operating
facilities at their excellent Godalming location, to Ofcom for allocating
the special call-sign and to Waverley Borough Council and Godalming Town
Council for their support and embodying this event in their commemorative
programme.
During Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th April, from 12:00 noon until 4:00pm,
the general public will be welcome to visit the station to observe the
transmissions and to participate in this memorable commemorative event. =
Further information: Michael Shortland, G0EFO, michaelgs1@talktalk.net
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For Amateur Radio Publications
Some fifteen operators will man two 400 watt transmitters on the eight
HF bands from 3.5 to 28 MHz , using directional antennas. Only CW will be
used except on the open days, 14-15th April, when SSB will help the public
to understand the operation. Activity on VHF is also planned. QSL inform-
ation can be found at: http://www.QRZ.com.
GR100MGY will be located at 0=B0 37=92 18=94 West, 51=B0 11=92 49=94 Nort=
h, Locator
IO91qe: Charterhouse, Hurtmore Road, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 2DX. =
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