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MIT's Self-Assembling Solar Cells Recycle Themselves
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TGIF
EDITION: Hurricane Earl is supposed to hit us tonight
but it doesn't look too bad....ARRL Headquarters
will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Monday,
September 6. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code
practice transmissions that day. ARRL Headquarters will
reopen Tuesday, September 7 at 8 AM Eastern Daylight
Time. We wish everyone a safe and festive holiday
weekend....AWT will be open for business...8-Foot
Shark Caught in Potomac River ...Brain trust Stephen
Hawking says
no such thing as God....
Email Today:
This is the most clearly stated, sensible, and
historically accurate statement that I've read on this
issue.
Statement on the Proposed "Cordoba House" Mosque near
Ground Zero
by Newt Gingrich
There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York
so long as there are no
churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia The time for
double standards that allow
Islamists to behave aggressively toward us while they
demand our weakness and
submission is over.
The proposed "Cordoba House" overlooking the World Trade
Center site - where a
group of jihadists killed over 3000 Americans and
destroyed one of our most
famous landmarks - is a test of the timidity, passivity
and historic ignorance
of American elites. For example, most of them don't
understand that "Cordoba
House" is a deliberately insulting term. It refers to
Cordoba, Spain - the
capital of Muslim conquerors who symbolized their
victory over the Christian
Spaniards by transforming a church there into the
world's third-largest mosque
complex.
Today, some of the Mosque's backers insist this term is
being used to "symbolize
interfaith cooperation" when, in fact, every Islamist in
the world recognizes
Cordoba as a symbol of Islamic conquest. It is a sign of
their contempt for
Americans and their confidence in our historic ignorance
that they would
deliberately insult us this way. Those Islamists and
their apologists who argue
for "religious toleration" are arrogantly dishonest.
They ignore the fact that
more than 100 mosques already exist in New York City
Meanwhile, there are no
churches or synagogues in all of Saudi Arabia. In fact
no Christian or Jew can
even enter Mecca. And they lecture us about tolerance.
If the people behind the Cordoba House were serious
about religious toleration,
they would be imploring the Saudis, as fellow Muslims,
to immediately open up
Mecca to all and immediately announce their intention to
allow non-Muslim houses
of worship in the Kingdom. They should be asked by the
news media if they would
be willing to lead such a campaign.
We have not been able to rebuild the World Trade Center
in nine years. Now we
are being told a 13 story, $100 million mega mosque will
be built within a year
overlooking the site of the most devastating surprise
attack in American
history.
Finally where is the money coming from? The people
behind the Cordoba House
refuse to reveal all their funding sources. America is
experiencing an Islamist
cultural-political offensive
designed to undermine and destroy our civilization.
Sadly, too many of our
elites are the willing apologists for those who would
destroy them if they
could.
No mosque.
No self deception.
No surrender.
73 de W7SG
Ham radio operators to commemorate end of WWII
Members of the Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club will be
aboard the Battleship North Carolina on Thursday night.
Using original radio gear from the 1940s, they plan to
establish radio contact with the battleship USS
Missouri, anchored at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, at 9 p.m.
local time.
Anchored in Tokyo harbor, the battleship Missouri was
the site of the surrender ceremony on Sept. 2, 1945,
formally ending hostilities.
“We have been in touch with the USS Missouri and we have
set a schedule to communicate between the two ships when
propagation is best,” said Azalea Coast club member
Charlie Vaughan.
Some of the vintage radio equipment is on loan from an
amateur radio operator in upstate New York, Vaughan
said.
Now preserved as a war memorial and floating museum on
the Cape Fear River, the USS North Carolina was the
first American battleship to enter Pearl Harbor after
the Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1941. It participated in
every major naval offensive in the Pacific and earned 15
battle stars.
For more information on the transmission, visit the
radio club’s website at
www.ac4rc.org.
On the 65th anniversary of the Japanese surrender in
World War II, local ham radio operators will try to link
up historic battleships that served in the Pacific
Theater.
MISSING ARIZONA HAM FOUND DEAD IN TRAILER
A sad end to the search for a Glendale, Arizona, ham who
went missing in mid August.
Authorities in Maricopa County, Arizona are confirming
the body of 30-year-old David Wile, KE7SWL, of Glendale,
was found August 24t, hidden inside a box trailer being
pulled by a truck in the Sun City area.
The truck driver, 48-year-old David Edison, has been
charged with concealing a body. He is being held on
$20,000 bond.
An autopsy on August 27th by the Maricopa County medical
examiner confirmed the body was indeed Wile's. A cause
and manner of death was still being investigated. The
sheriff's homicide unit is also now actively pursuing
the case. They say more charges could be pending against
Edison.
Investigators say they got a call from a couple
following the truck and trailer on August 24th and they
reported what they described as a foul smell coming from
the vehicle. They gave deputies the description and
license number of the vehicle and it was stopped a short
time later between Peoria and Sun City, authorities say.
Investigators say when deputies opened the trailer, they
made the grim discovery of a decaying body tucked inside
a garment.
Edison was interviewed, but is reported to have invoked
his right to counsel and he was charged and committed to
the jail. On a blog posting, a woman identifying herself
as David Wile's aunt claimed the suspect is a roommate
and former business partner of her nephew.
Wile was reportedly last seen at his Glendale home on
August 14th. He was reported missing by his family on
August 17th after he failed to show up for a ballroom
dance competition at a Tempe, Arizona dance studio.
This Week On The Radio:
This week:
- September 4 -- Russian RTTY WW Contest; Wake-Up! QRP
Sprint; AGCW Straight Key Party
- September 4-5 -- ARRL EME Contest http://www.arrl.org/eme-contest;
All Asian DX Contest (Phone); Colorado QSO Party; Brazil
Independence Day BPSK31 CDX Contest
- September 5 -- WAB 144 MHz QRP Contest (Phone)
- September 5-6 -- Tennessee QSO Party
- September 6-7 -- Michigan QRP Labor Day CW Sprint
- September 7 -- ARS Spartan Sprint
- September 8 -- QRP Fox Hunt
- September 8-9 -- CWops Mini-CW Test
Next week:
tember 10 -- NCCC Sprint Ladder
- September 11 -- Ohio State Parks on the Air
- September 11-12 -- Arkansas QSO Party; FISTS Get Your
Feet Wet Weekend; WAE DX Contest (SSB)
- September 11-13 -- ARRL September VHF QSO Party
http://www.arrl.org/september-vhf-qso-party
- September 12 -- North American Sprint (CW); SKCC
Weekend Sprint
- September 16 -- NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint
HAM TECHNOLOGY: VK2DGR RELEASES ROYALTY FREE
DIGITAL VOICE CODEC
An exciting development in the world of ham radio
digital audio. This as David Rowe, VK5DGR, announces the
release of Version 0.1 alpha of Codec2, which is a fully
function 2550 bit per seconds codec for Amateur Radio
digital voice.
As previously described here on Newsline, Codec2 is an
open source low bit rate speech codec released under the
GNU Lesser General Public License designed for
communications quality speech use. Applications include
low bandwidth High Frequency and VHF digital radio.
Those who support Codec2 claim that the lack of a
copyright free Codec has impeded the development of
amateur radio digital voice communications on both the
High Frequency and VHF bands. They hope that Codec2 will
eventually be incorporated into DV software such as
WinDRM and FDMDV which has so far relied on a non open
source Codec.
TECH GROUPS AT ODDS OVER CELLPHONE FM CHIP
It appears the FM chip aspect of performance royalty
discussions between the National Association of
Broadcasters and the MusicFirst coalition that
represents artists and recording companies have angered
some wireless companies. As a result, several technology
industry associations have written letters to the
Chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate
Judiciary Committees. They are urging the lawmakers to
resist efforts to mandate an FM chip in cell phones and
other personal devices in any legislation addressing
what they term as an: " unrelated conflict between the
broadcast and recording industries over royalties."
Six trade groups signed the letter. These include the
very politically powerful Cellular Telecommunications
Industry Association and the equally powerful Consumer
Electronics Association. Joining them are the
Telecommunications Industry Association, TechAmerica,
the Information Technology Industry Council and the
Rural Cellular Association. All put forth the same
argument that essentially says that this is not their
fight and they will not permit themselves to be drawn
into it.
In their letter the groups say that calls for an FM chip
mandate are not about public safety but are instead
about propping up a business which consumers are
abandoning as they avail themselves of new, more
consumer-friendly options. The letter goes on to state
that it is simply wrong for two entrenched industries to
resolve their differences by agreeing to burden a third
industry. which has no relationship or other interest in
the performance royalty dispute.
Those signing the letter say that they do not accept the
rationalization that an FM control chip as an emergency
alert" solution. They state that this idea was
considered and rejected during implementation of the
WARN Act. As such, it would put this multi-year
collaboration and investment at risk and delay the
widespread availability of alerting capability. (RW)
HAM RADIO IN SPACE: BURNING WATER CUBESAT CONCEPT
Two videos on YouTube video show the concept for a
CubeSat propulsion system using plasma electrolysis of
water. This prototype shows that thrust can be produced
by plasma electrolysis or burning water so to speak. You
can view these videos on-line at tinyurl.com/2csky34.
(Southgate, ANS)
ON THE AIR: RADAR COMES TO HAM RADIO IN AN ON THE AIR
OPERATION
RADAR is coming to the ham bands, but in a good way.
This as PD1AJJ and PD3EM will be active with the special
event callsign PD55RADAR from 4th to the 14th.
In this case RADAR stands for Rapid Deployment Amateur
Radio. This is an international concept of radio
amateurs being able to operate anywhere under all
circumstances. The goal is to setup an amateur radio
station quickly on remote sites anywhere using only
battery power. And anywhere means not only sites
reachable by car but also on locations after a few miles
walk. Also the groups 5 by 5 concept means being able to
communicate by amateur radio within 5 minutes after
arriving at the operating site with the QRP power of 5
watts maximum.
PD1AJJ and PD3EM will participate in the IARU HF SSB
Field Day On September 4th and 5th from the Dutch
polders near the famous windmills of Kinderdijk. They
will use a Yaesu FT-817 which means QRP only. The rest
of the period they will be operating PD55RADAR in their
free-time which will mainly be during the evenings. QSL
via PD3EM, More information on line at www.pd3em.com
(PD3EM)
The great expectation of DX quadruplets
The five islands of the Netherlands Antilles in the
Caribbean Sea are to undergo constitutional status
changes next month and result in a four new DXCC
entities.
Sint Maarten PJ7, Curacao PJ2, Bonaire PJ4, each are to
become a DX entity, while Saba PJ6 and Sint Eustatius
PJ5 combined, are set to be a single entity due to their
close proximity.
There are two announced DXpeditions to Sint Maarten, and
one each to Saba, Bonaire and Curacao, with that island
also being the venue at the time for the Global Amateur
Radio Emergency Conference GAREC-2010.
The DX community is waiting for the 10th day of the 10th
month 2010 for the new DX entities
Two existing DXCC entities, PJ2/PJ4 Leeward Islands and
PJ5/PJ6/PJ7 Windward Islands, is said to be set for
deletion at the same time.
Aruba P4 seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986
and gained DXCC entity status at that time.
Landing Ship, Tank (LST) Signals in Morse
The Beaver County Times reports Bob Pointer N9XAW
flashed 'bye' - dash, dot, dot, dot; dash, dot, dash,
dash; dot - in Morse code with a signal light from the
third deck of LST 325 as it left a crowd lining the Ohio
River at the New Cumberland Locks and Dam Tuesday
evening.
“If there’s a ham down there, he’ll flash back,” said
Pointer, a Navy veteran from Evansville, Ind., who
served aboard an LST. “Every once in a while, we’ll get
one who’ll answer us. Ham radio operators still use
Morse code.”
Read the full Beaver County Times article at
http://www.timesonline.com/bct_news/news_details/article/1373/2010/august/31/crowds-line-banks-to-see-lst-lumber-by.html
The LST (Landing Ship, Tank) is an amphibious vessel
designed to land battle-ready tanks, troops and supplies
directly onto enemy shores.
Ships of this type proved to be enormously useful during
times of war and peace. This particular LST was
originally known as LST-325 during the Second World War,
USNS LST-325 during its arctic operations in the 1950's,
and later L-144 (A/G Syros) while it was in the service
of the Greek Navy. It was acquired by The USS LST Ship
Memorial, Inc., in 2000,
WW2LST - USS LST 325 Amateur Radio Club
http://www.eham.net/qslmgr/result?Callsign=WW2LST
The USS LST Ship Memorial
http://www.lstmemorial.org/
THURSDAY
EDITION: I already mentioned it was hot here....Spy
Satellites created and used for war are now being
made available to local law enforcement for use on U.S.
Citizens...CBO publishes report that shows President
Obama's stimulus bill will in fact cost the United
States more money than the entire eight years fighting
in Iraq. Of course, those are just facts and everyone
knows facts have a liberal bias ...The good thing about
our horrible economy is the entry of illegal immigrants
is slowing way down, no jobs here!
Usually once a year, an e-mail gets circulated around
claiming that on the night of August 27th, the planet
Mars will appear in the sky as large as the Full Moon.
Before you know it, "Mars Mania" becomes the talk of the
town and everyone begins flooding the internet for more
information about this once in a lifetime event.
However, the truth must be revealed – it's a flat out
hoax!
Mars will never come close enough to Earth in its orbit
around the Sun to be viewed as large as the Full Moon
from our vantage point. So how did "August 27" get
chosen? Back on August 27, 2003, Mars did make a
historical close pass by of Earth at about 34.6 million
miles, but even back then, Mars appeared as a very
bright reddish "star" and didn’t look at all like our
own Full Moon in terms of size. The Mars hoax has been
circulating ever since.
Mars is currently visible in the western sky at dusk as
a faint star and sets about 90 minutes after the Sun.
Nearby you’ll find a very brilliant "star" which is
actually the planet Venus. If you’re interested in
viewing Mars or Venus, Celestron offers a variety of
different telescope models to choose from, including the
LCM, AstroMaster and PowerSeeker series. Why not have a
look at our closest celestial neighbors in the solar
system and see for yourself tonight?
Java Breadboard Simulator 1.11
The Java Breadboard Simulator application was designed
to be a small tool which enables students to simulate
circuits developed on a breadboard.
Students can place chips on the breadboard and these
chips should work just as the real hardware.
In order to allow easy extendibility of the system, each
chip is a separate class. The user can write new classes
for new chips, re-compile the applet and the new chip
will be included.
However, this approach means that the application must
be downloaded and re-compiled. Also, it requires that
the user is able to program in Java.
The "Circuit Design Tools for a Bread-Board Simulator"
project involves the development of tools that allow the
user to create new chips using standard circuit design
tools like schematic circuit diagrams, transition tables
and boolean algebra.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Science-CAD/Java-Breadboard-Simulator.shtml
WEDNESDAY
EDITION: Fricken hot here, 94 and humid...bring on the
damn hurricane and let us cool down. How the hell do you
4-landers stand this humidity and heat?...I am
looking for a backup amop for my Alpha 99 and I received
quite a few responses from New England area hams with
Acoms, Kenwoods, Ameritrons, etc.....decisIons,
decisions....
Email: Never Never PISS on an electric fence, It is very
shocking.. I learned this many years ago/ wz0t/Scotty
DOVER, N.H.—A New
Hampshire high
school student
shocked so severely
in shop class that
his heart stopped
beating is suing his
teacher, the school
district and the
city of Dover.
Kyle Dubois and his
parents claim
teacher Thomas
Kelley did not warn
Dubois and other
students of the
dangers of the
electrical
demonstration cords
in their electrical
trades class.
On March 11, Dubois
attached an
electrical clamp to
one nipple while
another student
attached another
clamp to the other.
A third student
plugged in the cord.
Dubois was
critically injured.
The New Hampshire
Union Leader says
Dubois' suit
contends he suffered
permanent brain
damage.....sounds
like he had brain
damage before he lit
himself up!
Kelley resigned from
his teaching
position about a
month after the
incident. He
declined to comment
on the lawsuit. 
FCC Reaffirms 2×2 Call Signs Are Only for Advanced,
Amateur Extra License Classes -that's right, the
FCC made a decision!
In May 2010, John Gottschalk, KB1DDK, of Westwood,
Massachusetts, requested a new call sign via the FCC’s
vanity call sign program. Gottschalk, a General class
licensee, requested KK1CQ -- a 2×2 call sign -- and a
waiver from the Commission allowing him to hold the call
sign. The FCC denied both requests on Tuesday, August
31, 2010.
Per Section 97.19(d) of the Commission’s Rules, an
applicant may request a vanity call sign from only the
group of call signs corresponding to the same or lower
class of operator license held by the applicant, as
designated in the sequential call sign system. Hence,
Gottschalk is not eligible to hold a 2×2 call sign (a
Group B call sign), as these call signs are reserved and
assignable only to Amateur Extra Class and Advanced
Class licensees. As such, he requested a waiver to hold
the call sign; Gottschalk told the FCC that the previous
holder of KK1CQ was a close friend of his whom he wished
to memorialize.
“When the Commission implemented the vanity call sign
system, it provided that no licensee could receive a
vanity call sign corresponding to a higher license
class, because this would be unfair to other licensees
who passed the examination for that license class,” the
FCC stated in its letter to Gottschalk. “The Commission
also concluded that it was reasonable to require the
licensee to upgrade to the requisite license class in
order to be eligible for the desired call sign. We
conclude that grant of your waiver request is not
appropriate because you have not shown that you could
not or cannot upgrade to an Amateur Extra Class operator
license. We also conclude that grant of the waiver would
not be in the public interest because it would deprive
other, eligible licensees of the opportunity to request
this call sign.”
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Human poop powered vehicle |
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(Telegraph)- A car that runs on methane gas produced
by human waste has been launched and its makers claim
drivers cannot tell the difference.
The Bio-Bug has been converted by a team of British
engineers to be powered by biogas, which is produced
from human waste at sewage works across the country.
They believe the car is a viable alternative to electric
vehicles.
Excrement flushed down the lavatories of just 70 homes
is enough to power the car for 10,000 miles – the
equivalent of one average motoring year.
This conversion technology has been used in the past but
the Bio-Bug is Britain’s first car to run on methane gas
without its performance being reduced.
It can power a conventional two litre VW Beetle
convertible to 114mph.
MONDAY/TUESDAY
EDITION:
New England area hams, I am looking for a clean used
amplifier. What have you got?...Boxboro was busy on
Saturday but light traffic on Sunday. I missed the event
due to my wife's recent surgery, but it comes back in
two years and I probably saved a lot of money on stuff I
really don't need...We
the people...
I
have often wondered why it is that the conservatives are
called the “right” and the liberals are called the
“left.”
Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV)
“The heart of the wise inclines to the right,
but the heart of the fool to the left.”
BEWARE! KJ4TOF - Ripp Off Artist and Thief
This guy was slick...sent me a "cashier's check" and
upon receipt, sent the item to this jerk only to find
out 10 days later, check was bogus....
Now, I and a disabled friend of mine are out of the
funds he stole plus the item I "sold" him...
He lives in Catonment Florida, not far from
Pensacola...beware as he posts on EHam and QRZ
frequently. He doesn't seem to know much about amateur
radio basics, but definitely knows how to cleverly steal
and rip off individuals. Don't buy or sell this
character anything....
Won't return the item or the money...decided to quit
"communicating with him", even though he doesn't answer
e-mails. I have processed paperwork, following up thru
formal processes...
JUST BEWARE; I suspect to see this liar and thief to
escalate his scamming activities and possibly a call
sign change in the near future.
Billy Stone
Cantonment Florida
US Amateur Radio Emergency Service celebrates 75
years of service
The US Amateur Radio Emergency Service, ARES, will be
celebrating its 75th anniversary from September through
December 2010.
This program of the ARRL has provided 'ham radio'
emergency communications for agencies such as the
American Red Cross, Salvation Army, countless Emergency
Operations Centers and other responders in the worst of
times.
Their specially trained radio communications volunteers
give thousands of hours of community service for free.
The fastest way to turn an emergency into a disaster is
to lose communications. In events from ice storms to
Hurricane Katrina and Haiti, when normal communications
systems were down or overloaded, the Radio Amateurs in
the ARES programmes filled requests for communications
aid.
The first mention of an organized Amateur Radio
emergency response organisation appeared in the
September 1935 issue of QST Magazine.
Walmart shoppers have nothing on the
goofs that surface at every hamfest ...I
have always hated the look of those nerdly sandals with
the white socks but the blanket just sets it off.
Seen at the hamfest for sale...
Saturday at the outside fleamarket...tnx for pics
Dean-kb1pgh
Sun storm to hit
with 'force of 100m bombs'
Read more:
http://www.news.com.au/technology/sun-storm-to-hit-with-force-of-100-bombs/story-e6frfro0-1225909999465#ixzz0y7Nlkgww
NASA has since rebutted those reports, saying it could
come "100 years away or just 100 days", but an
Australian astronomer says the space community is
betting on the sooner scenario rather than the latter.
Despite its rebuttal, NASA's been watching out for this
storm since 2006 and reports from the US this week claim
the storms could hit on that most Hollywood of disaster
dates - 2012.
New England Hams you might run across on
3864 or 3910.........
W1GWU-Bob....one of the Hosstrader's original
organizers, 75 meter regular
W1TCS- Terry....75 meter regular, wealth of electronic
knowledge...
K1PV- Roger....75 meter regular, easy going guy...
K1PEK-Steve..Founder of Davis-RF....my best friend from
high school
NE1Z- Bill...3910, what can I say? Good cw op, collector
of OO cards...
W1FSK-Steve....Navy Pilot, HRO Salesman, has owned every
radio ever built!
K9AEN-John...Easy going ham found at all the hamfests
WB1DVD- Gil....Gilly..Gilmore.....easy going, computer
parts selling, New England Ham..
KB1GCK- Junkyard Jack- "Has
the license...Further learning not required"..
W1OKQ- Jack....3936 Wheeling and Dealing......keeping
the boys on there toes....
K1JEK-Joe.........Easy going, can be found at every ham
flea market in New England ...Cobra Antenna builder..
K1BXI- John.........Dr. Linux....fine amateur radio op
....wealth of experience...
KA1GJU- Kriss- Tower climbing pilot who cooks on the
side at Hosstraders...
KB1CJG-"Cobby"- Low key gent can be found on many of the
75 meter nets.........a musician, woodworker, net
control!
N1XW.....Mike- claims to have been abducted by
aliens......Temper!
W1XER...Scott....easy going guy
K1BQT.....Rick....very talented ham, loves his politics,
has designed gear for MFJ...
W1KQ- Jim- Retired
Air Force Controller and on the HRO staff
in NH...
N1OOL-Jeff- The 3936 master plumber and ragchewer...
K1BRS-Bruce- Computer Tech of 3936...multi talented
kidney stone passing ham...
WB1AAZ- Mike, Antrim, NH, truck driver, MIA as of late..
K1BGH- Arthur, Cape Cod, construction company/ice cream
shop, hard working man....
W1VAK- Ed, Cape Cod, lots of experience in all areas,
once was Jacques Cousteus body guard....
N1YSU- Bob, easy going, kind of like Mr. Rogers
until politics are brought up then watch out...loves
Chinese food!
N1WBD- Big Bob-
Tallest ham, at 6'10", of the 3936
(now 3864) group and owner of Peanut (silent key)- 3864
mascot..................
K1BNH- Bill- Works for bottle gas company-we think he
has been around nitrous oxide to long .
WA1ZVN- Scott...if
you say it's black, Scott will say it's white.....
N1IOM-Paul....Vermont's King of Test on 3910..how
do I sound now?
KD1ZY-Warren....one of 3910's colorful and controversial
characters....
W1LJW-Lee-Hauled Gas for a living...easy going ham from
NH
Silent Key:
W4NTI-Vietnam Dan....far from easy going cw and ssb op
on 14275/313
Silent Key:K1FUB-Bill-
Loved ham radio........Ham Radio Ambassador!
Silent Key:
K1GAR- John- Very colorful
character!......claims to an appointed "hambassador" by
Gordon West.....
Silent Key:
N1GXW-Frank-Mellow Mainer..........
Silent Key:W1JSH-Mort-
Nice fellow to talk to on 3936 on the early afternoon
session
Silent Key:
K4WHO-Kerry-Mellow ham, professional musician, one of
the nice guys on 20 meters..........
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