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Boy Scouts Get Ham Radio Badges:

Posted: 16 Jul 2016 06:31 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37186


Boy Scouts at Camp Geiger wrapped up their week of amateur radio study and
got their radio badge.


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Radio Operators Prepare for Future Fire at Towers:

Posted: 16 Jul 2016 06:31 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37185


While fire crews continue to suppress the Black Fire, which originated from
a lightning strike in the drainage beneath Black Peak, owners of
communications sites on the peak began repairs from the fire and
suppression techniques, while looking toward more preventative measures for
the future. One of the communications sites on Black Peak is owned by the
Gila Amateur Radio Society. While the blaze mainly burned away from the
towers, society President Marc Levesque said the tower and antenna were
damaged. The society also spent time Friday cleaning retardant used by
crews to fight the fire off of solar panels at the site. "But we managed to
get the repeater back on the air," Levesque said in an email to the Daily
Press. The amateur radio tower is crucial to operations for Grant County
Search and Rescue, which uses the repeater while in the field.


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New CQ World Wide DX Contest Director Restructures Contest Leadership:

Posted: 16 Jul 2016 09:10 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37184


(Hicksville, NY - July 16, 2016) -- Newly-appointed CQ World Wide DX
Contest Director Doug Zwiebel, KR2Q, has announced a restructuring of the
contest committee's leadership as his first formal act. Zwiebel is changing
the director's position to a "triumverate," with Scott Robbins, W4PA,
joining the committee and Bob Naumann, W5OV, re-joining the committee as
co-directors. The change has the full support of CQ management.