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(Hicksville, NY and Sacramento, CA, November 12, 2008) -- CQ
Communications, Inc. has acquired "WorldRadio" magazine, CQ Publisher Richard Ross, K2MGA and "WorldRadio" Publisher Armond Noble, N6WR, announced jointly today. CQ, based in Hicksville, New York, currently publishes "CQ Amateur Radio, CQ VHF" and "Popular Communications" magazines.
"WorldRadio", based in Sacramento, California, has been published monthly since July, 1971, with a primary focus on the human side of ham radio. "CQ", a general-interest ham radio magazine best known for its support of DXing and contesting, has been in print since
January, 1945.
Armond Noble, N6WR, Publisher of "WorldRadio", said that at the age of 74 the time had come for him to retire. "I wanted to be sure that 'WorldRadio' found a good home, and that our readers would continue to be served by an independent voice in amateur radio," Noble said.
"CQ" Publisher d*** Ross, K2MGA, said, "'WorldRadio' has filled an important niche in our hobby for nearly four decades. We welcome "WorldRadio's" readers to the CQ family, and we look forward to meeting their needs for many years to come."
Current plans call for "WorldRadio" to continue to be published online as part of the CQ family of magazines, with Editor Nancy Kott, WZ8C, continuing in that position. "WorldRadio" subscribers will also have their subscriptions transferred to "CQ" magazine. Readers will be notified of details as plans are finalized.
The Old OH2AQ DX Summit Goes Offline November 19, 2008 at 1000 UTC
The new DX Summit website at http://www.dxsummit.fi/ debuted on May 23, 2008. The site has been redeveloped from the ground up and uses the latest technology available. The new DX Summit has been ramping up steadily and today the number of hits is approaching 1 million a day. In addition to providing the same functionality as the old DX Summit, the new platform
offers the necessary flexibility to easily add new features which are currently on the drawing board.
The old DX Summit homepage at http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/ redirects users to the new DX Summit website. However, all the old DX Summit data pages are still online but the trend for daily hits has decreased, as we expected. The number still remains high but the time has come to shut down the old DX Summit machine which may cause your software to stop working.
To try and maintain compatibility with older software which may no longer be supported, the new DX Summit includes a series of DX spot webpages which are 100% HTML compatible with the same pages on the old DX Summit. Simply changing the URLs in your software according to the information below should keep it working with the new DX Summit. If your software does not allow you to edit the URLs, please contact the author of your software and ask them to change the URLs according to the information below.
URLs to change
Latest 25 DX spots page
Old URL: http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/dx25.html
New URL: http://www.dxsummit.fi/text/dx25.html
Latest 1000 DX spots page
Old URL: http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/dx1000.html
New URL: http://www.dxsummit.fi/text/dx1000.html
Latest 10000 DX spots page
Old URL: http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/dx10000.html
New URL: http://www.dxsummit.fi/text/dx10000.html
Software authors who wish to implement data exchange with the new DX Summit should visit http://www.dxsummit.fi/technical.aspx for information on data formats and URLs. If your software does not work with the new DX Summit, we encourage you to forward this information to the author of the software you are using.
We hope all software relying on the DX Summit can be successfully updated to work with the new DX Summit. We look forward to providing you with this valuable DX resource for many years to come!
73,
OH8X Team
November 5, 2008
IARU Global SET 2008
All Canadian Radio Amateurs involved in Emcomm operations are encouraged to participate in the 2008 International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Global Simulated Emergency Test to be held Saturday, November 8, from 0400 to 0800 UTC. The event, sponsored by IARU Region 1, is an exercise for IARU Member Societies, including RAC, and for emergency communications groups, including the Amateur Radio Emergency Service.
Organiser Greg Mossop, G0DUB, emphasizes that the four-hour SET is NOT a contest. RAC Headquarters will be represented by VE7RAC, operated +by National Traffic System Coordinator Hew Lines, VA7HU.
Activity will concentrate around the IARU Emergency Centre of Activity frequencies. A list of participating stations may be found online at
Bob Cooke VE3BDB
RAC Vice President for Field Services
November 5, 2008
IARU Global SET 2008
All Canadian Radio Amateurs involved in Emcomm operations are encouraged to participate in the 2008 International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Global Simulated Emergency Test to be held Saturday, November 8, from 0400 to 0800 UTC. The event, sponsored by IARU Region 1, is an exercise for IARU Member Societies, including RAC, and for emergency communications groups, including the Amateur Radio Emergency Service.
Organiser Greg Mossop, G0DUB, emphasizes that the four-hour SET is NOT a contest. RAC Headquarters will be represented by VE7RAC, operated +by National Traffic System Coordinator Hew Lines, VA7HU.
Activity will concentrate around the IARU Emergency Centre of Activity frequencies. A list of participating stations may be found online at
Bob Cooke VE3BDB
RAC Vice President for Field Services
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