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The following are selected excerpts from the RAC News pages
Western New York and Southern Ontario Repeater Council reorganized
Tom Domonkos VE3FKC was recently elected as the new President of WYNSORC.
He will be holding the first meeting of the new Council on October 22. 12.30 pm in St. Catharines at the Howard Johnson meeting room off the QEW Highway at the Lake St.exit ramp.
Anyone interested in repeater coordination matters in Southern Ontario are invited to attend.
Further information can be obtained from Tom at ve3fck@home.com
Two Hams Murdered in WEST TIMOR
Two ham radio operators working with the United Nations have been murdered by a mob.
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Carlos Luis Caceres, KD4SYB and Pero Simundza, 9A4SP were among three relief workers killed in West Timor on September 6th when pro-Indonesian militiamen and their supporters assaulted the U-N office in Atambua.
According to news reports, the mob beat the three to death then burned their bodies in the street. This, while Indonesian security forces stood by and did nothing. The United Nations has since evacuated its remaining workers in West Timor as a result of continued violence in the area. Meantime, hams worldwide are being invited to sign guest books honoring the two slain ham radio operators.
The books are on the web at www.qsl.net/9a4sp
for Pero Simundza
and www.qsl.net/kd4syb for
Carlos Caceres.
(Newsline, Rein Smitt ) (photos
ARISS "Amateur Radio aboard the International Space Station".
Last
week, the Space Shuttle Atlantis carried the key that will open the
door to human space flight on
the International Space Station. Its
seven member crew prepared
the ISS for its first residents. They
have outfitted the Zvezda,
the Service Module that will provide living quarters for the
first teams of astronauts and cosmonauts.
Atlantis
carried more than 5 thousand pounds of hardware and one of the major
items, the first ISS amateur radio station.
The STS-106 crew did
not fire it up. Instead it
will be stored in the Zarya, called the F
G B module, awaiting arrival of the Expedition One crew.
The
STS-106 Crew attached power,
data and communication cables to the Service
Module -- and the Zarya Control Module prior to entering the ISS Tuesday.
The United States has
provided hand held equipment for 2 meters and 70 centimetres.
The Russians have provided ports so that antennas can be mounted
outside the Service Module. An
Italian team designed and built the
antennas and a German team built sophisticated repeater stations that
will allow crews to make daily reports on their activities, while also
improving the quality of contacts with the men and women aboard the station.
U S and Russian teams have trained the astronauts and cosmonauts
in operating the equipment.
ARISS "Amateur Radio
aboard the International Space Station" has a bright future.
More than a million and a half licensed hams worldwide will share
in the fun of living and working in space.
For more information about Canadian involvement, visit the ARISS page on this web site:
Industry Canada has requested that all amateurs check their information and report any errors or omissions to the Industry Canada Amateur Radio Service Centre at the phone numbers or addresses listed below. Clubs should verify the currency of the information for their club station sponsor and report any changes.
