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   larger scale may be of interest to you. Jim Meachen ZL2BHF brings us   
   the details.   
      
   JIM: Harnessing the sun's power doesn't come easily or affordably   
   but researchers at the University of Tokyo believe they're working on   
   a future for solar panels that will be cheaper and more efficient: They   
   announced recently that they have combined titanium dioxide with   
   selenium, a production process that could bring down the heavy costs of   
   extracting titanium from its ore so it can be used in a variety of   
   energy-related products, including solar panels. The scientists'   
   method relies on introducing an element known as yttrium into the   
   process of purifying the titanium. So far, they have been impressed   
   with the resulting performance.   
      
   According to recent reports in Business Today and on MSN.com, the only   
   drawback is that the element leaves traces of itself behind in the   
   final result, enough of a contaminant that it could compromise its   
   durability and its resistance to corrosion.   
      
   The next challenge? Minimise what is left behind so that a new type of   
   solar cell will be available in the future with a higher level of   
   energy efficiency and affordability.   
      
   This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.   
      
   (MSN, BUSINESS TODAY)   
      
   **   
   WORLD OF DX   
      
   In the World of DX, Bo, OZ1DJJ, is in Greenland using the callsign   
   OX3LX until the 14th of March. He will primarily remain on the main   
   island, IOTA number NA-018 but may take a day trip to Manitsoq, IOTA   
   number NA-220. He will be operating holiday style since this is a   
   work-related trip. See QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
   Dave, G4BUO, is on the air from Samoa, IOTA number OC-097, using the   
   callsign 5W0UO until the 3rd of March. Dave operates mainly CW. QSLs   
   will be uploaded to LoTW in early April.   
      
   In Jamaica, IOTA number NA-097, Iain, G4SGX will be calling QRZ as   
   G4SGX/6Y from the 1st through to the 21st of March. Iain operates   
   mainly CW and will be on 80-10 metres. Listen for him in the RSGB   
   Commonwealth Contest on the 8th and 9th of March. See QRZ.com for QSL   
   details.   
      
   Mamoru, JH3VAA, is on the air with the callsign 8Q7VA from the   
   Maldives, IOTA number AS-013, until the 5th of May. See QRZ.com for   
   QSL details.   
      
   (425 DX BULLETIN)   
      
   **   
   KICKER: BROADCAST STUDENTS GET SCHOOLED IN AMATEUR RADIO   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: We end this week by sharing a happy discovery at a   
   Maryland high school where students learning about professional radio   
   have fallen in love with the amateur side of things. Here's Kent   
   Peterson KC0DGY to tell us what happened.   
      
   KENT: There was electricity in the air - or perhaps it was   
   electromagnetism - when high school students in Kent County, Maryland,   
   participated in their first ARRL School Club Roundup last fall. With   
   the support and some loaned equipment from the Kent Amateur Radio   
   Society, K3ARS, the students logged contacts in the US and a number of   
   others overseas. For them it was "a pivotal moment," the radio society   
   president, Chris Cote, KE5NJ, told Newsline. He said it exceeded   
   everyone's expectations.   
      
   Earlier this year, the sparks flew again, in a manner of speaking,   
   during Winter Field Day. Some of the teens, who are involved with WKHS,   
   Kent County High School's FM radio station, returned  to experience   
   once more what the amateur side of the medium can do - and just how far   
   it can go - by calling CQ from the school parking lot with members of   
   KARS.   
      
   Now even more students are along for the ride. With the help of Chris   
   Cote and KARS, Chris Singleton, KE3MC, is guiding them on that journey   
   -- one that the broadcast engineer took himself not so long ago when he   
   was still a student at the school: Chris Singleton teaches the   
   broadcasting course on the Eastern Shore, Maryland campus where he is   
   also manager of the school's FM radio station. Along with Chris Cote,   
   he is encouraging the students to study for their license and to set   
   their sights a little higher. They're hoping to reapply for an   
   astronaut contact through Amateur Radio on the International Space   
   Station, crossing fingers that the second time will be the charm. If   
   they were thrilled about working Moscow during last fall's roundup,   
   imagine what a low Earth orbit QSO will feel like to them.   
      
   This is Kent Peterson KC0DGY.   
      
   (RADIO WORLD, CHRIS COTE, KE5NJ; CHRIS SINGLETON, KE3MC)   
      
   **   
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   yet? It's as easy as writing a QSL card. Set your thoughts down using   
   traditional haiku format - a three-line verse with five syllables in   
   the first line, seven in the second and five in the third. Submit your   
   work on our website at arnewsline.org - each week's winner gets a   
   shout-out on our website, where everyone can find the winning haiku.   
      
   NEWSCAST CLOSE: With thanks to the Amateur Radio Daily; Brown   
   University; Business Today; Chris Cote, KE5NJ; Chris Singleton KE3MC;   
   David Behar K7DB; Guillermo Crimerius, PY2BIL; MSN.com; Radio World;   
   shortwaveradio.de; Space.com; Tom Gaines, KB5FHK; Wireless Institute of   
   Australia; YLRL; and you our listeners, that's all from the Amateur   
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   Murray KD2GUT at the news desk in New York, and our news team   
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