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   Day....We will endeavor to make it even more special." [endquote]   
      
   Gerry was 88.   
      
   This is Randy Sly W4XJ.   
      
   (BOBBY GRAVES, KB5HAV; EDDIE MISIEWICZ, KB3YRU)   
      
   **   
      
   WORLD OF DX   
      
   In the World of DX, Chris, WA7RAR, is on the air until the 16th of   
   March from Barbados, IOTA Number NA-0021. He is using the callsign   
   8P9CB, operating SSB and CW on 20-10 metres. Some of his locations are   
   POTA sites. See QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
   Rockwell, WW1X, is using the callsign VP5/WW1X from Providenciales,   
   IOTA Number NA-002 in the Turks and Caicos Islands from the 8th through   
   to the 15th of March. This is a QRP operation using only SSB, although   
   Rockwell has not ruled out occasional use of FT8. QSL viaLoTW.   
      
   Listen for Aldir, PY1SAD, who is using the callsign 8R1TM from   
   Georgetown, Guyana, between the 11th of March and the 26th of April.   
   Aldir is using CW, SSB	    and the digital modes on the HF bands. He   
   is also operating via satellite.  See QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
   Members of the Korean Amateur Radio League are on the air in March and   
   April to celebrate the centenary of the International Amateur Radio   
   Union. They are using the callsign HL100IARU. See QRZ.com for QSL   
   details.   
      
   (425 DX BULLETIN)   
      
   **   
      
   KICKER: ECHOES OF A DIFFERENT WAY TO LEARN CW   
      
   PAUL/ANCHOR: We end this week's report with an alternate way in which   
   some hams in New Zealand got to learn and practice CW while having real   
   QSOs. We'll let Jim Meachen ZL2BHF explain how it happened.   
      
   JIM: If you've ever wondered whether Echolink is a viable mode for   
   teaching or learning CW, just ask Ted ZL1BQA, who is proud to have   
   logged a respectable number of CW contacts during the recent Jock White   
   Memorial Field Day in New Zealand. Studying CW for almost a year with   
   the Franklin Amateur Radio Club, Ted was able to restart his long-ago   
   code skills in sessions led by the club president Peter Henderson   
   ZL1PX. It was done over Echolink.   
      
   Ted had enrolled last May along with three younger members who were   
   first-time learners - Francois, ZL4FJ, Steve, ZL1TZP and Steve ZL1SPR.   
   With only Ted able to copy Peter's signal over HF, the club followed a   
   suggestion made by Gary ZL1GAC: try Echolink, a computer-based ham   
   radio mode that incorporates VoIP technology. Loading CW software onto   
   his computer, Peter was able to send the code intended for each   
   session, confident that everyone had an equal chance of copying   
   clearly.   
      
   Weekly sessions soon expanded to twice a week as the students   
   concentrated on letters, then numbers - and eventually basic   
   punctuation.   
      
   After a break in the action, the club is back on Echolink with CW   
   sessions three nights a week. As for Ted, he's on a roll. Peter told   
   Newsline in an email that he has resumed making CW contacts on a daily   
   basis on HF using the Vibroplex that once collected dust instead   
   ofQSOs.   
      
   This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.   
      
   (QUA, Peter Henderson, ZL1PX)   
      
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