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   conditions." [endquote] He said the team is working closely with NCDXF   
   on this initiative, which is in sync with so many amateur radio youth   
   engagement activities around the world.   
      
   Meanwhile, there is much work to be done regarding this environmentally   
   sensitive DX entity with its mountainous landscape and volatile weather   
   patterns. The shore camp will have five operating positions but details   
   still remain unclear on any additional stations that are capable of   
   being operated remotely. Rune said that final team composition and   
   operating plans also need to be fine-tuned.   
      
   The DXpedition fulfills the mission of the Norway-based Amateur Radio   
   DXpeditions, which devotes itself to giving hams around the world a   
   chance to contact remote parts of the globe.   
      
   This is Jason Daniels VK2LAW.   
      
   (ARDXPEDITIONS; RUNE, LA7THA)   
      
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   HAMCATION PLANNERS SEEK AWARD NOMINEES   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: With the Huntsville Hamfest barely one week behind us,   
   organizers of next year's HamCation in Orlando, Florida, are asking   
   attendees to think ahead to the event. Jack Parker W8ISH tells us why.   
      
   JACK: Nominations are now open for awards to be presented at HamCation   
   early next year - and one of the three honors will be making its debut:   
   The Amateur Radio Hero of the Year. This honor was created to recognize   
   the radio operator whose selfless and extraordinary actions provided   
   exemplary public service in times of crisis, whether during a natural   
   disaster or in some other critical or emergency scenario.   
      
   Nominations are also being accepted on the HamCation website for the   
   two other annual awards: Gordon West Ambassador of the Year and Carole   
   Perry Educator of the Year.   
      
   Think of the amateurs you know and admire anywhere in the world and   
   what they have brought to the community. Then visit hamcation dot com   
   slash award [hamcation.com/award] to get them in the running.   
   HamCation, which is taking place on the 13th through to the 15th of   
   February, is the convention of the ARRL's southeastern division.   
      
   This is Jack Parker W8ISH.   
      
   (HAMCATION)   
      
   **   
      
   CANADIAN STUDENT SATELLITE PROJECT MOVES AHEAD   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: University students in Canada have passed a milestone that   
   leads to the manufacture of a series of nine CubeSats with support from   
   the Canadian Space Agency. Sel Embee KB3TZD brings us that update.   
      
   SEL: The Canadian Space Agency's CubeSats Initiative for STEM, a   
   project known as CUBICS, is moving ahead toward the manufacturing phase   
   after its design passed final review recently. Professors and their   
   students are involved in the design, build and launch of satellites as   
   part of CUBICS at nine universities. Ultimately the nine 3U CubeSats   
   are to be deployed next year by Exolaunch, a German launch-services   
   company based in Berlin. The satellites will conduct a number of   
   experiments relevant to amateur radio and utilise the ham spectrum for   
   their command and control. They will also conduct research on wildlife   
   migration, monitor oceanic and atmospheric changes and study   
   radiation-mitigating technologies that can be used in space.The payload   
   will include digipeaters as well as digital and CW telemetry beacons.   
      
   This is Sel Embee KB3TZD   
      
   (CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY, SATNEWS)   
      
   **   
   BREAK HERE:   
      
   Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio   
   Newsline heard on bulletin stations around the world including D-STAR   
   Reflector 91C on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. local time in Melbourne,   
   Australia.   
      
   **   
   INDIAN OFFICIALS ACT AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED HANDHELDS   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: In India, officials are taking aim against the sale and   
   marketing of hand-held radios that they say violate consumer and   
   telecommunications regulations. Jim Meachen ZL2BHF explains.   
      
   JIM M: Authorities in India have announced a crackdown on the listing   
   and sale of  hand-held transceivers from China that they say break laws   
   governing consumer protection and the unauthorised use of radio   
   frequencies.   
      
   Stories in various Indian media outlets identify some of the 13   
   e-commerce sellers in question as Facebook, Amazon, Flipkart and   
   IndiaMART, among others.   
      
   The nation's consumer affairs commissioner Pralhad Joshi said that the   
   violations of the Indian Telegraph Act, the Wireless Telegraphy Act and   
   rules governing the use of low and very low power short-range RF   
   devices were being broken. Acting as an advocate for radio users, the   
   West Bengal Radio Club's secretary, Ambarish Nag Biswas VU2JFA, told   
   the Statesman website that users of these radio sets could interfere   
   with police and other agencies' communications and gather sensitive   
   information relating to national security.   
      
   This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.   
      
   (STATESMAN, AMBARISH NAG BISWAS, VU2JFA)   
      
   **   
   RSGB AWARD INVITES WORLD TO WORK THE UK   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: If you enjoy working hams the UK and you're up for a bit   
   of a challenge, this next story from Jeremy Boot G4NJH might be just   
   what you're looking for.   
      
   JEREMY: The newest award series available from the Radio Society of   
   Great Britain is open to anyone anywhere in the world - but the real   
   winners are most likely to be hams throughout the UK and its Crown   
   Dependencies. That's because these awards encourage people to make   
   contact with them.   
      
   Available at many different levels of achievement, the new "Worked All   
   UK and Crown Dependency Prefixes Award"  recognises contacts among UK   
   amateurs themselves as well as those from around the world with UK   
   amateurs. There are awards for collecting prefixes in Scotland, in the   
   Crown Dependencies and even the entire UK. The top award is called -   
   just as its name suggests -  the Worked United Kingdom Prefixes Supreme   
   Award. Details of how to achieve this award or any of its subsets ()   
   can be found on the RSGB website - and at the link that appears in the   
   text version of this week's newscast script at arnewsline.org   
      
   You will also learn ways to share your story about chasing some of   
   these new awards - because after a QSO, almost everyone likes to hear a   
   good story too.   
      
   This is Jeremy Boot G4NJH.   
      
   [DO NOT READ:  rsgb.org/awards  ]   
      
   (RSGB)   
      
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   WORLD OF DX   
      
   In the World of DX, listen for CW200DI, the special event callsign for   
   members of Radio Club Uruguay. Operators are marking the bicentennial   
   of Uruguayan declaration of independence and will be on the air until   
   the 18th of September. The anniversary date itself is the 25th of   
   August 1825. See QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
   The Dutch Marine Radio Amateur Club is using the special event callsign   
   PA40MARAC until the end of the year to celebrate its 40th anniversary.   
   See QRZ.com for QSL and other details.   
      
   Kasimir DL2SBY is celebrating 50 years in amateur radio by operating   
   from the Seychelles as S79/DL2SBY. Listen for him from the 28th of   
   September through to the 12th of October. He will be on the HF bands   
   and will be operating on 6m using a five-element Yagi. See QRZ.com for   
   QSL details.   
      
   The Dutch Radio Club is operating "The Dutch Lighthouse Hunt" from the   
   1st through to the 30th of September. There are several callsigns that   
   will be in use, including PA01LH,  PD00LH and PD01LH. For a full list   
   of callsigns and QSL details, see the QRZ.com page for PA01LH.   
      
   If you're looking to log a contact with Playa Blanca Island, IOTA   
   Number SA-084, be listening later this year for Renato, PY8WW. He will   
   be operating there from the 12th to the 16th of November and is still   
   awaiting the callsign he will be using. The island is part of the   
   Utría National Natural Park, an environmentally sensitive area that   
      
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