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   times of emergency, every second counts, and having a mobile, highly   
   equipped response unit like this will make a tremendous difference in   
   our ability to coordinate effectively and deploy resources quickly."   
   [endquote]   
      
   As the newsletter editors also noted in their report, the new mobile   
   EOC will be ideal for next year's Field Day operations.   
      
   This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.   
      
   (NZ NET)   
      
   **   
      
   WORLD OF DX   
      
   In the World of DX, members of A R I Sondrio, IQ2UL, will be on the air   
   in Italy as special event station II2AUT  [EYE EYE TWO A U T] from the   
   27th of March through to the 10th of April  for World Autism Awareness.   
   QSL via IK2WAD.   
      
   Ishmael, 8P6PE is on the air as J87PE from St. Vincent Island until the   
   30th of March This is a POTA vacation for Ishmael, who can be spotted   
   in POTA parks on 40 through 6 metres using SSB. See QRZ.com for QSL   
   details.   
      
   Heath, VK3TWO, will be active holiday style as	3D2TWO from Vanua Levu,   
   IOTA number OC-016,  and possibly from Viti Levu, IOTA number OC-016,   
   in Fiji until the 27th of March. Heath is using SSB and FT8 on	  40-6   
   metres. QSL via his instructions.   
      
   Gary, KC9EE, will be active as PJ7EE from Saint Maarten, IOTA number   
   NA-105, from the 26th of March through to the 6th of April. He will   
   also participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB contest. See QRZ.com for QSL   
   details.   
      
   (425 DX BULLETIN)   
      
   **   
   KICKER: FOR AM RADIO, SIGNOFF IS A SIGN OF THE TIMES   
      
   STEPHEN/ANCHOR: Our last story is a sad postscript that relates to the   
   debate of AM broadcast radio and perhaps even its relevance. The giant   
   Cumulus Media has already pulled the plug on AM radio stations such as   
   KZAC in California, WRIE in Pennsylvania and KPUR in Texas, among many   
   others. Now  one small independent station in New York State has   
   decided that it too it has had enough. Andy Morrison K9AWM has   
   thatstory.   
      
   ANDY: The website for New York radio station W I R Y-AM, screams:   
   [quote] "Hometown radio. Playing all the hits from yesteryear to   
   today." Now after 75 years, however, there will be no hits played for   
   any tomorrows. The upstate New York State broadcaster has announced it   
   is going silent, the result of a changing audience and a changing media   
   environment.   
      
   Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are presently debating whether a law is   
   needed to ensure that carmakers keep AM radio in vehicles sold in the   
   US -- but for this broadcaster, a locally owned station in the   
   Champlain Valley, the argument is over and AM radio has lost. WIRY made   
   its announcement earlier this month. The announcement did not specify   
   the last day before its transmitter would go silent.   
      
   This is Andy Morrison K9AWM.   
      
   (WPTZ, RADIO INSIGHT)   
      
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