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   records as well as achievements that have enhanced the lives and   
   experiences of their fellow amateur radio operators.   
      
   Inductees may be living or Silent Keys and they are chosen via   
   nomination. The nominating window is drawing to a close. You have until   
   the 15th of April to submit the names of your nominees to Tom Roscoe,   
   K8CX using email address K8CX at ham gallery dot com. That's k8cx at   
   ham gallery - that's one word - dot com (k8cx@hamgallery.com)   
      
   Notifications will be sent out by the 30th of April as to whether the   
   nomination was accepted or not.   
      
   See the website hamgallery dot com (hamgallery.com) for more details.   
      
   (AMATEUR RADIO DAILY, CQ AMATEUR RADIO HALL OF FAME)   
      
   **   
   WORLD OF DX   
      
   In the World of DX, Flavio, IW2NEF, is operating holiday style as 8Q7EF   
   from the Maldives, IOTA number AS-013, until the 10th of April. He is   
   using digital modes and SSB on 40-6 metres. See QRZ.com for QSL   
   details.   
      
   Koji, JI1LET [Jay Eye One Ell EE Tee] and Takeshi, JA1UII [Jay Aye One   
   You Eye Eye] will be on the air as JD1BOI [Jay Dee One Bee Oh Eye] and   
   JD1BON [Jay Dee One Bee Oh En], respectively, from Chichijima [CHEE   
   CHEE JEE MUH], IOTA number AS-031, and Ogasawara from the 8th through   
   to the 17th of April. They will be using CW, SSB and FT8/FT4 on 160-6   
   metres. See QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
   The Amateur Radio Society of Moldova is using the callsign ER100IARU to   
   celebrate the 100th anniversary of the IARU and can be heard on the air   
   through to the 30th of April See QRZ.com for QSL details. Jim, K6EI,   
   and Scott, KK6IK, are on the air as FJ/K6EI and FJ/KK6IK from St.   
   Barthelmy, IOTA number NA-146, until the 12th of April. They will be   
   using CW, FT8 and FT4 on 80-6 metres. See QRZ.com for QSL details.   
      
   Amateur Radio Newsline's own Ed Durrant DD5LP will be active as   
   5B/VK2JI/P from Cyprus, IOTA Number AS-004, holiday style, between   
   April 6th and 20th. He plans to activate HEMA (Pron: Heee Ma), POTA and   
   SOTA sites with even the chance of a BOTA (Beaches on the air)   
   activation. Ed will be using 20 watts of power, SSB, on 40 through 10   
   metres but expects contacts into Europe, North America and Oceania.   
   Watch each of the scheme's spotting pages to see when Ed is on. If you   
   work Ed, let him know that you are an AR Newsline listener.   
      
   (425 DX BULLETIN)   
      
   **   
   KICKER: COMMUNITY'S FONDNESS FOR TOWER IS A TALL ORDER   
      
   NEIL/ANCHOR: Community protests against unwanted towers are often in   
   the news. In this week's final story, however, we visit a community in   
   the state of Maine that has been very sorry indeed to say goodbye to   
   one particular radio tower. Kent Peterson KC0DGY tells us why.   
      
   KENT: American science fiction writer Stephen King is author of, among   
   many things, the "Dark Tower" series of books. Now another tower that   
   used to be his - an AM radio tower more than 400 feet tall - has gone   
   dark. It was formerly used by WZON 620 AM in Maine, one of three of the   
   region's radio stations that used to be owned by the writer. The tower   
   had stood since 1937 when it was first used by WLBZ, the radio   
   station's callsign in its earliest days.   
      
   Citing the financial struggles of three area radio stations he owned in   
   Maine, King announced last year they were going to end their run. WKIT,   
   known for its classic rock format, is still on the air, having been   
   saved at the last minute after being bought by a media partnership   
   known as the Rock Lobster Radio Group.   
      
   WZON-AM and WZLO-FM went silent on the 31st of December. However,   
   recent local news reports say that both stations will return under new   
   ownership: A company called Mix Maine Media was buying them from King   
   along with an FM translator.   
      
   WZON's tower, however, still had to go. Local residents' affection for   
   this longtime familiar sight drew them out to the scene of the   
   demolition on Wednesday, March 26th. The prospect of the station's   
   return, however, did cheer them -- and so when WZON played its song   
   last December before turning off its transmitter, its words rang true,   
   but only for the tower.   
      
   The song was REM's "The End of the World As We Know It."   
      
   This is Kent Peterson KC0DGY.   
      
   (WABI, FACEBOOK, INSIDE RADIO, ASSOCIATED PRESS)   
      
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   Have you sent in your amateur radio haiku to Newsline's haiku challenge   
   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.   
      
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   Howell, KL7L; Patrick Brower, N7ATG; QRZ.com; Radio Amateur Society of   
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   TribLive; WABI; Wireless Institute of Australia; and you our listeners,   
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   For now, with Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT at the news desk in New York, and   
   our news team worldwide, I'm Neil Rapp WB9VPG in Union Kentucky saying   
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