pRichard “Dick” Kirby, W0LCT/HB9BOA, passed away on January 26. He was 89. In 1974, Kirby -- an ARRL Life Member -- was elected Director of the International Telecommunication Union’s (strongITU/strong) spanInternational Radio Consultative Committee/span; he served as Director until his retirement in 1995. In 1992, under Kirby’s tenure as Director, the Committee became the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (strongITU-R/strong). One o.../p

pOn the afternoon of Tuesday, February 7 (Geneva time), Committee 4 of the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference (strongWRC-12/strong) approved strongOption 1/strong to satisfy Agenda Item 1.23, with minor editorial amendments to the text received from Working Group 4C. Option 1 calls for a worldwide secondary allocation to the Amateur Service at 472-479 kHz, with a power limit of 1 W EIRP, with a provision for admini.../p

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font size=quot;2quot;DL2UX will be active fromstrong Graciosa Island/strong ( IOTA EU-175) 14-22 February 2012 as strongCT8/DL2UX /strong/fontbr /a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/ct8/dl2ux/"ct8/dl2ux/a,a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/graciosa+island/"graciosa island/a

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font size=quot;2quot;PA7JWC and PD7DB (YL) will be active from strongCuracao Island/strong ( IOTA SA-099) 2-9 April 2012 as strongPJ2/PA7JWC/strong and strongPJ2/PD7DB /strong/fontbr /a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/pj2/pa7jwc/"pj2/pa7jwc/a,a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/pj2/pd7db/"pj2/pd7db/a,a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/curacao+island/"curacao island/a

font size=quot;2quot;ZS6AYU will be active fromstrong Lesotho/strong in February and May 2013 as strong7P8GF/strong/fontbr /a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/7p8gf/"7p8gf/a,a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/lesotho/"lesotho/a

font size=quot;2quot;N2KW will be active from strongJamaica /strong5-23 March 2012 as strong6Y0A /strong/fontbr /a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/6y0a/"6y0a/a,a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/jamaica/"jamaica/a

font size=quot;2quot;N5JBnbsp;will be active fromstrong South Cook Islands/strong 13-25 February 2012 as strongE51NJB/strong /fontbr /a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/e51njb/"e51njb/a,a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/south+cook+islands/"south cook islands/a

font size=quot;2quot;R5GA will be active fromstrong Martinique Island/strong 13-20 February 2012 asstrong FM/R5GA/strong/fontbr /a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/to5x/"to5x/a,a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/fm/r5ga/"fm/r5ga/a,a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/martinique+island/"martinique island/a

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font size=quot;2quot;NK8O will be active from strongTanzania /strong11-22 June 2012 asstrong 5H9CP/strong/fontbr /a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/5h9cp/"5h9cp/a,a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/tanzania/"tanzania/a

font size=quot;2quot;F5RAV will benbsp;active from strongGambia/strong 27 February - 2 March 2012 asstrong C5LT /strong/fontbr /a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/c5lt/"c5lt/a,a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/gambia/"gambia/a

font size=quot;2quot;XE2AA with group will be active from strongIsla Isabela/strong (IOTA NA-189) 16-21nbsp;March 2012 as strongXF1AA/strong/fontbr /a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/xf1aa/"xf1aa/a,a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/isla+isabela/"isla isabela/a

font size=quot;2quot;JH1WGP will be active from strongKoror Island/strong (IOTA OC-009) 9-15 February 2012 asstrong T88WG /strong/fontbr /a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/t88wg/"t88wg/a,a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/koror+island/"koror island/a

font size=quot;2quot;I1FQH will be active from strongTogo/strong 5-17 February 2012 asstrong 5V7V /strong/fontbr /a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/5v7v/"5v7v/a,a href = "http://dxing.at-communication.com/en/tag/togo/"togo/a