*************** The ARRL Letter Vol. 27, No. 17 May 2, 2008 *************** IN THIS EDITION: * + FCC Denies Utah Motorsport Park Use of Amateur Radio Frequencies * + Newspaper Reports "BPL plan is dead in Dallas" * + Eight Tornadoes Ravage Eastern Virginia * + Spring 2008 W1AW Frequency Measuring Test Scheduled for May * + ARRL Card Checking at Dayton Hamvention * + Ten New Satellites

1 GB2RS NEWS Sunday 3 June The news headlines * Amateur becomes Mayor of Cambridge * Canadians lose 136kHz and 5MHz * Major product launches at Dayton Hamvention Jenny Bailey, G0VQH, became Mayor of Cambridge in the local council election on 24 May. Jenny was first elected to Cambridge City Council in 2002, serving East Chesterton ward and becoming an executive councillor.

Not the soc.culture.new-zealand FAQ This is not the real soc.culture.new-zealand FAQ. The Real Thing is several hundred Kb long and is currently in dry dock undergoing a major overhaul. This is something simple I've put together in a morning over a couple of cups of coffee. The current version of the Real Thing is currently situated at ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/cultures/new

John - once again - this is a great help. We've only had NTL in for the last week - so our trial period has some time to go. The NTL box is probably new (it's a Samsung SMT-2110C). The engineer came back again today (because there was some other problem with the TV signal). he recommended getting a Digi-sender from Argos (I think this may be it: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5345904