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A fictional narrative set in 1961 about a man who finds his father’s old ham radio in the garage and intercepts a call for help from a cosmonaut orbiting the earth.

AI2N, N2ZN and WJ2O will be active from Suriname 16 - 21 February 2012 as PZ5RO.

UA0QV will be active from Angola in CQ WW 160m CW Contest 27 - 29 January 2012 as D2QV.

CE1TBN will be active from Las Huichas Island ( IOTA SA-064) 18-20 February 2012 as CE1TBN/7

VA3EGG will be active from Coco Bay Resort, Antigua in February 2012 as V25DH.

ZS4U will be active from Democratic Republic of Congo 14 March - 8 April 2012 as 9Q6/ZS4U.

W6HGF will be active from Miquelon Island 10 - 20 February 2012 as FP/W6HGF.

JA1MZL and JJ1LIB will be active from Saint Barthelemy Island 1 - 7 February 2012 as TO3J.

F5UOW will be active from Reunion Island 26 March - 3 April 2012 as TO2R.

EA5BYP and EA5KM will be active from Annobon Island ( Pagalu Island ) IOTA AF -039 as 3C0E and from Bioko Island ( Fernando Poo Island) IOTA AF-010 as 3C6A in February- March 2012.

ZS2DL, ZS6EZ, ZS4TX, DJ3CQ, ZS1TT, K5LBU, DL2MDU, ZS2DK will be active from Lesotho 9 - 19 November 2012 as 7P8D.

F6BLP will be active from Senegal 20 January - 3 February 2012 as 6W7SK.

N7OU, W7YAQ, K7AR, NE7D will be active from Turks and Caicos Islands 15 - 22 February 2012 as VP5/N7OU, VP5/W7YAQ, VP5/K7AR, VP5/NE7D.

N1GN and NE1B will be active from Bahama Islands in CQ WW 160m CW Contest 27 - 29 January 2012 as C6ANM.

Andrey Fedorov, KL1A/RW3AH, was named this year’s recipient of the ARRL International Humanitarian Award.