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WUN: An Electronic Club For Utility Signals under 30 MHz
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Worldwide Utility News is shutting down 4/15
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From the WUN president, Ary Boender...
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With several losses of information available to utility listeners, efforts went into creating a continuing source of utility information, QSL's and logs.
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In January 1995, we formed a new, internet based, utility listeners
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club; WUN (Worldwide Utility News club). This was not just another
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internet list but a real club. Since the beginning we have counted
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on a great many people to provide the newsletter, website and maintain
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the mailing list and perform other club duties behind the scenes.
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Basically, the same people have been involved since we started.
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After discussions with many utility fans via e-mail The WORLDWIDE UTILITY NEWS Club...or WUN (Like we're #1), was born January of 1995 with it's first newsletter sent to members as the February edition.
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We have recently received the resignation of Jason Berri as webmaster
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and Day Watson as editor of the popular Digital Review column. They
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are not the only ones. Lack of time and other responsibilities force
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me to step down myself. This means that also the Utility Round-up
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column need a new editor. We know from personal experience that finding
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new editors is a very difficult task, especially for a very specialized
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column as the DR.
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The WUN is the worlds first electronic club and there are no dues or fees from us for joining. You are welcome and encouraged to join in the conversation regarding the "non-broadcast" or utility stations that may be found in any mode under 30 MHz. WUN also publishes a monthly electronic newsletter.
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There are many duties and much time is needed to run WUN as a club. Our
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staff is not in a position to donate any further time than what we do
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already. Therefore, we believe that WUN as a club should cease to exist.
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We do not have the staff to keep going. We have certainly appreciated
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the input and assistance of many longtime members. However, the work
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involved simply is too much.
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To become a member of WUN, you join the WUN listserver by using the web interface located at:
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UTILITY DXers FORUM
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    http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/wun
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As a replacement, I have started a Yahoo list that is easy and simple to
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maintain, called Utility DXers Forum. This will eliminate the need
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for website support and many of the other duties required of an actual
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non-profit club. UDXF will not be affiliated with WUN. UDXF will focus
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on the same sort of stations as WUN did, so why not join the list and
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keep ute dxing alive! (the link is in the title above. The group will be activated on the 15th mja)
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The wun listserver is also used for posting hot Utility news and general discussion of UTE-related topics. Those subscribed on WUN will receive the newsletter and be able to exchange info, logs, and late breaking "hot" logs with everyone on the list.
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Effective April 15, 2006 the WUN list will be terminated. Members are
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encouraged to join UDXF.
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The WUN monthly newsletter consists of the following columns:
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- NUMBERS & ODDITIES
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  1. International Civil Aero
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As you know, I edited two columns for the WUN newsletter: the "Utility
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  2. Nautical News
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Round-up" column and "Numbers & Oddities". The latter also appeared as
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  3. Digital Review
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a separate newsletter for members of the Spooks list and other dxers who
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  4. Logs Column
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are interested in numbers stations. N&O included info that was sent to
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  5. The QSL Report
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the WUN and Spooks mailing lists and info sent directly to me. Please,
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  6. Utility Round-up
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note that N&O a.k.a. "The Spooks Newsletter" and the N&O website will
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  7. Numbers and Oddities
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continue. Numbers stations logs posted to the UDXF and Spooks mailing
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  8. Product Review
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lists will be included in N&O's future editions.
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If you wish to contribute news, info, and logs to these columns please send them directly to the proper editor.
 
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Once you have become a member of WUN, you can start contributing by sending e-mail to: wun@mailman.qth.net
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On behalf of WUN's staff end editors, I thank you for your support in
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the past 10 years and I hope to read your logs on the Utility DXers
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Forum.
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73,
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Please note that if you reply to a message from the list, the person making the original posts address will come up. If you feel the information you are sending is of value to the entire list, you must change the address from the posters address to the list address.
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Ary Boender
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WUN President
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Also note that there are various laws that govern the reception of signals and transmissions throughout the world. It is the members responsibility to make themselves aware of their laws and abide by them. We do not encourage the breaking of any countries laws pertaining to these transmissions.
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No decision has yet been made to rescue the many files on the WUN server. I've offered our Wiki section as a way to keep the links going, but so far, no word on this.
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WUN has an Official Club www page site:
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    http://www.wunclub.com/
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The www pages contain back issues of the WUN Newsletter along with other Utility files, links, etc.
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Revision as of 14:11, 21 July 2010

Material to be incorporated in the article

Worldwide Utility News is shutting down 4/15 From the WUN president, Ary Boender...

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In January 1995, we formed a new, internet based, utility listeners club; WUN (Worldwide Utility News club). This was not just another internet list but a real club. Since the beginning we have counted on a great many people to provide the newsletter, website and maintain the mailing list and perform other club duties behind the scenes. Basically, the same people have been involved since we started.

We have recently received the resignation of Jason Berri as webmaster and Day Watson as editor of the popular Digital Review column. They are not the only ones. Lack of time and other responsibilities force me to step down myself. This means that also the Utility Round-up column need a new editor. We know from personal experience that finding new editors is a very difficult task, especially for a very specialized column as the DR.

There are many duties and much time is needed to run WUN as a club. Our staff is not in a position to donate any further time than what we do already. Therefore, we believe that WUN as a club should cease to exist. We do not have the staff to keep going. We have certainly appreciated the input and assistance of many longtime members. However, the work involved simply is too much.

UTILITY DXers FORUM

As a replacement, I have started a Yahoo list that is easy and simple to maintain, called Utility DXers Forum. This will eliminate the need for website support and many of the other duties required of an actual non-profit club. UDXF will not be affiliated with WUN. UDXF will focus on the same sort of stations as WUN did, so why not join the list and keep ute dxing alive! (the link is in the title above. The group will be activated on the 15th mja)

Effective April 15, 2006 the WUN list will be terminated. Members are encouraged to join UDXF.

- NUMBERS & ODDITIES

As you know, I edited two columns for the WUN newsletter: the "Utility Round-up" column and "Numbers & Oddities". The latter also appeared as a separate newsletter for members of the Spooks list and other dxers who are interested in numbers stations. N&O included info that was sent to the WUN and Spooks mailing lists and info sent directly to me. Please, note that N&O a.k.a. "The Spooks Newsletter" and the N&O website will continue. Numbers stations logs posted to the UDXF and Spooks mailing lists will be included in N&O's future editions.


On behalf of WUN's staff end editors, I thank you for your support in the past 10 years and I hope to read your logs on the Utility DXers Forum.

73, Ary Boender WUN President

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No decision has yet been made to rescue the many files on the WUN server. I've offered our Wiki section as a way to keep the links going, but so far, no word on this.

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