The Department of Homeland Security says that ham radio is an important part of its new Emergency Communications Plan; NASA to sponsor $5 million Cube Quest Challenge; the Northern California DX Foundation announces a major contribution to the January 2015 Navassa Island DXpedition; estate of former ham makes $1.4 million bequest to journalism school; Fun Sat One celebrates its first year in space and where are all the pay phones going in the Big Apple.