[TWIAR] summary 455

[Dale Sargent]

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Here is a summary of news items covered in edition #455 of
"This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's satellite-delivered
audio bulletin service, for the week ending 05 January 2002. Sitting in
this
week for our vacationing anchors, is our Technical Director, George
Bowen,
W2XBS, from Albany, New York.

1.  The FCC designates computer hackers ham license renewal for hearing.

2.  An FCC denial leaves the league eyeing congressional action on
CC&R's.
3.  The FCC adopys rules to refarm the 698-746 MHz band.
4.  E-911 Phase 2 service begins wireless caller locating data
transmission.
5.  KPH coast station ops to be on the air for ARRL straight key night.
6.  Special event station commemorates ARRL trans-atlantic tests from
1921.
7.  Special event station K1D (kid) will prime the pump for Kids Day on
Air!
8.  The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
9.  The Weekly propagation forecast report.
10. A major flaw is detected in Windows XP system, FBI says protect
yourself.
11. ARRL study panel reccommends eliminating Novice Bands. A revisit.
12. The FCC amends Part 15 rules to allow higher power at 24 Ghz. A
revisit.
13. Antenna Modeling Course is next ARRL Certification Program offering.

14. TWIAR is scouring the bands for new anchors and voice talent!
15. Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
16. KF9MP looks at swapping antenna rotors on towers.
17. Badger State Signals edition Jim Romelfanger, K9ZZ, SK
18. Radio Norway cesases transmitting on the shortwave bands.

Transmission and production expenses have been underwritten this
week by Chris Huber, N6ICW, of Sacramento, California, where
"This Week in Amateur Radio" can be heard each Monday evening via
digital delay at 7:30pm on the N6ICW repeaters in Sacramento on
147.195 MHz, and in South Lake Tahoe, California, on 145.15MHz.

The up-coming new year promises to be busy for amateur radio regulation.
And
along with amateur radios increased high profile in recent public
service
events, you will need a up-to-the-minute source for amateur news. Help
keep
This Week in Amateur Radio on the air, by supporting our service to you.

Please help support North America's most up-to-the-minute on-the-air
bulletin service. We will give you or your repeater/club on-air credit
in
up-coming programs. Thanks!

This Week in Amateur Radio is distributed each Saturday evening
on the internet and also on commercial C-Band satellite via the
"W0KIE Satellite Network" Saturdays at 9:00 PM (EST) on SES Americom
AMC-7 communications satellite, transponder 5 (H), 7.5 Mhz wideband
analog audio subcarrier, located at 137 degrees west longitude in
equatorial geosynchronous orbit.

"This Week in Amateur Radio" is a weekly amateur radio voice
bulletin service, produced by Community Video Associates, Inc.,
a New York State not-for-profit corporation.  Our mailing address
for questions, comments, or support is -- P.O. Box 30 -- Sand Lake,
New York 12153.

On the World Wide Web, program audio can now be found in several formats

(including streaming RealAudio and MP3) at our primary web site
http://www.twiar.org with thanks to our web guru Greg Williams, K4HSM,
and Dale Sargent our audio file guy.  Our mirror site is also available
at http://www.qsl.net/twiar with thanks to Al Waller, K3TKJ of QSL.Net.
The service also is carried on repeaters throughout North America and
by WA0RCR on 160 meters at 1860 kHz.  Contact your local amateur
radio club or repeater operator if "This Week in Amateur Radio"
is not being heard in your area.

Production and transmission expenses are underwritten by
donations from repeater operators, amateur radio clubs, and
individuals.  Further information is available from George Bowen,
W2XBS, at 518.283.3665, packet @ N2TY, or e-mail to w2xbws @twiar.org.