[TWIAR] Summary 472

[Dale Sargent]

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Here is a summary of news items covered in this weeks edition #472 of
"This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's satellite-delivered
on-the-air
audio bulletin service, for the week ending 04 May 2000.  This weeks
edition is anchored by Larry Shilkoff, KJ6NV, from our bureau in Simi
Valley,
California.

Total running time this week is approximately fifty minutes.

1.  Amateur radio assists in train accidents in Florida and California.
2.  The FCC arrests a New York City man for unlicensed broadcast
operation.
3.  Mark Shuttleworth, the second "Space Tourist" is aboard the ISS.
4.  Special Event Station Listings with George Bowen, W2XBS.
5.  The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
6.  Weekly propagation forecast.
7.  Star Trek Ham Club, is now offering special certificates for
contacts.
8.  Kolibri-200 satellite now transmitting on 2 meters and 70cm.
9.  Creating publicity for your club events - KF9MP Special - Part One
of Six
10. "More Musings" with Wil Rogers, W4WLR from West Palm Beach Florida.
11. Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
12. Florida students and a french teacher quiz astronauts on the ISS.
13. The new IMAX film "Space Station" called breathtaking.
14. The FCC okays spectrum sharing at Ku band frequencies.
15. The FCC issues first rules and regulations for UWB/Ultra Wideband.
16. Foundation License proves very popular in the United Kingdom.
17. Amateur radio and the ARRL get "prime time" at the NAB convention.
18. Seti@home reaches a milestone in distributed computing.
19. New extra class question pool takes effect on July first.

Transmission and production expenses have been underwritten this week by

a grant from Ed Jacobson, WB0VHF of Bloomington, Minnesota, where This
Week
in Amateur Radio is heard on the W0YC (University of Minnesota ARC)
repeater on 145.15 megahertz serving the twin cities.

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 individual amateurs.
Further information is available from George Bowen, W2XBS, at
518.283.3665,
packet @ N2TY, or e-mail to w2xbs@twiar.org.