[TWIAR] Summary 472

Sat, 27 Apr 2002 20:51:11 -0500 (CDT)

Hey Gang-

	Actually, the W0YC repeater serves the Twin Cities on 147.150, not
145.15. =)

Regards,
---Matthew Genelin---
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have your kayak and heat it, too.
                                    - Jim Ley's Joke List

On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Dale Sargent wrote:

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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 [email protected].
>
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