[TWIAR] Summary 503

[Dale Sargent]

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Here is a summary of news items covered in edition # 503 of "This Week
in
Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-delivered, on-the-air
audio
bulletin service, for the week ending 07 December 2002.

Co-anchoring this weeks edition is Larry Shilkoff, KJ6NV, from our
bureau in
Simi Valley, California, and our Technical Director, George Bowen,
W2XBS, from
our headquarters studio facility in Albany, New York.

Approximate running time for this weeks edition is thirty-nine minutes.

1.  A new crew takes charge of the International Space Station.
2.  ARRL dot net traffic blocked by Hotmail and Juno. Hotmail restores.
3.  The only legally operating ham in North Korea is asked to shut down.

4.  A California ham wins an antenna battle at the state Supreme Court
level.
5.  The FCC recinds 146.520 MHz notices.
6.  RAC: New section manager is appointed in the Ontario section.
7.  The FCC looks at radical changes in spectrum management.
8.  Special event station listings.
9.  The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
10. Weekly propagation forecast report.
11. AMSAT-NA meeting covers proposed new satellite, and spectrum
defense.
12. Jonathan Adelstein sworn in as new commissioner at the FCC.
13. United States ham licensing is now at a new five year high.
14. The Bent Element Christmas Special with Jock Elliott, KB2GOM.
15. New owner, new callsign, same old problems persist on Los Angeles
machine.
16. SKYWARN recognition day is coming on December 7, 2002.
17. TECH: Yet another attack on the internet, this time the .info dns
servers.
18. TECH: ASTRA-1K satellite stranded in useless orbit after booster
failure.
19. Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.

Transmission and production expenses for this weeks edition were
underwritten by the individual staff members of This Week in Amateur
Radios
Albany, New York headquarters.

TWIAR needs your support to continue through December and into the new
year ahead.

The winter season is always a busy time for amateur radio. Hams are
spending
more time indoors and on-the-air. And, along with amateur radios
increased
profile in public service these days, you will need a reliable,
up-to-the-
minute source of amateur radio news to stay informed.

Help keep This Week in Amateur Radio on the air, by supporting our
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This Week in Amateur Radio is distributed each Saturday evening
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"This Week in Amateur Radio" is a weekly amateur radio audio
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a New York State not-for-profit corporation.  Our mailing address
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On the World Wide Web, program audio can now be found in several formats

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and Dale Sargent, N0WKF, our audio file guy.  Our mirror site is also
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QSL.Net.

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