[TWIAR] Summary 456

[Dale Sargent]

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Here is a summary of news items covered in special expanded edition #456
of
"This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's satellite-delivered
audio bulletin service, for the week ending 12 January 2002. Sitting in
again for our vacationing anchors, is our Technical Director, George
Bowen,
W2XBS from Albany, New York.

1.  FCC denial leaves the league eying Congressional action on CC&R's.
2.  A New Hampshire antenna decision upholds PRB-1.
3.  Question Pool Committee announces new pools will be valid for four
years.
4.  Controllers announce AO-40 is now officially in "The Dead Zone".
5.  AMSAT-NA Project JJ now has a new name.
6.  TWIAR affilliate survey time again! Please register on our web site!

7.  Special event station listings.
8.  The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
9.  The weekly propagation forecast report.
10. ARRL Outgoing QSL bureau announces (almost) 2 million cards in 2001!

11. FCC designates computer hackers ham ticket renewal for hearing.
12. New Zealand low frequency signal is heard in Nova Scotia. A new
record.
13. The FCC asks WLW radio and a local power company to solve
interference.
14. "More Musings" with Will Rogers, W4WLR. This month: The SouthCars
Net.
15. RAC: VE1OZ appointed new director of the atlantic division.
16. RAC: VE3CFL is named the Canadian Radio Amateur of the year.
17. Amateur Radio History Headlines, with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
18. A spark gap signal is heard hundred of miles away.
19. The United States government is giving radios to Afgans.

Transmission and production expenses have been underwritten this
week by Gene Wicklund, W0ZOK of Hoarce North Dakota, where
"This Week in Amateur Radio" can be heard each Saturday via satellite
at 8:00Pm on 443.750 MHz serving Fargo, Moorehead, Minnesota and
the Red River Valley.

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"This Week in Amateur Radio" is a weekly amateur radio voice
bulletin service, produced by Community Video Associates, Inc.,
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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 our audio file guy.  Our mirror site is also available
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Further information is available from George Bowen, W2XBS, at
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