[TWIAR] summary 477

[Dale Sargent]

 _/_/_/_/_/   _/     _/     _/_/_/    _/_/_/         _/_/_/
    _/       _/     _/       _/     _/    _/        _/    _/
   _/ his   _/ _/  _/ eek   _/ n   _/_/_/_/ mateur _/_/_/_/ adio
  _/       _/_/ _/_/       _/     _/    _/        _/   _/
 _/       _/     _/     _/_/_/   _/    _/        _/     _/


Here is a summary of news items covered in this weeks edition #477 of
"This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's satellite-delivered
on-the-air
audio bulletin service, for the week ending 08 June 2002.  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.  Field Day 2002 now is region wide, and the ARRL adds a Field Day
Soapbox.
2.  The FCC issues a $17,000 fine for high power cordless telephones.
3.  A strange, on-going interference problem is solved in Ohio.
4.  TWIAR announces Sunday evening "chats" on E-QSO!
5.  Special event station listings.
6.  The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jacson, WA0RCR.
7.  Vern Jackson announces he is leaving TWIAR, and 1860KHz bulletin
service.
8.  The weekly propagation forecast report.
9.  One of two spectrum auctions is delayed by the FCC.
10. The FCC mulls even more license free spectrum.
11. New Mexico amateurs handle yet another wildfire emergency.
12. A Kinderhook, New York amateur wins a PRB-1 antenna battle.
13. W2XOY special report on ham radio and railfanning in Mississippi.
14. Public Service Announcement Development Series, Part #6 with KF9MP.
15. May was a busy month for Missouri ARES teams.
16. An Anarctic ledge named after an amateur.
17. TECH: How about a flashlight that never needs new batteries or
bulbs?

Funding for This Week in Amateur Radio has been made possible this week
by
contributions from our listeners and affiliates.

In order for This Week in Amateur Radio to continue to provide the
amateur
radio community with news and information, it costs an average of $25
per
week to operate.  Thats considerably less than other amateur radio
bulletin
services, but we cannot continue to operate without contributions from
you.
Remember, YOU keep us on the air.

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.