[TWIAR] Summary 478
Dale Sargent
[email protected]
Sat, 08 Jun 2002 21:10:09 -0500
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Here is what is happening behind the mike at This Week in Amateur Radio.
ON-AIR TALENT:
As of this writing, we have three rotating news anchors,
Steve Robertson KB3HGM in Chesapeak Bay, Maryland,
Larry Shilkoff, KJ6NV in Simi Valley, California, and
our technical director, W2XBS.
People, I could use a couple of additional news anchors, to help share
the
load, and make our on-air presence a little more diverse. If you would
like to be a news anchor for TWIAR, please drop us a e-mail with your
telephone number and we will contact you.
Please note that being an anchor is an important position within the
operating structure of the service. You must have a computer with
internet
access, sound recording software (we will provide) and a good
microphone.
If this is you. Call us!
TWIAR is also in search of segment producers. Great. What's a segment
producer? Well if you have been a long time listener to the service, you
no doubt have heard "The Ancient Amateur Archives", or "The Packet Radio
JunkBox" or "Musings" with Will Rogers, W4WLR. These are all done by
segment producers.
So, if you are knowledgeable about a particular facet of the hobby,
like,
computers in the shack, networking, Voice over IP, DX'ing, contesting,
amateur television, digital whatever, or even SWL'ing, why not share
your
enthusiasm with the TWIAR listeners.
Again, if you would like to be a segment producer with us, you can
produce
on computer audio or via cassette tape. Contact us soon!
FUNDING:
This is not a pretty picture at this point. TWIAR has been operating
without
funding from radio clubs, or repeater support groups for the past two
months.
In order for This Week in Amateur Radio to continue to provide the
amateur
radio community the best and latest news and information each week, we
run up a tab of about $25. per week in operating expenses. This
includes
internet access, long distance telephone, and other news gathering and
production expenses. That's considerably less than other amateur radio
bulletin services, but we cannot continue to operate without the support
of the amateurs we serve. You, keep us on the air! Please consider
sponsoring a week, month, or a year of North Americas premier bulletin
service. When you do, we'll give you a plug on the air!
SUNDAY NIGHT TWIAR CHATS ON E-QSO
We now hold a chat session each Sunday evening at 10pm eastern time on
E-QSO
in a room called (TWIAR). This is all server space permitting. This chat
is
for all affilliates, on-air talent, and listeners! Please join us so we
can
all get to know each another!
THE WEB SITE: (www.twiar.org)
Our web site continues to grow and expand. Greg (K4HSM our resident html
guru)
and Dale (N0WKF our web site audio file guy) continue to change and
reform
the TWIAR web site into something new. Greg recently installed some new
code and reformatted the site. Check it out. If you have any web ideas
for us, let us know!
AFFILIATES:
We were all dismayed at the loss of WA0RCR not only on our air
reporting, but
as a loss of our premier HF affiliate on 160 meters. If you would like
to
fill the void, and air TWIAR on HF for us, please contact us. As far as
we know, we do not clear on any HF band at this time.
On a brighter note we added three new VHF affiliates this past month,
they are:
WX9CMN on 442.475 serving Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
W4GBR on 147.270 serving For Payne, Alabama.
WB4BZF on 146.970 serving Clearwater and St. Petersburg, Florida.
Welcome aboard! If you are not on our affiliate listing on the web site,
please fill out the form!
Well, that's about it for now. Next month, I will update this again, and
include a listing of all the gear it takes to produce TWIAR each week!
Thanks for being there for us!
George Bowen
W2XBS
This week in Amateur Radio - Technical Director.
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This Week in Amateur Radio #478
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Here is a summary of news items covered in this weeks edition #478 of
"This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's satellite-delivered
on-the-air
audio bulletin service, for the week ending 15 June 2002. This weeks
edition is anchored by our Technical Director, George Bowen, W2XBS, from
our headquarters in Albany, New York.
Total running time this week is approximately fifty-one minutes.
1. Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Consistency Act Introduced.
2. The Federal Communications Commission says MURS is here to stay.
3. The FCC cites "Enforcement Issues" in short-term license grants.
4. The Question Pool Committee releases Tech syllabus into public
domain.
5. The FCC modifies its Part 15 rules to facilitate high-speed
wireless.
6. A new trial date is set in Florida interference/unlicensed ops case.
7. STS-111 Space Shuttle Endeavour delivers Expedition Five crew to
ISS.
8. Contesting and Convention Report with Will Rogers, W4WLR.
9. Vern Jackson, WA0RCR's Gateway 160 Meter Newsletter leaves the air.
10. Special event station listings.
11. Weekly propagation forecast report.
12. Kids Day on the air is Saturday, June 15th.
13. A Kansas missionary ham is killed in rescue attempt in the
Phillipines.
14. TWIAR now holding weekly Sunday night chats on E-QSO!
15. The FCC revisits conducted emission limits below 30Mhz. (Carrier
Current)
16. RF De-Icing technology for planes, cars, roads, and sidewalks, on
the way.
17. Hollywood wants to control all Analog to Digital converters in the
world.
18. KF9MP Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety - "Lock Out - Tag Out!"
19. The Interior Department is giving away lighthouses. Get yours now!
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 the best and latest news and information each week, we
run up a tab of about $25. per week in operating expenses. This
includes
internet access, long distance telephone, and other news gathering and
production expenses. That's considerably less than other amateur radio
bulletin services, but we cannot continue to operate without the support
of the amateurs we serve. You, keep us on the air! Please consider
sponsoring a week, month, or a year of North Americas premier bulletin
service. When you do, we'll give you a plug 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,
or e-mail to [email protected].