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Here is a summary of news items covered in this weeks edition #479 of
"This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's satellite-delivered
on-the-air
audio bulletin service, for the week ending 29 June 2002.  This weeks
edition is anchored by our Technical Director, George Bowen, W2XBS, from

our headquarters studio in Albany, New York.

Total running time this week is approximately forty-five minutes.

1. The all-important Field Day Propagation Forecast Report.
2. President George Bush sends his greetings to all amateur radio
operators.
3. More states join in declaring amateur radio week.
4. The FCC initiates an inquiry into a Tennessee ARRL-VEC exam session.
5. A Florida man is convicted to deliberate interference, unlicensed
operation
6. Special Event Station Listings for next week.
7. The Contesting and Convention Report with Wil Rogers, W4WLR.
8. The FCC invites public comments on new amateur radio band proposals.
9. World Radioconference 2003 is rescheduled for Geneva.
10. New! TWIAR text news for your web site!
11. TWIAR weekly chats on E-QSO (Sunday nights 10pm eastern.
(Room=TWIAR)
12. "More Musings" with Wil Rogers, W4WLR. "The Oscars".
13. Amateur Radio ops, amateur rocket enthusiasts poised to make
history.
14. New York State PRB-1 bill passes the state senate.
15. Hams still assisting in Colorado wildfires.
16. SPECIAL: Ham finds missing father thru ham radio. KB3HGM Reports.
17. ARRL outgoing QSL bureau tops one million cards.
18. TECH: Aussie scientists claim to have achieved teleportation.

Edition 480 of This Week in Amateur Radio was made possible by a grant
from
our staff and crew at our headquarters in Albany, New York.

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

at our headquarters facility in Albany, New York.

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 w2xbs@twiar.org.