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Here is a summary of news items covered in this weeks edition #473 of
"This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's satellite-delivered
on-the-air
audio bulletin service, for the week ending 11 May 2000.  This weeks
edition is anchored by our technical director, George Bowen, W2XBS, from

our studio/headquarters in Albany, New York.

Total running time this week is approximately Fourty-One minutes.

1.  Mark Shuttleworth enjoys a real busy schedule in the lab and on the
air.
2.  ISS crew members admit to "bugging each other" during ARISS contact.

3.  The FCC flip-flops again, and now won't require DOB information from
hams.
4.  Special event station listings.
5.  The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
6.  The weekly propagation forecast report.
7.  Amateurs in many mid-western states actviate during bad weather.
8.  Nominations are due May 24th for Phillip J. McGan Memorial Antenna
Award.
9.  The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
10. Public Service Announcement Development Series with Greg Stoddard
KF9MP
11. Hams are invited to participate during Armed Forces Day event.
12. Florida hams activate during large scale power outage.
13. A0-40 is back on the air.
14. AMSAT announces that it is fiscally sound and developing new
projects.
15. XM and Sirius satellite digital radio worry about interference.

Transmission and production expenses have been underwritten this week by

a grant from Ed Jacobson, WB0VHF of Bloomington, Minnesota, where This
Week
in Amateur Radio is heard on the W0YC (University of Minnesota ARC)
repeater on 145.15 megahertz serving the twin cities.

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.