[TWIAR] Summary 499

[Dale Sargent]

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Here is a summary of news items covered in edition # 499 of "This Week
in
Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-delivered, on-the-air
audio bulletin service, for the week ending 09 November 2002.

Anchoring this weeks edition is our Technical Director, George Bowen,
W2XBS, from our headquarters studio facility in Albany, New York.

Approximate running time for this weeks edition is forty-minutes.

1.  Ohio ham has license suspended following repeater interference.
2.  CC&R bill co-sponsors continue to step forward in Congress.
3.  Philly students meet astronaut Peggy Whitson on the ISS via ham
radio.
4.  NTIA study is bad news for SAVI 425-435 Mhz proposal for RFID tags.
5.  Texas amateurs volunteer as tornado strikes Corpus Christi.
6.  Vanity callsign filing can be confusing.
7.  The ARRL resurrects Frequency Measurement Testing over W1AW.
8.  Special event station listings.
9.  The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
10. Weekly propagation forecast report.
11. RAC: Atlantic Division Director resigns.
12. Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP.
13. Keep those eyes to the skies! The 2002 Leonid Meteor Shower coming
soon.
14. Roll up video displays are coming as companies team up for
development.

Transmission and production expenses for todays edition of This Week
in Amateur Radio, have been underwritten by a grant from A.James Beal,
N8RAK, of Hanoverton, Ohio, where This Week in Amateur Radio is heard
on the KB8MFV repeater in on 147.285 Mhz in Salem, Ohio.

The winter season is always a busy time for amateur radio. Hams are
spending
more time indoors and on-the-air. And, as always, This Week in Amateur
Radio
will be here to keep the amateur radio informed and up-to-date on the
latest
news and events the make this worlds best hobby.

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