[TWIAR] Summary 494

[Dale Sargent]

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Here is a summary of news items covered in edition #494 of
"This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's satellite-delivered
audio bulletin service, for the week ending 05 October 2002.

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

Approximate running time for this weeks edition is

1.  Amateurs in southern states respond to tropical storm Isiidore.
2.  Ham Congressman gets appointed to key House Sub-Committee.
3.  Co-Sponsor list for CC&R bill HR-4820 continues to grow.
4.  Special Event Station Listings.
5.  The Contesting and Convention Report with Wil Rogers, W4WLR.
6.  Argentina is the next country to get 136Khz amateur band allocation.

7.  The Random Access File, with Bill Baran, N2FNH.
8.  The Weekly propagation forecast report.
9.  Western States Weak Signal Society schedules VHF/UHF conference.
10. Students and nieces get to question "Aunt Peggy" during an ARISS
contact.
11. Newest ARRL Handbook edition edition sports a slightly different
name.
12. The Godfather of the WARC bands, former FCC official A Prose Walker,
SK.
13. KDUH-TV 2000 foot tower in Nebraska collapses, killing two.
14. Lance Bass resumes cosmonaut training, may fly to the ISS in April
2003.
15. DX: KH3, Johnston Island, may become even rarer.
16. Cable channel FX to hopes to run average citizen for President in
2004.

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