[TWIAR] summary 542
Dale Sargent
[email protected]
Sat, 30 Aug 2003 18:07:58 -0500
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*** SPECIAL EXPANDED - HEAVY NEWS WEEK - SPECIAL EDITION ***
Here is a summary of news items covered in edition # 542 of "This Week
in
Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-delivered, on-the-air
audio
bulletin service, for the week ending September 06, 2003.
This weeks edition, filled with all the latest amateur radio news and
special
features is anchored by John Laughhunn, W9JFL, from our news bureau in
Chicago, Illinois, and by our Technical Director, George Bowen, W2XBS,
from
our headquarters studio facility in Albany, New York.
Approximate running time for this weeks EXPANDED edition is 80 minutes
!!
1. The FCC invites comments on SIX morse code related petitions.
2. AMRAD says BPL places the FCC at a "Regulatory Crossroads".
3. The FCC turns down an Ohio hams petition to track amateur radio
sales.
4. ISS packet module fails again after coming up on the air for hours.
5. Yet more countries drop the morse code requirement for access to HF
bands.
6. The NTIA expresses "Broad Concerns" in its comments on BPL to the
FCC.
7. The UO-14 amateur satellite may be down for the count.
8. Special event station listings for week of August 30 > September 6th.
9. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report on conventions and up-coming
contests.
10.The Random Access File - with Bill Baran, N2FNH.
11.Montana hams are in a "Heads-Up" mode in wild fire response.
12.New ARRL section managers taking the reigns in Western Penn & Orange.
13.Amateur radio operators were injured in the latest Baghdad bombing.
14.Ham-concert pianist-jogger, completes 880 mile charity run.
15.Two FCC officials were trapped in a gondola in Colorado. Rescue
insues.
16.Amateur Radio History Headlines, with Bill Contenilli, W2XOY.
17.AMSAT India announces new amateur satellite set for a fall launch.
18.Radio Amateurs Canada (RAC) VE7IO re-elected as BC section manager.
19.The FCC desginates a hearing on former amateurs GMRS application.
20.Nominations sought for 2003 Bill Leonard, W2SKE Pro Media Award.
21.Sioux Falls SD TV station KSFY looses its satellite truck to a drunk.
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