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[Dale Sargent]

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Here is a summary of news items covered in edition # 556 of "This Week
in
Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-delivered, on-the-air
audio
bulletin service, for the week ending December 13, 2003.

This weeks edition, overflowing with all the latest amateur radio news
and
special features, is anchored by Shannon Ratigan, N0JAM, from our bureau
in
Central Florida, Gary Clements, KC0JDT from our bureau in Lima, Ohio,
and by our Technical Director, George Bowen, W2XBS from our headquarters

studio facility in Albany, New York.

Approximate total program running time for this weeks edition is 60
minutes.

1.  ARRL's BPL study imminent, league to solicit BPL trial interference
report
2.  South Africa may be the next nation to drop the morse requirements.
3.  The Expedition 8 crew may be available for the ARISS Roy Neal K6DUE
event
4.  The Expedition 9 crew is announced by NASA.
5.  General class question pool released into the public domain.
6.  Cooperation, not contention, is the best approach at 2390-2395
Megahertz.
7.  The ARRL LogBook of the World continues to grow and expand.
8.  Michigan hams win an antenna exemption victory.
9.  A Pennsylvania schools physics class licenses 49 new hams at once!
10. Special Event Station Listings
11. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with WA0RCR.
12. Weekly propagation forecast.
13. The Europa TO4E DXpedition is vexed by...turtles.
14. 4L4FN is on the air from Angola.
15. W4B special event to commemorate Wright Brothers original flight.
16. "More Musings" with Wil Rogers, W4WLR. Special: "Big Word Christmas"

17. Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
18. TSR/The Space Report with Chris Peterson, KG0BP.
19. Amateur antenna support structures determined not a migratory bird
hazard.
20. A new 241 Gigahertz distance record is set.
21. Noted audiophile/engineer Julian Hirsch, dies at 81 in the New York
City.
22. Japans MagLev train sets a new speed record.
23. Cliff Fay, K7BQ, turns 100 years old. Has had ham license for 84
years.
24. "Return To Flight" STS-114 Shuttle crew announced by NASA.
25. TWIAR will be on the air and in production during the holidays.

Transmission and production expenses have been underwritten by
a grant from Daniel Nick, KB0NVH, of Saint Paul, Minnesota.

TWIAR needs your support to continue through the winter season, and the
new year ahead.

The winter season is always a busy time for amateur radio. Hams are
spending
more time indoors and on-the-air. And, along with amateur radios
increased
profile in public service these days, you will need a reliable,
up-to-the-
minute source of amateur radio news to stay informed.

Help keep This Week in Amateur Radio on the air, by supporting our
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There is alot happening within the amateur service such as
the threat from BPL (Broadband over Power Lines), the petitions at the
FCC to
drop the morse requirement in the US, and more. Stay up to date with
North
America's premier on the air news-magazine service. This Week in Amateur

Radio.

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