[TWIAR] TWIAR EDITION #558 GENERAL RELEASE

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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 558
Airdates: 12.20.03 > 12.27.03

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***  H A P P Y   H O L I D A Y S - F R O M  T H E  T W I A R  S T A F F ***

Here is a summary of news items covered in edition # 558 of "This Week in
Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-delivered, on-the-air audio
bulletin service, for the week ending December 27, 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.

01. Ham radio in space reaches a new milestone as new gear is aboard the ISS.
02. www.powerham.com may have been a fraudulent web site run from Romania.
03. Project Goodwill doubles the number of Albania (ZA) amateur operators.
04. 73 Amateur Radio Today magazine to be archived on the internet.
05. Ten-Tec club station tower comes a tumblin' down.
06. Coast to Coast AM talk host Art Bell W6OBB, exposes BPL on national air.
07. Santa will have company in the sky this Christmas over North America.
08. German vocational students soar through a successful ARISS contact.
09. Live from the sky! 100 years of flight celebrated by W1C special event.
10. Special Event station listings.
11. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
12. The weekly propagation forecast report.
13. New ARRL Antenna Design and Construction course to start in January.
14. The Random Access File Christmas Packet Special with Bill Baran, N2FNH
15. TSR/The Space Report with Chris Peterson, KG0BP.
16. Kids Day is coming on Sunday, January 4th!
17. Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
18. Intel planning a chip that will lower the price on flat panel televisions.
19. Geneva conference gives CW a new home and a new character for the "@" sign
20. Ham radio payloads on high altitude ballons focus of NASA TV airing.
21. The FCC looks a modifying DBS satellite spacing in the Clark Belt.
22. Foundation for Amateur Radio (FAR) solicits scholarship applications.
23. Radio Amateurs of Canada announces executive officers for 2004.
24. Congress asks Berlin for report on analog television shut down in Germany.
25. National Weather reported earth leaving orbit last wednesday.

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