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Here is a summary of news items covered in edition # 530 of "This Week
in
Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-delivered, on-the-air
audio
bulletin service, for the week ending June 14, 2003.

This weeks edition, filled with all the latest amateur radio news and
special
features, is anchored by Wil Rogers, W4WLR, from our news bureau in West
Palm
Beach, Florida, and by, our Technical Director, George Bowen, W2XBS,
from our
studio facility at our headquarters in Albany, New York.

Approximate running time for this weeks edition is sixty seven minutes.

1.  New sixty meter band will become available at midnight local, July
3rd.
2.  The controversy over wideband single sideband audio on HF rages on.
3.  ARRL, Department of Homeland Security to ink Statement of
Affiliation.
4.  ARRL President Jim Hayni, W5JPB, to testify for AR Spectrum
Protection.
5.  40 meter realignment tops WRC-2003 amateur radio issues.
6.  Attendance at 2003 HamVention down ten percent.
7.  AMSAT-NA annual meeting and symposium in Toronto a go, despite SARS.

8.  Special event station listings.
9.  The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report on Conventions and Contesting.
10. Weekly propagation forecast report.
11. Kids Day Part 2 is coming up on June 21st.
12. FCC releases NPRM for new 255MHz allocation in the 5GHz band.
13. President Bush orders review of radio spectrum use.
14. Mr.HamVention, Frank Schwab, W8OK, SK.
15. Ham Central in Poughkeepsie, New York Closing its doors, SK.
16. Now! 24 hour amateur license grants are possible!
17. The Random Access File with Bill Baran, N2FNH.
18. TECH: Variant of the "BugBear" virus rampent on the internet.
19. Citizens Band operator gets a court case from a case of RFI!
20. Scientists at Cal-Tech invent new form of TCP. Internet speeds up!
21. The pentagon wants to record everything you do, according to report.

Transmission and production expenses for todays edition of This Week in
Amateur Radio, have been underwritten by a grant from Kent Peterson,
KC0DGY of Minneapolis, Minnesota, where This Week in Amateur Radio is
heard
on the WB0BWL repeater searving Minneapolis and St.Paul.

Summer is finally here, and it's the season for Field Day, club picnics
and barbecues, new antenna installations, and of course a new roster of
public service events. In today's world, with ham radios increased
profile
in the wake of recent world events, it's important for amateurs to stay
up
to date with the latest news and happenings taking place in worlds
greatest
hobby.

This Week in Amateur Radio is proud to be your source for the latest,
up-to-the-minute amateur radio news and special features.

Help keep This Week in Amateur Radio on the air, by supporting our
service
financially, or by clearing our bulletin service on your local repeater
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on-air credit in up-coming editions!

This Week in Amateur Radio is distributed each Saturday evening
on the internet (www.twiar.org) and also on commercial C-Band satellite
via
the "W0KIE Satellite Network" Saturdays at 9:00 PM (EST) on SES Americom

AMC-7 communications satellite, transponder 5 (H), 7.5 Mhz wideband
analog audio subcarrier, located at 137 degrees west longitude in
equatorial geosynchronous orbit.

"This Week in Amateur Radio" is a weekly amateur radio audio
bulletin service, produced by Community Video Associates, Inc.,
a New York State not-for-profit corporation.  Our mailing address
for questions, comments, or support is -- P.O. Box 30 -- Sand Lake,
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On the World Wide Web, program audio can now be found in several formats

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and Dale Sargent, N0WKF, our audio file guy.  Our mirror site is also
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QSL.Net.

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Production and transmission expenses are underwritten by donations from
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We look forward to hearing from you or your organization soon!