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[Dale Sargent]

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Here is a summary of news items covered in edition # 532 of "This Week
in
Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-delivered, on-the-air
audio
bulletin service, for the week ending June 28, 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 studio facility at our headquarters in Albany, New York.

Approximate running time for this weeks edition is sixty minutes.

1.  60 Meter rules add a new record keeping requirement for hams.
2.  ARRL urges informed comments in FCC Broadband Over Powerlines
inquiry.
3.  Amateur Radio on the International Space Station logs 100th school
QSO.
4.  Michigan gets a new section manager.
5.  N8SM, well known DX'er and contester dies in fall from 136 foot
tower.
6.  Ham's license set aside as FCC investigates allegations of false
distress
    calls on the marine band.
7.  World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-2003) week one report.
8.  Special event station listings.
9.  The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report on Conventions and Contests.
10. Weekly propagation forecast.
11. International Space Station may be on the air for Field Day 2003.
12. "More Musings" with Wil Rogers W4WLR from West Palm Beach, FL.
13  FO-20 recovery efforts are successful.
14. MARS operations begin in Iraq, more operators are sought.
15. Shortwave broadcaster begin digital audio transmission on the bands.

16. FCC delivers the history of television on a new FCC website.
17. RAC: Two-way trans-atlantic QSO on the LF bands from Newfoundland.
18. Ham radio numbers continue to grow in the United States.
19. FCC revokes an Alaska broadcasters license in translator conflict.
20. Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
21. TECH: A United Kingdom man is trapped in a technology nightmare.

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
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This Week in Amateur Radio is distributed each Saturday evening
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"This Week in Amateur Radio" is a weekly amateur radio audio
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