[TWIAR] summary 518

[Dale Sargent]

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Here is a summary of news items covered in edition # 518 of "This Week
in
Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-delivered, on-the-air
audio
bulletin service, for the week ending 22 March 2003.

This weeks edition, filled with all the latest amateur radio news and
special
features, is anchored by John Laughhunn, W9JFL, from our bureau in
Chicago,
and by our technical director, George Bowen, W2XBS, from our
headquarters
studio facility in Albany, New York.

Approximate running time for this weeks edition is Seventy-One Minutes.

1.  Will ham radio shut down if the President invokes the War Powers
Act?
2.  The FCC probes alledged Michigan repeater violations.
3.  Ham radio helps save a young burn victim in remote Honduras.
4.  The FCC says strengthened rules will help amateur radio enforcement.

5.  New York State antenna bill is reported out of the state Senate.
6   Amateur radio 802.11b high speed internet helps in shuttle recovery.

7.  Hearing is set on California amateur radio antenna bill.
8.  Missionary killed in a terrorist attack in the Philippines was a
ham.
9.  Pirate broadcaster is found in civil contempt, fined levied.
10. Special Event Station Listings
11. Weekly Propagation Forecast Report.
12. DX: DXCC desk approves TT8ZZ operation for credit.
13. Poland approves 2200 meter band (136khz) for amateur radio use.
14. Florida ARES/RACES groups take part in simulated plane crash
recovery.
15. RAC: VE3CDM, is elected to Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame.
16. TAPR Digital Communications Conference issues first call for papers.

17. AMSAT Space Symposium issues first call for papers.
18. The Random Access File with Bill Baran, N2FNH.
Retro-Computing/ARACHNE
19. Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
20. Astronauts fit is same-day QSO with students on both sides of the
Atlantic
21. Phantom airplane crashes in Canada blamed on satellite receiver
cards.
22. The FCC reviews spectrum allocations for schools and churches.
23. NAB picks WQ4C as NAB Radio Engineering Achievement Award winner.
24. A fire halts an amateur radio club meeting in the UK.
25. Support is growing around the world for a unified 40 meter
allocation.
26. New Zealand (ZL) is planning to introduce lifetime ham license
grants.
27. Summits on the air Special Event in Ireland begins this weekend
(03.15.03)
28. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
29. Sixty medical conference attendees get their amateur licenses in one
day.
30. Teacher/Astronaut (and now ham) undeterred by shuttle tragedie.
31. MK-World Amateur Radio Day award is now available.
32. The Wake Forest University amateur radio club honors Riley
Hollingsworth.
33. Clothing manufacturer puts RFID chips in clothing. Upsets privacy
advocate

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As spring approaches, it's time to look forward to the busy season for
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