[TWIAR] summary 519

[Dale Sargent]

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Here is a summary of news items covered in edition # 519 of "This Week
in
Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-delivered, on-the-air
audio
bulletin service, for the week ending 29 March 2003.

This weeks edition, filled with all the latest amateur radio news and
special
features, is co-anchroed by Larry Shilkoff, KJ6NV, from our bureau in
Simi Valley, California, and by our technical director, George Bowen,
W2XBS,
from our headquarters facility in Albany, New York.

Approximate running time for this weeks edition is: 59'24"

1.  America At War --> Ham Radio is prepared for Homeland Security
Assitance.
2.  Radio commentator Paul Harvey plugs ham radios emergency
communications.
3.  SETI@HOME's re-observation at Arecibo is interrupted by a solar
flare.
4.  ARES/RACES teams muster in wake of New Jersey propane explosion.
5.  ARRL Executive Committee is updated on FCC and legislative actions.
6.  Persistance pays off for a perfect ARISS school contact.
7.  AMSAT-NA puts its "Project Eagle" on hold.
8.  Special Event Station Listings.
9.  The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
10. Weekly propagation forecast.
11. DX: Yugoslavia changes its name to Serbia-Montenegro.
12. FCC may require interference standards for receivers.
13. "Waterproofing Coax Connections" with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP.
14. Ten new schools join the ARRL's "Big Project".
15. HamVention future at the Hara arena may be uncertain.
16. ARRL HSMM working group surveying interest in high speed amateur
networks.
17. Hudson Division seeks 2003 award nominations.
18. New Jersey amateur radio antenna bill is stuck in committee.
19. Space shuttle Columbia's flight data recorder is found in East
Texas.
20. Support is growing for a 40 meter world wide realignment.
21. Nextel pays $850 million to rectify interference from telephones.
22. Report projects 58 million digital television sets in homes by 2007.

23. Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
24. TWIAR is looking for new talented hams to join the bulletin service!

Grant funding for this edition of "This Week in Amateur Radio", was made

possible by the staff and management of our service, in an attempt to
keep
the service on the air.  Funding support for the service has dropped to
zero.

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then
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Please get in touch with us today, if you would like to help support
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As spring approaches, it's time to look forward to the busy season for
amateur radio. Antenna and tower repair and installations, a full new
roster of public service events, and of course Field Day. In todays
world,
with ham radios increased profile in public service due to recent
events,
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events
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Help keep This Week in Amateur Radio on the air, by supporting our
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"This Week in Amateur Radio" is a weekly amateur radio audio
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On the World Wide Web, program audio can now be found in several formats

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