[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition 549 General Release

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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 549
Airdates: 10.18.03 > 10.25.03

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Here is a summary of news items covered in edition # 548 of "This Week in
Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-delivered, on-the-air audio
bulletin service, for the week ending October 25, 2003.

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

Approximate running time for this weeks edition is sixty minutes

1.  Letters to support amateur radio legislation in congress are needed now!
2.  A new two-ham crew Expedition 8 blasts off for the ISS from Russia.
3.  Amateur to surrender license in police radio interference case.
4.  Papua New Guinea is the latest to drop the morse requirement for HF access
5.  Huge power outage is scenario for the first statewide Florida S.E.T.
6.  Special event station listings for week of October 25th.
7.  The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
8.  Weekly propagation forecast report.
9.  DX: 3C0V teams was given just hours to pack up gear and leave the island.
10. Brazil will be host to the 2006 World Radiosport Team Championship.
11. The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY. - 1910 Part 2 -
12. A new UK/European distance record set on 670 nanometers. (Laser)
13. The Space Report with Chirs Peterson, KG0BP.
14. A PLC/BPL test in New Zealand concludes with mixed results.
15. The FCC to auction spectrum at 70, 80, and 90 gigahertz next year.
16. Ray-O-Vac announces new technology I-C3 NiMh batteries.
17. AMSAT India readies its first amateur satellite (HAMSAT) for launch soon.
18. The FCC this month says it's okay for broadcasters to use the "F" word.

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grant from Ed Jacobson, WB0VHF, of Bloomington, Minnesota, where
"This Week in Amateur Radio" is heard via satellite each Saturday at
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The fall season is upon us. And with it comes quieter conditions
on the low bands. This usually promotes greater on the air activity, and with
it comes all the latest news and special features you need on This Week in
Amateur Radio. There is alot happening within the amateur service such as
the threat from BPL (Broadband over Power Lines), the petitions at the FCC to
drop the morse requirement in the US, and more. Stay up to date with North
America's premier on the air news-magazine service. This Week in Amateur
Radio.

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