[TWIAR] TWIAR EDITION #573 GENERAL RELEASE

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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 573
Air dates: 04.03.04 > 04.10.04

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Here is a summary of news items covered in edition # 573 of "This Week in
Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-delivered, on-the-air audio
bulletin service, for the week ending April 10, 2004.

This weeks edition, overflowing with all the latest amateur radio news and
special features, is anchored by Duane Whittingham, N9SSN, from our news
bureau at WTND-LP in Macomb, Illinois, and by our Technical Director, George
Bowen, W2XBS, from our headquarters studio facility in Albany, New York.

Approximate total program running time for this weeks edition is 64 minutes,
less the closed circuit advisory and pre-program materials.

Stories and features covered in This Weeks edition:

01. FEMA appears to back pedal in it's BPL "Clarification" letter.
02. Active BPL system causing interference in Manassas, Virginia. (w/audio)
03. BPL specter lends additional significance to Spectrum Protection Act.
04. ARRL has a layman terms BPL handout available in PDF on web site.
05. Amateurs assisting Red Cross in Colorado wildfire.
06. Wyoming gets a new Section Manager.
07. CA ham kicked off local repeater, FCC backs the repeater owner in case.
08. Hawaii amateur antenna bills undergoing revisions.
09. New amateur radio LF record claimed.
10. VK hams help rescue a boat and get it to port via amateur radio.
11. Special event station listings.
12. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
13. Weekly propagation forecast.
14. The FCC will be present at this years Dayton HamVention.
15. RAT/The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH. New weather radio.
16. TSR/The Space Report with Chris Peterson, KG0BP.
17. W1AW/90 will operate throughout 2004.
18. Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
19. Companies partner to serve amateur radio tower market.
20. First call for papers for up-coming AMSAT-NA symposium.
21. ARRL Logbook of The World users climbs steadily.
22. FCC seeks consumer assistance in non-certificated equipment sales.
23. Amateur radio operators fill key NASA positions.
24. ISS astronauts hear strange noises again.
25. Amateur radio trip to Jordan is in the planning stages.

Transmission and production expenses for todays edition of This Week in
Amateur Radio, was made possible by a grant from the AREC repeater group
of Lake Worth, Florida, where This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the
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