[TWIAR] summary 567

[Dale Sargent]

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Here is a summary of news items covered in edition # 567 of "This Week
in
Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-delivered, on-the-air
audio
bulletin service, for the week ending February 28, 2004.

This weeks edition, overflowing with all the latest amateur radio news
and
special features, is anchored by Jason Roach, KF4VDX from our news
bureau in
Knoxvill, Tennessee, Gary Clements, KC0JDT from our news bureau in Lima,
Ohio,
and by George Bowen, W2XBS, from our headquarters studio facility in
Albany,
New York.

Approximate total program running time for this weeks edition is 61
minutes,
less the closed circuit advisory and pre-program materials.

Stories and features covered in This Weeks edition:

01. FCC Chairman Powell, assures Congress on Broadband Over Powerline
studies.
02. Broadband Over Powerlines, BPL Headline updates.
03. NPR feature during All Things Considered spotlights @ sign in morse
code.
04. NASA dedicates memorial, martian landscapes, to Shuttle Columbia
crew.
05. Denmark, and Hong Kong, next on list to drop the morse code
requirements.
06. Homeowners Association in New Jersey wins antenna battle.
07. Propagation forecast report.
08. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
09. ARRL, VHF, RTTY contest entries up during an down year.
10. RAF/The Random Access File with Bill Baran, N2FNH. "Everythings Old"

11. SSB pioneer W6QYT, SK.
12. FCC cracking down on unlicensed 10 meter use by truckers.
13. AMSAT announces ECHO launch delay and announces new launch date.
14. Expedition 9 crew member get his amateur licensed.
15. TSR/The Space Report with Chris Petersen, KG0BP.
16. Hawaii state legislature considers CC&R bill.
17. ARRL Technical Awards, nomination deadline looms.
18. W5KL, Leland Smith SK.
19. Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
20. Texas Instruments announces cellular "radio" on a chip.

Transmission and production expenses for this edition of This Week in
Amateur
Radio, have been underwritten by a grant from Allan Stap, AC8DX of
Gobles,
Michigan, where This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the N8DXB
repeater on
145.17 megahertz in Kalamazoo.

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