[TWIAR] TWIAR EDITION #580 - GENERAL RELEASE

[w2xbs]

This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 580
Air dates: 05.22.04 > 05.29.04

  _/_/_/_/_/   _/     _/     _/_/_/    _/_/_/         _/_/_/
     _/       _/     _/       _/     _/    _/        _/    _/
    _/ his   _/ _/  _/ eek   _/ n   _/_/_/_/ mateur _/_/_/_/ adio
   _/       _/_/ _/_/       _/     _/    _/        _/   _/
  _/       _/     _/     _/_/_/   _/    _/        _/     _/

Here is a summary of news items covered in edition # 580 of "This Week in
Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-delivered, on-the-air audio
magazine service, for the week ending May 29, 2004.

This weeks edition, overflowing with all the late-breaking amateur radio news
and special features, is anchored by Larry Shilkoff, KJ6NV, from our news
bureau in Simi Valley, California, Duane Whittingham, N9SSN, from our news
bureau at WTND-LP in Macomb, Illinois, and by our producer, George Bowen,
W2XBS, from our headquarters studio facility in Albany, New York.

Approximate total program running time for this weeks edition is 80 minutes.
Closed circuit promo advisory and pre-program materials are separate.

Stories and features covered in This Weeks edition:

01. White House gives ARRL delegation assurances on BPL interference.
02. BPL industry official disputes NYIA report in a congressional hearing.
03. ARRL President tells Dayton forum to nurture all newcomers into the hobby.
04. Riley Hollingsworth says amateur radio enforcement cases are declining.
05. W1RFI to represent the ARRL at IEEE Standards meeting about BPL standards.
06. North Carolina amateur may face a license renewal hearing.
07. Amateur radio Spectrum Protection Act co-sponsor list tops 100.
08. RAC: New director appointed for the Quebec region.
09. RAC: New interim director appointed for the Pacific region.
10. RAC: Industry Canada publishes new exams based on updated question banks.
11. Amateur radio-carrying rocket makes it to the edge of space.
12. N8EMO and WX8F asked to run Dayton HamVention 2005.
13. Special event station listings for week begining May 22nd.
14. The Gateway 160 Meter Amateur Radio Net report on contests & conventions.
15. Weekly propagation forecast report.
16. Courage Handi-Ham System report with Pat Tice, WA0TDA.
17. The Space Report with Chris Petersen, KG0BP.
18. Lawsuit blames Motorola HT's in 9-11 deaths at the World Trade Center.
19. Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
20. The Random Access File with Bill Baran, N2FNH. "Dead Media"
21. The FCC backs away from a Nextel spectrum re-allocation plan.
22. Eight section managers are re-elected to office.
23. Greek amateurs to use special prefixes during Olympic summer games.
24. New military radio system is jamming garage door openers in Florida.
25. It's "Lights Out" for Pennsaukin, New Jersey pirate FM station.

Transmission and production expenses have been underwritten by a
grant from Gene Wicklund, W0ZOK, of Horace, North Dakota, where
"This Week in Amateur Radio" is heard via satellite each Saturday
at 8:00 PM on 443.750 MHz, serving Fargo, Morehead, Minnesota,
and the Red River Valley.

When you help support TWIAR financially, by tradition, we mention during the
course of the bulletin service each week, the individual or club that has
made the service possible through financial support.

Mention is also made on the air, on a rotating basis, each of our affiliates
that carry the service. Please check our web site to be sure that your station
is on our affiliate list.

This Week in Amateur Radio is proud to be your source for the latest,
up-to-the-minute amateur service news and special features.

"This Week in Amateur Radio" is a weekly amateur radio audio, on the air,
bulletin service, produced by Community Video Associates, Inc.,
a New York State not-for-profit corporation.  Our mailing address
for questions, comments, or support is -- P.O. Box 30 -- Sand Lake,
New York 12153.

This Week in Amateur Radio is distributed each Saturday evening
on the internet (www.twiar.org) and also on commercial C-Band satellite via
the "W0KIE Satellite Network" Saturdays at 9:00 PM (EST) on SES/GE Americom
AMC-7 communications satellite, transponder 5 (H), 7.5 Mhz wide band
analog audio sub carrier, located at 137 degrees west longitude in
equatorial geosynchronous orbit.

On the World Wide Web, program audio can now be found in several formats
(including streaming Real Audio and MP3) at our primary web site
http://www.twiar.org with thanks to our web guru Greg Williams, K4HSM,
and Dale Sargent, N0WKF, our audio file guy.  Our mirror site is also
available at http://www.qsl.net/twiar with thanks to Al Waller, K3TKJ of
QSL.Net.

This Week in Amateur Radio is licensed under the Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license. Visit our web site to view
a copy of this license.

Contact your local amateur radio club or repeater operator if "This Week in
Amateur Radio" is not being heard in your area.

Production and transmission expenses are underwritten by donations from
repeater operators, amateur radio clubs, and individuals.  Further
information is available by calling W2XBS at 518.283.3665, or e-mail to
w2xbs at twiar.org.

We look forward to hearing from you or your organization soon!

"**" Means not aired on one hour Saturday version on the W0KIE network. Full
      version of This Week in Amateur Radio airs Tuesdays at 7:00pm eastern.
-30-   eof