[TWIAR] TWIAR EDITION #599 - GENERAL RELEASE

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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 599
Air dates: 10.02.04 > 10.09.04

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-- North America's Premier On-The-Air Amateur Magazine Service --

Here is a summary of news items covered in edition # 599 of "This Week in
Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-delivered, on-the-air audio
magazine service, for the week ending October 10, 2004.

This weeks edition, overflowing with all the late-breaking amateur radio news
and special features, is anchored by Arielle Trimm, KC2MDT, from our
northeast news bureau in Albany, New York, by Jim Wishner, N0EXX, from our
mid-west news bureau in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and by our producer and
technical director, George Bowen, W2XBS, at the news desk at our headquarters
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 seperate files.

Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition:

01. A North Carolina utility decommissions its BPL field trial.
02. Storm-weary amateur radio volunteers confront Hurricane Jeannes aftermath.
03. The FCC is poised to act on a BPL Report and Order by mid-October.
04. Graham Kemp, VK4BB, from the WIA news service explains BPL interference.
05. A Supreme Court case involves a radio amateur, but not amateur antennas.
06. Santa Clara Valley section gets a brand new section manager.
07. An ARISS QSO logs two "firsts" during chat with students in Australia.
08. A Florida ham is spear heading a DERA relief mission to Haiti.
09. MARS members asked to assist in Hurricane health and welfare traffic.
10. The FCC implements "Red Light Rule" for those owing the agency money.
11. Selected special event station listings for week of October 3rd.
12. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report on up-coming conventions and contests.
13. Weekly propagation forecast report.
14. "More Musings" with Wil Rogers, W4WLR from West Palm Beach, Florida.
15. UK amateurs poised to get a bigger 40 meter band in new Ofcom proposal.
16. HZ1AB in Saudi Arabia is now history. Callsign reassigned.
17. Some amateurs in Australia loose 420-430 Mhz under new regulation.
18. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH.
19. QRZ.com receives big upgrade for call sign server.
20. Amateur radio micro-sat now on display at the Smithsonian.
21. FCC says television broadcast stations must pick their new DTV channel.
22. The Space Report with Chris Petersen, KG0BP.
23. The Courage Handi-Ham Report with pat Tice, WA0TDA.
24. Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
25. Jamboree on the air (JOTA) 2004 is October 16 and 17.
26. Some people in parts of the world are listening to "Silent Radio".

All of us at This Week in Amateur Radio would like to take this opportunity to
welcome aboard our newest news anchor, Arielle Trimm, KC2MDT, from Albany,
New York. Arielle is a broadcast technician at WAMC (NPR) radio in  Albany. We
found Arielle recording a ham radio special program for NPR at the Saratoga
County Hamfest last month. Please join us in welcoming Arielle to the ranks
of This Week in Amateur Radio. (BTW you'll be able to hear Arielles NPR
program about amateur radio, Christmas week on This Week in Amateur Radio)

Transmission and production expenses have been underwritten by
our Richard Helzer, WB6GVO, of Atascadero, California.

Welcome to fall! Conditions across the bands change, the harmonics go back
to school, and radio club meetings resume after the long summer hiatus.
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