[TWIAR] TWIAR EDITION #597 - GENERAL RELEASE
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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 597
Air dates: 09.18.04 > 09.25.04
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Here is a summary of news items covered in edition # 597 of "This Week in
Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-delivered, on-the-air audio
magazine service, for the week ending September 25, 2004.
This weeks edition, overflowing with all the late-breaking amateur radio news
and special features, is anchored by Joe Ezell, KE5CLJ, from our southeast
news bureau in Little Rock, Arkansas, by Stephanie Scace from our mid west
bureau 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 92 minutes.
Closed circuit promo advisory and pre-program materials are separate files.
Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition:
01. Amateur radio swings into action in storm-stricken gulf region.
02. Hurricane Watch Net, WX4NHC, gets a much needed respite, as Jeanne slows.
03. The FCC agrees to drop a large fine in exchange for an amateurs license.
04. The ARRL played a role in a Maryland amateurs tower case.
05. "More Than Just BPL!" League kicks off 2005 Spectrum Protection defense.
06. AMSAT-North America announces results of recent Board elections.
07. The RAC submits proposal on amateur radio call signs to Industry Canada.
08. Six months without a shower or bath? No problem, astronaut tells youngster
09. Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, completes WAC+, from space, aboard the ISS.
10. The ISS amateur gear is once again in repeater mode.
11. The mysterious intruder signal on 40 meters has disappeared.
12. ARRL announces new radio frequency propagation course.
13. International digital broadcasters voice concern about BPL interference.
14. New InTel WiMax chip makes 30+ mile wireless networks possible.
15. Special event station listings for week ending Sunday September 26th.
16. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report on up-coming conventions and contests.
17. XM satellite radio launches new emergency alert channel nationwide.
18. The Random Access File with Bill Baran, N2FNH, visits the Saratoga hamfest
19. The FCC raids KFAR, a pirate radio station in Knoxville, Tennessee.
20. The FCC fines a West Virginia paging company for numerous violations.
21. City of Philadelphia plans a city wide non-BPL wireless network by 2006.
22. The Courage Handi-Ham Report with Pat Tice, WA0TDA.
23. Federal government hungry for terrestrial TV broadcast spectrum.
24. Weekly propagation forecast report.
25. The Space Report with Chris Peterson, KG0BP.
26. German shortwave broadcaster Deutsche Welle adds Klingon language.
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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