[TWIAR] TWIAR EDITION #598 - PROGRAM RELEASE

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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 598
Air dates: 09.25.04 > 10.02.04

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

Here is a summary of news items covered in edition # 598 of "This Week in
Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-delivered, on-the-air audio
magazine service, for the week ending October 02, 2004.

This weeks edition, overflowing with all the late-breaking amateur radio news
and special features, is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, from our northeast
news bureau in Syracuse, New York, by Jim Wishner, N0EXX, from our mid-west
news bureau in St.Paul, Minnesota, and by our Producer and Technical Director,
George Bowen, W2XBS, from our headquarters studio facility in Albany,
New York.

Approximate total program running time for this weeks edition is 86 minutes.
Closed circuit promo advisory and pre-program materials are seperate files.

Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition:

01. The FCC is poised to act on BPL sometime in mid-October, says the ARRL.
02. $25,000 reward offered to catch arsonist that torches radio towers.
03. Amateur radio finds a friend in its battle to stop world-wide BPL.
04. Hurricane Watch Net activates for Hurricane Jeanne, and Ivan, Part 2.
05. The FCC warns additional trucking firms about unlicensed 10 meter ops.
06. The FCC questions a Missouri 40 meter morse code practice operation.
07. Ofcom proposes to permit UK amateurs access to 7100 to 7200 kilohertz.
08. The ARRL HQ welcomes new media and public relations manager.
09. League hosts 2004 Section Manager workshop at ARRL headquarters.
10. PREMIER: Dead Electrical Dudes with Phillip Neidlinger, KA4KOE.
11. Courage Handi-Ham System update with Pat Tice, WA0TDA.
12. Upcoming special event station listings.
13. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
14. Weekly propagation forecast report.
15. Special event station W1E operating from Northeast Exposition "The Big E".
16. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH.
17. US Senate panel votes against digital television hard deadline.
18. Rupert Murdochs News Corp. seeks FCC waiver in New York City.
19. ISS astronauts thrill audiences in Japan, Germany, and Pittsburgh.
20. The Space Report with Chris Peterson, KG0BP.
21. NCDXF males $100,000 grant to up-coming DX operations.
22. Tiny Sensors called "Smart Dust" that can track almost anything developed.
23. They don't make things like they used to: Light bulb burns for 96 years.

Welcome to the new fall season on This Week in Amateur Radio, this week,
besides the latest news, we introduce you to our newest segment producer.
His name is Phillip Neidlinger, KA4KOE from Georgia. We found Phillip on
the E-Ham web site where he has been writing the feature column, "Dead
Electrical Dudes".  We at TWIAR thought these would make an educational
and entertaining segment for TWIAR listeners.  So enjoy! Phillips segments
will be airing each month.

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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