[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition #661 General Release

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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 661
Air dates: 12.10.05 > 12.17.05

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    * * * CELEBRATING 13 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE HAM RADIO COMMUNITY * * *

Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
Edition #661 of "This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-
delivered, on-the-air audio news magazine service, for the week ending
December 17, 2005.

Today's edition of This Week in Amateur Radio comes to you anchored by
Brent Taylor, VE1JH, from our frosty news bureau in the Great White North,
New Brunswick, Canada, and by, Bill Russell, KC2IFR, from our northeast news
bureau in Glens Falls, New York, by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, from our news
bureau in Central New York, and by George Bowen, W2XBS, from our headquarters
in Albany, New York.

THIS WEEKS PROGRAM RUNNING TIMES:
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* FULL VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 96 minutes.
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* EDITED VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 62 minutes.

SPECIAL PROGRAM NOTES:

* Closed circuit advisory and weekly program promo is available as a seperate
   audio file.

CONTENT:
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Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition:

01. Jack Gerritsen, ex KG6IRO, convicted on all counts in radio jamming case.
02. The FCC lifts automatic control from a very busy Los Angeles repeater.
03. The FCC sets aside the General Class grant of an Atlanta, GA amateur.
04. The FCC fines a Florida CB retailer, $7000. for un-type-accepted gear.
05. A Missouri FM broadcast station is fined $18,000 for manual EAS.
06. A light plane hits a 1000 foot broadcast tower in Nebraska, 3 killed.
07. A new world distance record is set on relocated microwave band. 134 GHz.
08. New VLF world distance record is set in Canada.
09. An editor of CQ says regulation by bandwidth cannot help e-comms.
10. Massachusetts and Canadian students chat with astronauts on the ISS.
11. ARRL, IARU, contribute to ITU conference on Ultra Wide Band (UWB)
12. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte.
13. The Random Access Christmas Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH.
14. Public Service Announcement production, lesson four, with KF9MP.
15. Special event station listings.
16. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
17. Weekly propagation forecast report.
18. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO.
19. The ARRL web site now features a page highlighting WinLink 2000.
20. Courage Handi-Ham System Up-date with Pat Tice, WA0TDA.
21. NEC develops paper-thin rechargeable battery.
22. The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
23. ARRL Holiday Toy Drive is a huge success, deadline for toys looms large.
24. Southeast VHF Society issues call for papers.
25. Watch out for phony (phishing) e-mails from the FCC or the CIA.
26. A 390 meter asteroid may hit the earth in 31 years.

Transmission and production expenses for todays edition of This Week in
Amateur Radio, were covered by a grant from Chris Huber, N-Six-I-C-W of
Sacramento, California. Where this week in amateur radio is heard each
week on the N-Six-I-C-W repeater system covering all of the Sacramento
Valley and Lake Tahoe regions.

Autumn. Fall is here. Barring those large solar flares, propagation this time
of year improves.

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