[TWIAR] TWIAR/TWIARi EDITION #617/003 GENERAL RELEASE
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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 616
Air dates: 02.05.05 > 02.12.05
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-- North America's Premier On-The-Air Amateur Magazine Service --
Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
edition #617 of "This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-
delivered, on-the-air audio news magazine service, for the week ending
February 12, 2005.
This weeks edition, is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, from our northeast
news bureau in Syracuse, New York, by Jim Wishner, N0EXX, from our mid-west
bureau in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and by George Bowen, W2XBS, from our
headquarters studio facility in Albany, New York.
* Full version of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 88 minutes.
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* Edited/Short version of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 59 minutes.
Closed circuit promo advisory and pre-program materials are separate files.
Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition:
01. There are some changes and some new wrinkles in the 2005 Field Day Rules.
02. An Ohio amateur receives the Presidential Volunteer Service Award.
03. A Pennsylvania township finally drops its plans for a BPL system.
04. Finland hosts the 2005 Emergency Communications Conference.
05. ARRL Expo 2005 to highlight League's National Convention in Dayton, Ohio.
06. New Mexico students finally get their chance to talk to ISS astronauts.
07. ARRL to introduce new on-line analog electronics course.
08. FCC enforcement actions for the last week of January.
09. ARRL Community Education Project hold its inaugural session in Maine.
10. An amateur operator is Jeopardy! "teen tournament" semi-finalist.
11. Henry Radio goes out of the tube HF amplifier business.
12. Emma Berg,W0JUV/AAR7AX, still on the air at age 100.
13. Technology News and commentary with Leo Laporte.
14. KFI-AM & KSON-AM face lots of bureaucratic red tape for tower replacement.
15. The Random Access File with Bill Baran, N2FNH. "VoIP"
16. XM Radio receives authorization to replace to in orbit satellites.
17. Up-coming special event station listings.
18. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
19. Courage Handi-Ham System Up-date with Pat Tice, WA0TDA.
20. TSR/The Space Report with Chris Petersen, KG0BP.
21. Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
22. ARNewsline & Gordon West, WB6NOA cover the Las Vega CES Show.
23. Weekly propagation forecast.
24. ISS, PCSat, setup for joint packet operations.
25. Rail Fanning enthusiasts are now on IRLP.
26. Congress to tackle broadcast indecency this year.
27. Hewlitt Packard develops new technology to replace the aging transistor.
Transmission and production expenses for todays edition of This Week in
Amateur Radio, were covered by a grant from Bobby Cook, KF4NJB of
Jupiter, Florida.
The long winter is here, and that means those long nights spent on the air,
and in shack. Be sure to tune into your local repeater or net that carries
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