[TWIAR] TWIAR EDITION #615 - PROGRAM RELEASE

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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 614
Air dates: 01.15.05 > 01.22.05

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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 #614 of "This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-
delivered, on-the-air audio news magazine service, for the week ending
January 22, 2005.

This weeks edition, is anchored by Jim Wishner, N0EXX, from our mid-west
news bureau in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and by Duane Whittingham, N9SSN, from
our news bureau at WTND-LP (FM) in Macomb, Illinois, and by our Producer and
Technical Director, George Bowen, W2XBS, at our headquarters studio facility
in Albany, New York.

* Full version of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 90 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. ARRL rebuts denial of interference from BPL trial, decries FCC's inaction.
02. California ARES and RACES organizations respond to floods and mud slides.
03. WABC's Johnny Donovan amps up ARRL PSA and airs on The Rush Limbaugh Show.
04. Amateur radio continues to aid tsunami victims in South Asia.
     TEAM COVERAGE: VK4BB (WIA) Reports on hams passing more than usual traffic
                    G4NJH (RSGB) Amateur radio/Echolink tsunami report
                    VK4BAT (WIA) Digital modes also assisting in tsunami aid.
                    K5MP (WIA) Reports on "Boatwatch Net".
05. SoCal ham starts QSL card campaign to rid airwaves of the ex-KG6IRO.
06. The FCC asks a Florida amateur why he allegedly interfered w/DXpedition.
07. ARRL Counsel Chris Imlay writes a report on transmitter site vandalism.
08. ISS Astronauts have a successful ARISS QSO with students in Japan.
09. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte.
10. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH - New RS Weather Radio.
11. Weekly propagation forecast report.
12. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
13. Echo satellite (AO-51) team reports no digital tsunami related traffic.
14. The FCC says disaster recovery preparedness planning is on track.
15. 20 meters in Australia is invaded by unlicensed operators.
16. ISS Astronaut Mike Finke, KC5AIT, receives WAC award.
17. The Space Report with Chirs Petersen, KG0BP.
18. Amateur radio antenna bills are introduced in two northeast states.
19. The ARRL Board of Directors is scheduled to meet in Windsor, CT.
20. The ARRL adds a new scholarship to roster/scholarship deadlines loom.
21. Dead Electrical Dudes with Phillip Neidlinger, KA4KOE - "Armstrong"
22. New York City has a new historical landmark in Armstrong labs.
23. CABIR virus code is released on the net, infects advanced cell telephones.
24. ARRL, volunteers, PRB-1, help mid-western amateurs get tower permits.
25. Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
26. New record at 13 million + miles per watt is set with beacon.
27. Courage Handi-Ham System up-date with Pat Tice, WA0TDA.
28. Paint your house with this stuff, turn it into an instant faraday cage.

Transmission and production expenses for This Week in Amateur Radio for the
first week of 2005, were covered by a grant from Michael Grenier, K-C-0-I-O-C
in Forest Lake, Minnesota.

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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