[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition #693 General Release
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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 693
Air dates: 07.22 06 > 07.29.06
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Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
Edition #693 of "This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-
delivered, on-the-air audio news magazine service, for the week ending
July 29, 2006.
This week's edition of This Week in Amateur Radio comes to you anchored by
Jim Wishner, N0EXX, from our mid-west news bureau in Saint Paul, Minnesota,
and by Bill Russell, KC2IFR, from our northeast news bureau in Glens Falls,
New York, by Greg Barker, from our mid-west news bureau in Detroit, Michigan.
by Nick Griming, from our Rocky Mountain news bureau in Colorado Springs, and
by George Bowen, W2XBS, from our headquarters studio facility in Albany,
New York.
THIS WEEKS PROGRAM RUNNING TIMES:
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* FULL VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 106 minutes.
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* HEADLINE NEWS VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 59 minutes.
SPECIAL PROGRAM NOTES:
* Closed circuit advisory and weekly program promos are available as
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CONTENT:
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Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition:
01. Manassas Virigina radio amateur takes issue with BPL interference testing.
02. The Radio Amateurs of Canada seeks input on proposed amateur rule changes.
03. Hams replace cell phones following Mumbai India railroad terrorist attacks.
04. Indonesian island of Java suffers tsunami, amateurs take on communications
05. Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (VEC) gather in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
06. The FCC suspends the licenses for failure to maintain mailing address.
07. Mystery continues to shroud WRTC-2006 as Serbian team takes 11th place.
08. FBI's "InfraGuard" program courts amateur radio as a friend and ally.
09. The FCC to establish rule making for a new "Med Radio" service at 70cm.
10. Space Shuttle Discovery lands successfully in Florida. Ham stays on the ISS
11. Changes to amateur radio regulations are coming in New Zealand.
12. United Kingdom amateurs to able to operate remotely under new rule.
13. UK amateurs get five megahertz for keeps, and sixty meter time extension.
14. Mississippi to use ham radio and PTT cell phones in future disasters.
15. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte from TWiT.
16. The Random Access File with Bill Baran, N2FNH "Entertainment By Proxy"
17. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO.
18. The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
19. Special event station listings.
20. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
21. Weekly propagation forecast.
22. Montenego International DX festival is currently underway.
23. Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP.
24. National heat-wave spurs calls for a bigger, better power grid.
25. Broadcast television networks plan to challenge FCC indecency regulations.
26. New rootkits are better able to hide themselves on your computer system.
27. Congress debate new digital EAS, Congressman calls to get hams involved.
28. Sirius employees told manufacturers to build non FCC compliant receivers.
29. The FCC rejects XM's solution to receiver/recorder compliance.
30. CBS television network to raid the hen house for this falls promotions.
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Amateur Radio, were made possible by a grant from Eric Koester,
K-A-Zero-Y-W-N, of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Where This Week in Amateur Radio
is heard each week on the W-A-Zero-B-W-L and N-Zero-B-V-E repeater systems.
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