[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition #694 General Release

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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 694
Air dates: 07.29 06 > 08.05.06

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Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
Edition #694 of "This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-
delivered, on-the-air audio news magazine service, for the week ending
August 05, 2006.

This week's edition of This Week in Amateur Radio comes to you anchored by
Mike Gorniak, NM7X, from our mid-west news bureau in Minnesota, by
Mark Phillips, G7LTT, from our news bureau in New York City, covering all of
The Big Apple, by KC2IFR, at our northeast news bureau in Glens Falls,
new York, by Nick Griming, at our mid west bureau in Colorado Springs, and by
George Bowen, W2XBS, at 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 98 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
   a separate audio file download.

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

01. ARRL appeals to Congress and the FCC to accommodate BPL concerns regarding
     interference.
02. Hams down-under fight for elimination of amateur radio age restrictions.
03. New emergency communications bill includes a role for amateur radio ops.
04. New distance record is set on the 10 gigahertz band in the U.K.
05. The launch of fifteen amateur CubeSats fails in Russia.
06. FCC Enforcement Actions cancel one hams license and dismisses two others.
07. Dr. Charles E. "Chuck" Brady Jr. N4BQW, SK from apparent suicide.
08. Look out eBay! Here comes arrlBay!
09. The FCC says Katrina panel recommendations apply to all types of disasters
10. Irish amateurs pursue an allocation at 500kHz.
11. TWIAR QSL card is now available! Write in for yours!
12. Technology news and commentary with Leo Laporte.
13. Apple Computer Inc., bids a fond farewell to the CRT monitor.
14. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH. "Dead Media"
15. The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY "1920's"
16. Special event station listings for next week.
17. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson WA0RCR.
18. Swains Island becomes the newest DXCC entity.
19. Weekly propagation forecast.
20. SSTV tests planned from the ISS soon. School contacts set for German
     astronaut on board.
21. Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard KF9MP.
22. Hams and monitoring enthusiast invited to aid in wildlife research.
23. Courage Handi-Ham System Update with Pat Tice, WA0TDA.
24. Donald Newcomb, W0DN, founder of Butternut Antennas, SK.
25. Not all IRC's are created equal. Check yours with your local post office.
26. Cellphone and VoIP phone charges will be going up says the FCC to support
     rural telephone and internet services.
27. Radio Shack names a new C.E.O.
28. Cable and Satellite households will not be eligible to receive government
     subsidized coupons for digital television converter boxes.
29. The FCC is poised to boost the output power level of auto LoJack systems.
30. The FCC may initiate new standers surround "long boring QSO's" on
     the amateur bands.

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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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