[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition 723 General Release
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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 723
Air dates: 02.17.07 > 02.24.07
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Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
Edition #723 of "This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-
delivered, on-the-air audio news magazine service, for the week ending
February 24, 2007.
This week's edition of This Week in Amateur Radio comes to you anchored by
Ken Julian, K7VOX, from our northwest news bureau in Olympia, Washington,
and by Brent Taylor, VE1JH, from our news bureau in New Brunswick, Canada,
by Mike Goniak, NM7X, from our mid-west news bureau in central Minnesota, by
Andrew Slaugh, KB2LUV, from our northeast news bureau in Syracuse, New York,
by Bill Russell, KB2IFR, at our news bureau in Glens Falls, New York.
Mixing and editing was performed by George Bowen, W2XBS, at our news
headquarters facility in Albany, New York.
THIS WEEKS PROGRAM RUNNING TIMES:
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* FULL VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 100 minutes.
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* HEADLINE NEWS VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 53 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. "Cellular Telephone" bills introduced in eleven states, pose a potential
threat to amateur radio mobile operations.
02. New York amateurs face pedestrian anti-cell phone laws crossing streets.
03. New Mexico amateurs rally to battle proposed anti-mobile communications
regulations.
04. The FCC issues a show cause order in a 14 year old case.
05. The BPL interference study bill in Congress, gains two co-sponsors.
06. The FCC affirms a big fine for California amateur selling non-certified
transceivers on e-bay.
07. New Englands "HossTraders" Hamfest calls it quits after 30+ years.
08. A bald eagle causes a power and telephone outage in Juneau, Alaska.
09. DVD Jon, now residing in San Francisco, cracks the iPod DRM, copy
protection.
10. Special event station listings.
11. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jakson, WA0RCR.
12. Weekly propagation report.
13. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available! Do you have one? Write in today!
14. Ann Arbors Purchase Radio Supply closes its doors after 77 years.
15. Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP.
16. The NAB, and Bird Advocates request FAA study of red sidelights on towers.
17. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO.
18. Satellite broadcasters in the Pacific and parts of Asia, receive
interference from terrestrial wireless.
19. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte.
20. The Random Access File with Bill Baran, N2FNH. "The Internet Tubes"
21. The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY. (17R)
22. Nominations open for ARRL 2006 Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award.
20. The FCC fines a Massachusetts unlicensed broadcaster $10,000.
21. A war of words is brewing on amateur radio Usenet newsgroups.
22. Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD, calls for more support of news reporters.
23. Radio amateurs are sprinkled though the next batch of ISS Expeditions.
24. Fresh food doesn't last long on the International Space Station. ARISS.
25. California streamlines its state emergency agencies.
26. Brazilian power company decides to implement Broadband Over Powerlines.
27. DXpedition to Botswana is need of two operators. Wanna go?
28. Cuba detains two "illegal" satellite dish manufacturers.
29. New wireless technology can recharge batteries over the air.
Transmission and production expenses for todays edition of This Week in
Amateur Radio, we covered by a grant from Frank Ney, N-Four-Zed-H-G, of
Delmar, New York.
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