[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition 737 General Release
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Sat May 26 17:51:00 EDT 2007
This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 737
Air dates: 05.26.07 > 06.02.07
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Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
Edition #737 of "This Week in Amateur Radio", North America's only satellite-
delivered, on-the-air audio news magazine service, for the week ending
June 02, 2007.
This week's edition of This Week in Amateur Radio comes to you anchored by
Jay Silvio, N9WMU, from our southern news bureau in Richmond, Virginia, and
by Scott Westerman, N9WSW, from our southwestern news bureau in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, by Mike Gorniak, Nm&X, frrom our mid-west news bureau in South
Central Minnesota, by Jeff Lehman, KC8QCH, reporting from our southern news
bureau in Florence, Kentucky, and by Jim Wishner, N0EXX, reporting from our
mid-west news bureau in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Mixing, editing, and additional anchoring by George Bowen, W2XBS at our
headquarters facility in Albany, New York.
THIS WEEKS PROGRAM RUNNING TIMES:
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* FULL VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 128 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. Astronaut, FCC Enforcer attract SRO crowds at an upbeat Dayton HamVention.
02. A Legislative end-run nets win for Oklahoma amateur radio antenna bill.
03. Two mayors say that the Dayton HamVention will remain in the Dayton area.
04. A contest club does "The Right Thing".
05. FCC forum at the HamVention draws a huge crowd to listen to Riley
Hollingsworth. (Courtesy Rain Report)
06. What was new at the Dayton HamVention?
07. ARRL Section Manager election results are announced by the ARRL.
08. The FCC issues regulations outlawing telephone "pre-texting".
09. The ARRL files a federal appeals court brief in petition for review of
BPL rules and regulations.
10. The FCC demands Ambient Corporation demonstrate compliance with its BPL
license conditions.
11. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with AMSAT-NA Bruce Paige, KK5DO.
12. The NAB and others reach agreement on digital television off-air
converters.
13. TWIAR QSL cards are now available! Write in for yours today!
14. Aiieeee! My BS7H QSO is not listed in the on-line log! Now what?
15. More Musings with Wil Rogers, W4WLR. "Kubuntu"
16. Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP "Coax Seal"
17. The Random Access File with Bill Baran, N2FNH. "Jingtong Radios"
18. Amateur radio to provide communications and more for important road race
held in Ireland.
19. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte.
20. Courage Handi-Ham System update with Pat Tice, WA0TDA."Back from Dayton"
21. N1RL, among others, are inducted into the CQ Magazine Amateur Radio Hall
of Fame.
22. A blind amateur in the UK is running into CC&R antenna restrictions.
23. DAB Shortwave radios may be obsolete in a few years.
24. The FCC waives quarterly tower lighting inspections for American Tower and
Global Signal automated monitoring systems.
25. World War II ham survivors meet and exchange communications stories in UK.
26. Super fast new wireless broadband device prototype is submitted to the FCC
for use in television broadcast band "white space".
27. XM Satellite Radio suffers temporary satellite outage due to software
upload glitch.
28. Weekly propagation forecast report.
29. Special event station listings for the coming week.
30. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
31. Swedish radio station is knocked off the air by a invasion of over 50,000
flys.
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