[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition 761 General Release (REVISED)
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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 761
Air dates: 11.10.07 > 11.17.07
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Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
Edition #761 of "This Week in Amateur Radio", and "This Week in Amateur Radio
Headline News". North Americas premier on-the-air audio news magazine, for the
week beginning November 10, 2007.
This week's edition of This Week in Amateur Radio comes to you anchored by
Andrew Slaugh, KB2LUV, reporting from our northeast news bureau in
Lafayette, New York, by Jay Silvio, N9WMU, reporting from our southern news
bureau in Richmond, Virginia, and by Wayne Nelms, N4DCL, reporting from our
mid-atlantic news bureau in Asheville, Pennsylvania, by Mark Phillips, G7LTT,
reporting from our metropolitan news bureau in Morristown, New Jersey, and by
Will Rogers, W4WLR, reporting from our southern news bureau in West Palm Beach
Florida, and by Greg Barker, reporting from our mid-west news bureau in
Detroit, Michigan.
Mixing, editing, and additional anchoring by George Bowen, W2XBS at our
headquarters facility in Albany, New York.
THIS WEEKS PROGRAM RUNNING TIMES: ** SPECIAL EXPANDED EDITION **
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* FULL VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 111 minutes.
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* HEADLINE NEWS VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 58 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. Motorola proposes to buy a controlling internest in Vertex Standard.
02. FCC tells uncoordinated repeater operator to resolve interference to a
nearby coordinated system.
03. WRC-2007 Week Three: HF Broadcasting leaves empty handed, no 5mHz
allocation for amateur radio.
04. Ham radio provides communications as floods ravage parts of Mexico.
05. K3TUP finds a possible cure of some types of cancer.
06. FCC tells mid-west amateur that he needs a license to broadcast.
07. Hams activate as Hurricane Noel skirts the northeastern United States.
08. Radio Shack may be preparing to re-enter the amateur radio marketplace.
09. The 2007 ARRL Frequency Measuring Test is set for this month.
10. Ham radio project will put D-STAR communications on your shack computer.
11. A Florida amateur, and an LPFM station, battle their county over antenna
restrictions.
12. The FCC writes to two amateur operators in Arizona.
13. A new Section Manager is appointed in the ARRL San Diego section.
14. Amateur Radio World News Round-Up
- AFRICA - THE INTERNT EXPANDS
- 70 mHz TO BE AVAILABLE TO ALL EIRE RADIO AMATEURS
- 5 mHz ALLOCATED TO EIRE AMATEURS
- GERMAN TV STATION TO BROADCAST 24/7 IN DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1
- NEW ZEALAND BROADCASTER CONVICTED OF UNLICENSED TRANSMISSIONS
- NEW NORTH AMERICA 10GHz DISTANCE RECORD
15. Fred Maia, W5YI, issues a special report on the US amateur population.
16. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO from AMSAT-NA.
17. A Mayday signal is tracked to a scrap yard in Ireland.
18. Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP.
19. The FCC will hold public forums on the license renewal of WWOR-TV.
20. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available. Why don't you have yours?
21. Special event station listings.
22. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report on Upcoming Contests and Conventions.
23. Weekly propagation report.
24. The Random Access File with Bill Baran, N2FNH. "45 Meter Free Band"
25. 500 kilohertz experimental operations enter their second year.
25. The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
25. The AARP endorses the amateur radio hobby for its members.
26. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte.
27. Courage Handi-Ham System Update with Pat Tice, WA0TDA.
28. The US Senate votes to ban pre-texting.
29. Copper thefts continue as bandits strike a California television station.
30. Paul Tibbets, K4KVZ, the ham who dropped the first atomic bomb, SK.
31. Microsoft re-works XP to work on old computers, for refurbishers.
32. Clear Channel is fined by the FCC, but retains station licenses.
33. Do You Have A QSL Card From Leon Faber?
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