[TWIAR] TWIAR 763 General Release
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Sat Nov 24 18:12:45 EST 2007
This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 763
Air dates: 11.24.07 > 12.01.07
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Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
Edition #763 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 24, 2007.
This week's edition of This Week in Amateur Radio comes to you anchored by
Jay Silvio, N9WMU, reporting from our southern news bureau in Richmond,
Virginia, by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, reporting from our northeast news bureau
in Syracuse, New York, and by Will Rogers, W4WLR, reporting from our
southern news bureau in West Palm Beach, Florida, and by Andrew Slaugh,
KB2LUV, reporting from our northeast news bureau in Syracuse, New York.
Mixing, editing, and additional anchoring by George Bowen, W2XBS at our
headquarters facility in Albany, New York.
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* HEADLINE NEWS VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 60 minutes.
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CONTENT:
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Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition:
01. The FCC revokes the license of a California amateur operator.
02. Chinas Satellite Missile Test could jeopardize other orbital objects.
03. WRC-2007 wraps up in Geneva, hams fare okay as new conference is scheduled
04. New D-STAR repeaters are on the air in Australia and the United Kingdom.
05. Ireland grants its amateurs an allocation at 5 megahertz and 70 mhz.
06. Repeaters in Germany are disappearing.
07. National Skywarn Recognition Day is coming December first.
08. World Radio and Technology News Wrap Up.
_UNITED KINGDOM: HF EMERGENCY COMM GATEWAY PERMIT EXTENDED THROUGH 2008
_JAPAN: TSUNAMI VICTIMS GET NEW RADIOS
_CANADA: RADIO AMATEURS OF CANADA ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
_CANADA: VE3EJ NAMED RAC RADIO AMATEUR OF THE YEAR
09. Ethiopian jammers hit the Voice of America, and Deutsche Welle.
10. Nominations are saught for the 2008 Dayton HamVention Awards.
11. New Mexico ARES/RACES teams called into action to assist in fire evac.
12. The FCC awards 10 megahertz of spectrum to national public service group.
13. The FCC admonishes Ambient Corporation over BPL interference.
14. TWIAR International weekly on WBCQ 7.415mHz.
15. Monthly Propagation Forecast Report with Steve Nichols, G0KYA.
16. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO.
17. A Florida amateur is cleared of any wrong doing by the Commission.
18. Swapping out rotors on towers, with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP.
19. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available! Two versions! Write in for yours today!
20. Worlds first DRM+ broadcast experiment is on the air in Germany.
21. The Random Access File with Bill Baran, N2FNH. "Behind The Scenes"
22. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte.
23. Special event station listings.
24. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
25. Weekly propagation forecast.
26. Courage Handi-Ham System Up-date with Pat Tice WA0TDA.
27. Canadian amateur radio club offers city a tower site to co-locate.
28. Dave Erichsen, N6AJY, injured in motorcycle accident.
29. AMD announces a true quad core computer processor.
30. Handling those annoying cellphones in theatres is now not a problem!
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