[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition 751 General Release
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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 751
Air dates: 09.01.07 > 09.09.07
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Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
Edition #751 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 September 01, 2007.
This week's edition of This Week in Amateur Radio comes to you anchored by
Scott Westerman, W9WSW, reporting from our southwest news bureau in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, by Jay Silvio, N9WMU, reporting from our southern
news bureau in Richmond, Virginia, and by Will Rogers, W4WLR, reporting from
our southern news bureau in West Palm Beach, Florida, and by Rowe Hudson,
KO4PK, reporting from our southern news bureau in Naples, Florida.
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 61 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. Michigan hams activate for severe storms and tornados.
02. Ham continue communications during Winona Minnesota flood recovery.
03. The FCC reduces the Vanity Callsign Fee to $11. in September.
04. Ham continue to provide communications for California Zaca wildfire.
05. VoIP/Amateur radio provided critical communications during Hurricane Dean.
06. Hams in New Mexico provide public service communications for Multiple
Sclerosis two day bike race.
07. A Florida teen is arrested, accused of making false marine distress calls.
08. The ARRL continues efforts on interference to military PavePaws radar.
09. New Zealand becomes worlds first country to turn off its Public Switched
Telephone Network.
10. OfCom denies Radio Caroline a license to test DRM on shortwave radio.
11. Two Iowa men face FCC fines for operating a pirate FM station.
12. An Ohio amateur is severely injured from a fall from a forty foot tower.
13. GAREC 2007 discusses emergency communications at Huntsville hamfest.
14. A New Jersey teen-ager cracks Apples i-Phone for use on other networks.
15. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO.
16. AMSAT is looking for a few good hams in the Pittsburgh, PA area.
17. DragonFly - An innovative amateur radio satellite with solar sails.
18. Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP.
19. Alert FM to get Global Security Systems technology.
20. More Musings with Will Rogers, W4WLR "Reminiscing"
21. TWIAR's new QSL cards are now available! Write in for yours today!
22. Special event station listings.
23. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH. "Mt.Washington Weather"
24. Joybubbles, WB0RPA - SK.
25. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte.
26. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR "Contesting"
27. Mel Shavelson, W6LVH - SK.
28. 70 Congress members urge no merger for XM and Sirius Satellite Radio.
29. A Tennessee amateur finds a unique way to promote amateur radio.
30. The FCC issues two citations in long standing power line noise cases.
31. Researchers crack the code to those digital car entry keys.
32. It's the end of time in California.
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