[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition 755 General Release
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Sat Sep 29 16:51:44 EDT 2007
This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 755
Air dates: 09.29.07 > 10.06.07
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Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
Edition #755 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 29, 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, by Will Rogers, W4WLR, reporting from our
Florida news bureau in West Palm Beach, and by Mark Phillips, G7LTT, at our
metropolitan news bureau covering New York City from Morristown, New Jersey,
and by Rowe Phillips, 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. Amateurs thwart home burglaries in Jupiter Farms Florida.
02. New Vice Director is appointed in the Dakota Division.
03. Richard Garriet plans a trip to the Space Station as a space tourist.
04. October 5th is take your handi-talkie to work day.
05. National Frequency Coordinators Committee asks the F-C-C to treat all
repeaters, digital or analog, as equals.
06. The PavePaws interference mitigation on 70cm takes its first casualty.
07. Amateur Radio emergency communications will be on display in the nations
capitol, Washington D.C.
08. A West Virginia tower worker is killed in a fall from a 200' tower.
09. 26 megahertz digital broadcasting is proposed by a group in the States.
10. Australia shifts VHF band plans to accommodate digital voice operations.
11. A visual repeater directory utilizing Google Maps is now on-line.
12. More Musings with Will Rogers, W4WLR "A Radio Magical Mystery Tour"
13. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO.
14. The space shuttle Discovery rolls to the launch pad at the Cape.
15. International News Round-Up
* DARC OFFERS ASSISTANCE TO GERMAN AUTHORITIES
* NEW D-STAR SITE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM IS RICH ON CONENT
* SOUTH AFRICA RTA PRESENTATIONS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE WEB
16. Redeem those old International Reply Coupons (IRC) they expire shortly.
17. AMSAT North America to honor Russia's Sputnik 1 satellite from the fifties
18. Writing a Public Service Announcement to promote your clubs activities
with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP - Lesson #3.
19. Ask Doctor Scanner - with Dave Stark, NF2G -- !! NEW SEGMENT PREMIER !!
20. National Simulated Emergency Test is slated for October.
21. Ask Elmer with Pat Tice, WA0TDA from the Courage Handi-Ham System "Baluns"
22. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available. Write in for yours today.
23. Scouts assist with the construction of the new SuitSat 2 project.
24. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH. Non-Directional Beacons
25. Joint USA/Canada emergency event is slated for October.
26. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte.
27. Jamboree on the air will celebrate its 50th anniversary on the air.
28. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
29. Weekly propagation forecast.
30. Space Environment Center to change its name on October first.
31. Special Event station listings for next ten days.
32. The ARRL will welcome U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute students.
33. United Kingdom RAYNET group assist with plane crash recovery efforts.
34. Radio Wave burst in space has astronomers puzzled.
35. Amateur operators have been appointed to key positions at NASA.
36. Tom Atkins, VE3CDM, Silent Key.
37. Pennsylvania National Guard retires broadcast transmitting plane.
38. An MGM film promoting amateur radio (from 1939 no less) surfaces in its
entirety on You Tube.
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