[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition 776 General Release
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Sat Feb 16 17:04:54 EST 2008
This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 775
Air dates: 02.16.08 > 02.23.08
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Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
Edition #775 of "This Week in Amateur Radio", and "This Week in Amateur Radio
Headline News". North Americas premier on-the-air audio news magazines, for
the week ending February 23, 2008.
This week's edition of This Week in Amateur Radio comes to you anchored by
Scott Westerman, W9WSW, reporting from our southwestern news bureau in
Albuquerque, New Nexico, and by Andrew Slaugh, KB2LUV, reporting from our
northeast news bureau in Syracuse, New York, by Jay Silvio, N9WMU, reporting
from our mid-atlantic news bureau in Richmond, Virginia, and by Will Rogers,
W4WLR, reporting from our southern news bureau in West Palm Beach, Florida,
and by Cory Sickles, WA2UVV, reporting from our metro news bureau in
Glasboro, New Jersey.
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 108 minutes.
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* HEADLINE NEWS VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 56 minutes.
SPECIAL PROGRAM NOTES:
* Closed circuit advisory and weekly program promos are available as
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CONTENT:
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Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition:
01. Astronauts work on Columbus module on the ISS - Install new ARISS antenna.
02. A California amateur may face an FCC Administrative Law Judge.
03. New Australian regulations now permit D-STAR Digital Voice dongel ops.
04. TWIAR International is moving to Sundays at 4pm eastern Feb.24 on WBCQ.
05. Severe weather activates amateurs across the southeastern United States.
06. Australia unveils its new "Arrive & Operate" reciprocal license system.
07. FCC warns an Illinois amateur regarding operation of an overpower Part 15.
08. FCC issues a citation to a New Jersey company for marketing illegal GPS
jamming transmitters.
09. A Texas amateur is told by the FCC to stay off requested local repeaters.
10. Recent February FCC enforcement actions.
11. The FCC changes its vanity call sign "Lock Box" bank.
12. President Bush/U.S. Military decides to shoot down wayward spy satellite.
13. Cellular analog sunset comes next week. Analog cells to go silent.
14. World amateur radio and technology news round-up.
DUCIE ISLAND.....DXpEDITION LOGS NOW ON-LINE
UNITED KINGDOM...MORE POWER AT 500 KHZ FOR UK HAMS
CZECHOSLOVAKIA...CZECH RADIO AMATEURS TO GET 70 MHz
KOSOVO...........POSSIBLE NEW DX ENTITY
UNITED KINGDOM...NEW UK MOVIE TO FEATURE AMATEUR RADIO
15. New ARRL VEC/VE instruction manuals are now available on the league site.
16. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO.
17. The ISS repeater is good for points toward the JAMSAT award.
18. Tower Climbing and and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP.
19. The FCC designates 10mHz of spectrum for a "Spectrum Sharing Test Bed"
20. WBNW-AM Concord, Massachusetts, gains license renewal dispite challenge.
21. TWIARi International each Sunday at 4pm eastern on WBCQ 7.415mhz
22. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte.
23. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH "TWIAR QSL Cards"
24. Failures highlight problems with ham emcomms with internet integration.
25. Fuji Oscar 29 is no longer providing reliable communications world-wide.
26. The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY "FF National"
27. The Radio Amateurs of Canada appoint a new IT specialist.
28. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available. With Asteroids! Write in for yours.
29. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
30. Special event station listings.
31. The Orlando HamCation is declared a complete success.
32. Miami Hamboree to change name and happen at a new date.
33. Weekly propagation report.
34. The nomination period is closing for the 2008 Dayton HamVention Awards.
35. WWVH/NIST deploy new fiberglass broadcast antennas.
36. Indiana amateurs to deploy for annual Severe Weather Preparedness Week.
37. Obsessive Compulsive shopper in United Kingdom steals $30,000 and
surrounds himself with radios.
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