[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition 792 General Release
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Sat Jun 14 17:08:00 EDT 2008
This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 792
Air dates: 06.14.08 > 06.21.08
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Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
Edition #792 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 beginning June 14, 2008.
This week's edition of This Week in Amateur Radio comes to you anchored by
Steve Batton, W4XQ, reporting from our southern news bureau in Virginia Beach,
Virginia, and by Peter Summers, KL2GY, reporting from our northwest news
bureau in Anchorage, Alaska, and by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, reporting from our
northeast news bureau in Syracuse, New York, by Cory Sickles, WA3UVV, at the
Metro News bureau in Glasboro, New Jersey, 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:
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* FULL VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 99 minutes.
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* HEADLINE NEWS VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 60 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. Hams are on duty as floods and sever weather sweeps across the mid-west.
02. The Firedrake Jammer re-appears on the low bands.
03. The Denver chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers is seeking
volunteer RF coordinators for the Democratic National Convention.
04. New Jersey RACES team participates in a large scale animal rescue drill.
05. Canada and Mexico will not be switching to digital broadcasting for years.
06. Ride The Waves on ARRL Field Day 2008. Field Day site finder.
07. Is it legal to record and divulge amateur radio conversations.
08. Brooklyn New York man fined by the FCC for unlicensed broadcasting.
09. The FCC tells a California amateur to stop operating out of band.
10. "We Do That..with Amateur Radio" new ARRL public relations campaign.
11. Pirate Radio is reconsidered as a new movie on the topic begins filming.
12. The Kenwood and JVC merger will be completed by the fall of this year.
13. Consumer mobile electronics need to be trans-portable.
14. World Radio News Round-Up
PORTUGAL.............NEW D-STAR MACHINE ON THE AIR
UNITED KINGDON.......NEW FAST SCAN ATV STREAMING SITE
MALAYSIA.............MALAYSIAN SCOUTING SPECIAL CALLSIGNS
15. The US Military returns morse code to MARS operations.
16. New York City hams provide communications for annual Isreal parade.
17. The ARRL announces the results of the spring Frequency Measuring Test.
18. Monthly Propagation Report and Outlook with Steve Nichols, G0KYA.
19. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige KK5DO.
20. Researchers develop self-replicating machine in the laboratory.
21. Recent FCC amateur radio enforcement actions.
22. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH. "Amateur Radio Blogs"
23. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte.
24. Upcoming Special event station listings.
25. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
26. Weekly propagation report.
27. World RadioSport Team Championships (RDF) to be held in Korea.
28. New ham radio web site to help find radios www.pickmyrig.com
29. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available. Write in for yours today.
30. United Kingdom planned lunar mission is in the final planning stages.
31. Checklists and Common Sense is the topic of a new ham radio article.
32. The South Africa Radio League opposes proposed new BPL operating rules.
33. A Cuban journalist is arrested for reporting for Radio Marti.
34. The European Union harmonizes 3400 to 380 megahertz.
35. Researchers down-under demonstrate fully interactive holographic
projectors.
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