[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition 793 General Release
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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 793
Air dates: 06.21.08 > 06.28.08
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Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
Edition #793 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 21, 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 Andrew Slaugh, KB2LUV, reporting from our
northeast news bureau in Syracuse, New York, by Wil Rogers, W4WLR, reporting
from our southern news bureau in West Palm Beach, Florida, and by Mark
Phillips reporting from our metro news bureau in Morristown, 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 109 minutes.
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* HEADLINE NEWS VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 61 minutes.
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CONTENT:
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Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition:
01. Hams respond to Iowa floods while the rain keeps falling in Indiana.
02. An un-named Oregon amateur uses his transmitter hunting skills and saves
the Air Force a long costly search.
03. ARES members in California assist with communications for Santa Cruz fires
04. The California hands-free law will go into effect on July 1st.
05. A Florida amateur assists the Coast Guard in a sea rescue.
06. ARRL Field Day is next weekend.
07. D-STAR announces D-STAR Field Day to run concurrent with ARRL Field Day.
08. A German amateur claims DXCC number one on the 70 centimeter band.
09. Hams in India are praised by national media.
10. A new D-STAR repeater installation in Portugal is sabotaged.
11. The FireDrake Jammer has re-appeared on the twenty meter band.
12. World Radio and Technology News Round-Up
ZIMBABWE...........WIND UP RADIOS BANNED IN ZIMBABWE
JAPAN..............TOKYO SKY TREE IS NAME FOR NEW TOKYO TOWER
INDIA..............FIRST SDR TRANSCEIVER COVERING 6 METERS
ATLANTA GEORGIA....SATELLITE INTERFERENCE GROWING WORSE
GERMANY............HAM RADIO 2008 IN GERMANY
13. Denver Society of Broadcast Engineers is seeking RF coordination
volunteers for the upcoming Democratic National Convention.
14. Dayton HamVention organizers promise no more wait lines for flea market.
15. The FCC tells a California amateur to operate only on bands he is licensed
to operate on.
16. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige KK5DO - Field Day Sats.
17. RETURN: Dead Electrical Dudes with Phillip Neidlinger, KA4KOE.
18. Cornell engineering students break high altitude balloon flight record.
19. TWIAR Staff Blogs are now live on the Internet.
20. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH. "Kids Day"
21. Hams world-wide are needed to listen for new CubeSats in orbit.
22. The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
23. Courage Handi-Ham System Update with Pat Tice, WA0RCR.
24. SARL helps China develop new emergency response amateur organization.
25. World Radio Direction Finding (t-Hunt) Championships up-coming in Korea.
26. Special event station listings.
27. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
28. Weekly Propagation Forecast.
29. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available! Write in for yours today.
30. Motorola invests in developing amateur radio operators in Malaysia.
31. AO-16 malfunctioning update.
32. AMSAT Symposium issues Call for Papers for this years convention.
33. A new Dxpedition to the Holyland is announced for this October.
34. SOS Celebrates 100th anniversary - A special report.
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