[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition 787 General Release
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Sat May 10 19:44:12 EDT 2008
This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 787
Air dates: 05.10.08 > 05.17.08
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Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
Edition #787 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 May 17, 2008.
This week's edition of This Week in Amateur Radio comes to you anchored by
Peter Summers, KL2GY, reporting from our northwest news bureau in Anchorage,
Alaska, by Scott Westerman, W9WSW, reporting from our southwest news bureau
in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, reporting from our
northeast news bureau in Syracuse, New York, and by Andrew Slaugh, KB2LUV,
reporting from our northeast news bureau in Lafayette, New York, and by
Larry Guerrera, W2LAG, reporting from Long Island, New York.
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 113 minutes.
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* HEADLINE NEWS VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 60 minutes.
SPECIAL PROGRAM NOTES: *** SPECIAL EXPANDED EDTION ***
* 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. The FCC denies two amateur radio petitions for rulemaking.
02. The FCC is poised to raise Vanity Callsign Fees. Comment period is open.
03. A Canadian amateur, suffering from a concussion, is aboard a crippled
sailship circumnavigating the globe.
04. The FCC wants all cellular telephone tower sites to have eight hours of
battery back-up.
05. The History Channels "Modern Marvels" to highlight Nikola Tesla.
06. The ARRL is leaving on a jet plane to the Dayton HamVention 2008.
07. The FCC picks Wilmington, North Carolina as the Digital Television
transition test market.
08. KVBC-TV is Las Vegas tests DTV conversion independently. No one noticed.
09. Digital Aurora Radio Technologies given permission to start Digital Radio
Mondale shortwave broadcasting in Alaska.
10. World Radio and Technology News Round-Up
ITALY............ITALIAN HAMS GET 4 METER BAND ACCESS
IRELAND..........GLOW IN THE DARK CLOUDS SIGHTED
UNITED KINGDOM...RSGB COMPLETES MOVE TO NEW HQ
NEW ZEALAND......IARU REGION 3 TURNS 40
GREECE...........INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS WEEKENDS FROM GREECE
11. Boy and Girl Scouts to be represented at the 2008 Dayton HamVention.
12. You can send your name and call sign to the moon aboard new NASA mission.
13. Data is recovered from Shuttle Columbia hard drive.
14. The FCC denies a Utah race track permission to use amateur frequencies.
15. The Houston AMSAT Net/This Week in Amateur Radio now on i-Tunes.
16. 350 attend the EmComm West convention in Las Vegas.
17. Survey says technology is paramount to planners and first responders.
18. The Queen of the North K7ANQ passes away at 99.
19. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO.
20. Colorado group receives D-STAR equipment grant.
21. Tower Climbing/Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP. "Rusty Rotors"
22. New NASA tool allows real time exploration of the earths ionosphere.
23. The Anchorage Great Alaska Hamfest is coming soon.
24. The Random Access File with Bill Baran, N2FNH "Everyone Hates Cell Phones"
25. Market Reef will be activated this coming July.
26. ARMAD takes place on the low bands on May 24th.
27. GW1FKY is now in earth orbit.
28. The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY (4)
29. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte.
30. Special event station listings for next seven days.
31. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
32. Weekly propagation forecast.
33. TWIAR QSL cards are now available. Get one for shack wall today.
34. Courage Handi-Ham System Up-date with Pat Tice WA0TDA.
35. Veteran Wireless Operators Association honors two amateur radio operators.
36. Southwest Missouri Skywarn was represented at state Expo.
37. Broadband internet access will now fly the skys aboard Jet Blue.
38. TWIAR International each Sunday at 4pm eastern on WBCQ 7.415mHz.
39. NASA offers $5000/mo for you to lie in bed 24/7 for ninety days.
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