[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition 816 General Release

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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 816
Air dates: 11.27.08 > 12.06.08

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Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
Edition #816 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 November 26, 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 Andrew Slaugh, KB2LUV, and Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, reporting
from our northeast news bureaus in Lafayette, and Syracuse, New York, and by
Larry Guerrera, W2LAG, reporting from our metro news bureau on the north shore
of Long Island, and by Mark Phillips, G7LTT, 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 123 minutes.
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* HEADLINE NEWS VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 60 minutes.
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SPECIAL PROGRAM NOTES: * *  S P E C I A L  E X P A N D E D  E D I T I O N * *
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* 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. ARRL President Emeritus George Wilson, W4OYI, becomes a silent key.
02. International Amateur Radio Union Region One meets in Croatia.
03. CQ editorial is critical of FCC's lack of amateur radio enforcement.
04. Select Canadian amateurs get privileges for 500 kilohertz band.
05. Congress working on Analog Television Extension Bill and Border Analog
     television extension bill.
06. Amateur repeaters in New South Wales Australia may face site eviction.
07. NASA scientists confirm that Solar Cycle 24 is finally underway.
08. The date is set for the activation of a rare one - Desecheo Island.
09. Amateur Radio and Technology News Shorts.
10. The South Africa Radio League is seeking our HF net controllers.
11. The DXpedition to the Spratley Island group is on hold.
12. A Mississippi radio station is fined $15,000 by the FCC.
13. A Florida broadcaster is fined by the FCC for interfering with another
     broadcaster, and having spurs across the AM band.
14. The Big 89 - WLS - A history retrospective Part #2 of 2.
15. The Random Access Christmas - No.1 with Jock Elliott KB2GOM.
16. The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY. Weaver.
17. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige KK5DO.
18. Senators in Congress are pushing for the reinstatement of The Fairness
     Doctrine.
19. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte.
20. The FCC fines a company for erecting its tower 140 feet off the mark.
21. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available. Write in for yours today!
22. The first ARISS School contact in New Zealand is made.
23. The music industry is challenged on digital music sharing.
24. QRZ.com institutes new policy and code to thwart spamming and phishing.
25. Special event station listings
26. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
27. Weekly propagation forecast.
28. Courage Handi-Ham System News and Update with Pat Tice WA0TDA.
29. New WSPR QRP mode is breaking all sorts of DX records.
30. A Belgian amateur radio operator will command the next crew on the ISS.
31. Hashafisti Scratchi - becomes a silent key - a look back.

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