[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition 805 General Release

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his Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 805
Air dates: 09.13.08 > 09.20.08

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Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
Edition #805 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 September 13, 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, and by Steve Batton, W4XQ, reporting from our southern news bureau in
Virginia Beach, Virginia, by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, reporting from our north
east news bureau in Syracuse, New York, and by Wayne Nelms, N4DCL, reporting
from our mid-atlantic news bureau in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania,
and by Will Rogers, W4WLR, reporting from our Southern Command in
West Palm Beach, 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 123 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 at the ready as Hurricane Ike makes landfall.
02. Oregon amateurs receive television air time for Ike preparedness.
03. Hurricane Hanna made presence known up and down the eastern seaboard.
04. The sun sets a new record with a full month plus of no sunspots.
05. Willmington North Carolina becomes test bed for DTV transition.
06. A radio tower, still standing, is stolen in Pennsylvania.
07. Rockwell/Collins celebrates its 75th anniversary on the air.
08. The CW Skimmer. Is it an amateur radio controversy or shack tool?
09. A new RSA bandplan will bring expanded priveleges to South African hams.
10. SPECIAL REPORT: ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference in Chicago.
11. The Large Hedron Collider is activated in Europe.
12. NiCad batteries are band in the European Union as the EU goes green.
13. Spectrum Bridge Inc., to act as spectrum broker.
14. The ARRL presents a new membership benefit. All issues of QST back to
     1917 are now on line.
15. ARMY MARS assists with Hurricane traffic for soldiers in Iraq.
16. ARRL provided HamAid go kits provide emergency communications for areas
     effected by hurricanes and tropical storms.
17. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH "Time Obsession"
18. TWIAR Staff Blogs are now on-line. Visit them and leave some comments!
19. SPECIAL: "A Ham In New York City on 9-11" with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
20. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte.
21. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO.
22. Courage Handi-Ham System Update with Pat Tice, WAOTDA "Remote Base"
23. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available with asteroids! Write in for yours.
24. AMSAT ops put the AO-16 satellite into bent pipe mode.
25. Slow Scan Television will originate from the ISS this coming October.
26. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
27. Special Event Station Listings.
28. Weekly propagation forecast with Germy Boot, G4NJH.
29. 2008 Field Day scores are now posted on-line on the league web site.
30. Boston IEEE to honor the first voice transmission this weekend.
31. A Texas town is having trouble with water, and digital police transmitters.
32. CEPT type licensing may soon arrive in Russia.
33. LCWQ.net now provides on-line training for morse code.
34. Getting Back To Basics -- "SimPlex Operations"