[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition 806 General Release

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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 806
Air dates: 09.20.08 > 09.27.08

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Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
Edition #806 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 20, 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, by Will Rogers, W4WLR, reporting from our southern command in West
Palm Beach, Florida, and by Mark Phillips, G7LTT, reporting from our northeast
news bureau in Morristown, New Jersey, and by Larry Guerrera, W2LAG, reporting
from our northeast news bureau on 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 110 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 in Texas and surrounding states active as Hurricane Ike came ashore.
02. Areas not directly in Ikes path were also affected by the storms.
03. WIAW/ARRL support Echolink communications during Hurricane Ike.
04. Hackers attack the web site of the Large Hadron Collider.
05. W3NYI in Pennsylvania wins his battle to keep his antenna and tower.
06. Brennan Price, N4QX, returns to the ARRL Headquarters staff.
07. The worlds first digital amateur television repeater goes on the air.
08. US Digital Television transition update.
09. Progress cargo ship docks with the space station.
10. A doomed spacecraft will fly over the U.S. and Europe as it de-orbits.
11. Investigators raid the Berlin Electronics Show.
12. D-STAR is now on the air in the Azores Islands.
13. The CW Skimmer. What is it? And why is it so controversial?
14. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO.
15. Radio Netherlands announces it will cease shortwave broadcasts to the U.S.
16. Solar observers say the sun has set a new record for spotless days.
17. Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP.
18. SPECIAL: "Emergency Communications and Amateur Radio" with Dennis Dura.
19. TWIAR staff blogs are now on-line. Visit them today!
20. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH "Dead Media #3"
21. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte.
22. Special event station listings.
23. The Gateway 160 MEter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR.
24. Weekly propagation forecast with Jermey Boot, G4NJH.
25. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available. Yours is waiting for you! Write today!
26. The ARRL welcomes USTTI students to headquarters.
27. WRBQ-FM is blamed for car alarms not functioning in its service area.
28. A computer is developed in Germany with human conversational skills.
29. South Africa plans launch of a new amateur satellite by end of year.
30. The Hubble telescope finds an object scientists cannot identify.
31. Shortwave broadcaster ready to QSY and vacant amateur bands.
32. Hackers are "Phishing" for on-line payments to the FCC.