[TWIAR] TWIAR Edition 822 General Release

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This Week in Amateur Radio - Edition # 822
Air dates: 01.10.09 > 01.17.09

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Here is a summary of the news items and special features covered in
combined Editions #822 of "This Week in Amateur Radio, and "This Week in
Amateur Radio Headline News". North Americas permier on-the-air audio
bulletin services, for the week beginning January 10, 2009.

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 Scott Westerman, W9WSW, reporting from our southwest news bureau
in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and by Jason Tuggle, K2ENG, reporting from our
mid-west news bureau in Saint Louis, Missouri, by Larry Guerrera, W2LAG,
reporting from our northeast news bureau on Long Islands North Shore, and by
Will Rogers, W4WLR, reporting from our southern news bureau 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 TIME:
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* FULL VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 108 minutes.
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* HEADLINE NEWS VERSION of This Week in Amateur Radio runs 69 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. 6.2 Earthquake strikes Costa Rica, emergency amateur frequency declared.
02. A Florida amateur is murdered allegedly by his own son.
03. The FCC Commissioners - - Now There Are Four.
04. The DXpedition to Desecheo Island gets ready to rock and roll.
05. An amateur radio satellite is planned to orbit planet Venus.
06. Hamas accuses Isreal of interrupting its radio broadcasts in Gaza.
07. A Pro-Tamil radio station is attacked in Sri-Lanka.
08. The DXpedition to Sable Island has been post-poned.
09. There is a new TV remote control that will run forever on a single cell.
10. Los Angeles County is granted a waiver by the FCC to build a new
     interoperable emergency communications system on television channel 15.
11. A look at the current state of the US Digital Television Transition.
12. A ham makes a 1.5 watt transmitter from an old CFL light bulb.
13. Heavy Metal is coming to the ham bands.
14. The Radio Amateurs of Canada assigns special prefixes.
15. Courage Handi-Ham Center Update with Pat Tice WA0TDA.
16. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO.
17. Special event station listings.
18. Weekly propagation forecast
19. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH. "Kids Day"
20. TWIAR 2009 QSL Cards are now available! Write in for yours today!
21. The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY.
22. TWIAR Staff Blogs are now on-line. Go read them.
23. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte.
24. The ARRL Board of Directors will meet in Windsor, Connecticut next week.
25. Nominations are now open for the various Dayton HamVention Awards.
26. Applications are now being accepted for FAR (Foundation for Amateur Radio)
     Scholarships.
27. NASA is now reviving old tapes with digital lunar photos from the 1960's.
28. Ireland tests a new national Emergency Alert System.
29. A look at the National Novice Society.
30. 2008 goes in the record books as an almost sunspot free year.
31. One mode down - Two to go! The ARRL Triple Play Award is a big success.
32. A new totally silent radio station launches on the internet.
33. Scientists discover a new unknown source of radio signals coming from
     "Out There".

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