GeorgeBowen_W2XBSThisWeekinAmateurRadio_797 George Bowen, W2XBS Audio ourmedia Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition: 01. Kansas amateur and his son are electrocuted while putting up ham antenna. 02. Pennsylvania town rescinds antenna permit to Pittsburgh area amateur. 03. ARRL Board of Directors holds second 2nd 2008 meeting in Windson, CT. 04. Court orders the FCC to reimburse the ARRL filing fees for BPL fight. 05. A new 70cm coordination agreement is reached with between amateurs and the military for mitigation of Pave Paws Radar interference. 06. Report says that 11 meter Citizens Band is alive and well in the US. 07. The Foundation and Intermediate class UK amateur licenses get a make over. 08. W1AW/KL7 to operate from the Arctic Circle. 09. Report claims new CB band in the UK to be in the 70cm amateur band. 10. New Dxpedition to bring QRP operations from the Victorian Alps. 11. World Radio and Technology News Round-Up 12. Another new amateur radio video is posted to YouTube. 13. The FCC prepares to host a pandemic paramedic summit. 14. Algeria removes 80/17 meters and VHF/UHF bands from amateur allocations. 15. Northern California amateurs respond to wildfires. 16. Radio Shack and Consumer Protection Agency recall power supplies. 17. W1HQ notes donations for its station from Icom. 18. The California Highway Patrol is asking for public assistance in catching widespread copper thiefs. 19. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO. 20. Courage Handi-Ham System Update with Pat Tice, WA0TDA. 21. NBC plans to use the summer Olympic coverages as a media lab test. 22. TWiAR Staff Blogs are now on-line. 23. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH. "Process/Result" 24. New President in command at Command Technologies. 25. The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY. 26. Technology news and commentary with Leo Laporte. 27. Special event station listings. 28. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR. 29. What is wrong with the sun? Plus, weekly propagation forecast. 30. The FCC may look at the legality of Sirius BackSeat TV broadcasts. 31. Special event station from the nuclear sub Nautilus, to commemorate first Polar Transit. 32. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available. Do you have one? Why not? Write in! 33. Essay claims that amateur radio is vanishing from the American landscape. amateur radio ham radio radio communications FCC federal communications commission AMTOR PACTOR APRS packet transmit scanner HF VHF UHF skywarn hamvention antenna WWV hamfest technology leo laporte technology WBCQ shortwave FM AM USB LSB sideband ARHAB TNC tower ARRL RAC WIA RSGB JARL Mhz callsign enforcement GPS D-STAR AMSAT ARISS RTTY http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ 2008-08-03 07:41:19 webmaster@twiar.org webmaster@twiar.org Thanks to Fred Moses and TCWireless for their support of This Week in Amateur Radio and TWIAR International George Bowen, W2XBS false Fred Moses, W8FSM 2008 http://www.moses.bz educational English All segments and recordings used with permission Spoken Word(interviews, reading, etc) Greg Williams, K4HSM http://www.twiar.org Community Video Associates, Inc http://www.twiar.org false Community Video Associates, Inc false all ages 2008-08-03 07:58:44 twiar.org