George Bowen, W2XBS Audio false webmaster@twiar.org http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ Fred Moses, W8FSM 2008 Thanks to Fred Moses and TCWireless for their support of This Week in Amateur Radio and TWIAR International http://www.moses.bz educational English All segments and recordings used with permission Spoken Word(interviews, reading, etc) Greg Williams, K4HSM webmaster@twiar.org Community Video Associates, Inc http://www.twiar.org false Community Video Associates, Inc false George Bowen, W2XBS all ages Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition: 01. Nebraska amateur radio couple is murdered in their home. 02. The FCC is set to raise Vanity Call Sign fees. 03. A Tennessee town will not charge FCC field agents with impersonating police officers. 04. You can now work HF digital voice via Echolink, courtesy of AOR. 05. Ham radio testing and licensing returns to Bangladesh. 06. More on the FCC petition regarding sales and use of wireless microphones. 07. The FCC is currently testing "white space" devices. 08. Author of the famous scanner "Police Call" directory passes away. 09. The FCC fines a Brooklyn New York unlicensed broadcaster. 10. N7JEH replaces K7VC as Nevada Section Manager for remainder of term. 11. The ARISS groung station team is recruiting new members. 12. The ARRL Executive Committee approves nine Education and Technology grants 13. A new Knight Kit T-50 users group is now on Yahoo Groups. 14. Educators go "Back To School" at the ARRL Technical Institutes this summer 15. FEMA adobts the CAP 1.1 emergency notification protocol. 16. The owner/operator of QRZ dot Com pull politcal discussions off the board. 17. EmComm East will take place later this fall in Rochester, New York. 18. HD radio continues to grow across the U.S. 19. World Radio News Wrap Up BRAZIL...........PY4HP IN THE LABRE UHF CONTEST VIDEO COLUMBIA.........FIRST HD RADIO TEST CONDUCTED IN BOGATA INDIA............COASTAL DISTRICT FORMS DISASTER HAM RADIO SERVICE PLANET EARTH.....INTERNATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE/LIGHTSHIP WEEKEND 2008 20. Another copper theive electrocutes himself cutting down power lines. 21. The KPH Marine Coast station is still transmitting morse. 22. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO. 23. The TWIAR staff members now have blogs. Go see them! www.twiar.org 24. Courage Handi-Ham System Update with Pat Tice, WA0TDA. 25. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH "Tech Compalints 2" 26. Broadcast engineering consultant wins ARRL Technical Excellence Award. 27. The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY (10) 28. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte. 29. Special Event Station Listings. 30. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR. 31. Weekly Propagation Forecast. 32. Desecho Island scheduled to be activated in November. 33. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available for the asking. So ask! 34. Harry Mills, K4HU, SK. 35. Two amateur radio friends are bicycling across the United States. 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 ourmedia 2008-08-31 04:22:45 GeorgeBowen_W2XBSThisWeekinAmateurRadio_801