George Bowen W2XBS audio false webmaster@twiar.org http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ 2007 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 http://www.twiar.org Community Video Associates, Inc http://www.twiar.org 29 Sep 2007 false Community Video Associates, Inc false George Bowen, W2XBS Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition: 01. Amateurs thwart home burglaries in Jupiter Farms Florida. 02. New Vice Director is appointed in the Dakota Division. 03. Richard Garriet plans a trip to the Space Station as a space tourist. 04. October 5th is take your handi-talkie to work day. 05. National Frequency Coordinators Committee asks the F-C-C to treat all repeaters, digital or analog, as equals. 06. The PavePaws interference mitigation on 70cm takes its first casualty. 07. Amateur Radio emergency communications will be on display in the nations capitol, Washington D.C. 08. A West Virginia tower worker is killed in a fall from a 200' tower. 09. 26 megahertz digital broadcasting is proposed by a group in the States. 10. Australia shifts VHF band plans to accommodate digital voice operations. 11. A visual repeater directory utilizing Google Maps is now on-line. 12. More Musings with Will Rogers, W4WLR "A Radio Magical Mystery Tour" 13. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO. 14. The space shuttle Discovery rolls to the launch pad at the Cape. 15. International News Round-Up * DARC OFFERS ASSISTANCE TO GERMAN AUTHORITIES * NEW D-STAR SITE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM IS RICH ON CONENT * SOUTH AFRICA RTA PRESENTATIONS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE WEB 16. Redeem those old International Reply Coupons (IRC) they expire shortly. 17. AMSAT North America to honor Russia's Sputnik 1 satellite from the fifties 18. Writing a Public Service Announcement to promote your clubs activities with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP - Lesson #3. 19. Ask Doctor Scanner - with Dave Stark, NF2G -- !! NEW SEGMENT PREMIERE !! 20. National Simulated Emergency Test is slated for October. 21. Ask Elmer with Pat Tice, WA0TDA from the Courage Handi-Ham System "Baluns" 22. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available. Write in for yours today. 23. Scouts assist with the construction of the new SuitSat 2 project. 24. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH. Non-Directional Beacons 25. Joint USA/Canada emergency event is slated for October. 26. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte. 27. Jamboree on the air will celebrate its 50th anniversary on the air. 28. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR. 29. Weekly propagation forecast. 30. Space Environment Center to change its name on October first. 31. Special Event station listings for next ten days. 32. The ARRL will welcome U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute students. 33. United Kingdom RAYNET group assist with plane crash recovery efforts. 34. Radio Wave burst in space has astronomers puzzled. 35. Amateur operators have been appointed to key positions at NASA. 36. Tom Atkins, VE3CDM, Silent Key. 37. Pennsylvania National Guard retires broadcast transmitting plane. 38. An MGM film promoting amateur radio (from 1939 no less) surfaces in its entirety on You Tube. Amateur Radio Ham Radio Communications Broadcast Shortwave AM FM SSB CW FCC NASA ISS DX ARRL RAC RSGB WIA Leo Laporte BPL SKYWARN MARS Satellite W0KIE propogation AMSAT ATV frequency bandwidth ARISS W1AW CW sideband morse code News radio federal communications commission ourmedia 2007-09-30 02:32:03 GeorgeBowen_W2XBSThisWeekinAmateurRadio_755