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 http://www.twiar.org Community Video Associates, Inc http://www.twiar.org false Community Video Associates, Inc false George Bowen, W2XBS Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition: 01. Astronauts work on Columbus module on the ISS - Install new ARISS antenna. 02. A California amateur may face an FCC Administrative Law Judge. 03. New Australian regulations now permit D-STAR Digital Voice dongel ops. 04. TWIAR International is moving to Sundays at 4pm eastern Feb.24 on WBCQ. 05. Severe weather activates amateurs across the southeastern United States. 06. Australia unveils its new "Arrive & Operate" reciprocal license system. 07. FCC warns an Illinois amateur regarding operation of an overpower Part 15. 08. FCC issues a citation to a New Jersey company for marketing illegal GPS jamming transmitters. 09. A Texas amateur is told by the FCC to stay off requested local repeaters. 10. Recent February FCC enforcement actions. 11. The FCC changes its vanity call sign "Lock Box" bank. 12. President Bush/U.S. Military decides to shoot down wayward spy satellite. 13. Cellular analog sunset comes next week. Analog cells to go silent. 14. World amateur radio and technology news round-up. DUCIE ISLAND.....DXpEDITION LOGS NOW ON-LINE UNITED KINGDOM...MORE POWER AT 500 KHZ FOR UK HAMS CZECHOSLOVAKIA...CZECH RADIO AMATEURS TO GET 70 MHz KOSOVO...........POSSIBLE NEW DX ENTITY UNITED KINGDOM...NEW UK MOVIE TO FEATURE AMATEUR RADIO 15. New ARRL VEC/VE instruction manuals are now available on the league site. 16. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO. 17. The ISS repeater is good for points toward the JAMSAT award. 18. Tower Climbing and and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP. 19. The FCC designates 10mHz of spectrum for a "Spectrum Sharing Test Bed" 20. WBNW-AM Concord, Massachusetts, gains license renewal dispite challenge. 21. TWIARi International each Sunday at 4pm eastern on WBCQ 7.415mhz 22. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte. 23. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH "TWIAR QSL Cards" 24. Failures highlight problems with ham emcomms with internet integration. 25. Fuji Oscar 29 is no longer providing reliable communications world-wide. 26. The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY "FF National" 27. The Radio Amateurs of Canada appoint a new IT specialist. 28. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available. With Asteroids! Write in for yours. 29. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR. 30. Special event station listings. 31. The Orlando HamCation is declared a complete success. 32. Miami Hamboree to change name and happen at a new date. 33. Weekly propagation report. 34. The nomination period is closing for the 2008 Dayton HamVention Awards. 35. WWVH/NIST deploy new fiberglass broadcast antennas. 36. Indiana amateurs to deploy for annual Severe Weather Preparedness Week. 37. Obsessive Compulsive shopper in United Kingdom steals $30,000 and surrounds himself with radios. 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 2008-02-18 04:24:03 GeorgeBowen_W2XBSThisWeekinAmateurRadio_775