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 all ages Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition: 01. Algeria removes 80/17 meters and VHF/UHF amateur allocations from use. 02. Sacramento Valley area hams respond when wildfires sweep across NoCal. 03. Radio Shack recalls two models of DC power supplies due to fire hazard. 04. The California Highway Patrol is asking for help in stopping copper theft. 05. A retrospective look back at the tenure of Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH. 06. W1AW/KL7 will be active from the Arctic Circle. 07. Field Day 2008 in New Mexico - A retrospective look back with W9WSW. 08. World Radio News Round-Up UNITED KINGDOM......MORSE IS NOR DEAD AS THE TIMES OF LONDON SAYS IT WAS NETHERLANDS.........THE OMROEP ZENDER TRANSMITTER MUSEUM PORTUGAL............NEW 4 METER BEACON ON THE AIR 09. The ARRL tells Red Cross of remaining background check policy concerns. 10. The FCC agrees to test prototype "white space" devices in real world conditions with ESPN and the NFL. 11. The Doctor Is In to answer another question from his mailbag. 12. Junata's information blackout even effects radio reception. 13. TWIAR International each Sunday at 4pm eastern on WBCQ 7.415mHz. 14. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO. 15. The International Space Station is on the air with ARISS contacts. 16. The FCC proposes free, nationwide, wireless broadband internet access. 17. Singer/Songwriter Stevie Wonder now has a connection to amateur radio. 18. Ham Radio 2008 is held in Germany. (Europes version of Dayton) 19. The IARU appointes two new coordinators for region 2. 20. NBC Universal buys The Weather Channel from Landmark communications. 21. Researchers say flat screen televisions are contributing to global warming 22. TWIAR staff members now have blogs! Vist them today. 23. W1AW is activated for Field Day 2008. 24. New TWIAR QSL cards are now available for free! Write in for yours now! 25. PC World magazine lauds amateur radio operators around the world. 26. The FCC fines a facilities operator $10,000 for housing pirate radio. 27. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH (Tech Complaints 1) 28. RFID tags are found to interfere with electronics devices in hospitals. 29. The amateur radio operator population is found to be on the rise in 2008. 30. Special event station listings. 31. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR. 32. The ARRL Teachers Institute 2008 hits the half-way mark. 33. Ham radio makes a cameo appearance in the hit film "Get Smart". 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 2008-08-03 07:09:41 GeorgeBowen_W2XBSThisWeekinAmateurRadio_796