http://ourmedia.org/user/20977 Recently published media items from Ourmedia.org en http://ourmedia.org/node/398463 Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition: 01. The FCC denies multiple petitions to reinstate the morse code testing requirements. 02. The Maryland Supreme Court refuses to hear amateur radio antenna case. 03. Spratley Islands will be on the air this month. 04. Recent FCC amateur radio and related enforcement actions. 05. FCC Government privacy policies lead to freedom of speech blogs and sites. 06. The ARRL's Antenna Expert plans to retire. 07. Wisconsin amateurs help save the life of a motorist in an accident. 08. Senior citizens in Maryland form a first response team. 09. Germany plans to cease digital broadcasting in Eureka 147 codec. 10. The BBC pulls the plug on shortwave broadcasting to Europe. 11. Digital television transition in the U.S. may get a test drive before going prime time. 12. Sony decides to no longer manufacture cathode ray tube television receivers. 13. The crew on the Space Station prepare to receive the shuttle and a brand new module as east meets west. 14. A physics laboratory in Tennessee breaks a physics record. 15. The ARRL seeks nominations for the Hiram Percy Maxim awards. 16. An ambulance company is fined by the FCC for operating on unauthorized frequencies. 17. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO. 18. AMSAT Symposium 2007 DVD is now available. 19. Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard KF9MP. 20. Special event station listings. 21. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR. 22. Weekly propagation report. 23. The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY. "1970's" 24. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH. "UFO's" 25. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte. 26. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available. Write in for yours today! 27. The ARRL announces the winners for this years Colvin Awards. 28. The 2008 edition of the ARRL Instructor Manual is now available. 29. The South African Radio League takes a tough stance on PLT (BPL). 30. New software update: "WorkedGrids" is now available on the internet. 31. VK2AMD Howard Booth, turns 100 years old. 32. The Czech Republic authorizes experimental 70 megahertz licenses. 33. Nautel to deploy three 300 kilowatt transmitters in Turkey. 34. World Radio and Technology News Round-Up ANTARCTICA...LOGS FINALLY ARRIVE ON LINE AUSTRALIA....A NEW HAM ON-LINE WIKI BELGIUM......NEW CEPT RECIPROCAL LICENSING COLOMBIA:....AIR FORCE DESTROYS REBEL RADIO TRANSMITTERS KOREA........CHOOSES TO END ANALOG BROADCASTING IN 2012 35. Los Angeles County honors its amateur radio operators for community service. 36. Industrial Communication Engineers Company is up for sale on E-Bay. Sun, 04 May 2008 23:26:08 -0700 George Bowen, W2XBS amateur radio AMSAT AMTOR antenna APRS ARHAB ARISS ARRL callsign communications D-STAR enforcement FCC federal communications commission GPS ham radio hamfest hamvention JARL Leo Laporte LSB Mhz packet PACTOR RAC radio RSGB RTTY Scanner shortwave sideband skywarn technology TNC tower transmit UHF USB VHF WBCQ WIA WWV http://ourmedia.org/node/398460 This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) Edition #167 for the week begining April 06, 2008, has been released. The program will be available shortly at our web site at www.twiar.org for direct download, or via podcast/RSS subscription. Program highlights include all the latest amateur radio news headlines, and this weeks special features: "The Random Access File" with Bill Baran, N2FNH brings us W2XOY's amateur radio tale, "The Story of Reginald". Our very own curmudgeon, Will Rogers, W4WLR brings us his special take on ham radio during his "More Musings" segment. TWiTs Leo Laporte will have all the latest technology news effecting you , your shack computers, and the internet, plus a lot more! This Week in Amateur Radio International is distributed in full stereo. The program is available in both a high bandwidth (128/44) mp3 stereo file or a lower bandwidth (82/22) stereo mp3 file, and now also in a high and low bandwidth WMA/Windows Media File at our web site www.twiar.org. Be sure and listen for This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) on shortwave broadcast station WBCQ on 7.415 megahertz, Saturday afternoon at 4pm eastern time. The TWIARi podcast is now available via at Apple I-Tunes, OurMedia, and several other podcast sites. Links to archived programs are available at our web site www.twiar.org. This Week in Amateur Radio International is proud to be officially archived on "The Internet Archive" www.archive.org. TWIARi is also distributed on geostationary satellite via the W0KIE Satellite Radio Network. Visit www.w0kie.com for current satellite coordinates, and program schedule. Our all volunteer staff and crew hope you enjoy our program. Please let us know if you do! For an official This Week in Amateur Radio QSL Card, (with asteroids!) Send an email to our QSL manager, n2fnh@capital.net, or better yet, write to us at This Week in Amateur Radio International, P.O. Box 30, Sand Lake, New York 12153. We would like to tell the world about your product or service too. If you would like to advertise on the next edition of This Week in Amateur Radio International, please send an email to w2xbs@twiar.org for details. If you would like to help support the program financially, visit our web site and click on the "PayPal" logo on the top right. All contributions go to offset program production and transmission expenses, and air time on WBCQ Radio and Access America, our satellite distribution network. Thanks for listening to us! Send us an e-mail, and let us know your out there! We'll see you next week! 73 - W2XBS (for the entire staff and crew) Executive Producer This Week in Amateur Radio International Sun, 04 May 2008 23:03:54 -0700 George Bowen, W2XBS amateur radio AMSAT AMTOR antenna APRS ARHAB ARISS ARRL callsign communications D-STAR enforcement FCC federal communications commission GPS ham radio hamfest hamvention JARL Leo Laporte LSB Mhz packet PACTOR RAC radio RSGB RTTY Scanner shortwave sideband skywarn technology TNC tower transmit UHF USB VHF WBCQ WIA WWV http://ourmedia.org/node/398454 Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition: 01. The FCC Denies two petitions to bring back morse code testing. 02. The ARRL, FCC, and Department of Defense review new developments in PAVE PAWS military radar interference mitigation. 03. A packet radio group in Australia calls it quits. 04. The State of Tennessee activates ARMY MARS when severe weather hits. 05. Ducie Island, VP6DX, making contacts and breaking DX records. 06. TX5C DXpedition to Clipperton Island to be live video/audio on the net. 07. A D-STAR repeater in the U-K goes dark due to interference from various unlicensed devices. 08. Harbach Electronics purchases rights to Peter Dahl transformers. 09. The league is gearing up for the 2008 Dayton HamVention. 10. Wisconsin amateurs assist a injured motorist off a cliff. 11. The Radio Amateurs Of Canada elect new officials. 12. That 500kHz distance record is broken yet again. 13. Ireland (CEPT) 70mHz initiative continues to pursue amateur allocation. 14. World amateur radio and technology news round-up. ANTARCTICA....LOGS FINALLY ARRIVE ON LINE AUSTRALIA.....A NEW HAM ON-LINE WIKI BELGIUM.......RECIPROCAL LICENSING COLOMBIA:.....AIR FORCE DESTROYS REBEL RADIO TRANSMITTERS KOREA.........CHOSES TO END ANALOGUE BROADCASTING IN 2012 15. Los Angeles county amateurs honored for providing public services. 16. Monthly propagation forecast with Steve Nichols, G0KYA. 17. Radio Over IP (RoIP) is installed in Oregon Emergency Communications Ctr. 18. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO. 19. AMSAT Oscar 11 is being copied intermittantly around the world. 20. Japan successfully orbits a new data satellite. 21. Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP. 22. FCC newspaper/radio/television cross ownership rule may be appealed. 23. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available for free! Just write in for one today! 24. Technology news and commentary with Leo Laporte. 25. The Random Access File with Bill Baran, N2FNH. "StratoVision" 26. Special event station listings. 27. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR. 28. Weekly propagation forecast. 29. EuroNet, a new international radio network will launch across Europe. 30. Bad weather and an accident leads to early shut down of the XR7N DXpedition. 31. The FCC drops pirate radio fine after person dies, OfCom U.K. shuts down over 20 pirate radio stations in London. 32. TAPR Packet Status Register is looking for writers and editors. 33. Ham radio cartoonist Bob Beasley, K6BJH, SK, Shortwave Listener leader Don Prechard Schmidt, SK. 34. Boeing must prove wireless broadband security of its new 787 aircraft. 35. TWIAR International each weekend on WBCQ 7.415mHz. 36. Australian students develop $10 chip that will revolunize the speed for wireless data connections. Sun, 04 May 2008 21:58:03 -0700 George Bowen, W2XBS amateur radio AMSAT AMTOR antenna APRS ARHAB ARISS ARRL callsign communications D-STAR enforcement FCC federal communications commission GPS ham radio hamfest hamvention JARL Leo Laporte LSB Mhz packet PACTOR RAC radio RSGB RTTY Scanner shortwave sideband skywarn technology TNC tower transmit UHF USB VHF WBCQ WIA WWV http://ourmedia.org/node/398507 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. Mon, 05 May 2008 05:16:32 -0700 George Bowen, W2XBS http://ourmedia.org/node/398458 This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) Edition #166 for the week begining March 30, 2008, has been released. The program will be available shortly at our web site at www.twiar.org for direct download, or via podcast/RSS subscription. Program highlights include all the latest amateur radio news headlines, and this weeks special features: "The Random Access File" with Bill Baran, N2FNH, takes a look at one hams obsession with "time". Our very own eye on the sun, Steve Nichols, G0KYA takes a look at the propagation conditions projected for the next thirty-days. TWiTs Leo Laporte will have all the latest technology news effecting you , your shack computers, and the internet, plus a lot more! This Week in Amateur Radio International is distributed in full stereo. The program is available in both a high bandwidth (128/44) mp3 stereo file or a lower bandwidth (82/22) stereo mp3 file, and now also in a high and low bandwidth WMA/Windows Media File at our web site www.twiar.org. Be sure and listen for This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) on shortwave broadcast station WBCQ on 7.415 megahertz, Saturday afternoon at 4pm eastern time. The TWIARi podcast is now available via at Apple I-Tunes, OurMedia, and several other podcast sites. Links to archived programs are available at our web site www.twiar.org. This Week in Amateur Radio International is proud to be officially archived on "The Internet Archive" www.archive.org. TWIARi is also distributed on geostationary satellite via the W0KIE Satellite Radio Network. Visit www.w0kie.com for current satellite coordinates, and program schedule. Our all volunteer staff and crew hope you enjoy our program. Please let us know if you do! For an official This Week in Amateur Radio QSL Card, (with asteroids!) Send an email to our QSL manager, n2fnh@capital.net, or better yet, write to us at This Week in Amateur Radio International, P.O. Box 30, Sand Lake, New York 12153. We would like to tell the world about your product or service too. If you would like to advertise on the next edition of This Week in Amateur Radio International, please send an email to w2xbs@twiar.org for details. If you would like to help support the program financially, visit our web site and click on the "PayPal" logo on the top right. All contributions go to offset program production and transmission expenses, and air time on WBCQ Radio and Access America, our satellite distribution network. Thanks for listening to us! Send us an e-mail, and let us know your out there! We'll see you next week! 73 - W2XBS (for the entire staff and crew) Executive Producer This Week in Amateur Radio International Sun, 04 May 2008 22:39:28 -0700 George Bowen, W2XBS amateur radio AMSAT AMTOR antenna APRS ARHAB ARISS ARRL callsign communications D-STAR enforcement FCC federal communications commission GPS ham radio hamfest hamvention JARL Leo Laporte LSB Mhz packet PACTOR RAC radio RSGB RTTY Scanner shortwave sideband skywarn technology TNC tower transmit UHF USB VHF WBCQ WIA WWV http://ourmedia.org/node/398457 This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) Edition #165 has been released. The program in now available at our web site at www.twiar.org for direct download, or via podcast/RSS subscription. Program highlights include all the latest amateur radio news headlines, and this weeks special features: "The Random Access File" with Bill Baran, N2FNH, goes below the molecules to tell us all about Non-Directional Aircraft Beacons, on another edition of The Random Access File. Our own curmudgeon, Will Rogers, W4WLR, takes a look at the recent amateur radio trans-altlantic balloon crossing during his segment called "More Musings" We'll find out what's new at NASA. TWiTs Leo Laporte will have all the latest technology news effecting you , your shack computers, and the internet, plus a lot more! This Week in Amateur Radio International is distributed in full stereo. The program is available in both a high bandwidth (128/44) mp3 stereo file or a lower bandwidth (82/22) stereo mp3 file, and now also in a high and low bandwidth WMA/Windows Media File at our web site www.twiar.org. Be sure and listen for This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) on shortwave broadcast station WBCQ on 7.415 megahertz, Saturday afternoon at 4pm eastern time. The TWIARi podcast is now available via at Apple I-Tunes, OurMedia, and several other podcast sites. Links to archived programs are available at our web site www.twiar.org. This Week in Amateur Radio International is proud to be officially archived on "The Internet Archive" www.archive.org. TWIARi is also distributed on geostationary satellite via the W0KIE Satellite Radio Network. Visit www.w0kie.com for current satellite coordinates, and program schedule. Our all volunteer staff and crew hope you enjoy our program. Please let us know if you do! For an official This Week in Amateur Radio QSL Card, (with asteroids!) Send an email to our QSL manager, n2fnh@capital.net, or better yet, write to us at This Week in Amateur Radio International, P.O. Box 30, Sand Lake, New York 12153. We would like to tell the world about your product or service too. If you would like to advertise on the next edition of This Week in Amateur Radio International, please send an email to w2xbs@twiar.org for details. If you would like to help support the program financially, visit our web site and click on the "PayPal" logo on the top right. All contributions go to offset program production and transmission expenses, and air time on WBCQ Radio and Access America, our satellite distribution network. Thanks for listening to us! Send us an e-mail, and let us know your out there! We'll see you next week! 73 - W2XBS (for the entire staff and crew) Executive Producer This Week in Amateur Radio International Sun, 04 May 2008 22:19:20 -0700 George Bowen, W2XBS amateur radio AMSAT AMTOR antenna APRS ARHAB ARISS ARRL callsign communications D-STAR enforcement FCC federal communications commission GPS ham radio hamfest hamvention JARL Leo Laporte LSB Mhz packet PACTOR RAC radio RSGB RTTY Scanner shortwave sideband skywarn technology TNC tower transmit UHF USB VHF WBCQ WIA WWV http://ourmedia.org/node/396778 This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) Edition #164 for the week begining March 16, 2008, has been released. The program will be available shortly at our web site at www.twiar.org for direct download, or via podcast/RSS subscription. Program highlights include all the latest amateur radio news headlines, and this weeks special features: "The Random Access File" with Bill Baran, N2FNH, takes a look at a mysterious television station. Our resident amateur radio historian Bill Continelli, W2XOY, takes us back in time for a visit to Olsen Electronics on a new edition of "The Ancient Amateur Archives." TWiTs Leo Laporte will have all the latest technology news effecting you , your shack computers, and the internet, plus a lot more! This Week in Amateur Radio International is distributed in full stereo. The program is available in both a high bandwidth (128/44) mp3 stereo file or a lower bandwidth (82/22) stereo mp3 file, and now also in a high and low bandwidth WMA/Windows Media File at our web site www.twiar.org. Be sure and listen for This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) on shortwave broadcast station WBCQ on 7.415 megahertz, Saturday afternoon at 4pm eastern time. The TWIARi podcast is now available via at Apple I-Tunes, OurMedia, and several other podcast sites. Links to archived programs are available at our web site www.twiar.org. This Week in Amateur Radio International is proud to be officially archived on "The Internet Archive" www.archive.org. TWIARi is also distributed on geostationary satellite via the W0KIE Satellite Radio Network. Visit www.w0kie.com for current satellite coordinates, and program schedule. Our all volunteer staff and crew hope you enjoy our program. Please let us know if you do! For an official This Week in Amateur Radio QSL Card, (with asteroids!) Send an email to our QSL manager, n2fnh@capital.net, or better yet, write to us at This Week in Amateur Radio International, P.O. Box 30, Sand Lake, New York 12153. We would like to tell the world about your product or service too. If you would like to advertise on the next edition of This Week in Amateur Radio International, please send an email to w2xbs@twiar.org for details. If you would like to help support the program financially, visit our web site and click on the "PayPal" logo on the top right. All contributions go to offset program production and transmission expenses, and air time on WBCQ Radio and Access America, our satellite distribution network. Thanks for listening to us! Send us an e-mail, and let us know your out there! We'll see you next week! 73 - W2XBS (for the entire staff and crew) Executive Producer This Week in Amateur Radio International Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:05:22 -0700 George Bowen, W2XBS http://ourmedia.org/node/390144 This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) Edition #163 for the week begining March 09, 2008, has been released. The program will be available shortly at our web site at www.twiar.org for direct download, or via podcast/RSS subscription. Program highlights include all the latest amateur radio news headlines, and this weeks special features: "The Random Access File" with Bill Baran, N2FNH, takes a look at just what part of the spectrum UFO's may be listening to. Our resident amateur radio historian Bill Continelli, W2XOY, takes us back to the seventies on a brand new edition of "The Ancient Amateur Archives". TWiTs Leo Laporte will have all the latest technology news effecting you , your shack computers, and the internet, plus a lot more! This Week in Amateur Radio International is distributed in full stereo. The program is available in both a high bandwidth (128/44) mp3 stereo file or a lower bandwidth (82/22) stereo mp3 file, and now also in a high and low bandwidth WMA/Windows Media File at our web site www.twiar.org. Be sure and listen for This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) on shortwave broadcast station WBCQ on 7.415 megahertz, Saturday afternoon at 4pm eastern time. The TWIARi podcast is now available via at Apple I-Tunes, OurMedia, and several other podcast sites. Links to archived programs are available at our web site www.twiar.org. This Week in Amateur Radio International is proud to be officially archived on "The Internet Archive" www.archive.org. TWIARi is also distributed on geostationary satellite via the W0KIE Satellite Radio Network. Visit www.w0kie.com for current satellite coordinates, and program schedule. Our all volunteer staff and crew hope you enjoy our program. Please let us know if you do! For an official This Week in Amateur Radio QSL Card, (with asteroids!) Send an email to our QSL manager, n2fnh@capital.net, or better yet, write to us at This Week in Amateur Radio International, P.O. Box 30, Sand Lake, New York 12153. We would like to tell the world about your product or service too. If you would like to advertise on the next edition of This Week in Amateur Radio International, please send an email to w2xbs@twiar.org for details. If you would like to help support the program financially, visit our web site and click on the "PayPal" logo on the top right. All contributions go to offset program production and transmission expenses, and air time on WBCQ Radio and Access America, our satellite distribution network. Thanks for listening to us! Send us an e-mail, and let us know your out there! Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:15:08 -0700 George Bowen, W2XBS http://ourmedia.org/node/390120 This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) Edition #162 has been released. The program in now available at our web site at www.twiar.org for direct download, or via podcast/RSS subscription. Program highlights include all the latest amateur radio news headlines, and this weeks special features: "The Random Access File" with Bill Baran, N2FNH, takes a look back in time to investigate something called "StratoVision". Steve Nichols, G0KYA, will have his monthly update on the expected worldwide propagation conditions for the next thirty days. We'll find out what's new at NASA. TWiTs Leo Laporte will have all the latest technology news effecting you , your shack computers, and the internet, plus a lot more! This Week in Amateur Radio International is distributed in full stereo. The program is available in both a high bandwidth (128/44) mp3 stereo file or a lower bandwidth (82/22) stereo mp3 file, and now also in a high and low bandwidth WMA/Windows Media File at our web site www.twiar.org. Be sure and listen for This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) on shortwave broadcast station WBCQ on 7.415 megahertz, Saturday afternoon at 4pm eastern time. The TWIARi podcast is now available via at Apple I-Tunes, OurMedia, and several other podcast sites. Links to recent archived programs are available at our web site www.twiar.org. This Week in Amateur Radio International is proud to be officially archived on "The Internet Archive" www.archive.org. TWIARi is also distributed on geostationary satellite via the SkyScanner Satellite Radio Network. Part of the Access-America Radio Network. Check www.access-america.net for satellite coordinates and details on FTA (Free To Air) digital satellite receivers. Our all volunteer staff and crew hope you enjoy our program. Please let us know if you do! For an official This Week in Amateur Radio QSL Card, (with asteroids!) Send an email to our QSL manager, n2fnh@capital.net, or better yet, write to us at This Week in Amateur Radio International, P.O. Box 30, Sand Lake, New York 12153. We would like to tell the world about your product or service too. If you would like to advertise on the next edition of This Week in Amateur Radio International, please send an email to adsales@twiar.org for details. If you would like to help support the program financially, visit our web site and click on the "PayPal" logo on the top right. All contributions go to offset program production and transmission expenses, and air time on WBCQ Radio and Access America, our satellite distribution network. Thanks for listening to us! Send us an e-mail, and let us know your out there! Tell a friend about us! We'll see you next week. 73 - W2XBS (for the entire staff and crew) Executive Producer This Week in Amateur Radio International Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:15:02 -0700 George Bowen, W2XBS http://ourmedia.org/node/390110 This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) Edition #161 has been released. The program will be available at our web site at www.twiar.org for direct download, or via podcast/RSS subscription. Program highlights include all the latest amateur radio news headlines, and this weeks special features: "The Random Access File" with Bill Baran, N2FNH and crew, take a look at a new postulate. "The Process Is More Important Than The Result." And, "More Musings" with West Palm Beachs' own Will Rogers, W4WLR. TWiTs Leo Laporte will have all the latest technology news effecting you , your shack computers, and the internet, plus a lot more! This Week in Amateur Radio International is distributed in full stereo. The program is available in both a high bandwidth (128/44) mp3 stereo file or a lower bandwidth (82/22) stereo mp3 file, and now also in a high and low bandwidth WMA/Windows Media File at our web site www.twiar.org. Be sure and listen for This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) on shortwave broadcast station WBCQ on 7.415 megahertz, Saturday afternoon at 4pm eastern time. The TWIARi podcast is now available via at Apple I-Tunes, OurMedia, and several other podcast sites. Links to recent archived programs are available at our web site www.twiar.org. This Week in Amateur Radio International is proud to be officially archived on "The Internet Archive" www.archive.org. TWIARi is also distributed on geostationary satellite via the SkyScanner Satellite Radio Network. Part of the Access-America Radio Network. Check www.access-america.net for satellite coordinates and details on FTA (Free To Air) digital satellite receivers. Our all volunteer staff and crew hope you enjoy our program. Please let us know if you do! For an official This Week in Amateur Radio QSL Card, (with asteroids!) Send an email to our QSL manager, n2fnh@capital.net, or better yet, write to us at This Week in Amateur Radio International, P.O. Box 30, Sand Lake, New York 12153. We would like to tell the world about your product or service too. If you would like to advertise on the next edition of This Week in Amateur Radio International, please send an email to adsales@twiar.org for details. If you would like to help support the program financially, visit our web site and click on the "PayPal" logo on the top right. All contributions go to offset program production and transmission expenses, and air time on WBCQ Radio and Access America, our satellite distribution network. Thanks for listening to us! Send us an e-mail, and let us know your out there! Tell a friend about us! We'll see you next week. 73 - W2XBS (for the entire staff and crew) Executive Producer This Week in Amateur Radio International Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:15:04 -0700 George Bowen, W2XBS http://ourmedia.org/node/384168 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. Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:24:52 -0800 George Bowen, W2XBS http://ourmedia.org/node/384147 This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) Edition #160 has been released. The program will be available at our web site at www.twiar.org for direct download, or via podcast/RSS subscription. Program highlights include all the latest amateur radio news headlines, and this weeks special features: "The Random Access File" with Bill Baran, N2FNH and crew, take a look in our mailbag for all of our latest letters and QSL card requests. Our own amateur radio historian, Bill Continelli, W2XOY, will take us back in time to review one of amateur radios Fallen Flags, The National Radio Company. 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