Description: 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.