Description: This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi)
Edition #168 for the week beginning April 13, 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 even more Dead Media.
Our very own amateur radio historian, Bill Continelli,
W2XOY, takes us aboard his Wayback Machine for
another adventure during his "Ancient Amateur Archive".
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!
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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.
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send an email to w2xbs@twiar.org for details.
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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
Description: !! HELP WANTED !!
This Week in Amateur Radio has an immediate opening for three news anchors.
Have your friends on the air ever told you that you have "a voice for radio"?
Well, let TWIAR help set the frustrated broadcaster in you free!
Our volunteer news anchor position will put you on the air and in the
forefront of North Americas premier ham radio news service.
Your voice will be heard on over 150 repeater systems nationwide and
worldwide on international shortwave broadcast and podcast networks.
All you need is a desire to be on the air, a commitment to a once
every two or three week rotation with other anchors on a Friday
night/Saturday morning schedule, a up to date PC, or Mac, equipped
with a sound card and a quality microphone. You need to be proficient
in the use of sound editing software of your choice (ie Cool Edit, Adobe
Audition, SoundForge, WaveLab, Audacity, etc) an FTP client (and its use),
and an internet connection.
TWIAR can supply you with software if needed. (PC Only). So, if you always
wanted to be "on the air", you can do it with This Week in Amateur Radio!
We're heard via satellite, amateur repeaters, broadcast shortwave, and iPod
podcast networks.
Send an e-mail of interest to our Producer/Technical Director, George Bowen,
W2XBS today. E-mail: w2xbs@twiar.org. Please include your name (call sign if
any) location, and most important, a good daytime/evening telephone number
so we can contact you directly.
Please get in touch soon!
Now Even!
73 - W2XBS (for the entire staff and crew)
Executive Producer
This Week in Amateur Radio International
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