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 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. Hams are at the ready as Hurricane Ike makes landfall. 02. Oregon amateurs receive television air time for Ike preparedness. 03. Hurricane Hanna made presence known up and down the eastern seaboard. 04. The sun sets a new record with a full month plus of no sunspots. 05. Willmington North Carolina becomes test bed for DTV transition. 06. A radio tower, still standing, is stolen in Pennsylvania. 07. Rockwell/Collins celebrates its 75th anniversary on the air. 08. The CW Skimmer. Is it an amateur radio controversy or shack tool? 09. A new RSA bandplan will bring expanded priveleges to South African hams. 10. SPECIAL REPORT: ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference in Chicago. 11. The Large Hedron Collider is activated in Europe. 12. NiCad batteries are band in the European Union as the EU goes green. 13. Spectrum Bridge Inc., to act as spectrum broker. 14. The ARRL presents a new membership benefit. All issues of QST back to 1917 are now on line. 15. ARMY MARS assists with Hurricane traffic for soldiers in Iraq. 16. ARRL provided HamAid go kits provide emergency communications for areas effected by hurricanes and tropical storms. 17. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH "Time Obsession" 18. TWIAR Staff Blogs are now on-line. Visit them and leave some comments! 19. SPECIAL: "A Ham In New York City on 9-11" with Bill Continelli, W2XOY. 20. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte. 21. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO. 22. Courage Handi-Ham System Update with Pat Tice, WAOTDA "Remote Base" 23. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available with asteroids! Write in for yours. 24. AMSAT ops put the AO-16 satellite into bent pipe mode. 25. Slow Scan Television will originate from the ISS this coming October. 26. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR. 27. Special Event Station Listings. 28. Weekly propagation forecast with Germy Boot, G4NJH. 29. 2008 Field Day scores are now posted on-line on the league web site. 30. Boston IEEE to honor the first voice transmission this weekend. 31. A Texas town is having trouble with water, and digital police transmitters. 32. CEPT type licensing may soon arrive in Russia. 33. LCWQ.net now provides on-line training for morse code. 34. Getting Back To Basics -- "SimPlex Operations" 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 2008-09-28 02:11:34 GeorgeBowen_W2XBSThisWeekinAmateurRadio_805