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TWIAR Story on Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD available as MP3 download Due to requests from our listeners, TWIAR's story on Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD is now available as an MP3 download. 20 mins, 18Mb Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Buzz Out Loud 903: Moons over my HAM radio While we inadvertently promote a chain restaurant's free luncheon, we also talk a lot about space. Which annoys Brian Cooley to no end. We talk about Google Mars, and contacting the ISS and the NASA-sponsored Singularity university. But he gets his revenge when he announces the retirement of the inventor of the BMW-butt. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TWIAR now on Twitter This Week in Amateur Radio is now on Twitter, the web site dedicated to quick and fast messages for mobile users or those wanting to keep up with friends and family with short updates. Using the new Twitter feed, TWIAR will send links to news as well as updates to the web site (file uploads, downtime, new features, etc.). Users can set up their PDAs or cell phones to receive these updates as they are posted, or use the RSS feed to send updated to their RSS readers. Please visit our Twitt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website WIA: Members and Guests Descend on Broken Hill Today saw a major influx of members and guests into Broken Hill for the WIA AGM weekend and to participate in the planned social and tourism events. 40 meter and 2 meter simplex stations were set up in the Southern Cross Hotel on Thursday evening to accompany people travelling by road. Thanks are extended to all those home stations who spent their time keeping the travellers company on HF and relaying messages to others who could not be heard because of propagation conditions. (Audio includ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Field Day Audio Promo #2 Recorded for air on amateur band repeaters - have your local repeaters run this promo! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Field Day Audio Promo #3 For use on broadcast stations - NOT FOR AIR ON AMATEUR FREQUENCIES - send to your local radio station or community service station for airtime. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Field Day Audio Promo #1 For use on local repeaters, or for broadcast stations with music bed and local club tag. Mix audio for local preferences. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Iran Speedboat Conflict Falsely Attributed to Ham Radio The recent conflict between speedboats in Iran and an American warship is being blamed on a false transmission from elsewhere. The perpetrator is being labeled as a Radio Ham in this news story. Technocrat.net would like to point out that anyone with a boat is likely to have the sort of radio involved, and many more exist on shore. The sort of person who makes false transmissions on marine radio is not likely to be a ham radio operator. Amateur radio requires some technical competence befor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website UK: Ofcom publish Radio Amateur response to 24 GHz radar Ofcom have published on their website the joint response by RSGB, UKuG and AMSAT-UK to the latest Automotive Short Range Radar 24 GHz consultation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website David Letterman is a ham? Yesterday's combative appearance of Howard Stern on Late Night with David Letterman lasted three freewheeling segments, sparing few media heavyweights. There were some tender moments. Stern mainly used the appearance to settle old media scores, sharpening his rhetorical knives on his archnemeses: Don Imus, Dr. Phil, Oprah Winfrey and Jay Leno.--On Letterman's supposed fascination with ham radio: Stern said, ''Listen to me ... a lot of serial killers are ham radio operators.'' Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Quake drill tests Hemet emergency response At about 7:30 a.m. Thursday, when the day was just starting to pick up for many residents, a simulated earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.4 occurs on the northern segment of the San Jacinto Fault Zone. First estimates of the imaginary epicenter were placed at two miles southeast of Highway 60 and Gilman Springs Road. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fulton Amateur Radio Club celebrates 50th Anniversary (New York) FULTON, NY (2007-07-27) Since the early 1900's people have been experimenting with wireless radio. The Fulton Amateur Radio Club recently ran a Special Events Station to celebrate its 50th anniversary. When the day was done, Club members had spoken to over 300 amateur operators in 32 states, 2 provinces and 2 foreign countries. WRVO's Kate Percival has this audio postcard. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TWIAR International #067 - Week of 5/06/06 Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition: 01. US House Committee okays Telecom bill with BPL interference study amendment. 02. FCC Chairman is nominated by the Bush administration for second term. 03. The VU4AN Andamans operation created a clamor on the bands. 04. California public utilities commission approves state BPL regulations. 05. The FCC considers regulations for towers in relation to migratory birds. 06. Hams in Europe detect the Venus Express satellite. 07. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TWIAR International #067 - Week of 5/06/06 Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition: 01. US House Committee okays Telecom bill with BPL interference study amendment. 02. FCC Chairman is nominated by the Bush administration for second term. 03. The VU4AN Andamans operation created a clamor on the bands. 04. California public utilities commission approves state BPL regulations. 05. The FCC considers regulations for towers in relation to migratory birds. 06. Hams in Europe detect the Venus Express satellite. 07. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TWIAR International #066 - Week of 4/29/06 Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition: 01. Glen Baxter, K1MAN, Appears ready to take the FCC to court over $21K fine. 02. Lawyer for convicted radio jammer Jack Gerritsen gets a second sentencing continuance. 03. ARRL alleges misrepresentation by BPL operator; inaction by the FCC. 04. ARRL Executive Committee works through a wide-ranging agenda. 05. Australia may place Ultra wide band radar in the ham 24 gigahertz band. 06. The FCC invites comments on ARRL Spread Spect ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TWIAR International #066 - Week of 4/29/06 Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition: 01. Glen Baxter, K1MAN, Appears ready to take the FCC to court over $21K fine. 02. Lawyer for convicted radio jammer Jack Gerritsen gets a second sentencing continuance. 03. ARRL alleges misrepresentation by BPL operator; inaction by the FCC. 04. ARRL Executive Committee works through a wide-ranging agenda. 05. Australia may place Ultra wide band radar in the ham 24 gigahertz band. 06. The FCC invites comments on ARRL Spread Spect ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TWIAR International #064 - Week of 4/15/06 01. Glen Baxter, K1MAN, Appears ready to take the FCC to court over $21K fine. 02. Lawyer for convicted radio jammer Jack Gerritsen gets a second sentencing continuance. 03. ARRL alleges misrepresentation by BPL operator; inaction by the FCC. 04. ARRL Executive Committee works through a wide-ranging agenda. 05. Australia may place Ultra wideband radar in the ham 24 gigahertz band. 06. The FCC invites comments on ARRL Spread Spectrum petition. 07. New ARRL "Hello Campaign" video public s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TWIAR International #064 - Week of 4/15/06 01. Glen Baxter, K1MAN, Appears ready to take the FCC to court over $21K fine. 02. Lawyer for convicted radio jammer Jack Gerritsen gets a second sentencing continuance. 03. ARRL alleges misrepresentation by BPL operator; inaction by the FCC. 04. ARRL Executive Committee works through a wide-ranging agenda. 05. Australia may place Ultra wideband radar in the ham 24 gigahertz band. 06. The FCC invites comments on ARRL Spread Spectrum petition. 07. New ARRL "Hello Campaign" video public s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website This Week in Amateur Radio #678 - Week of April 8, 2006 Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition: 01. Glen Baxter, K1MAN, Appears ready to take the FCC to court over $21K fine. 02. Lawyer for convicted radio jammer Jack Gerritsen gets a second sentencing continuance. 03. ARRL alleges misrepresentation by BPL operator; inaction by the FCC. 04. ARRL Executive Committee works through a wide-ranging agenda. 05. Australia may place Ultra wide band radar in the ham 24 gigahertz band. 06. The FCC invites comments on ARRL Spread Spect ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website This Week in Amateur Radio #677 - Week of April 1, 2006 Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition: 01. The FCC affirms a $21,000 NAL (fine) against Glen Baxter, K1MAN. 02. The FCC denies REC Networks petition in the Baxter case. 03. The Vanity call sign fee is poised to drop later this year. 04. An Arizona power utility shuts down its Cottonwood BPL field trial. 05. The State of New Mexico funds a state wide amateur emergency network. 06. Injured miner, Randy McCloy, KC8VKZ, goes home. 07. Hungarian amateurs get six meters and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TWIAR International #062 - Week of 4/01/06 Here are the stories making news This Week in Amateur Radio: 01. The FCC tells four amateurs to take personal disputes off the air or fine. 02. The FCC adopts plan to establish a public safety/Homeland Security Bureau. 03. The FCC tells amateurs failure to respond could lead to enforcement action 04. BPL chip maker shows interference abatement improvements to the league. 05. The league requests rule changes to ease spread spectrum operations. 06. Maryland utility ends its limited BPL pilot ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TWIAR International #062 - Week of 4/01/06 Here are the stories making news This Week in Amateur Radio: 01. The FCC tells four amateurs to take personal disputes off the air or fine. 02. The FCC adopts plan to establish a public safety/Homeland Security Bureau. 03. The FCC tells amateurs failure to respond could lead to enforcement action 04. BPL chip maker shows interference abatement improvements to the league. 05. The league requests rule changes to ease spread spectrum operations. 06. Maryland utility ends its limited BPL pilot ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website This Week in Amateur Radio #675 - Week of March 18, 2006 Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition: 01. Amateur radio is poised to stay within the FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau as FCC creates Homeland Security Bureau. 02. Mississippi becomes the 22nd state to add PRB-1 into state laws. 03. "Hello Campaign" provides rallying point to promote amateur radio. 04. New Mexico creates a new state wide emergency network that supports amateur radio, and earmarks half-million for ham gear. 05. Ham reports to the FCC about ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TWIAR International #058 - Week of 3/04/06 01. Regulation by bandwidth "A reasonable middle ground" the league says. 02. ARISS makes it official SuitSat One is SK. 03. The 3Y0X DXpedition is now a part of ham radio history. 04. Long Island Power Authority to proceed with BPL testing. 06. Hams provide communications to assist with Phillipine mud slide. 07. Shortwave frequency coordinators huddle, cite need for more frequencies. 08. Virginia members elect new Section Manager, new SM's elected. 09. CBS News anchorman Christopher Glenn, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TWIAR International #058 - Week of 3/04/06 01. Regulation by bandwidth "A reasonable middle ground" the league says. 02. ARISS makes it official SuitSat One is SK. 03. The 3Y0X DXpedition is now a part of ham radio history. 04. Long Island Power Authority to proceed with BPL testing. 06. Hams provide communications to assist with Phillipine mud slide. 07. Shortwave frequency coordinators huddle, cite need for more frequencies. 08. Virginia members elect new Section Manager, new SM's elected. 09. CBS News anchorman Christopher Glenn, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website This Week in Amateur Radio #672 - Week of February 25, 2006 Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition: 01. Regulation by bandwidth "A reasonable middle ground" the league says. 02. ARISS makes it official SuitSat One is SK. 03. League tells the FCC to order an end to arbitrary access limits to BPL database system. 04. The 3Y0X DXpedition is now a part of ham radio history. 05. Long Island Power Authority to proceed with BPL testing. 06. Hams provide communications to assist with Phillipine mud slide. 07. Shortwave frequency coo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TWIAR International #057 - Week of 2/25/06 Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition: 01. The FCC is non-committal on the pending "Morse Code" proceeding action. 02. The league complains to the FCC about BPL database irregularities. 03. 3Y0X and NA1SS log a historic QSO. 04. The NCVEC releases a new revised and corrected Element 2 Question pool. 05. Praises of amateur radio read into the Congressional Record. 06. Bill Baran, N2FNH with the Random Access Thought 07. Leo Laporte with the latest technology news ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Katrina radio public service announcement available! ARRL is making available a 30-second radio public service announcement (PSA) to highlight that ham radio has been on the air throughout the Hurricane Katrina crisis, passing emergency communications when other systems failed. Dozens of stations across the country already are playing earlier ARRL "mini-commercials" for ham radio, and the numbers keep growing. You can help by listening to, then downloading, the latest PSA from the ARRL Web site here onto a CD and taking it to your local radio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ARRL Audio News: Aug 12, 2005; Vol 24 Number 31 ARRL Audio News--OPEN--In this edition . . .; Time to step up to the plate for spectrum defense; Italy is latest country to drop Morse requirement; ARRL Audio News ID--Satellite Update--BREAK; Shuttle Discovery returns home safetly; Big Project continues to expand; K1EIC and W7JWJ share 2005 Mentor/Instructor Award; ARRL Audio News--IN BRIEF/CLOSE Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website