This Week in Amateur Radio #710 - Week of November 18, 2006

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DATE : Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:24:00 -0500
Entered in Database : 2006-11-18 22:24:00
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Stories covered and special features in This Weeks edition: 01. Amateur Radio "Omnibus" rule changes to go into effect December 15th. 02. More details on the new American Red Cross volunteer background check. 03. NAB/MSTV intervene to support ARRL in its BPL court appeal. 04. Delegates at the Plenipentiary Conference elect amateur radio friendly ITU Secretary General. 05. New generation of TV receivers to get data via household power lines. 06. HF radio to be used to wirelessly recharge various handheld devices. 07. New Zealand repeater fee issue heats up again. 08. Telecommunications Committee changes coming to Congress. 09. Ofcom technology research and development report is published. 10. UK gets new Wireless Technology Act, governing spectrum in that country. 11. The FCC affirms two, $10,000 fines. 12. Computer hacker has his day in court for hacking into T-Mobile systems. 13. Something special we can do for our troops. 14. ARRL 500 kilohertz experiment is kicking into high gear. 15. Special event station listings for next week. 16. The Gateway 160 Meter Net Report with Vern Jackson, WA0RCR. 17. Weekly propagation forecast report (standard version) 18. British amateurs prepare DXpedition to South Brandon Island next year. 19. Monthly propagation forecast report with Steve Nichols, G0KYA. 20. TWIAR QSL Cards are now available, Write in for yours today! 21. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte. 22. Sun MicroSystems releases JAVA to the GNU open source public license. 23. The Random Access Thought with Bill Baran, N2FNH. "Ian Fleming" 24. Patricia Hensley, N4ROS, new Vice Director of Roanoke Division. 25. W1AW completes its "Big Antenna Project" at league headquarters. 26. SKYWARN Recognition Day is December 2nd. 27. NASA names two radio amateurs to the next crew going to the Space Station. 28. Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO. 29. Wisconsin mans life is saved when bullet is deflected by handheld radio. 30. Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP. 31. Courage Handi-Ham System Up-date with Pat Tice, WA0TDA. 32. Pay telephones are becoming an endangered species. 33. University study suggests cellular phones are suseptable to cyber attacks. 34. Clear Channel radio and television is sold to private investors. 35. Technology quotes from the past that are now totally wrong.

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