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This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) Edition #193 for the week beginning October 12, 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 presents Bill Continelli, W2XOY, as he looks at how much of a bargain todays radios are compared to costs a few decades ago. Our own eye on the sun, Steve Nichols, G0KYA will have the latest propagation forecast and DXpedition news during his segment "The Monthly Propagation Forecast". 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 Access America/Sky Scanner Satellite Networks. Our all volunteer staff and crew hope you enjoy our program. Please let us know if you do! For an official This Week in Amateur Radio QSL Card, (with asteroids!) 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. We would like to tell the world about your product or service too. If you would like to advertise on the next edition of This Week in Amateur Radio International, please send an email to w2xbs@twiar.org for details. If you would like to help support the program financially, visit our web site and click on the "PayPal" logo on the top right. 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

Version 2 of the Video Runs A Little Faster Through The Credits WARNING VIDEO MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN THE UNCENSORED SHOT THAT MADE IT PAST CBS CENSORS; Not graphic, after all it made past censors. Taken from a distance and only shows small portion of the contestants junk. "'Survivor' Penis Shot Angers Parents Group CBS Says Shot 'Virtually Indetectable' In Real Time" "LOS ANGELES -- A parents group has complained to the Federal Communications Commission that CBS didn't edit out a penis from the season premiere of "Survivor: Gabon." One of the contestants had a wardrobe malfunction when he took part in a challenge in his underwear. The Parents Television Council said, "CBS has once again decided to violate the public trust." CBS is the same network that aired the Super Bowl when Janet Jackson had her wardrobe malfunction during halftime. The network said that the incident was "fleeting" and "virtually indetectable when viewed in real time." But the council said, "The number of `fleeting' penises we expect to see on broadcast television is zero."" As reported By KNBC Author: dralter Keywords: Survivor Gabon Penis The Parents Television Council Weiner FCC CBS wee-wee weenie pee-pee johnson john thomas wilson; Added: October 4, 2008

WARNING VIDEO MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN Not graphic, after all it made past censors. Taken from a distance and only shows small portion of the contestants junk. "'Survivor' Penis Shot Angers Parents Group CBS Says Shot 'Virtually Indetectable' In Real Time" "LOS ANGELES -- A parents group has complained to the Federal Communications Commission that CBS didn't edit out a penis from the season premiere of "Survivor: Gabon." One of the contestants had a wardrobe malfunction when he took part in a challenge in his underwear. The Parents Television Council said, "CBS has once again decided to violate the public trust." CBS is the same network that aired the Super Bowl when Janet Jackson had her wardrobe malfunction during halftime. The network said that the incident was "fleeting" and "virtually indetectable when viewed in real time." But the council said, "The number of `fleeting' penises we expect to see on broadcast television is zero."" As reported By KNBC Author: dralter Keywords: Survivor Gabon Penis The Parents Television Council Weiner FCC CBS wee-wee weenie pee-pee johnson john thomas wilson; willy; richard; stick; peter; schlong Added: October 4, 2008

This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) Edition #193 for the week beginning October 04, 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 presents Bill Continelli, W2XOY, as he looks back at his amateur radio elmers. Part Three of a talk given at the Duke City Hamfest in Albuquerque, New Mexico by ARRL Emergency Response Manager Dennis Dura, K2DCD. 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 Access America/Sky Scanner Satellite Networks. Our all volunteer staff and crew hope you enjoy our program. Please let us know if you do! For an official This Week in Amateur Radio QSL Card, (with asteroids!) 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. We would like to tell the world about your product or service too. If you would like to advertise on the next edition of This Week in Amateur Radio International, please send an email to w2xbs@twiar.org for details. If you would like to help support the program financially, visit our web site and click on the "PayPal" logo on the top right. 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

BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. Free Information on EVault 1-866-928-0735 Calls for 100Mb Broadband Open Source Roku Real World Wimax Performance SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today s show. SDR News Links If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST Caps, Embeds, and Business Models by Andrew McCaskey Technology for new media delivery, consumer tastes and regulatory response to political pressures are all changing rapidly. They are tied together and one thing is sure: It is going to be very hard to see until they snap into their new orbits. Present financial crisis aside, it s going to take a concerted effort by the next administration to keep a regulatory environment in balance to provide just enough touch on the reins to steady but not impede broadband development in the next decade. And, at the same time, keep enough regulation in place to prevent the consequences of unregulated industries running open loop with no regard to the needs of the public . We have quite a graphic example of how well that works. The metered bandwidth Caps (250GB/month) are going to have a dampening effect on lots of operations. In fact, if it were not for Libsyn and RawVoice providing content hosting and bandwidth off for various SDRNews podcasts off the Comcast connection, I d be in deep red territory already. I am still concerned that I am going to tangle with the cap tripwire once I begin to add some video content in the next few months and increase my upload by streaming some content, uploading media for later release, and going about normal activities. Business models in the music industry have been broken for almost ten years, with television and movies not far behind. Once the bandwidth becomes available - FIOS or DOCIS 3 modems with fiber moving nodes ever closer , the business models are going to become less effective- and the caps are going to become far more relevan, especially for new media content producers. Which brings in the third element, which the FCC is starting to address: Product placement. It s hard to find a more convoluted opportunity for commercial speech than determining if or how product placement will be regulated. With the Tivo effect in full swing for OTA broadcast, cable and satellite, you can be sure that advertisers are going to make every effort to move into product placement, blatant and subliminal. And you can make sure that it s going to be making some law firms a good living for the next decade, at least. The most interesting part ? Even new media/podcasting/video is affected . One of the most popular booths at the New Media Expo last month ? Signups for product placement in Video podcasts. It s coming, and if you look carefully, you can see which video content producers are paying attention. Stay tuned, while I enjoy another sip from the Grande sized Kenya blend, this week s special flavor. Contact Us CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network Hide Cable Clutter Watch Today s Video Episode Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . . If you find a YouTube video that pertains to one of our news items, or have produced an item that would be of interest to SDR listeners, please send us the link slashdotreviewgmail.com Save $10 on any order of $50 or more at GoDaddy.com! Be sure to sign up for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting. Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting. Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial , visit www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable. Take 10% off any order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH Take $5 off any $30 order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH2 .com Domains $6.95 at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH3 More blogs about SlashdotReview Slashdot Review by Email - Sign up here: Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz

*CONGRESS agrees to $700B buyout. * AT&T ditching DISH, signs with DIRECTV. * PAUL NEWMAN passed away. * FCC considering product placement rules. * Can WiMax Save Sprint? Shelly has the answer on today's MediaBytes Read more at http://www.ShellyPalmer.com

This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) Edition #192 for the week beginning September 28, 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 the phenomenon of internet black holes. Part Two of a talk given at the Duke City Hamfest in Albuquerque, New Mexico by ARRL Emergency Response Manager Dennis Dura, K2DCD. 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 Access America/Sky Scanner Satellite Networks. Our all volunteer staff and crew hope you enjoy our program. Please let us know if you do! For an official This Week in Amateur Radio QSL Card, (with asteroids!) 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. We would like to tell the world about your product or service too. If you would like to advertise on the next edition of This Week in Amateur Radio International, please send an email to w2xbs@twiar.org for details. If you would like to help support the program financially, visit our web site and click on the "PayPal" logo on the top right. 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

* NBC'S KNIGHT RIDER tanks. * RIM hurt in after hours trading. * PARAMOUNT launching digital studio. * GAWKER to get new editor. * When is free Wi-Fi coming? Shelly has the answer on today's MediaBytes. Read more at http://www.ShellyPalmer.com

BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. Free Information on EVault 1-866-928-0735 China Short of IP Addresses Google Founders at Whitespace Hearing Overbidding for Junk on EBay SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today s show. SDR News Links If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST Everyone Hates Pollution. Piracy not so much. by Andrew McCaskey Arts+Labs is the newest collaboration of songwriters, content producers and big media that is trying to change the vocabulary in the internet business. In a lengthy article, Ars Technica in essence spins the tale of a stalking horse that urges the public to fight internet pollution . Interesting term, defined in familiar ways to include viruses, spyware, malware, phishing attacks, and, incidentally, downloading of pirated content. Arts+Labs suggests that this internet pollution is the source of the congestion on the internet, and that by going through approved sites like Hulu.com, Veoh.com, Netflix, Joost, and so forth - the pipes will get cleaned and the world of limitless entertainment will be ours. If congestion is the problem, it looks like bits are bits. If there is some other problem - like control of content, then there is some serious misrepresentation going on. Who s behind Arts+Labs ? Why, it s our old content and delivery friends: NBC Universal, AT T, Viacom and of course our connection for all things Vista and DRM: Microsoft. By Every Means: Fair or Foul - Name it and Claim it. The Arts are there (Songwriter s Guild) but instead of Arts+Labs I think the better name might be Arts+Lawyers. Contact Us CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network Inside the T-Mobile G1 Watch Today s Video Episode Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . . If you find a YouTube video that pertains to one of our news items, or have produced an item that would be of interest to SDR listeners, please send us the link slashdotreviewgmail.com Save $10 on any order of $50 or more at GoDaddy.com! Be sure to sign up for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting. Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting. Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial , visit www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable. Take 10% off any order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH Take $5 off any $30 order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH2 .com Domains $6.95 at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH3 More blogs about SlashdotReview Slashdot Review by Email - Sign up here: Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz

a PSA from the People's Production House about how "White Space" could provide NYC residents better options to call friends and family abroad than pre-paid calling cards.

* 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. * SANDISK to sell SlotMusic on memory cards. * YAHOO's new board to meet tonight, tomorrow. * COMCAST submitted broadband management plan to FCC. * Why Is CBS Selling Off 50 Radio Stations? Read more at http://www.ShellyPalmer.com

This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) Edition #191 for the week beginning September 21, 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 Thought" with Bill Baran, N2FNH, takes a look at more of those things that don't play anymore... Dead Media.. SPECIAL: We begin a three part talk given in New Mexico by ARRL Emergency Support and Response Manager, Dennis Dura. 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, Sunday 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 distributed via satellite on The Sky Scanner Radio Network, part of The Access America Network on the Galaxy 25 satellite (Ku Band) Transponder 23V 12.115 MHz Symbol Rate: 22.425 FEC: 3/4 Audio PID 1794 E Our all volunteer staff and crew hope you enjoy our program. Please let us know if you do! For an official This Week in Amateur Radio QSL Card, (with asteroids!) 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. We would like to tell the world about your product or service too. If you would like to advertise on the next edition of This Week in Amateur Radio International, please send an email to w2xbs@twiar.org for details. If you would like to help support the program financially, visit our web site and click on the "PayPal" logo on the top right. 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

House Appropriations Committee s Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Hearing on Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) Access to Cable TelevisionFor immediate release September 18, 2008U.S House Subcommittee will ask FCC to examine harm to public, educational, and governmental acess television In response to testimony from Alliance for Community Media members yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee s Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government voiced strong bi-partisan support for public, educational, and governmental (PEG) access for communities and asked the FCC to examine whether AT s New York chapter, and Executive Director of BronxNet, presented testimony that detailed multiple problems with PEG access channel delivery arising out of recent actions by the FCC, state legislatures, the cable industry and AT channel slamming ), reduced quality and functionality of existing channels, and loss or reductions in public cable drops to schools, libraries and other public centers. Regarding the issues of AT s treatment of PEG channels, Ms. Popovic said Bottom line, AT choice in cable franchising, is giving viewers no choice when it comes to PEG. Mr. Knobbe discussed the problems associated with channel slamming, which include additional costs to consumers to view PEG channels.FCC Media Bureau Chief Monica Desai agreed that at least one of these practices may be illegal, stating We believe that placing PEG channels on any tier other than the basic service tier may be a violation of the statute. When asked why the FCC was not enforcing that provision of the statute, Ms. Desai indicated that the FCC needed a formal complaint in order to act, and had not received any. In response, Subcommittee member Adam Schiff (CA-D) stated that he believed the FCC had authority to enforce the law whether or not they d received complaints.In closing, Subcommittee Chairman Serrano (NY-D) and Representative Kirk (IL-R) announced that they would send a letter to the FCC asking it to deal with the issues raised at the hearing.http://www.ourchannels.org/?p=202

By February 2009, all television stations will be submitting digital pictures.

* Will TV Ad Sales Be Crushed By Wall Street Fallout? * BEST BUY To Purchase NAPSTER. * MYSPACE MUSIC To Launch With Sponsors. * IMDB Offering Television, Film Clips. * World Newspaper Association anti Google-Yahoo deal. * Are We Ready For Transition To Digital Television? Read more at http://www.ShellyPalmer.com

FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell (R) discusses the results of the digital television transition in Wilmington, NC and what it means for the nationwide transition beginning on Feb. 2009. Guest host Ted Hearn, Multichannel News, Washington News Editor also joins our discussion.

FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell (R) joins us to discuss the results of the digital television transition in Wilmington, NC and what it means for the nationwide transition beginning on Feb. 2009. Guest host Ted Hearn, Multichannel News, Washington News Editor also joins our discussion. Program from Sept. 13, 2008. Author: CSPAN Keywords: C-SPAN cspan Communicators FCC mcdowell hearn wilmington digital TV Added: September 14, 2008

This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) Edition #190 for the week beginning September 7, 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 an amateurs obsession with "time". Our very own amateur radio historian, Bill Continelli, W2XOY, recounts his trip to New York City on the morning of September 11th, 2001. 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 Access America/Sky Scanner Satellite Networks. Our all volunteer staff and crew hope you enjoy our program. Please let us know if you do! For an official This Week in Amateur Radio QSL Card, (with asteroids!) 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. We would like to tell the world about your product or service too. If you would like to advertise on the next edition of This Week in Amateur Radio International, please send an email to w2xbs@twiar.org for details. If you would like to help support the program financially, visit our web site and click on the "PayPal" logo on the top right. 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

BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. Free Information on EVault 1-866-928-0735 Demand for Solar Panels Exceeds Supply Heavy Mental Effort Leads to Big Meals Intel Moves on SSD SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today s show. SDR News Links If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST New Block D Auction by Andrew McCaskey As cumbersome as the Block D auction appears to be it is going to have one desirable effect. It s only a shame that we did not have one thirty years ago. Block D was pulled during the auction last spring, as no bidder was willing to meet the $1.3 Billion reserve price, encumbered with the requirement that the allocations be shared with public health and safety systems on a secondary basis. The new auction is really two sets: one auction at the reduced reserve price of around $750Million for nationwide license to the spectrum block, the other for around sixty regional licenses that must be used for expansion using either LTE or WiMax technologies. As I understand the plan, if the nationwide block meets the reserve price, the winner gets to take all, including the public safety shared arrangement. If the nationwide block does not sell for the asking price, then the parallel regional licenses will go. The highest bidders and the winning technology will take all. WiMax or LTE, the losing bidders and technology will really lose. The winner will be named as the technology of choice. Contrast the crazy quilt of analog, CDMA,TDMA,GSM and additional frequency variants that we tolerated for thirty years in the US. That lack of standard and letting the market decide took time that can t be afforded today. At least someone is trying to make a decision. The market still decides - it just decides a lot more quickly. Contact Us CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network Scan Robot Bookscanner Watch Today s Video Episode Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . . If you find a YouTube video that pertains to one of our news items, or have produced an item that would be of interest to SDR listeners, please send us the link slashdotreviewgmail.com Save $10 on any order of $50 or more at GoDaddy.com! Be sure to sign up for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting. Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting. Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial , visit www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable. Take 10% off any order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH Take $5 off any $30 order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH2 .com Domains $6.95 at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH3 More blogs about SlashdotReview Slashdot Review by Email - Sign up here: Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz

This week's Communicators features a series of phone interviews with federal, state and local officials from Wilmington, NC. On Monday, September 8th, Wilmington's five commercial television stations become the first to transfer to all-digital signals.

* REALNETWORKS to introduce DVD copying software. * PLASTIC LOGIC unveils electronic newspaper. * BILL GATES continues to sell MICROSOFT stock. * FCC considering auction for Class 700MHz spectrum. * MICHAEL MOORE's "Slacker Uprising" to premiere online. Read more at http://www.ShellyPalmer.com

Tropical Storm, Hanna, Baptism Braving the wind and waves on Saturday, members of the Filipino Christian Church held baptisms in the Chesapeake Bay at Community Beach Park in Ocean View. Despite the weather Hanna brought to Hampton Roads, members of the Filipino Christian Church held baptisms at Community Beach Park in Ocean View. Visit the FCC Website: http://www.filchristian-g12nfk.org/

This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) Edition #189 for the week beginning September 7, 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 more of those clever amateur radio repeater ID's. Our very own eye on the sun, Steve Nichols, G0KYA, will bring you the latest propagation report and projections for the month of September and coming fall season. 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 Access America/Sky Scanner Satellite Networks. Our all volunteer staff and crew hope you enjoy our program. Please let us know if you do! For an official This Week in Amateur Radio QSL Card, (with asteroids!) 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. We would like to tell the world about your product or service too. If you would like to advertise on the next edition of This Week in Amateur Radio International, please send an email to w2xbs@twiar.org for details. If you would like to help support the program financially, visit our web site and click on the "PayPal" logo on the top right. 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

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This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) Edition #188 for the week beginning August 31, 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 Thought" with Bill Baran, N2FNH, takes a look at a little known television station. We will take a trip back into amateur radio history with our very own Bill Continelli, W2XOY, when he opens another exciting edition of the Ancient Amateur Archives. 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, Sunday 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 distributed via satellite on The Sky Scanner Radio Network, part of The Access America Network on the Galaxy 25 satellite (Ku Band) Transponder 23V 12.115 MHz Symbol Rate: 22.425 FEC: 3/4 Audio PID 1794 E Our all volunteer staff and crew hope you enjoy our program. Please let us know if you do! For an official This Week in Amateur Radio QSL Card, (with asteroids!) 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. We would like to tell the world about your product or service too. If you would like to advertise on the next edition of This Week in Amateur Radio International, please send an email to w2xbs@twiar.org for details. If you would like to help support the program financially, visit our web site and click on the "PayPal" logo on the top right. 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

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This Week in Amateur Radio International (TWIARi) Edition #187 for the week beginning August 24, 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 Thought" with Bill Baran, N2FNH, takes a look some old technology from the fifties called "StratoVision". What was it? We will take a trip back into amateur radio history with our very own Bill Continelli, W2XOY, when he opens another exciting edition of the Ancient Amateur Archives. 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, Sunday 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 distributed via satellite on The Sky Scanner Radio Network, part of The Access America Network on the Galaxy 25 satellite (Ku Band) Transponder 23V 12.115 MHz Symbol Rate: 22.425 FEC: 3/4 Audio PID 1794 E Our all volunteer staff and crew hope you enjoy our program. Please let us know if you do! For an official This Week in Amateur Radio QSL Card, (with asteroids!) 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. We would like to tell the world about your product or service too. If you would like to advertise on the next edition of This Week in Amateur Radio International, please send an email to w2xbs@twiar.org for details. If you would like to help support the program financially, visit our web site and click on the "PayPal" logo on the top right. 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

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