document.write('<a href=http://www.twiar.org target=_blank><strong>TWIAR News Feed</strong></a><br>');document.write('<i>This Week in Amateur Radio: North America\'s Amateur Radio News Magazine.  Articles on amateur radio and news stories in the media featured here.</i>');document.write('<br>');document.write('<b>');document.write('<br><a href=http://www.arrl.org/?artid=9398 target=_blank>');document.write('HF Frequencies for Haiti Return to Normal Use');document.write('</a></b><br>');document.write('Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:37:44 -0500');document.write('<br>Considering the improving communications situation in Haiti, Dr Cesar Pio Santos, HR2P, IARU Region 2 EMCOR, announced the release of HF frequencies, including 7.045 and 3.720 MHz, for normal use. \"We thank the world radio amateur community for their support in keeping these frequencies clear during the past days.\"');document.write('<br>');document.write('<b>');document.write('<br><a href=http://www.arrl.org/?artid=9397 target=_blank>');document.write('Contact Information for Amateurs going to Haiti to Provide Disaster Relief');document.write('</a></b><br>');document.write('Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:48:06 -0500');document.write('<br>CONATEL (the Haitian Telecomm regulator) has set up temporary offices and released a public notice. Amateurs wishing to operate in Haiti to assist with disaster relief need to contact CONATEL to get formal reciprocal operating clearance. The text of the CONATEL public notice is as follows: CONATEL NOTICE The National Council of Telecommunications (CONATEL) hereby notifies the general public, and those particularly impacted, that following the widespread damage caused by the violent earthquake of January 12, 2010, a satellite office of CONATEL was installed at Number 97 of the Avenue Panamıricaine in Pıtion-Ville with the goal of assuring the continuity of its work. This arrangement will allow, among other things, better coordination for establishing a temporary emergency telecommunications network in Haiti.');document.write('<br>');document.write('<b>');document.write('<br><a href=http://bit.ly/9z2yD4 target=_blank>');document.write('Cape weather: Batten down the hatches (Massachusetts)');document.write('</a></b><br>');document.write('Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:37:44 -0500');document.write('<br>How about these from a fellow named Brian Berlin who, according to his Web site is among other things, a 2nd Lieutenant in the Texas State Guard (Medical Reserve Corps), a bagpiper and bagpipe instructor,a husband, a dad, an EMT. a general class amateur radio operator with the call sign KC5WK, a swift water rescue technician, a SkyWarn Storm Spotter and a trombonist.');document.write('<br>');document.write('<b>');document.write('<br><a href=http://bit.ly/cTwokf target=_blank>');document.write('Amateur radio still alive and kicking (Kentucky)');document.write('</a></b><br>');document.write('Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:37:44 -0500');document.write('<br>Before the invention of the Internet, cell phones or text messaging, if there was a disaster, the main way to get emergency information was via the radio.  Despite advances in technology, people still turn to the radio when usual forms of contact are lost.');document.write('<br>');document.write('<b>');document.write('<br><a href=http://bit.ly/aeGRIU target=_blank>');document.write('Marconi Center Signs 20-Year Lease For Operations Building');document.write('</a></b><br>');document.write('Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:37:44 -0500');document.write('<br>Capping more than three-and-a-half years of planning and negotiations with the town, the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center (CMMC) is poised to move ahead with a 20-year lease of the operations building, where it will create an educational center and a museum of wireless technology.');document.write('<br>');document.write('<b>');document.write('<br><a href=http://www.arrl.org/?artid=9387 target=_blank>');document.write('New ARRL Web Site Coming Soon');document.write('</a></b><br>');document.write('Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:37:44 -0500');document.write('<br>After more than two years of planning, designing and writing, the ARRL is anxiously awaiting the launch of the new ARRL Web site. We\'ve been able to make the online experience easier for our members -- from the online store, to registering for a class, to finding a club -- plus we\'ve created a new, enhanced member profile with many more options available. We\'ve made improvements with you in mind, making sure that we\'ve created the easiest, most enjoyable online experience possible. The new Web site will be available sometime in February.');document.write('<br>');document.write('<b>');document.write('<br><a href=http://www.firehouse.com/topics/top-headlines/tornado-touches-down-fla target=_blank>');document.write('Tornado Touches Down in Fla.');document.write('</a></b><br>');document.write('Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:27:40 -0500');document.write('<br>Residents watched the tornado as it blew toward Merritt Island and then landed on Del Sol Drive in a residential neighborhood. It tore tile from the roof of the Lauzums\' home, uprooted trees, blew over a fence and destroyed their ham radio tower, which was their last line of communication when the power went out in the middle of the storm.  \"It just buckled over. I can\'t imagine the kind of force to do that,\" Ivers Lauzums said.');document.write('<br>');document.write('<b>');document.write('<br><a href=http://www.rbr.com/media-news/20397.html target=_blank>');document.write('Jim Quello, former FCC Commissioner, passes at 95');document.write('</a></b><br>');document.write('Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:27:40 -0500');document.write('<br>Long-time FCC Commissioner James Quello has passed at the age of 95. He put in over 23 years at the FCC in a tenure that spanned from April 1974 to November 1997. A Democrat, he briefly served as interim Chairman for most of 1993 prior to Reed Hundt\'s term in that office. He was one of the few actual broadcasters to serve at the FCC Commissioner level, with a stint at WJR Detroit prominent on his resume. He was also a decorated veteran of World War II.');document.write('<br>');document.write('<b>');document.write('<br><a href=http://bit.ly/bGdfEZ target=_blank>');document.write('For 50 years, this \'ham\' has been talking on radio (Iowa)');document.write('</a></b><br>');document.write('Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:27:40 -0500');document.write('<br>Donald and Harriet Boehm\'s cozy green house on a quiet Merrill street may not look like a hub of international communication, but from there Don has spoken with people from every state in the nation and on all seven continents.  He has talked to more than 1,000 people from about 230 countries around the globe - all with amateur radio.');document.write('<br>');document.write('<b>');document.write('<br><a href=http://bit.ly/cdlRzU target=_blank>');document.write('Red Cross Using "Hams" to Communicate in Haiti (North Carolina)');document.write('</a></b><br>');document.write('Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:27:39 -0500');document.write('<br>Ham radio operators aren\'t using the most sophisticated technology, but people in Haiti have been relying on members of the amateur radio society to relay information to and from the earthquake ravaged nation.');document.write('<br>');document.write('<b>');document.write('<br><a href=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/286360 target=_blank>');document.write('Low-tech Radios Helping to Connect Haitians');document.write('</a></b><br>');document.write('Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:27:39 -0500');document.write('<br>In the everyday world people love their cellphones, computers and other forms of communications but the people of Haiti found out after their Jan. 12 earthquake that low tech became the only tech way to communicate.  In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake Jean-Robert Gaillard found himself turning to a low-tech radio as his lifeline. The 57-year-old found out that the normal methods of communication were no longer working.');document.write('<br>');document.write('<b>');document.write('<br><a href=http://bit.ly/dbKRxv target=_blank>');document.write('Haitians Rely On Old-School Communication In Earthquake Aftermath');document.write('</a></b><br>');document.write('Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:20:17 -0500');document.write('<br>While the world tweets, texts and blogs about the aftermath of last Tuesday\'s 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, the massive destruction of the island\'s infrastructure has left many Haitians scrambling to communicate with and find loved ones.');document.write('<br>');document.write('<b>');document.write('<br><a href=http://bit.ly/bkKUfe target=_blank>');document.write('ARRL Sends Ham Aid Equipment to Haiti');document.write('</a></b><br>');document.write('Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:20:17 -0500');document.write('<br>Even though the communications infrastructure in earthquake-ravaged Haiti is being rebuilt, there is still need for Amateur Radio communications. To assist in this effort, the ARRL\'s Ham-Aid program is providing equipment for local amateurs to use.');document.write('<br>');document.write('<b>');document.write('<br><a href=http://bit.ly/apFag6 target=_blank>');document.write('Kenwood donates to Haiti relief effort');document.write('</a></b><br>');document.write('Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:20:16 -0500');document.write('<br>Kenwood has donated amateur radios to the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) - the national association for amateur radio operators - to assist in their relief efforts in repairing and replacing communications in Haiti after the recent earthquakes.');document.write('<br>');document.write('<b>');document.write('<br><a href=http://bit.ly/cE7MBD target=_blank>');document.write('Amateur radio is more than a hobby (Iowa)');document.write('</a></b><br>');document.write('Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:20:16 -0500');document.write('<br>In the event of a natural disaster in which most forms of electronic communication fail, one form can still be counted on to get messages to the right agencies to bring aid to those in need of assistance.');document.write('<br>');document.write('<br>powered by <a href=http://www.feedest.com><img src=http://www.feedest.net/images/feedestBadge.gif alt=Feedest.com align=absmiddle border=0></a>');