Tilde (~) in URL for RSS is invalid!

I'm trying to get an RSS feed from a URL that includes a tilde (~) character, but the RSS widget in iWeb 3.0 complains with the error:
"The URL you entered is invalid. Check the feed address, and then try again."
I've tried replacing the tilde character with "%7e" which generates a different error:
"The RSS feed source can't be reached. Try again later."
This makes me suspect the problem is the tilde in the URL, yet I have no problem with this URL in safari when reading the RSS there, or in other tools. Does anyone know how to get around this?
Cappuccinofreak

On checking the RFC 3986 spec, the tilde character appears valid:
"Characters that are allowed in a URI but do not have a reserved purpose are called unreserved. These include uppercase and lowercase letters, decimal digits, hyphen, period, underscore, and tilde."
Likewise, checking the W3C pages, they also concur, and refer to that RFC - see http://labs.apache.org/webarch/uri/rfc/rfc3986.html
I've not been able to find out where it says that tilde is not a valid character, so as far as I can tell, Apple have it wrong. Also, they are disenfranchising the huge academic market that makes up much of their consumer base. Sites such as universities have had tilde characters for years, to deference the user name to the user's public_html directory. I've had a tilde character in the url of my (various) university home pages for more than 10 years now, and find I rarely have a choice in the matter.
I've tried replacing the tilde character in my RSS feed url with %7E but that didn't work either (despite the fact that both %7E and ~ work for Safari, and other tools)...

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