This Week in Amateur Radio #1024 Release Date: October 13, 2018 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This week's edition is anchored by: Will Rogers, K5WLR, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, George W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by W2XBS. Running Time: 1:07:36 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1024 Trending stories in this weeks bulletin service: 1. FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 Overhauls Marking Requirements for Short Rural Towers 2. International Space Station Crew Member Fires Up NA1SS to Seek Random Contacts 3. Reported Russian Ham Band Intruders Continue to be Troublesome 4. US Ham-Astronaut, Russian Cosmonaut Safe in Wake of Soyuz Launch Failure 5. Climber Dies in Amateur Radio Tower Collapse 6. Scouting's Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) Looking Forward to Successful 2018 Event 7. Northern Florida ARES Teams Handle Hurricane Duty 8. ARRL Special Report on amateur activity during Hurricane Michael 9. ARRL and FCC are discussing the issue of uncertified, imported, VHF/UHF transceivers 10. WB8IMY/W9JJ ARRL monthly report on the International Grid Chase status 11. The ARRL Foundation invites scholarship applications for the 2019 academic year 12. Remembering earths first artificial satellite Sputnik One Plus these Special Features This Week: Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB RAIN: Part Two of a talk with the owners of Radio City in Minnesota. ----- Website: http://www.twiar.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/twiar Google+: http://bit.ly/Gplus-TWIAR RSS News: http://twiar.net/twiar.rss TuneIn: http://bit.ly/TuneIn-TWIAR Automated: http://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, changed weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. Air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in ident breaks every 10 minutes for you to legally identify your station. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world. on amateur radio repeater systems, the low bands, and more.