PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1302 - Full Version

Release Date: February 10, 2024

Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX Bob Donlon, W3BOO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:26:24

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1302

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: AO-92 Reenters Earth's Atmosphere

2. AMSAT: Lunar Excursion Vehicle (LEV-1) Amateur Telemetry Received

3. WIA: New Indian Documentary Is A Collection Of Nostalgic Stories Of Radio Enthusiasts

4. Plan For Europe's Huge New Particle Collider Takes Shape

5. An Entire 200 Foot Tower Stolen From WJLX-AM Jasper Alabama

6. ARRL: California Storms: Amateur Radio Is Ready

7. ARRL: Amateur Radio Goes To High School In New York City

8. ARRL: World Radio Day 2024

9. ARRL: George Washington's Birthday Will Be Celebrated By Three Amateur Radio Clubs

10. ARRL: Georgia Elementary School Contacts The International Space Station

11. ARRL: DX Mentor Recognition Program Is Announced

12. Developing Nations CubeSats Are Getting A Ride To Orbit

13. Amateur Radio License Changes Begin This Month In The United Kingdom

14. Contester Slavko Celarc, S57DX, A Silent Key

15. International YL Club Plans A Czech Contest Station

16. Pluto's Discovery Celebrated On The Amateur Bands

17. Silicon Valley Explores Its Amateur Radio Past

18. A Major Festival In North Bengal Supported By Amateurs

19. WIA: Amelia Earhart's Long Lost Plane Possibly Detected By Sonar

20. Upcoming Select Contests and Conventions

21. Monthly Volunteer Monitoring System Report

22. ARRL: The first amateur radio signal originating on the moon JS1YMG is on the air

23. ARRL: Heil Sound makes a large donation to the W1AW stations

24. ARRL: ARRL Foundation is now accepting grant applications

25. ARRL: Volunteer Examiner Coordinators issues an Errata to the 2024-2028 Amateur Extra Class Question Pool

26. FCC: FCC submits its annual report on illegal radio enforcement to Congress

27. DLARC: The DLARC announces that Ham Radio and More program is added to its digital library

28. RAC: Canada strengthens its use it or lose it spectrum policy

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT talks about how computers are getting better, but how keyboards are getting worse.

* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News

* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will answer the question "What is the right mode for Emergency Communications?'

* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.

* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL

* Will Rogers, K5WLR, our amateur radio historian, will take the wayback machine to December of 1915 to take a look at the first edition of a little magazine called QST.

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