PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1350 - Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net

Release Date: January 11, 2025

Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Steve Sawyer, K1FRC, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 0:59:43

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1350HR

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Region One Turns 75

2. WIA: Charged! A New Type Of Lithium Ion Battery Premiers

3. WIA: Solid State Era Started Earlier Than Commonly Thought

4. RW: Amateur Radio Operator Must Pay In First Responder Interference Case

5. HKD: Taking Down The Power Grid Over Radio

6. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute: Coming To A Town Near You

7. ARRL: The 129th Boston Marathon Will Take Place Monday April 21st, 2025

8. Public Broadcasters In Switzerland Shuts Down Analog FM Repeaters

9. Near Vertical Incidence Skywave/NVIS Packet Radio Group Looking To Expand Their Network

10. Amateurs In Germany Receive Extended Privileges For Six And Four Meters

11. AMSAT: NASA's Deep Space Network is upgraded with the installation of a new antenna system

12. WIA: United States considers ban on home internet router manufacturer TP Link

13. ARRL: Winter Field Day Is coming up

14. ARRL: HamSci will hold its 2025 Community Workshop on March 14th & 15th

15. ARRL: Registration is now open for the 2025 Dayton Contest University

16. ARRL: This months Volunteer Monitor Report

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will be covering Scene Six of his ongoing open source project entitled, The Bald Yak. This week's episode is called, "Chaos Will Reign"

* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more

* Our Original amateur radio historian, the late Bill Continelli, W2XOY, returns in an encore presentation of one of his informative segments. This time, Bill will be talking about how you should develop what he calls a radio bag, a go kit of radios and accessories that you take with you when you walk out the door

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