PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1381 - LPFM Version (no commercial breaks)

Release Date: August 16, 2025

Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:31:26

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Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. FCC: FCC Moves To Protect US Submarine Cables From Foreign Adversaries

2. CYN: Fatal Texas Floods Trigger FCC Review Of US Emergency Alert System

3. ARD: Candidate For US Congress Focuses On Issues Related To Amateur Radio

4. AMSAT: 2025 AMSAT Symposium Keynote Speaker Announced

5. AMSAT: NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Mission Ends In Disappointment

6. AMSAT: International Space Station Crew Expands To Eleven

7. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Societies File Comments With The FCC On AST/70cm Concerns

8. WIA: Hawaiian Broadcasters Want Access To Police Scanner Information For Emergencies

9. HKDY: Wi-Fi Being Allowed Near Green Bank Observatory For First Time Ever

10. ARRL: Amateurs Prepare For Forecasted Busy Hurricane Season

11. ARRL: ARRL Foundation Awards Alexia Snethen, KM6LGG, The 2025 Goldfarb Memorial Scholarship

12. ARRL: Hams Track Campers’ High-Altitude Balloon, Decode Images

13. ARRL: ARRL Serving Its Members: NU2W’s Story

14. ARRL: Seven Year Old Gertrude Takagi Earns Her Amateur Radio License

15. ARRL: 26th Anniversary Of The Route 66 Special Event

16. Legacy NOAA Weather Satellites Are Decommissioned

17. National Weather Service Now Rehiring Following Recent Mass Firings

18. Upcoming 3Y0K DxPedition Sites Legal Issues For Cancellation Of Lottery

19. Amateurs In The United Kingdom Accept The Challenge To Build Balloon Tracker

20. Florida Retirees Prepare For Upcoming Storm Season

21. Indiana Amateurs Celebrate Parks Centennial By Having A POTA Activation

22. Australian Young Amateurs Prepare For Their First Youth On The Air Contest

23. ARD: HamCation Awards Seeks Nominations For 2026 Season

24. ARRL: The Swedish Amateur Radio Society, SSA, will celebrate its 100-year anniversary on September 10, 2025

25. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention Listing

26. AMSAT: AO-123 FM Transponder To Enter Continuous Service / Ham-TV is activated on the Space Station

27. WIA: Radio Amateurs Of Canada develops Auxiliary Communications Service

28. IARU: Registration for IARU Region 2 XXII General Assembly Is Now Open

29. ARRL: New ARRL DXCC Trident Award Plaque Honors 100 Confirmed On Three Modes

30. ARRL: Jobs for amateurs at ARRL Headquarters

31. Indian student amateurs are seeking a patent on new lightning avoidance device

32. HOIP: HamShack Hotline users are invited to apply for service on Hams Over IP

Plus these Special Features This Week:

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

* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will discuss How To Decode Distant Signals Over The Web.

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

* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL

* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with the conclusion of his three part series titled, "Crossings, The Reply". We witness another Atlantic Crossing, but this time European as well as American amateurs are participating.

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