This Week in Amateur Radio #942 Week of March 18, 2017 DOWNLOAD HERE: http://bit.ly/TWIAR942 Running Time: 1:06:49 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This is for Edition #942 with a release and air date of Saturday, March 18, 2017. This week's edition is anchored by Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Don Hulick, K2AJT, Fred Fitte, NF2F, and Jessica Bowen, KB2VWX. This week's program was produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Trending stories in this week's bulletin service: 1. ARRL Weighs In on New California Driving While Wireless Statute 2. ARISS Moves Closer to Launching New Radio System to Space Station 3. Swedish Regulator Rejects Entry Level Amateur Radio License 4. International Crystal Manufacturing Going Out of Business 5. New Amateur Radio Rules and Regulations Go In to Effect In Cuba 6. Skaneateles ham radio operator aids journalist in Africa 7. Hams Support Miami Marathon Communications for the 15th Consecutive Year 8. Motorola Solutions Sues Hytera Communications, Alleging Patent, Trade Secrets Theft 9. ARRL Executive Committee to Meet this Month in Denver Plus these Special Features This Week: Amateur Radio Operator Obesity and Health with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP. Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT, Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB Plus, a special talk from The Dayton 2016 HamVention - Craig Thompson-K9CT. This Illinois ham was first licensed in 1967. Craig founded Thompson Electronics Company in 1980 and is still CEO of it today. Craig spoke at the RTTY forum at the 2016 Dayton Hamvention. While his talk targeted DXing and contesting on RTTY, his observations will nevertheless be helpful to you non-digital contesters and DXers alike. ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. 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. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! You can find us among talk radios best on TuneIn.com. Download the free Tunein.com app today. This Week in Amateur Radio is also available on the internet as a podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Tune-In.com, Stitcher, and various other mp3 aggregators. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. 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 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer, please get in touch with us via our Facebook group. Search for us under This Week in Amateur Radio.