This Week in Amateur Radio #959 Week of July 15, 2017 DOWNLOAD HERE: http://bit.ly/TWIAR959 Running Time: 1:12:13 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This is for Edition #959 with a release and air date of, July 15, 2017. This weeks edition is anchoredby, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Don Hewlick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Fred Fitte, NF2F, and Jessica Bowen,KB2VWX. This weeks program was produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Trending stories in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Group Selected to Pursue DXpedition to Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge 2. FCC Crackdown on Pirate Broadcasters Targets at Least One More Amateur Licensee 3. WRTC 2018 Teams Prep for the Big Event in Europe 4. Amateur Radio Parity Act is Introduced in US Senate 5. Amateur Radio Volunteers Support Michigan's One Helluva Ride Bicycle Tour 6. Band Plan Proposed for Eventual 472-479 kHz Use 7. WWV 25 MHz Signal Swapped to Circular Polarization, Reception Reports Invited 8. K2BSA will be On the Air during National Scout Jamboree 9. BIRDS-1 CubeSat Array Deployed from ISS, Carry Amateur Radio Payloads 10. ARISS to Celebrate 20th Anniversary with SSTV Event 11. Amateur Radio Volunteers in British Columbia Reported Assisting Relief Agencies 12. Radio Is The Only Source of News in Blocked Countries 13. Group selected to persue DXpedition to Baker Island National Wildlife Refuge 14. Band Plan proposed for eventual 472-479kHz use 15. Canada C3 expedition award now available for hams and swl's 16. 'Observe' August 21 eclipse with your AM radio 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 The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY ----- 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. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, ands 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. This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 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.