This Week in Amateur Radio #964 Week of August 19, 2017 DOWNLOAD HERE: http://bit.ly/TWIAR964 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This is for Edition #964 with a release and air date of, August 19, 2017.This weeks edition is anchored by, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Don Hewlick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, and Jessica Bowen, KB2VWX. This weeks program was produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. RUNNING TIME: 1:14:44 Trending stories in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Solar Eclipse QSO Party Will Facilitate Real Science 2. Ham Hoping to Crowd-Fund Experimental Time at HAARP Facility 3. Radio Eritrea and Radio Ethiopia Still Battling on 40 Meters 4. BBC starts Medium Wave switch-off 5. NASA announces television coverage for Aug. 21 solar eclipse 6. Plane Crash Drill Turns to Major Fire Response 7. Amateur Radio Communication Resources to be Available during Eclipse Day 8. Revised NCVEC Form 605 Must Be Used at Exam Sessions Starting on August 21 9. Cosmonauts Manually Deploy Three Nanosatellites with Amateur Radio Payloads 10. Pirate Radio Warnings Pile Up With Two More Hit In NJ. 11. Amateur Radio Administration Course a success in Mexico. LATE BREAKING NEWS: 12. Canada proposes implementing a 60 meter band while retaining discrete channels 13. Caribbean Emergency and Weather Nets are activated for Tropical Storm Harvey 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 ARRL Amateur News Extra Interview Series Weekly Propagation Forecast ----- 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.