This Week in Amateur Radio #969 Week of September 23, 2017 DOWNLOAD HERE: http://bit.ly/TWIAR969 Running Time: 1:11:09 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. September 23, 2017.This weeks edition is anchored by, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, and Jessica Bowen, KB2VWX. Produced and edited (and a little anchoring too) by W2XBS. Trending stories in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Not All Intruders on the Ham Bands are Illegal, But a Lot of Them Are 2. Reports of Hurricane Devastation on Dominica Relayed by Amateur Radio, Picked up by Media 3. Rockwell Collins to be Sold to United Technologies 4. MCM Electronics Shutters Two Plants, Announces Merger with Newark element 14 5. IARU Administrative Council Considers New Radio Spectrum Pollution Threat 6. Hurricane Redux: Amateur Radio Community Fires Up for Maria 7. Amateur Radio Emergency Net Active in Wake of Earthquake in Central Mexico 8. Hurricane Watch Net, VoIP Hurricane Net, WX4NHC Stand Down from Maria Activations 9. JOTA 2017 Organizers Urge Scout Stations to Register Now 10. MetLife Buys Site of FCC's Future Home 11. Caribbean Emergency Weather Network Handling High Volume of Post-Storm Traffic 12. HamSCI Presents Initial Eclipse Results at ARRL-TAPR Digital Communications Conference 13. Two radio amateurs are among the new crew on the International Space Station 14. The FCC opens 630 and 2200 meter bands, stations must notify UTC before operating. 15. When will the Voyager missions stop calling home? 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 RAIN: Interview with Rich Mosseson, W2VU editor of CQ Magazine (Part One) Weekly Propagation Forecast Report ----- 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.