PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1352 - Full Version

Release Date: January 25, 2025

Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:47:31

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1352

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. EAB: Secret Listeners - Revealing The Life Of Amateur Radio Heroes

2. DLARC: What Is New At The Digital Library Of Amateur Radio and Communications

3. AMSAT: SpaceX Launches Hamsats on Rideshare Mission

4. AMSAT: Two Private Moon Landers Have Launched At Once

5. AMSAT: Blue Origin New Glenn Reaches Orbit On Its First Launch

6. AMSAT: SpaceX Success and Failure In Starship Flight 7

7. AMSAT: New ARISS Proposal Window Is Now Open

8. AMSAT: AMSAT Satellite Shorts From All Over

9. WIA: Remotely Controlled Vehicles Over Starlink

10. WIA: Binghamton New York Radio Club Hosts Kids Day

11. RI: With Trump Designation, Brendan Carr Is Now FCC Chairman

12. HACK: Forget the Coax, Wire Up Your Antennas With Cat 6 Cable

13. ARRL: Get Ready For Ham Radio Open House On World Amateur Radio Day 2025

14. ARRL: ARRL Club Grant Program Awards A Half Million Dollars To Grow Ham Radio

15. ARRL: ARRL Club Grant Funds Hardware For Florida Students To Make Contact With The ISS

16. ARRL: Ham Radio Demonstration Helps Survivors Of Violence At Camp

17. ARRL: Former QST Columnist, Doctor Emil Pocock, W3EP, Silent Key

18. ARRL: Winter Field Day Is This Weekend

19. ARRL: The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program To Conduct Research Campaign January 27th-31st

20. ARRL: The 76th Annual International DX Convention Is Announced

21. ARRL: The National Traffic System 2.0 Subcommittee Have Completed A Number Of Projects And Initiatives

22. ARRL: The Southeastern VHF Society Will Hold Its Annual Conference On April 4th and 5th, 2025

23. Wearable Avalanche Transceiver Helps To Pinpoint Trapped Skier

24. Lake Placid Olympic Museum Receives Amateur Radio Gift

25. Ofcom Announces More Privileges For Visiting Amateurs To The United Kingdom

26. Ham Radio Ireland Magazine Is Published On Line Once Again

27. Award Recipients Named By The Organizers Of The Orlando HamCation

28. Amateur Helps Find Children Lost During Pilgrimage

29: ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport contests and regional convention listing

30. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union to celebrate its upcoming 100th Anniversary

31. WIA: Are you ready for a twenty dollar windfall from Apple?

32. HR: Harvey Laidman, W8DX, Director of The Waltons and Matlock, SK at 82

33. FCC: FCC proposes $200,000 in pirate radio fines

34. FCC: FCC seeks comments on reallocating the 1675-1680 MegaHertz band for shared uses

35. ARRL: The league issues a call for QST articles about Field Day

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 tell us why he moved his WSPR or Weak Signal Propagation Reporter beacon to 15 meters.

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

* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL

* Will Rogers - K5WLR and A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1920, where we find a young radio engineer by the name of Edwin H. Armstrong gave QST permission to reprint his article entitled A New Method for the Reception of Weak Signals at Short Wavelength.

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1351 - Full Version

Release Date: January 18, 2025

Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 2:05:23

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1351

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: India Launches SpaDeX Satellites With Amateur Radio Experiment

2. AMSAT: Parker Solar Probe Achieves Closest Ever Approach To The Sun

3. AMSAT: Cold War Mystery: Why Did Jimmy Carter Save The Space Shuttle?

4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over

5. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union To Celebrate 100th Anniversary

6. WIA: Are You Ready For A Twenty Dollar Windfall?

7. WIA: New Zealand Straight Key Night Coming Up

8. HR: Harvey Laidman, W8DX, Director on ‘The Waltons' and ‘Matlock,' Dies at 82

9. FCC: FCC Proposes $200,000 In Pirate Radio Fines

10. FCC: FCC Seeks Comment On Reallocating 1675-1680 MegaHertz Band For Shared Uses

11. ARRL: Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV, Silent Key

12. ARRL: Ham Radio Operators Serving During California Firestorms

13. ARRL: Suspicious Bangladesh Border Ham Band Signals Now Of Interest To Indian Intelligence

14. ARRL: Call For QST Articles About ARRL Field Day

15. ARRL: A Weekend Of January Contests

16. ARRL: The Northern Arizona DX Association Hosting Anual W7P Pluto Discovery Anniversary Special Event

17. RI: FCC: Trump Names Olivia Trusty As Next FCC Commissioner Nominee

18. Los Angeles Repeater Network Stays Up During California Firestorms

19. Are You Ready For Winter Field Day?

20. Museum On The Campus Of The Voice Of America Has Reopening Planned

21. One Of The Holy Grail Islands On The Air To Be Activated

22. Special Event Station In The Netherlands Is Hosted By Army Signal Regiment

23. Radio Club Limburg, The North Limburg Region, The Netherlands, Will Activate Special Event Station PA8ØOV

24. ARRL announces that DXCC processing returns to normal operations

25. AMSAT: AMSAT student members win Quarter Century Wireless Association Scholarships

26. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Region One turns 75

27. WIA: Researchers develop a new type of Lithium Ion Battery

28. WIA: Android SmartPhones are helping to map the ionosphere

29. RW: Amateur Radio Operator must pay fine in first responder interference case

30. HKD: Taking down the power grid over the air

31. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute is coming to a town near you in 2025

32. ARRL: ARRL launches it year long Dream Station Sweepstakes

33. ARRL: The 129th Boston Marathon will take place Monday, April 21st, 2025. Amateurs provide communications

34. ARRL: ARRL announces changes in the Kentucky Section

35. Public broadcasters in Switzerland shut down analog FM repeaters in favor of DAB+ and streaming

36. NVIS packet radio group is looking forward to expanding its network

37. Amateurs in Germany receive extended privileges for the six and four meter bands

38. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport contests and regional convention listings

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, takes a short break from his "Bald Yak" Open Source Project to talk about The 2025 Ham Challenge

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

* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL and Solar Prognosticator Tadd Cook, K7RA

* Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the earlier 1920's when the first female hams began to appear on the amateur radio scene, in a segment we'll call, "The Ladies are Coming."

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1350 - Full Version

Release Date: January 11, 2025

Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Steve Sawyer, K1FRC, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:32:18

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1350

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: AMSAT Student Members Win QCWA Scholarships

2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over

3. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Region One Turns 75

4. WIA: Charged! A New Type Of Lithium Ion Battery Premiers

5. WIA: Solid State Era Started Earlier Than Commonly Thought

6. WIA: Android Smartphones Help Map The Ionosphere

7. RW: Amateur Radio Operator Must Pay In First Responder Interference Case

8. HKD: Taking Down The Power Grid Over Radio

9. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute: Coming To A Town Near You

10. ARRL: ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio Launches Dream Station Sweepstakes

11. ARRL: Hurricane Watch Net Remembers Long Time Volunteer Terry Redding, W6LMJ, Silent Key

12. ARRL: The 129th Boston Marathon Will Take Place Monday April 21st, 2025

13. ARRL: Changes In The ARRL Kentucky Section

14. ARRL: ARRL Foundation Extends The Application Deadline

15. Public Broadcasters In Switzerland Shuts Down Analog FM Repeaters

16. Near Vertical Incidence Skywave/NVIS Packet Radio Group Looking To Expand Their Network

17. Civil Service Officers In India Gain Amateur Radio Courses

18. Amateurs In Germany Receive Extended Privileges For Six And Four Meters

19. Australian Repeater System Off The Air Due To Storm Damage

20. DMR Base Stations Established In Karnataka's Rural Schools For Operating Amateur Radio

21. ARRL: Upcoming radiosport contests and regional conventions listing

22. AMSAT: NASA's Deep Space Network is upgraded with the installation of a new antenna system

23. WIA: United States considers ban on home internet router manufacturer TP Link

24. WIA: University of Southern California sets new record / SpaceX is preparing its latest booster rocket

25. ARRL: CWops announces the 2024 advancing the art of CW Awards

26. ARRL: Winter Field Day is coming up

27. ARRL: HamSci will hold its 2025 Community Workshop on March 14th and 15th

28. ARRL: Registration is now open for the 2025 Dayton Contest University

29. NASA: NASA's Parker Solar Probe touches the sun

30. The month of January brings Straight Key Month

31. ARRL: This months Volunteer Monitor Report

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 be covering Scene Six of his ongoing open source project entitled, The Bald Yak. This week's episode is called, "Chaos Will Reign"

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

* Weekly Propagation Forecast from Solar Prognosticator Tadd Cook, K7RA

* Our Original amateur radio historian, the late Bill Continelli, W2XOY, returns in an encore presentation of one of his informative segments. This time, Bill will be talking about how you should develop what he calls a radio bag, a go kit of radios and accessories that you take with you when you walk out the door

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1349 - Full Version

Release Date: January 4, 2025

Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:29:27

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1349

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: NASA's Deep Space Network Upgraded With New Antenna Installation

2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over

3. WIA: Amateur WSPR Transmission May Hold Key To Finding Lost Aircraft

4. WIA: US Considers Ban On Home Internet Router Maker TP Link.

5. WIA: University of Southern California Set New Record / SpaceX Preps New Booster

6. WIA: Young Leader, Bright Future: McKenzie KO4GLN On Ham Radio and Beyond

7. ARD: Holmesburg Pennsylvania Amateur Radio Club's Service Project Recognized Around the World

8. GIZ: Federal Court Throttles Biden's Net Neutrality Rules On His Way Out The Door

9. ARRL: CWops Announces 2024 Advancing The Art Of CW Award

10. ARRL: Winter Field Day 2025

11. ARRL: RTTY Roundup Is This Weekend

12. ARRL: HamSCI Will Hold Its Community Workshop On March 14th and 15th, 2025

13. ARRL: QuartzFest, Will Be Held January 19th Through The 25th, 2025

14. ARRL: Registration Is Now Open For The 2025 Dayton ConTest University

15. Gains And Successes Are How The HandiHam Program Ended 2024

16. NASA's Parker Solar Probe Touches The Sun

17. CQ DX Marathon Begins Another Year Long Contest

18. Local Library Receives Radio Books From Georgia Club

19. January Brings Straight Key Month

20. DxPedition Challenges Are Hot Topic At DX Convention

21. Deutsches Museum Calls QRZ For Its Centennial Celebration

22. W3TL, Joseph Henry Stormer, Silent Key

23. Year Long Celebration On The Air For Britain's Railroads

24. ARRL: Upcoming Radio Sport Contest and regional Convention Listings

25. January Volunteer Monitoring Report

26. TVT: FCC fines Paramount Global $244,952 for Emergency Alert Violations

27. AMSAT: Nasa astronauts face more time in space with return delayed

28. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union identifies non-amateur radio signals on HF

29. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarships - Final weeks to apply

30. Bill to keep AM radio in US vehicles hits a new obstacle

31. Recent high intensity solar storms are cause for concern with satellite constellations

32. A new GMRS/General Mobile Radio Service repeater is established for a local California community.

33. Deutsche Amateur Radio Club programming to debut on new BBC Shortwave

34. An infusion of new radio equipment helps an upstate New York Search and Rescue Group

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 be covering week five of his open source build called "The Bald Yak". This week's topic is, "The bugging".

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

* Weekly Propagation and Solar Weather Forecast from the ARRL and Tadd Cook, K7RA

* Will Rogers - K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to when the World War One armistice was signed and amateurs will finally getting back on the air, except that getting back on the air meant everyone had to be re-licensed.

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1347 - Full Version - SPECIAL EXPANDED HOLIDAY EDITION

Release Date: December 21, 2024

Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, William Savocool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 2:36:20

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1347

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: Five CubeSats Successfully Deployed From Kibo Module On The Space Station

2. AMSAT: Celebrate SO-50: Amateur Radio Special Event Marks 22nd Anniversary

3. AMSAT: European Space Agency Proba-3 Satellites Launch To Create Artificial Solar Eclipses

4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over

5. HACK: The World Morse Code Championship

6. NASA: Stranded Space Station Astronauts Won't Be Home For Christmas

7. FCC: FCC Chairwoman Looks To Allocate More Spectrum For Space Launches

8. ARRL: ARRL Asks Hams to Send Radiograms Via The Web

9. ARRL: ARRL Annual Awards Recognize Excellence In Ham Radio

10. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarships - Final Weeks to Apply

11. ARRL: ARRL Kids Day Is Only A Couple Of Weeks Away On January 4th, 2025

12. ARRL: The Intrepid DX Group Has Announced The Winners Of The Fifth Annual Youth Dream Rig Essay Contest

13. ARRL: Straight Key Night Will Be January 1st, 2025

14. For Its Upcoming Big Year, HamSci Plans A Conference

15. Nominees For The CQ Hall Of Fame Is Sought By The International DX Association, IndexA

16. Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association Marks Its 50th Year Anniversary

17. Scanner Manufacturer The Whistler Group Shuts Down Operations

18. Use Of HF Radio In Alaska Is On The Rise With The Civil Air Patrol

19. Award Winning Dx'er Antonio Gonzalez, EA5RM SK

20. ARRL: Upcoming Contest Sheet and Upcoming Regional Conventions Listing

21. WIA: ARRL is warning members about amateur radio gear price increases due to proposed tariffs

22. WIA: The Saga of South American Satellite Pirates

23. WIA: The US is vulnerable to Chinas Salt Typhoon and The Russian Fancy Bear Cyberattacks

24. ARD: The Alexanderson Alternator SAW Grimeton to transmit CW Christmas Message on December 24th

25. ARD: The International Amateur Radio Union identifies non-amateur transmissions in the amateur HF bands

26. ARD: AM Night to be held on the air on December 26th

27. FCC: The FCC opens the entire 6 GigaHertz band to low power devices

28. ARRL: The ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology is now accepting applications for 2025

29. BBC: The widespread use of CW is highlighted in a BBC Radio Documentary

30. TVT: Trump picks former broadcast news anchor from Phoenix, Kari Lake, to head The Voice of America

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* We'll visit with Bruce Paige, KK5DO, and get an update from AMSAT and what's new with all those amateur satellites in orbit.

* Australia's own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio will be here with another update on his open source project. The Bald Yak - Week 3 - Push To Talk

* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This Week, will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the end of World War One, where we find hams coming home and slowly getting back on the air in a segment called, "Waking Up".

* We will stop by and visit with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests, and more.

* As is our tradition during the holiday week, we will present a monologue by the late Jean Shepherd, K2ORS, as he talks about having a serious case of the radio bug when he was in high school, and how it affected his life.

* And, we will have a tribute to the late Orrin Brand with two of his popular segments, the first is a tongue in cheek look at hamfests, and his annual read of "A Hams Night Before Christmas" Courtesy of The Rain Report.

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1346 - Full Version

Release Date: December 14, 2024

Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:46:37

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1346

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: LignoSat International Space Station Deployment Information

2. AMSAT: Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, SK

3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over

4. WIA: ARRL Is Warning Members About Amateur Radio Gear Price Increases Due To Proposed Tariffs

5. WIA: The Saga Of South American Satellite Pirates

6. WIA: US Vulnerable To China's Salt Typhoon Cyberattack / Russian Fancy Bear Attack

7. ARD: SAQ Grimeton To Transmit CW Christmas Message December 24th

8. ARD: International Amateur Radio Union Identifies Non-Amateur Transmissions in Amateur HF Bands

9. ARD: AM Night To Be Held December 26th

10. FCC: FCC Opens The Entire 6 Gigahertz Band For Low Power Devices

11. ARRL: ARRL 10-Meter Contest, December 14-15, Great Opportunity For Technicians

12. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology Now Accepting Applications For 2025 Cohorts

13. ARRL: Lipscomb University Receives $25,000 Scholarship Check

14. ARRL: John J. Ellis, NP2B, former ARRL Section Manager For The US Virgin Islands, SK

15. The Use Of CW Is Highlighted In BBC Radio Documentary

16. The 12 Days Of Christmas Special Event Begins

17. Lookout For The Geminids Meteor Shower Beginning This Weekend

18. Special Event Stations Bring Attention To Hams With Disabilities

19. 150 Students At Staten Island Technical High School In New York City Pass License Exams

20. CW Award Winner Gerard Van Antwerpen, ZL2GVA, SK

21. Kolkata India Hamfest Draws Hundreds Of Amateurs

22. TVT: Trump picks former broadcast news anchor Kari Lake to run the Voice of America

23. The Delaware - Lehigh Amateur Radio Club will host the WX3MAS Christmas City special event

24. ARRL: Upcoming radio sport contests and regional convention listings

25. WIA: New Zealand Network grows with a little help from amateur radio

26. RI: NYPD/FDNY leaders all on Senator Schumer to save AM Broadcast radio in cars

27. ARRL: $41K+ is raised by donors, and YouTubers toi benefit the ARRL Teachers Institute

28. ARRL: 2025 Youth On The Air Camp application period is now open

29. A new free quarterly newsletter is launched by the folks at HamSci

30. Starlink receives FCC approval for satellite to device cellular service from space bypassing terrestrial towers

31. Communications support for one Connecticut road race has now become a family affair

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* SPECIAL: A Christmas Packet - A Special holiday presentation by the late Bill Baran, N2FNH

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

* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will present an update on his latest open source project called The Bald Yak, Part Two

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

* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL

* Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - This week, we climb aboard The Wayback Machine to the beginnings of World War One as amateurs dismantled their stations under government order, and began to report for military service. All this in this weeks episode entitled "Shut Down and Called Up"

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1345 - Full Version

Release Date: December 7, 2024

Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Walker, KI5ODE, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, with, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:41:00

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1345

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: OSCAR-7 50th Anniversary: CodeStore Breaking New Ground

2. AMSAT: Japan Launches World's First Wooden Satellite To Test Timber In Space

3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over

4. WIA: New Zealand Network Grows With A Little Help From Amateurs

5. WIA: Air Leak On International Space Station Russian Module Is Getting Worse

6. WIA: PARUS-T1A Satellite Ready For Amateur Communications

7. TRIB: Amateur Radio Helps Locate Mentally Disturbed Jailed Woman's Family In Jharkhand

8. RI: NYPD, FDNY Leaders Call On Schumer To Save AM Radio In Cars

9. ARRL: $41,000 Plus Raised By Donors, YouTubers, For ARRL Teachers Institute

10. ARRL: Register For 25th Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day, December 7th

11. ARRL: 2025 Youth On The Air Camp Application Period Now Open

12. ARRL: Get On The Air In December With ARRL 160 and 10 Meter Contests

13. ARRL: Orville and Wilbur Wright's New Flying Machine Special Event Station

14. ARRL: Annual Lighthouse Christmas Lights Operating Event

15. ARRL: Battleship IOWA Amateur Radio Association To Activate The Ship's Original NEPM Navy Call Sign

16. Free Quarterly Newsletter Is Launched By HamSCI

17. Its Back To School and Back To Basics In India

18. SpaceX Receives FCC Approval For Satellite To Cell Service From Starlink

19. Communications Support For A Connecticut Road Race Becomes A Family Affair

20. New Roles For Satellites Are Explored At A Forum In Sri Lanka

21. Santa Is The Newest Operator In Australia!

22. December Volunteer Monitor Program Report

23. Soheila Bana, KO6GTV, Richmond California Councilwoman Passes Her Amateur Radio License Exams

24. AMSAT: AMSAT Oscar 7 Turns Fifty Years Old In Orbit

25. ARRL: The ARRL issues its 2023 Annual Report

26. ARRL: Get the kids in your neighborhood to talk with Santa on the air

27. ARRL: The Civil Air Patrol celebrates its anniversary with a special event station

28. ARRL: December is Youth On The Air Month

29. FCC: FCC proposes using a frequency in the 5.9 GigaHertz band for car to car telemetry

30. As an Austrian Shortwave Broadcast goes dark, one in the United Kingdom lights up

31. ARDC: Amateur Radio Digital Communications hires a new member to assist with grant applications

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* We'll visit with Bruce Paige, KK5DO, and get an update from AMSAT and what's new with all those amateur satellites in orbit

* Australia's own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio begins a multi-part series beginning with an episode he calls 'The Bald Yak: Part One'

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

* Will Rogers, K5WLR returns with another edition of A Century of Amateur Radio. This week we climb aboard The Wayback Machine to the beginnings of World War I, where we find the disturbance, as the amateurs called it, putting an end to amateur operations in the United States, in an Episode appropriately called 'The Lid'

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1344 - Full Version

Release Date: November 30, 2024

Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:32:19

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1344

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: AMSAT OSCAR-7 50th Anniversary — The Space Age, Morse Code and STEM Innovation

2. AMSAT: ASRTU-1 Designated ASRTU-OSCAR 123 - Update on PARUS-T1A Satellite

3. AMSAT: Air Leak on ISS Russian Module Is Getting Worse

4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over

5. WIA: Co-Inventor Of The BASIC Programming Language SK

6. ARRL: ARRL 2023 Annual Report Now Available

7. ARRL: How To Let Kids Talk With Santa Over Ham Radio This Holiday Season

8. ARRL: Ed Menasian, N8LPQ Receives 2024 ARRL Technical Service Award

9. ARRL: Giving Thanks On Giving Tuesday

10. ARRL: Civil Air Patrol Will Be Commemorated With Special Event Station W9CAP

11. ARRL: YOTA Members Will Be On The Air Around The World In December

12. FCC: FCC Approves SpaceX and T-Mobile's Direct-to-Cell Service

13. China Builds World's Largest Fully Steerable Radio Telescope

14. New Rules For Vehicle Safety Alerts On The 5.9 GigaHertz Band Proposed By The FCC

15. As Austrian Shortwave Fades Out Shortwave In The U.K. Activates

16. Amateurs In Pennsylvania Assist With Operation Toy Train

17. The United Kingdom Prepares Summits On The Air Activators For GaulFest

18. New Amateur Radio Digital Communications Appointee To Overlook Grants and Awards

19. EI2CL Michael McNamara, DXer, and Island Activator, SK

20. Three Mars Orbiters Are Contacted By A Radio Telescope In The Netherlands

21. Upcoming RadioSport Contests and regional Convention listing

22. Smokey Mountain Amateur Radio Club lowers its dues to help out members financially

23. AMSAT: SpaceX Dragon fires thrusters to boost the Space Station orbit for the first time

24. WIA: Amateur Radio appears in a German television crime drama on ZDF/Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

25. ARRL: Committee at the league proposes changes to ARRL By Laws 42 and 46

26. ARRL: ARRL fall season Section Manager election results are announced

27. ARRL: Hawaii clubs are preparing for the 83rd commemoration of the December 7th Pearl Harbor attack

28. 30th year since Voice of America went silent from its Ohio transmitter site

29. ARRL: ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinators implement changes

30. FCC: FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel tenders her resignation

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, says that suddenly, there were 700.

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

* Will Rogers, K5WLR, A Century of Amateur Radio. Will is here to take us aboard The Wayback Machine to the early days of amateur radio where as 1916 drew to a close, we find Hiram Percy Maxim making a plea in QST to organize what might be the first round-trip message relay across the country.

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1343 - Full Version

Release Date: November 23, 2024

Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savacool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:40:30

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1343

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. FCC: Trump Picks Brendan Carr To Lead The Federal Communications Commission

2. AMSAT: AMSAT OSCAR-7 50th Anniversary - A Testbed For Saving Lives

3. AMSAT: SpaceX Dragon Fires Thrusters To Boost ISS Orbit For The First Time

4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over

5. WIA: HamVention 2025 Announces Convention Theme

6. WIA: White House Communications Agency Amateur Radio Club On Air

7. WIA: Amazon Receives FAA Approval For MK30 Delivery Drone

8. WIA: Amateur Radio Appears In German Crime Drama On ZDF

9. BBC: Somebody Moved UK's Oldest Satellite, And No One Knows Who Or Why

10. FCC: FCC's Final Moves Under Rosenworcel Hold Weight For Radio

11. ARRL: Committee Proposes Changes To ARRL By-Laws 42 and 46

12. ARRL: Fall Season Section Manager Election Results Announced

13. ARRL: New Video Promoting YouTube Telethon To Benefit Teachers Institute

14. ARRL: The Quarter Century Wireless Association Is Sponsoring A Special Event Station

15. ARRL: Hawaii Is Preparing For The 83rd Commemoration Of The December 7th, 1941, Attack On Pearl Harbor

16. 30th Year Since Voice Of America Went Silent From Ohio Transmitter Site

17. WB4GOV, John Bostic Of SouthCars Net, Silent Key

18. Chinese and Russian Students Begin QSO's On Their CubeSat

19. You Can Work Young Amateurs During Youth On The Air Month

20. ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator Implements Changes

21. 25th Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day December 7th, 2024

22. Amateurs Help New Network In New Zealand Expand

23. FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel Announces Resignation

24. Utah DX Association to operate special event station K7S to celebrate the 60th anniversary amateur radio stamp

25. Northern Arizona DX Association Battery Boys donate air compressor to Toys for Tots

26. ARRL: Upcoming conventions and radio sport contests. ARRL holiday closing schedule.

27. WIA: Several amateur radio satellites are nearing the end of life re-entry

28. ARD: VLF transmitter SAQ to transmit CW for its 100th anniversary

29. ARRL: ARRL delegates attended International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 Conference

30. ARRL: NCVEC Question Pool Committee removes two questions from General and Extra question pools

31. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Board of Directors election results are announced

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 attempt to answer the question, Why does your wi-fi connection drop out when you are cooking your lunch?

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

* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL

* Will Rogers, K5WLR, A Century of Amateur Radio, This week, Will takes us back to the end of World War One to witness the amateurs of the time starting the lengthy process of getting permission to get back on the air.

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1342 - Full Version

Release Date: November 16, 2024

Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Turner, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:36:47

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1342

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. HACK: First Microsatellite By Chinese, Russian University Students Launched

2. RW: College Radio Station WKHS Makes International Contact With Amateur Radio

3. AMSAT: Celebrating AO-7 First Earth - Space - Space - Earth Relay Communications

4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over

5. WIA: Amateur Radio Pico Balloon Is Heard Over The Antarctic

6. SARL: BACAR Balloon Carrying Amateur Radio Is Launched

7. WIA: Several Amateur Radio Satellites Nearing End Of Life Re Entry

8. RW: FCC Commissioner Carr Says FCC Should Stop Work On Partisan Matters

9. ARD: VLF Transmitter SAQ To Transmit CW For 100th Anniversary

10. FCC: FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel Launches New Podcast Series

11. ARRL: ARRL November Sweepstakes Phone Is This Weekend

12. ARRL: YouTube Telethon To Raise Money For ARRL Teachers Institute On Wireless

13. ARRL: ARRL Delegates Attend International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 Conference

14. ARRL: NCVEC Question Pool Committee Removes Two Pool Questions From Use

15. FCC: FCC Considers Broadcaster Transparency Over Advertisements With AI Generated Content

16. SBE: Jim Dalke W7PB Wins Society of Broadcast Engineers Award

17. IARU: International Amateur Radio Union Youth Excellence Award

18. Rotuma Island DXpedition Is Taken On By A Youth Operator Group

19. CW Club Bug Roundup Is Coming Up

20. Emergency Alert System Upgrades For Three Broadcasters Funded By CPB Grant

21. Facebook Group Combines Life On The Road With Amateur Radio

22. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Board of Directors Election Results Are Announced

23. ARRL: Upcoming Radio Sport Contests and Regional Convention Listing

24. AMSAT: AMSAT AO-7 to celebrate its 50th anniversary in orbit

25. AMSAT: Voyager One spacecraft phones home on an S-Band transmitter that hasn't been used since 1981

26. WIA: Singapore's 4300 kilometer undersea electrical transmission line with Australia clears regulation hurdles

27. Arecibo Science Education Center opening is delayed

28. Scientist researchers find a possible cause of the Arecibo Telescope Collapse

29. Radio independence is the 2025 Hamvention Theme

30. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day results are announced

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 talk about a new radio every week.

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

* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the solar prognosticator Tadd Cook, K7RA

* Will Rogers - K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - Will returns with another new edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will piles us all into The Wayback Machine to take us back in time to the end of World War One to witness the slow reactivation of amateur radio. The Navy well understood how much it had benefited from all the trained amateurs ready to volunteer for service during the war and the likelihood of needing them again someday.

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