PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1322 - Full Version
Release Date: June 29, 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, Josh Marler, AA4WX, 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: 1:31:28
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1322
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. FCC: ISPs Urge Court To Block FCCβs Net Neutrality Rules
2. AMSAT: AMSAT Board of Directors Nominees Announced
3. AMSAT: UPDATE: AMSAT Mail Alias Service To End August 1, 2024
4. WIA: Germany To Grant Remote Operation, DARC To Build Stations Around The Country
5. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Monitoring System Report
6. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Wrap Up
7. ARRL: ARRL and Momobeam Introduce Dual Band Beam Antenna for Six and Ten Meters
8. ARRL: ARRL Club Grant Program, Application Deadline Approaching
9. ARRL: 25th Anniversary Of Route 66 On The Air
10. ARRL: Zion 2024 A New Amateur Radio Convention and Expo Event Takes Place July 12/13 In St. George, Utah
11. Australian Court Delivers Decision On Amateur Radio Death
12. Thirteen Colonies Special Event Operation Coming Up
13. Japan's Wartime Raids Over Australia Marked By Upcoming Special Event
14. Earthquake Awareness Added To Clubs Field Day
15. Australian Regulator ACMA Seeks Input On Proposed Repeater and Beacon Licensing
16. Listeners Via Shortwave Give Aid At Train Mishap
17. 4 Meter Privileges In Germany Are Extended Until The End Of 2024
18. California Amateur Documentary Film May Become A TV Series
19. Alexanderson Alternator Will Be On The Air
20. SpaceX Is Building A Craft To Intentionally Destroy The International Space Station
21. Upcoming Contests in RadioSport and Convention and Hamfest listings
22. AMSAT: Starliner brings another ham to the International Space Station
23. ARDC: ARDC announces Ashhar Farhan VU2ESE, Joins ARDC Board
24. FCC: FCC approves mysterious Space X device - The Starlink Mini Backpack Dish
25. ARRL: Amateurs are now gaming on the amateur radio digital modes (FT8)
26. A popular Massachusetts electronics retailer announces shutdown
27. Wifi router manufacturer receives FCC fine for selling overpower routers
28. NORAD improves tracking of amateur radio and civilian balloons
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 how to access a radio remotely.
* Bill Salyers, AJ8B - The DX Corner with all the latest radio sport news on DXpeditions, working DX, upcoming contests, and more
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Bill Continelli, W2XOY (SK) - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill continues with the history of amateur radios Fallen Flags with a look back at the Hammerlund Radio Corporation
* Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will looks back at how one article published in the very first edition of QST, went on to organize relay stations
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Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news.
You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X!
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1321 - Full Version
Release Date: June 22, 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, Mike LaMontain, KE2AWY, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:39:51
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1321
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: Starliner Brings Another Ham To International Space Station
2. AMSAT: Voyager 1 Is Back To Life, But For How Long?
3. AMSAT: AMSAT Mail Alias Service To End August 1st, 2024
4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
5. ARDC: Amateur Radio Digital Communications, Announces Ashhar Farhan VU2ESE, Joins Board of Directors
6. WIA: Alexanderson Alternator To Transmit Message On June 30th, 2024
7. FCC: FCC Approves Mysterious SpaceX Device: Is It For The Starlink Mini Dish?
8. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Is Here
9. ARRL: New Hampshire ARES Serves Mount Washington Road Race
10. ARRL: Colorado Teacher and Ham Accepted To The Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program
11. ARRL: Gaming The Amateur Radio Digital Modes
12. ARRL: Meme Appreciation Month Is Being Billed As Not Your Average Special Event
13. ARRL: A Unique Special Event, Open To All Amateur Radio Operators, Will Take Place July 1 - November 30th
14. ARRL: ARRL Foundation Club Grant Update
15. Popular Massachusetts Electronics Retailer Announces Shuts Down
16. Wi-Fi Router Manufacturer Receives FCC Fine For Over Power Routers
17. YASME Foundation Announces Award Winners
18. US Military Improves Tracking Of Amateur Radio and Hobbyist Balloons
19. Queens Of The Mountains Ascend For Summits On The Air
20. Young Amateurs In Turkey Take Up Parks On The Air Activations
21. Upcoming RadioSport contests and conventions listing
22. AMSAT: The AMSAT mail alias service will end on August 01, 2024
23. WIA: The Square Kilometer Array under construction in a radio quiet zone, while overhead satellites shout
24. WIA: The South African Radio League takes the first steps toward World Radio Conference 2027
25. ARRL: Amateur Radio connects family members during a boating accident in Utah
26. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute kicks off summer cohorts
27. ARRL: The new Extra Class License Question Pool is released
28. Another cyberattack brings down the Society of Broadcast Engineers web page
29: Germany's new N class license makes its testing session debut at Ham Radio Friedrichshafen
30. A robust lineup of vendors and speakers will be at the upcoming 2024 Northeast Ham Exposition
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 take a look at 'Identity In Amateur Radio'.
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Our own amateuar radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of A Century of Amateur Radio. This time out, we discover that vacuum tubes revolutionized radio, changing it more than any other single invention. He will have a close up look at Lee DeForest and the Audion.
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Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news.
You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X!
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1320 - Full Version
Release Date: June 15, 2024
Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, William Savocool, K2SAV, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:20:54
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1320
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT Mail Alias Service To End August 1st, 2024
2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
3. WIA: Square Kilometre Array Under Construction In Radio Quiet Zone As More Satellites Shout From Above
4. WIA: South Africa Takes First Steps To World Radio Conference 2027
5. WIA: A Wiki For Open Source In Amateur Radio
6. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day is Next Weekend!
7. ARRL: Amateur Radio Connects Family Members During Utah Boating Emergency
8. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute Kick Off Summer Cohorts
9. ARRL: New Amateur Extra Class Question Pool Has Been Released
10. Another Cyber Attack Brings Down Society Of Broadcast Engineers Webpage
11. Deadly Bangladesh Cyclone Remal Causes A Reunion
12. The Deutscher Amateur Radio Club Remote Operations In Development
13. Germany's New Class N License Exams Will Be Available At Ham Radio Friedrichshafen
14. World Wide Flora and Fauna Sees Russia Withdraw
15. 3D Printer Homebrews A Relationship
16. Amateur Radio Operators and Amateur Astronomers To Share Facility
17. Celebrate Inclusion On The Air With The Pride Radio Group
18. Silent Keys In India Include A Noted Author and A Photographer
19. Robust Lineup Of Vendors and Speakers At The 2024 Northeast HamXposition
20. Scanning Software Developer N5JMZ SK
21. IARU: International Amateur Radio Union Region One Ham Challenge is announced
22. WIA: The fun that's Ham Radio WInlink has the final word
23. ARRL: Ham Radio 2024 International Amateur Radio Exhibition Will Be Held June 28-30 In Friedrichshafen
24. ARRL: Annual Lighthouse and Lightship weekend is coming up in August
25: ARRL: Special Event Station Operation to celebrate Flag 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 talk about "Long Wave Radio"
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes a look at the history of Hallicrafters.
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Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news.
You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X!
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1319 - Full Version
Release Date: June 8, 2024
Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:38:23
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1319
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: Setting Up Your Own Satellite Ground Station With SatNOGS
2. AMSAT: SpaceX Aims For Successful Reentry In Fourth Starship Test Flight
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. IARU: International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 HAMChallenge 2024
5. WIA: Peeking Underground With Giant Flying Antennas
6. WIA: The Fun That's Ham Radio Winlink Has The Final Word
7. Japanese AM Broadcast Stations Begin Suspensions
8. ARRL: ARRL Systems Service Disruption Update
9. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Is Two Weeks Away, Free Shipping on Field Day Merch
10. ARRL: HAM RADIO 2024 International Amateur Radio Exhibition Will Be Held June 28-30 In Friedrichshafen
11. ARRL: ARRL Affiliated Club In MS Donates 3D Printer, Books, To Local Library
12. ARRL: The 13 Colonies Special Event Is Announced
13. AMSAT Is On The Receiving End Of Project OSCAR Shutdown and Assumes Satellite Duties
14. Parks On The Air Sweeps Across Puerto Rico
15. Summits On The Air Explodes Across The EU
16. STEM Amateur Radio Club Launches Radio Equipped Balloon
17. Special Delivery From The Moon Is Underway
18. Boeing's Starliner Successfully Docks With The Space Station After Challenging Rendezvous
19. International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend Registration Heats Up
20. Orlando HamCation Now Accepting 2025 Award Nominees
21. Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Area Conventions and HamFests Listing
22. International Style On-Foot T-Hunt Wraps Up In California
23. ARRL: FCC opens comments about Coronal Mass Ejections communications impacts
24. ARRL: How to find a Field Day Site
25. ARRL: Section Manager Election results
26. ARRL: The ARRL Foundation announces the return of the club grant program for 2024
27. ARRL: The 2024 ARRL Kids Day event will take place June 15th and June 22-23, 2024
28. FCC: FCC Chairman proposes new rules for accidental space explosion risks
29. ARRL: June 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 talk about the "ARRL Incident of May 2024"
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill begins a four part series on the history of several legacy radio companies. This week, Bill begins with an in depth look at The National Radio Company.
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Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news.
You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X!
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1318 - Full Version
Release Date: June 1, 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, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:57:44
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1318
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: Project OSCAR Discontinues Operations, Donates Remaining Funds to AMSAT
2. WIA: Happy 99th Birthday To The South African Radio League
3. WIA: WSJT-X SuperFox Mode Is Announced
4. ARRL: ARRL Volunteer Examination Coordinator Services Update During Systems Disruption
5. ARRL: Solar Activity Significantly Affecting The Ionosphere and Propagation
6. ARRL: FCC Opens Comments About Coronal Mass Ejection Communications Impacts
7. ARRL: How To Find A Field Day Site
8. ARRL: Section Manager Election Results
9. ARRL: Cliff Ahrens, K0CA, Former ARRL Midwest Division Director, Silent Key
10. ARRL: SEA-PAC Hosting ARRL Northwestern Division Convention May 31st through June 2nd
11. ARRL: The ARRL Foundation Announces The Return Of The Club Grant Program For 2024
12. ARRL: The 2024 ARRL Kids Day Event Will Take Place June 15th and June 22nd and 23rd
13. CQ: 2024 CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
14. HamCation Accepting 2025 Award Nominations
15. India Experiences First Major Cyclone Of 2024, Amateurs Were Ready
16. Renovation Is The Keyword As Radio Caroline Plans Improvements
17. Operators In New Zealand Warm Up For Their Straight Key Night
18. Innovative Antenna Design and Its Military Potential Sees Engineer Suing An Ex-Employer
19. Amateurs Donate A "Shack" To A Non-Profit Campground In Missouri
20. A Couple Of Amateur Radio News Shorts From All Over
21. Ham Exemption Restored To Pennsylvania Hands Free Law - CW Going Mobile
22. FCC: FCC Chairman Proposes New Rules For Accidental Space Explosion Risk
23. June Volunteer Monitor Report
24. Upcoming Hamfests and Upcoming Conventions
25. AMSAT: AMSAT At Hamvention
26. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention Hosted at Dayton Hamvention Concludes
27. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Youth Rally A Success at Dayton Hamvention
28. WWVB Operating At Reduced Power Due To Antenna Damage
29. Omnispace and Starlink Battle Over Frequency Coordination and Interference
30. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention a Success
31. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention Forums Available On YouTube
32. ARRL: International Amateur Radio Union Elections Recap
33. ARRL: Dayton Hamvention Attendance Is Announced and a New Record Is Set
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 discuss the origins of our amateur radio bands.
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests, and more..
* Weekly Propagation and Solar Weather Forecast from the ARRL.
* Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to explore the history of amateur radio repeaters in part two of this special report.
* SPECIAL REPORT: From the just concluded Dayton Hamvention, we will hear a talk given by Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH ARRL Volunteer Monitor Program Administrator at the 2024 Dayton Hamvention during the Good Operators and Interference Forum.
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Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news.
You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X!
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1317 - Full Version
Release Date: May 25, 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, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:29:11
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1317
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT At Hamvention
2. AMSAT: Lost and Found: Missing Satellite Rediscovered
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention Hosted at Dayton Hamvention Concludes
5. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Youth Rally A Success at Dayton Hamvention
6. ARRL: ARRL Headquarters Based Computer Systems Fall To Hackers
7. Right To Repair Law For Electronics To Debut In California
8. WWVB Operating At Reduced Power Due To Antenna Damage
9. Omnispace and Starlink Battle Over Frequency Coordination and Interference
10. Theresa Cruz Aniceto DW3TRZ SK
11. World Cup Cricket Tournament Is Seeking Amateur Radio Operators
12. Leo McHugh EI8BR, CW Mentor SK
13. Permit Is Granted For USA Radio Orienteering Event
14. Youth Operators To Be Featured In Rotuma DXpedition
15. Two Amateur Radio Projects Receive Software Awards
16. Radio Caroline, Britain's Pirate Radio Station Broadcasting From Sea, Turns 60 Years Strong
17. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention a Success
18. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention Forums Available On YouTube
19. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day is One Month Away!
20. ARRL: International Amateur Radio Union Elections Recap
21. Northeast HamXposition and ARRL New England Division Convention announced a major addition to its program
22. Two dozen amateur radio groups will be activating different parks in and around Puerto Rico on May 26, 2024.
23. Beginning June 1, 2024, amateur radio clubs will activate special event stations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
24. ARRL Contest sheet and upcoming hamfests and conventions
25. FCC: FCC Votes To Reestablishes Net Neutrality Rules
26. AMSAT: 2024 AMSAT Board of Directors Election β Call for Nominations
27. WIA: Researchers Say Satellite May Imperil The Earth's Magnetosphere
28. FCC: FCC Launches New Spectrum Steering Team To Implement White House National Spectrum Policy
29. US National Weather Service Suggests Amateurs Prepare For Upcoming Hurricane Season
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 discuss The Nature Of Inspiration
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests, and more..
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes us all aboard The Wayback Machine to look at Part One of his series on the History of Amateur Radio Repeaters.
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You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1316 - Full Version
Release Date: May 18, 2024
Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:27:01
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1316
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. FCC: FCC Votes To Reestablishes Net Neutrality Rules
2. Engineers Embrace Repair Culture As New Law Takes Shape In California
3. AMSAT: 2024 AMSAT Board of Directors Election β Call for Nominations
4. AMSAT: Wanted: Your AO-7 Experiences and Memories
5. AMSAT: AMSAT Ambassador Program Re-Introduced at Hamvention
6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
7. WIA: Researchers Say Satellite May Imperil The Earth's Magnetosphere
8. FCC: FCC Launches New Spectrum Steering Team To Implement White House National Spectrum Policy
9. Solar Storms β Not HAARP β Created Recent Intense Auroral Display
10. Solar Storms Cause Widespread Aurura and Shuts Down HF Communications World Wide
11. US National Weather Service Suggests Amateurs Prepare For Upcoming Hurricane Season
12. Annual Earhart Special Event To Also Honor Local Silent Key In Ireland
13. New Plaque Installed Outside VOA Museum Honors Amateur
14. Hams In India Hold First Of Its Kind Disaster Drill
15. Amateur Radio Software Award Goes To OpenWebRX Project
16. ARRL: The 2024 Dayton HamVention is underway!
17. ARRL: Solar Storms, result in world wide auroras, and disruptions to HF and Satellite Communications
18. ARRL: The 2024 Museum Ships Weekend is announced
19. ARRL: 80th Anniversary of D-Day special event stations announce operation plans
20. ARRL: Upcoming events in Radio Sport and upcoming conventions and hamfests
21. AMSAT: NASA reveals SpaceX's innovative plan for Starship refueling in orbit
22. ARRL: ARRL Learning Center features two new Emergency Communications Training Courses
23. ARRL: ARRL Volunteers obtain ham exemption to Pennsylvania Hands Free Law
24. ARRL: International Museum Weekend will take place June 15/16 and 22/23
25. ARRL: Dick Rutan, KB6LQS record setting pilot has become a silent key
26. ARRL: Fair Radio Sales - Electronic Military Surplus Store is officially closing on June 28th
27. One year anniversary in orbit is celebrated by a pico balloon
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 discuss "Automatic FM DX Decoding."
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* 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 early 1920's as he presents this latest edition entitled, Aerials, Attachments, and Audibility. A close up look at Wires, Gaps, and phones.
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You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X!
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1315 - Full Version
Release Date: May 11, 2024
Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zitell, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:27:25
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1315
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: Changβe-6 Successfully Launches: Chinaβs Historic Lunar Mission Begins
2. AMSAT: NASA Reveals SpaceXβs Innovative Plan For Starship Refueling In Orbit
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. ARRL Learning Center Features Two New Emergency Communication Training Courses
5. ARRL: Focus On Public Safety Relationship Building At The 2024 ARRL National Convention
6. ARRL: ARRL Volunteers Obtain Ham Exemption To Pennsylvania Handsfree Law
7. ARRL: YL Summits On The Air Event Queens Of The Mountain Coming Up
8. ARRL: International Museums Weekends 2024 Will Take Place June 15 - 16 and 22 - 23
9. ARRL: Dick Rutan, KB6LQS, Record Setting Pilot, Has Become A Silent Key
10. ARRL: Fair Radio Sales, Electronic Military Surplus Store In Lima, Ohio, Officially Closing On June 28th, 2024
11. GreenCube Satellite Saved BY AMSAT Italia
12. Successful Bluetooth Connection With A Satellite Announced
13. HamVention Weekend To Feature TAPR, D-STAR and The Voice of America
14. One Year Anniversary In Orbit For A Pico Balloon
15. Trafficked Woman In India Is Returned Thanks To Amateur Radio
16. Tuskegee Airmen To Be Honored By New York Special Event
17. HamSci To Showcase Eclipse Findings During HamVention
18. Upcoming Radio Sport Contests and Conventions
19. Drone Maker DJI is facing a possible ban in the United States
20. ARRL: CQ Publisher Dick Ross K2MGA has become a silent key
21. ARRL: Students to promote collegiate amateur radio at the 2024 ARRL National Convention at HamVention
22. ARRL: Changes announced in the ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section
23. ARRL: Amateur Radio is ready for the upcoming severe storms and tornado season
24. ARRL: FCC is seeking to hire people for the role of Electronics Engineer Field Agent in the Los Angeles area
25. Proposed distracted driving law in Pennsylvania has amateur radio operators there concerned
26. KOTA: Kids On The Air - Newly formed organization to makes its national debut at the upcoming HamVention
27. ARRL: ARRL Field Day Swag is now available
28. FCC: FCC Volunteer Monitor Program 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, asks if your shack has a place for everything, and everything in its place.
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the late seventies and early 1980's where we find WARC-79 coming to an end with hams on top as they keep all of their current bands and receive additional allocations at 10, 18, and 24 MegaHertz. And the FCC approves ASCII on the amateur bands.
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Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news.
You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X!
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1314 - Full Version
Release Date: May 4, 2024
Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savocool, K2SAV, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:35:21
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1314
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. Microwaves In The News
2. Drone Maker DJI Facing A Possible Ban In The United States
3. AMSAT: AO-109 Re-Enters Earths Atmosphere
4. AMSAT: Robusta-3A With Store & Forward Repeater Scheduled For Launch
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
6. WIA: SiOTA - Silos On The Air
7. ARRL: CQ Magazine Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA, SK
8. ARRL: Students Promote Collegiate Amateur Radio At The 2024 ARRL National Convention At Dayton Hamvention
9. ARRL: MFJ Ceasing On-Site Production
10. ARRL: Changes In The ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section
11. ARRL: Storms and Tornadoes: Amateur Radio Ready
12. ARRL: High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program HAARP To Conduct New Research Campaign
13. ARRL: FCC Is Seeking To Hire Two People For The Role Of Electronics Engineer Field Agent In Los Angeles
14. Laser Transmission Hits Earth From 140 Million Miles Away, But It's Not Aliens
15. Proposed Distracted Driving Law Worries Hams In Pennsylvania
16. FCC Charging Six With Radio Piracy Proposes $850K In Fines
17. John Hays, K7VE Outreach Manager For Amateur Radio Digital Communications/ARDC - SK
18. On The Air "RagChew" Made History 100 Years Ago
19. Jarvis Island N5J DxPedition Welcome Veteran Operator
20. HamVention Debut Of Kids On The Air Coming Up
21. AMSAT: AMSAT Italia Enters Into the Ownership of IO-117 GreenCube Satellite
22. ARRL Field Day Training Sessions for Field Day Public Information Officers
23. Radio Sport: Upcoming contests and area conventions / hamfests
24. Monthly Volunteer Monitor Report
25. AMSAT: AMSAT Engineering Team is powering up for HamVention
26. Voyager One is now transmitting viable data once again via NASA's Deep Space Communications Network
27. ARRL: The ARRL announces that Field Day 2024 merchandise is now available
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 take a look at the origins of the International Amateur Radio Union, IARU.
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* The late Bill Continelli, W2XOY with The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1978 where we find the FCC very busy banning 23 Channel CB Transceivers while hams buy them up and convert them to 10 meters. The FCC bans all RF amplifiers covering 27 to 30 MegaHertz, and in May of '78, technicians finally get access to all of 2 and 6 meters.
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Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news.
You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X!
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1313 - Full Version
Release Date: April 27, 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 Hulcik, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, William Savocool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:56:03
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1313
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: Nine US Schools Moved Forward In ARISS Contact Selection Process
2. AMSAT: AMSAT Engineering Team Powering Up For Hamvention
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. WIA: Washington Tasks NASA To Come Up With A Lunar Centric Time System
5. ARRL: MFJ To Cease On Site Production Next Month
6. ARRL: T-Minus Three Weeks: 2024 ARRL National Convention At Hamvention
7. ARRL: Colorado Students Contact The International Space Station
8. ARRL: Amateur Radio Contact In Space And On The Ground
9. ARRL: National Voice Of America Museum of Broadcasting Will Be Open During Dayton Hamvention Weekend
10. ARRL: Youth On The Air Is Accepting Donations Of Eclipse Glasses
11. ARRL: National World War One Museum In Kansas Missouri To Activate Special Event Station
12. Voyager One Transmitting Data Again Via Deep Space Network Station 43
13. Santa Barbara California Radio Club Finds Itself Homeless
14. US Congress To Reopen Debate About AM Radios Future In Cars
15. Early Eclipse Data Released By HamSci - Time Signals Affected By Eclipse
16. Wireless Institute of Australia Annual Meeting And Radio Convention
17. SOS Radio Week In Coming Up
18. Amateurs In India Assist In The Nations Elections
19. FCC votes to restore Net Neutrality Rules
20. ARRL Field Day Supplies now available
21. Big Bear California Mini-HamCation is coming up
22. ARRL Radio Sport Listings and Upcoming conventions and hamfests
23. AMSAT: Trash From The ISS May Have Hit A House In Florida
24. WIA: What Is The State Of Broadcast Radio In The United States Today?
25. ARRL: Going The Extra Mile - Amateur Radio Connects all 26.2 Miles Of The Boston Marathon
26. ARRL: Ham Radio 2024 Messe Friedrichshaven - Celebrating 60 Years Of Islands On The Air
27. ARRL: Start Your Field Day Planning Today
28. ARRL: Club Grant Program To Return
29. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention At Dayton Hamvention -- Program and App Available
30. ARRL: Armed Forces Day Crossband Test May 11, 2024
31. ARRL: Special Event W7G To Celebrate The 155th Anniversary Of The Driving Of The Golden Spike
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 you how to successfully weave amateur radio into your lifestyle
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and this week Bill completes his look back at the 2023 World of DX.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Will Rogers K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio History. Our amateur radio historian Will Rogers, K5WLR will be here with an expanded edition of A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us in The Wayback Machine to the early days of radio to take a quick look at the technical writing of the time, and a comprehensive look at Spark. What was it? And how did it work?
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Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news.
You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X!
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1312 - Full Version
Release Date: April 20, 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 Hulcik, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, William Savocool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:59:59
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1312
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. NEWS: Famous Pittsburgh Inventor (You Probably Havenβt Heard Of) Celebrates 150th Birthday
2. AMSAT: NASA Astronaut Loral OβHara, Crewmates Return From International Space Station
3. AMSAT: New NASA Strategy Envisions Sustainable Future For Space Operations
4. AMSAT: Trash From The ISS May Have Hit A House In Florida
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
6. WIA: What Is The State Of Broadcast Radio In The United States Today?
7. BOSTON: Going The Extra Mile - Amateur Radio Connects all 26.2 Miles Of The Boston Marathon
8. ARRL: New England QSO Party β 2024
9. ARRL: Ham Radio 2024 Messe Friedrichshafen - Celebrating 60 Years Of Islands On The Air
10. ARRL: Start Your Field Day Planning Today
11. ARRL: Club Grant Program To Return
12. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention At Dayton Hamvention -- Program and App Available
13. ARRL: Armed Forces Day Crossband Test May 11, 2024
14. ARRL: Special Event W7G To Celebrate The 155th Anniversary Of The Driving Of The Golden Spike
15. ARRL: Students In Marietta, Georgia, Hold An Amateur Radio Contact With The International Space Station
16. Bouvet Dxpedition Is Reassessed And Put On Hold
17. Silent Keys: Elpidio "Pete" Cobian, N6VJD, and Larry Staples, WΓAIB
18. Oregon Amateur Radio Simulated Crisis Draws A Large Response
19. The Courage Handi-Ham Systems Celebrates 57 Years
20. SOS Radio Week Coming Up
21. ARRL Contest Sheet and Upcoming Convention Listings
22. AMSAT: AMSAT Seeks Volunteers To Assist With 2024 Hamvention AMSAT Booth
23. WIA: Belgium Proposes Restriction To The 23 Centimeter Band
24. ARRL: Amateur Radio Saves Family In Death Valley National Park
25. ARRL: Active Hurricane Season Predicted For 2024
26. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute On Wireless Technology Applications Due Before May 1st
27. ARRL: Recipients Of The 2023 Cass Awards Have Been Announced
28. Hytera Radios Banned From Sales In The United States
29. NASA Locates Faulty Memory Chip That Is Garbling Voyager's Data Transmissions
30. Violent Windstorm Takes Down West Virginia Broadcast Towers
31. Spanish Amateurs Receive Privileges On The 8 Meter Band (40mHz)
32. AMSAT: 2024 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet At Hamvention To Be Held Friday May 17th
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 that RF is all around us. And how to start your own station's frequency survey.
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more. Expanded Edition
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to 1977 when the FCC was backlogged with over 500,000 11 meter license applications per month. And when in print, it was charged that the Commission was staffed by Ham Radio Henchmen who conspired with the the then 300,000 hams to keep nine million 11 meter operators from acquiring expanded frequencies.
* SPECIAL FEATURE: The microphone world has never been quite the same since the late Bob Heil, K9EID discovered what was missing in modern-day mics, putting the audio world on it virtual ear decades ago. We will here from Bob as he wraps up his three part talk he entitled Facts About Microphones.
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Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news.
You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X!
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1311 - Full Version
Release Date: April 13, 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, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, William Savacool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:58:13
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1311
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT Seeks Volunteers To Assist With 2024 Hamvention AMSAT Booth
2. AMSAT: ESA Unveils Proba-3 Mission: Artificial Solar Eclipses On Demand
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. WIA: Belgium Proposes Restriction To The 23 Centimeter Band
5. ARRL: Ham Radio Active During Eclipse - An Overview
6. ARRL: Amateur Radio Saves Family In Death Valley National Park
7. ARRL: Active Hurricane Season Predicted For 2024
8. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute On Wireless Technology Applications Due Before May 1st
9. ARRL: World Amateur Radio Day 2024 Coming Up April 18th
10. ARRL: Courage Kenny Handiham Program To Celebrate Its 57th Anniversary
11. ARRL: Nashua Area Radio Society Will Be Holding An Online Ham Bootcamp
12. ARRL: Recipients Of The 2023 Cass Awards Have Been Announced
13. Hytera Radios Banned From Sales In The United State
14. NASA Locates Faulty Memory Chip That Is Garbling Voyagers Data Transmissions
15. GNU Radio Conference Is Seeking Presenters
16. Violent Windstorm Takes Down West Virginia Broadcast Towers
17. Omik Scholarship Fund Appication Deadline Approaching
18. Researchers Develop Three Dimensional Filters For Wireless
19. Spanish Amateurs Receive Privileges On The 8 Meter Band (40mHz)
20. AMSAT: 2024 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet At Hamvention To Be Held Friday May 17th
21. ARRL Upcoming Contest Sheet and Convention Listing
22. FCC: FCCβs Pirate Hunt Leads Field Agents To New Yorkβs Hudson Valley
23. FCC: FCC Set To Vote To Restore Net Neutrality Rules This Month
24. ARDC: M17 Announces New Open Source Hardware For Amateur Radio Enthusiasts
25. ARRL: Register Now For The 2024 ARRL Youth Rally
26. ARRL: ARRL Seeking Applicants For Assistant Education and Learning Manager
27. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Poster Released
28. ARRL: ARRL Resumes Accepting Life Membership Applications
29. Baltimore Bridge Disaster Puts Local Amateurs On Alert
30. The Importance Of Amateur Radio Is Highlighted During Storm Related Network Outage
31. Candidates Prepare For Germany's New Amateur License
32. World's First Canadian Century Club Winner Is A New York Amateur
33. Monthly Volunteer Monitoring 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 hear with a talk he entitled "It's all just text".
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. Bill takes us on an adventure to look at the rarest of amateur radio atmospheric phenomenon...that would be Long Delayed Echoes.
* SPECIAL FEATURE: The microphone world has never been quite the same since the late Bob Heil, K9EID discovered what was missing in modern-day mics, putting the audio world on it virtual ear decades ago. We will here from Bob in this part two of a three part talk he entitled Facts About Microphones.
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Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news.
You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1310 - Full Version
Release Date: April 6, 2024
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, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savocool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:36:08
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1310
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. FCC: FCCβs Pirate Hunt Leads Field Agents To New Yorkβs Hudson Valley
2. FCC: FCC Set To Vote To Restore Net Neutrality Rules This Month
3. ARDC: M17 Announces New Open Source Hardware For Amateur Radio Enthusiasts
4. AMSAT: AMSAT-DL Proposes Next Generation GEO/MEO Amateur Radio Payload
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
6. FCC: FCC Looks At cell phone Satellite Access To Satellites From Foreign Countries
7. WIA: Weird and Wonderful - A Martian Tale
8. ARRL: Ham Radio's Many Roles During The Solar Eclipse - PART ONE
9. ARRL: Ham Radio's Many Roles During The Solar Eclipse - PART TWO
10. ARRL: Register Now For The 2024 ARRL Youth Rally
11. ARRL: ARRL Seeking Applicants For Assistant Education and Learning Manager
12. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Poster Released
13. ARRL: ARRL Resumes Accepting Life Membership Applications
14. ARRL: The National Trail Amateur Radio Club Commemorates Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
15. The Annual 13 Colonies Special Event Organizers Are Looking For Amateur Radio Volunteers
16. Baltimore Bridge Disaster Puts Local Amateurs On Alert
17. The Importance Of Amateur Radio Is Highlighted During Storm Related Network Outage
18. Candidates Prepare For Germany's New Amateur License
19. Voice Of America Museum Will Have Expanded Hours During HamVention
20. Expected Traffic Jams At Eclipse Epicenter Will Be Assisted By Amateurs
21. Northern California DX Foundation Funds Upcoming Jarvis Island DxPedition
22. World's First Canadian Century Club Winner Is A New York Amateur
23. New Jersey Amateurs Emergency Response Role Is Recognized
24. World Autism Awareness Day Special Event
25. ARRL Contest Sheet and Upcoming Conventions and HamFest
26. AMSAT: AMSAT-NA Prepares For HamVention 2024
27. WIA: New Zealand Amateurs Will Be Keeping Portions Of The 3.3 GigaHertz Band
28. FCC: FCC Pushes Back On SpaceX's Request For More StarLink Spectrum
29. ARRL: Amateur Radios Importance Is Highlighted At The National Hurricane Conference
30. ARRL: World Amateur Radio Day Is Coming Up On April 18th, 2024
31. Relabeling Of Parks On The Air Global Parks Is Complete. China Returns To Parks On The Air
32. Online Retailers Sale Of Illegal Jammers Make National Network News
Plus these Special Features This Week:
* Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Satellite Report with news on all the satellites in orbit.
* Australia's own Onno Benschop VK6FLAB with Foundations of Amateur Radio asks if you are ready for a Global Party.
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
* Will Rogers, K5WLR will be here with an extended look back in amateur radio history, with a special edition of 'A Century of Amateur Radio'. This week, Will takes The Wayback Machine back to look at the early editions of QST, with an article he calls, 'Humor, Poetry, and Rotten Rants'.
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Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news.
You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X!
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1309 - Full Version
Release Date: March 30, 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, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:59:44
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1309
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT Prepares For Hamvention 2024
2. AMSAT: METEOR M2-4 Meteorology Satellite Readying For Operation
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. WIA: New Zealand Amateurs Keep Partial Access To 3.3 GigaHertz Band
5. WIA: YASME Foundation Presents Supporting Grants and Awards
6. FCC: FCC Pushes Back On SpaceX's Request For More Starlink Spectrum
7. ARRL: Amateur Radio's Importance Highlighted at National Hurricane Conference
8. ARRL: World Amateur Radio Day Is April 18th, 2024
9. ARRL: Reminder: Solar Eclipse April 8th, 2024
10. ARRL: New Training Course Offered By The ARRL Puerto Rico Section
11. ARRL: Blind Operator, Tower Climber, and SE Repeater Association President Wade Hampton Jr. K4ITL, SK
12. Relabeling Of Parks On The Air Global Parks Is Complete, China Returns To POTA
13. Online Retailers Sale Of Illegal Jammers Make Network News
14. Simplex Operation Resilience Is Tested By Pennsylvania's Skywarn Team
15. Comet Hunting Amateur Is Honored By NASA's SunGrazer Program
16. Grant Program Expands Islands On The Air Program To More Locations
17. Adam Farson, VA7OJ/AB7OJ, HamVention 2022 Award Winner, SK
18. Weekend Workshop For Citizen Scientists Held By HamSci
19. Emmy Award Presented To The FCC Spectrum Auction Program
20. NASA: NASA to Launch Sounding Rockets Into Moonβs Shadow During Solar Eclipse
21. NASA: NASA Is Accepting Applications For Astronauts
22. Upcoming Contests and HamFest Convention Listing
23. FCC: FCC proposes framework to ease satellite to smartphone coverage from space
24. ARRL: FCC to require two factor authentication for CORES users
25. ARRL: Get ready for the upcoming 2024 ARRL National Convention and Youth Rally - Part One
26. ARRL: Get ready for the upcoming 2024 ARRL National Convention and Youth Rally - Part Two
27. Parks On The Air begins park prefix update
28. Last Low Power broadcast FM frequency allocation in San Francisco is assigned
Plus these Special Features This Week:
* Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, will be here to talk about keyboards.
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News
* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will look at the question "What's With All That Lack Of Noise?"
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to August 15th, 1952 when the FCC confirmed the new temporary amateur radio service they entitled RACES, The Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service.
* The Facts About Microphones - Part One of a three-part interview conducted by Hap Holly, KC9RP with the late Bob Heil, K9EID, for the Classic RAIN Report.
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Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news.
You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X!
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1308 - Full Version
Release Date: March 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, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savocool, K2SAV, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:45:10
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1308
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: Starship Lifts Off On Third Test Flight
2. AMSAT: NASAβs SpaceX Crew-7 Finishes Mission, Returns to Earth
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. FCC: FCC Proposes Framework To Ease Satellite-To-Smartphone Supplemental Coverage From Space
5. Stay Tuned β New Radio Station Coming To Wilmington Ohio
6. ARRL: FCC To Require Two-Factor Authentication For CORES Users
7. ARRL: Get Ready For The 2024 ARRL National Convention and Youth Rally - PART ONE
8. ARRL: Get Ready For The 2024 ARRL National Convention and Youth Rally - PART TWO
9. ARRL: International Marconi Day April 27th 2024
10. ARRL: The 2024 Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers Western Conference Will Be Held In Dallas, Texas
11. ARRL: The Third Annual Lewis and Clark Trail On The Air Event Is Coming Up June 1-16, 2024
12. Parks On The Air Begins Park Prefix Updates
13. Radio Network Convention To Be Hosted By Radio Society of Sri Lanka
14. HAREC License Examinations To Be Offered By The Irish Radio Transmitters Society
15. FCC Action Adopts Rules For Cellular CONUS Satellite Coverage / Questions Security Threats Via Satellite
16. Last Low Power Broadcast FM Frequency In San Francisco Is Assigned
17. Upcoming DxPedition Will Also Be A Mock Disaster Drill
18. Celebrated QRP'er Dieter Gentzow, W8DIZ - SK
19. Germany's Amateur Radio Regulations Celebrate 75th Year
20. Upcoming ARRL Contest and Convention Listing
21. IARU/RAC: World Amateur Radio Day theme is announced
22. ARRL: Amateur Radio stands ready to support eclipse operations
23. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Theme is announced: "Be Radio Active"
24. ARRL: Dayton HamVention Award Winners are announced
25. DARC: New N Class license holders in Germany will receive DN9 callsigns
26. Space Junk from the ISS re-enters Earth's atmosphere without a problem
27. Orlando HamCation sets new attendance record
28. FCC: FCC has finally decreed that 25/3 is not broadband speed anymore
Plus these Special Features This Week:
* Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, talks about old computers in his studio, he will answer the question, "Are Solid State Drives Reliable?", and asks if your new smart TV is spying on you.
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News
* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, talks about "The Skyhook Dilemma".
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. Bill returns with a long lost Ancient Amateur Archive segment that travels back to the Cold War era, and takes a look at the old Emergency Notification System known as CONELRAD.
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Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news.
You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X!
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1307 - Full Version
Release Date: March 16, 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, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savocool, K2SAV, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:42:41
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1307
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. SPACEX: SpaceX Transporter 10 Successfully Launches Over Fifty Satellites
2. AMSAT: Vostochny Spaceport Sends Meteor-M2-4 Weather Satellite Into Orbit
3. AMSAT: NASAβs SpaceX Crew-8 Launches To International Space Station
4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
5. FCC: Two US Politicians Propose Legislation To Restore FCC Spectrum Auctions
6. FCC: FCC Clears SpaceX To Use E-Band For Starlink Capacity Improvements
7. IARU: World Amateur Radio Day Theme Announced By The International Amateur Radio Union
8. ARRL: Amateur Radio Stands Ready To Support Eclipse Operations
9. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Theme: Be 'Radio Active'
10. ARRL: Dayton Hamvention 2024 Award Winners Are Announced
11. ARRL: The 2024 Baker to Vegas Race Is Set To Run On March 23 and 24
12. New N Class License Holders In Germany Will Receive DN9 Callsigns
13. New Small Satellite Has Amateur Radio Aboard
14. Space Junk From The ISS Re-Enters Earth's Atmosphere Without A Problem
15. Landlords Are Charged By The FCC For Supporting Radio Piracy
16. YASME Foundation Grants and Awards Are Presented
17. Islands On The Air Chaser Honor Roll Is Published
18. 2009 Dayton Hamvention Amateur Of The Year Danny Hampton, SK
19. Orlando HamCation Sets New Attendance Record
20. Hams In Halifax North Carolina Resolve Upcoming Special Event Station
21. Canadian Amateur Radio Club Will Hold Unique Special Event Station
22. Upcoming Conventions and select Contests from the ARRL Contest Calendar
23. ARRL: FCC Announces Job Opportunities For Recent Engineering Graduates
24. ARRL: National Council Of Volunteer Examiners Removes One General Class Question
25. Australia's new amateur licensing system expands overseas hams privileges
26. Luxembourg adds a new class of license for entry level operators
27. Islands On The Air celebrate its 60th anniversary with the theme of Friedrichshafen
28. Amateur Radio Digital Communications sets April 1st deadline for grant applications
29. Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report
Plus these Special Features This Week:
* Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, will talk about how you can stay safe online when using free open wifi connections.
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News
* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will talk about "Technology At Its Finest"
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Will Rogers, K5WLR returns with another edition of A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1915 for an amateur radio journey entitled "A Patriotic and Dignified Effort".
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Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news.
You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X!
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1306 - Full Version
Release Date: March 9, 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, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Eric Zitell, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:38:14
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1306
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. The man who defined the sound of live rock 'n' roll music and brought audio engineering principles into mainstream amateur radio use, Doctor Bob Heil, K9EID, has passed away at the age of 83. We will have the details
2. AMSAT: ARISS 40th Anniversary Celebration Held at Kennedy Space Center
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. NASA: NASA Has Opened The Call For A Simulated Yearlong Mars Mission
5. ICASA: From The Land Of The Free To The Land Of The Fees
6. WIA: New Zealand Launches A Demonstration Satellite To Clean Up Space Junk
7. FCC: The FCC Puts More East Coast Broadcast Pirates In Its Sights
8. IARU: World Amateur Radio Day Coming Up
9. ARRL: FCC Job Opportunity For Recent Engineering Graduates
10. ARRL: Solar Eclipse Is One Month Away, Get Involved Now
11. ARRL: Bob Vallio, W6RGG, Named ARRL Honorary Vice President
12. ARRL: Pi Day Is On The Menu For Amateur Radio On March 14, 2024
13. ARRL: National Council of Volunteer Examiners Remove One General Class Question
14. Transfering Wireless Power Via Infrared
15. Australia's New Amateur Licensing System Expands Overseas Hams Privileges
16. Amateurs Assist By Getting Medicine To Rail Passenger
17. Luxembourg Adds A New Class Of License For Entry Level Operators
18. IOTA/Islands On The Air 60th Anniversary Selects Friedrichshafen Theme
19. Amateur Radio Digital Communications Sets April First Deadline For Grant Applications
20. Helicopter On MARS Is Retired By NASA
21. Amateurs Needed Worldwide For Autism Awareness Week Special Event
22. Monthly Volunteer Monitor Report
23. Upcoming Contests and Conventions From The League
24. FCC: FCC approves 6 gigahertz wifi management system
25. ARRL: Preparation underway across the US for the spring severe weather season
26. NASA: US Lunar Lander is functioning despite landing issues
27. FCC: FCC Honors program is seeking engineering applicants
28. FCC: A Cybercriminal Group Built A Duplicate Webpage Used By FCC Employees To Validate Credentials
Plus these Special Features This Week:
* Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, tells us that millenials have discovered what they are calling a TV hack, a fantastic new discovery...free TV..Over The Air...and talks about new viruses circulating on the net.
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News
* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will talk about "The Art Of Finding An Operating Location, and spontaneously going out in the field to make some noise."
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, we board The Wayback Machine for a trip back to 1962 when the hot words in amateur radio circles was "OSCAR" and TELSTAR. An it was the year that the FCC first proposed licensing fees.
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You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1305 - Full Version
Release Date: March 2, 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, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zitell, KD2RJX, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:39:56
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1305
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. Amateur Radio and Audio Innovator Bob Heil, K9EID, SK
2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
3. FCC: FCC Moves To Add 13 New Languages To Emergency Alert System On Radio
4. ARRL: HAARP Needs Ham Help
5. ARRL: Preparation Underway For Severe Spring Weather
6. ARRL: Young Ladies Radio League Celebrates International Women's Day With Special Event
7. ARRL: Amateur Radio Operators Celebrate Launch Of USS Midway
8. ARRL: HamSci First Festival of Eclipse Ionospheric Science Event Results Announced
9. FCC: FCC Chair Announces Missing and Endangered Persons Alert Code To Emergency Alert System
10. US Lunar Lander Is Functioning Despite Landing Issues
11. Amateur Radio on the ISS Celebrates 40 Years Of Ham Radio In Space
12. Indian Island DxPedition Draws Attention To Cyclone Caused Problems
13. AMSAT Announces FunCube Will Be Silent Though Mid-March
14. FCC Honors Program Is Seeking Engineering Applicants
15. Older Starlink Satellites Are Scheduled For De-orbiting
16. Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum Station Back On The Air
17. FCC: FCC Approves 6 GigaHertz Wi-Fi Management Systems
18. Upcoming ARRL Conventions and HamFest Listing
19. RAC: Potential exists for Canada To Ban SDR devices
20. ARRL: Amateur radio operators needed for help with the upcoming solar eclipse project
21. ARRL: Winter Section Manager election results announced
22. ARRL: World Amateur Radio Day theme is chosen
23. New amateur radio regulations go into effect in Australia
24. New amateur radio regulations go into effect in the United Kingdom
Plus these Special Features This Week:
* Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, talks about new FCC regulations to keep robo-calls off your cellphone, and that the FCC has taken a positive step on net neutrality
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News
* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will talk amateur radio operators getting things done...or not.
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes us in The Wayback Machine to 1958 when the key word was satellites. And he will look at other actions taking place on the ham bands in the late 1950's.
* RAIN Report, will present a talk given by the late Bob Heil, K9EID, who will talk about ham radioβs influence on his music and audio careers.
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Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news.
You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X!
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1304 - Full Version
Release Date: February 24, 2024
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, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Mike LaFountain, KE2AWY, Eric Zitell, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:50:22
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1304
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: SpaceX Delays Crew-8 Astronaut Launch to Make Way for Private Moon Mission
2. AMSAT: Upcoming Rideshare Launch to Include Amateur Payloads
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. RAC: Potential for Canada to Ban SDR Devices
5. WIA: 100 New DAB+ Transmitters On The Air Across France
6. WIA: New Summits On The Air Group Is Growing For West Malaysian Hams
7. TECH: Anywhere There's A Camera, Now There Is A New Security Risk
8. ARRL: Line Up And Sign Up Club Activity To Generate Club Funds
9. ARRL: Amateur Radio Operators Needed For Help With Solar Eclipse Project
10. ARRL: Winter Season Section Manager Election Results
11. ARRL: Former Vice Director Of The ARRL Hudson Division, Bill Hudzik, W2UDT, Silent Key
12. ARRL: 105th Anniversary Of The American Legion To Be Celebrated With A Special Event Station
13. ARRL: World Amateur Radio Day Theme Is Chosen
14. Girl Scouts Contact The ISS / The ISS Digipeater Is Back On The Air
15. New Amateur Radio Regulations Are Now In Effect In The United Kingdom
16. FOLLOW UP: Lingering Questions Surround Missing Radio Tower
17. New Amateur Radio Regulations Now In Effect In Australia
18. VHF Repeater Abilities Tested During Indian DxPedition
19. Trained Skywarn Weather Spotters Needed For Upcoming Hurricane Season
20. ISS Crew 8 Astronauts Delayed By Launch Of Lunar Lander
21. Amateur Radio Software Award Honors The Innovative Spirit
22. Award Honors DX Century Club Elmers
23. Why Was The Eiffel Tower Kept?
24. SCI: Earth Has Received Power Beamed From A Satellite In Space For The First Time
25. ARRL: Senators Wicker & Blumenthal Introduce S.3690 To Eliminate Private Land Use Restrictions on AR
26. RAC: Barrie Crampton, VE3BSB, appointed to Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame
27. ARRL: Amateur Radio As An Educational Tool Represented To Policymakers In Washington DC
28. ARRL: Highlights From The 2024 Orlando HamCation
29. ARRL: Registration Deadline For The HamSCI Sixth Annual Workshop Is March 1st
30. ESA: European Space Agency Proposes New Ham Satellite Payload, Seeks Comments
31. ARRL: Amateur Antennas Would Be Protected Under Proposed New Law In South Carolina
32. Upcoming Conventions and Contest Announcement
Plus these Special Features This Week:
* Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT will be here to talk about shared computing programs, and Internet Service Providers with data caps.
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News
* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell you how to write to your countries regulator about beacon and repeater licenses.
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes us in The Wayback Machine to the mid and late 1940's to discuss what the post war amateur bands were like after the big frequency shuffle, and how amateurs learned about something called TVI, and a little invention called an amplifying crystal.
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Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news.
You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less.
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, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more.
This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area.
You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio!
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X!
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.