PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1328 - Full Version
Release Date: August 10, 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, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:41:20
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1328
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: ROBUSTA-3A Is Now In Orbit
2. AMSAT: Small Satellites of the Future Grow Larger
3. AMSAT: ASRTU-1 Scheduled for November Launch
4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
5. WIA: Dog day Afternoon IS Coming To Amateur Radio
6. ARRL: Andy Milluzzi, KK4LWR, Appointed Vice Director Of ARRL Southeastern Division
7. ARRL: W1AW To QSY On 17 Meters For CW
8. ARRL: Carter Craigie, N3AO, Silent Key
9. ARRL: Amateur Radio Serves As Hurricane Debby Dumps Heavy Rain On The East Coast
10. ARRL: New York High School Helps License Young Hams
11. ARRL: 27th Annual International Lighthouse / Lightship Weekend Coming Up August 17/18
12. ARRL: Navajo Code Talkers Day Coming Up
13. FCC: FCC Approves Missing and Endangered Alert Code
14. FCC: FCC Fines New York City Individual $2.3 Million For Unlicensed Broadcasting On FM
15. Straight Key Night Founder Barry Kirkwood, ZL1DD SK
16. Southern India Landslides Have Hams Assisting Rescue Efforts
17. New Satellites For Cellular Broadband Is Approved By The FCC
18. Flannan Islands DXPedition Cancelled Due To Weather Hazards
19. ARRL: Upcoming Contests and Regional Conventions.
20. Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report
21. FCC: Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking for reallocation of portions of the 900 MegaHertz band
22. ARRL: David Galletly, KM2O, is named Vice Director of the Hudson Division
23. AMSAT: SpaceX to develop Enhanced Dragon Spacecraft For Deorbiting The International Space Station
24. WIA: Adidas develops a new RF trackable Soccer Ball
25. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology adds a new third level
26. ARRL: Generational legacies are carried on in the new ARRL Teachers Institute Beta Program
27. ARRL: 2024 USA and IARU Region 2 Radio Orienteering Championship Set
28. ARRL: 2024 Olympics special event station is on the air now
29. RAC: Canada wildfires communications preparedness strategies
30. FCC: FCC releases updated wireless speed test app to improve mobile broadband
31. FCC: Senate advances $7 billion bill renewing the popular internet discount program for low income help
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 answer the question "What kind of a hobby is amateur radio?"
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, RadioSport, upcoming contests, and more..
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Will Rogers, K5WLR - The Century Of Amateur Radio - This week Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1916, when everyone was sharing very little spectrum and QRM was everywhere, and to witness something called The 9XE Rock Island Test.
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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 #1327 - Full Version
Release Date: August 3, 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, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savocool, K2SAV, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Rich Lawrence, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:38:37
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1327
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: TEVEL Satellites Begin Atmospheric Reentry and Decommissioning
2. AMSAT: Ariane 6 Launches PariSat: Young Engineers Test Heat Dissipation
3. AMSAT: SpaceX to Develop Enhanced Dragon Spacecraft For ISS Deorbit
4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
5. WIA: So Who Listens To BBC Content Internationally?
6. WIA: A New Emergency Alert System Event Code Is Coming Soon In The United States
7. WIA: Adidas Develops RF Trackable Soccer Ball
8. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute On Wireless Technology Adds Third Level
9. ARRL: Generational Legacy Carried On In ARRL Teachers Institute
10. ARRL: 2024 USA and IARU Region 2 Radio Orienteering Championships Set For October
11. ARRL: 2024 Olympics Special Event Station On The Air Now
12. ARRL: Rule Changes Announced for ARRL International EME Contest
13. Indian Ham Radio Advocate, Sudip Kumar Nanda, Passes During Visit To The US - SK
14. Canada Wildfires Communications Preparedness Strategies
15. DxPedition To Bouvet Island 3Y0K Interviewing For Transport Ship
16. UK Feast Of Amateur Radio Convention Sponsored By The RSGB
17. New Hampshire Radio Club Hosted By Telephone Museum
18. FCC: US Court Blocks Biden Administration Net Neutrality Rules
19. FCC: FCC Releases Updated Speed Test App To Improve Mobile Broadband Accuracy
20. FCC: Senate Advances $7 Billion Bill Renewing Popular FCC Internet Discount Program
21. AMSAT: AMSAT mail alias service to end August 31st, 2024
22. WIA: US/European broadcasters in talks with car manufacturers to keep AM Medium Wave Broadcast In Cars
23. ARRL: ARRL Board of Directors completes second meeting for 2024 and approves reports - PART ONE
24. ARRL: ARRL: Board of Directors completes second meeting for 2024 and approves reports - PART TWO
25. ARRL: Special Report: Ham Radio during the upcoming Hurricane Season - PART ONE
26. ARRL: Special Report: Ham Radio during the upcoming Hurricane Season - PART TWO
27. Intercontinental traffic net is looking for new net controls
28. UK Regulator Ofcom seeks input on shared amateur radio spectrum
29. ARRL: 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 answer the question, Does The International Amateur Union Actually Represent You?
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, RadioSport DX, upcoming contests, and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Will Rogers - K5WLR - The History of Amateur Radio - A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us on board The Wayback Machine to go back to, the early nineteen hundreds. Where we will be witnessing the beginnings of QST Magazine.
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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 #1326 - Full Version
Release Date: July 27, 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, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, 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: 1:35:20
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1326
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT Mail Alias Service to End August 31st, 2024
2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
3. WIA: US and European Broadcasters In Talks With Car Manufacturers To Keep AM Radio
4. ARRL: ARRL Board Completes 2024 Second Meeting, Approves Report To Advance A 3 Year Strategy-PART 1
5. ARRL: ARRL Board Completes 2024 Second Meeting, Approves Report To Advance A 3 Year Strategy-PART 2
6. ARRL: Massachusetts Maritime Academy Advanced Studies and Leadership Program Gets Radio Training
7. ARRL: ARRL Southeastern Division Vice Director Jeff Beals, WA4AW, SK
8. ARRL: Ted Rappaport, N9NB, Elected to IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Hall of Fame
9. ARRL: Ham Radio During Hurricane Season - PART ONE (By Sierra Harrup, W5DX)
10. ARRL: Ham Radio During Hurricane Season - PART TWO
11. ARRL: Field Day Entries Deadline Was July 23, 2024
12. Special Event Honoring Elmers Is Searching For Activators
13. Amateur Radio Is Added To A College Curriculum In India
14. Radio Waves Emitted By Solar Flares Are Tracked By NASA
15. First N Class License Issued In Germany
16. Intercontinental Traffic Net Is Looking For Net Controls
17. Mobile Direct To Device Is Explored By Ofcom In The United Kingdom
18. Indonesia's 79th Year Of Independence Is Celebrated By A DXpedition
19. United Kingdom Regulator Ofcom Seeks Input On Shared Spectrum
20. Boeing Starliner Astronauts Remain Stranded On The International Space Station
21. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Conventions
22. RAC: Call for nominations for RAC Board of Directors
23. ARW: Super long range Wi-Fi works at a range of 1.8 miles
24. SPACEX: 20 Starlink satellites rained down on earth
25. ARRL: ARRL announces leadership changes in the Hudson Division / WB0JJK Delaware Section Manager, SK
26. ARRL: Amateur radio supports the Oregon Disaster Airlift Team during joint exercise
27. ARRL: Amateur radio participates in the world's largest naval exercise
28. ARRL: 32 amateurs from clubs across central New York support the Boilermaker Road Race
29. OFCOM: UK Ofcom posts a video offering a close up look at recent amateur radio licensing changes
30. FCC: New York City FCC Field Office charges 13 landowners that are connected with broadcast radio pirates
31. NASA: NASA finds Plasma Bubbles in the ionosphere are tied to radio frequency interference
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 how "Being A Maverick Is Part Of The Deal."
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming Radio Sport contests, and more..
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with a brand new edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to visit 1915 and the establishment of amateur radio trunk lines. When the ARRL main goal was to establish reliable relaying across the entire country.
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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 #1325 - Full Version
Release Date: July 20, 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, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:33:42
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1325
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. RAC: Call For Nominations Of Candidates For Board Of Directors Of Radio Amateurs of Canada
2. AMSAT: NASA Discovers Strange Spectral Formations Cover LEO Orbits
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. WIA: Texas Radio Stations and Cell Sites Still Off Air From Hurricane Beryl
5. ARW: Super Long Range Wi-Fi Works At A Range Of 1.8 Miles
6. SPACEx: US Court Rejects Challenges To FCC Approval Of SpaceX Satellites
7. SPACEx: 20 Starlink Satellites Rained Down On Earth
8. NASA: Happy Birthday, Meatball! NASAβs Iconic Logo Turns 65
9. ARRL: ARRL Announces Leadership Changes In The Hudson Division / WB0JJX Former Delaware SM, SK
10. ARRL: Amateur Radio Supports Oregon Disaster Airlift Response Team
11. ARRL: ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator Services Update During Systems Disruption
12. ARRL: Voices From The ARRL Teachers Institute On Wireless Technology
13. ARRL: Get On The Air During VHF Contest Season
14. ARRL: HamCon: Zion 2024
15. ARRL: Amateur Radio Participates In Worldβs Largest Naval Exercise
16. ARRL: 32 Hams From Clubs Across Central NY Provide Communications For The Boilermaker Road Race
17. ARRL: Dave Kalter Memorial Youth DX Adventure Will Participate In A Special Event As K3Y On July 27th, 2024
18. ARRL: ARRL Cyberattack Exposed Employees' Sensitive Data
19. UK Ofcom Video Offers A Close Up Look At License Changes
20. New York FCC Offices Charges Thirteen Landowners Connected With Radio Pirates
21. NASA Finds Plasma Bubbles In The Ionosphere Is Tied To Interference
22. CW Operators In New Zealand Demonstrate Basic CW Sending
23. Saint Paul Island DxPedition Team Makes Preparations
24. GQRP Club, a low-power amateur radio club in the UK will celebrate its 50 year anniversary in September 2024
25. ARRL: The ARRL Club Grant deadline is fast approaching
26. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Conventions
27. RAC: Radio Amateurs of Canada grants and scholarships are now available
28. RAC: Innovation Science & Economic Development Canada Updates amateur radio exam questions
29. AMSAT: Scientists discover that moon dust can be made into lego bricks to construct buildings on the moon
30. WIA: Ham Radio Friedrichshafen held at Lake Constance In Germany sets a new record
31. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Log deadline is approaching
32. Brazilian amateurs mark their radio leagues 90th anniversary
33. Student built satellites are launched from California Space Command
34. WIA: Wireless Institute seek input on the future of the 40 meter band plan
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 Plan for contest success!
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on Radio Sport, DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests, and more
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of The Century Of Amateur Radio. This week Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the early 1900's, as we witness amateurs getting organized, and the early formation of the American Radio Relay League.
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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 #1324 - Full Version
Release Date: July 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, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:38:52
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1324
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. RAC: RAC Grants and Scholarships Available Now!
2. RAC: Innovation Science & Economic Development Canada Gives Notice of Update of HR Radio Exam Questions
3. AMSAT: Firefly Delivers New Amateur Satellites to Orbit
4. AMSAT: LEGO Bricks Printed out of Space Dust
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
6. WIA: Ham Radio Friedrichshafen Held At Lake Constance Germany Sets Records
7. WIA: Perseids Meteor Shower Is Coming Up
8. ARRL: Hurricane Beryl Aftermath and Update
9. ARRL: ARRL Appears On The Weather Channel
10. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Log Deadline Approaching
11. ARRL: Celebrating the invention of Software Defined Radio
12. ARRL: Oscar Norris W4OXH Becomes A Silent Key
13. ARRL: Special Event W3A To Activate To Commemorate Live TV Transmission From The Moon
14. Brazilian Amateurs Mark Their Radio Leagues 90th Anniversary
15. Youth On Youth Violence Is Intervened By Indian Amateur Radio Club
16. Radio and Communications Museum Encounters Unexpected Expenses
17. Student Built Satellites Launched From California
18. Amateurs In Texas Prepare For Moon Day Demonstration
19. AMSAT: Argentine Satellite May Be Dying...Can You Help?
20. Youth On The Air National radio shack renamed to honor Bob Heil, K9EID
21. ARRL Upcoming radio sport contests and national convention listing
22. WIA - US Congress may mandate AM radio in cars. Manufacturers respond
23. ARRL - The ARRL issues a Call For Nominations for ARRL Director and Vice Director - Part One
24. ARRL - The ARRL issues a Call For Nominations for ARRL Director and Vice Director - Part Two
25. ARRL - The ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinators services update during the league service disruption
26. ARRL - New ARRL Section Managers are announced
27. ARRL - Monthly 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 tell us all about Australian Callsigns
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on Radio Sport, DXpeditions, DX in general, 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 back to the witness the very first radio regulations being put into place in an episode he calls The First Regulations, The end of free range hams
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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 #1323 - Full Version
Release Date: July 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, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Don Hulcik, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:42:53
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1323
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: Firefly Aerospaceβs Alpha βNoise of Summerβ Mission Rescheduled
2. AMSAT: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Successfully Launches GOES-U Satellite
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. WIA: United States Congress May Mandate AM Radio In Cars
5. FCC: FCC Proposes Rule Requiring Carriers To Unlock All Cellphones
6. ARRL: Call For Nominations For ARRL Director and Vice Director - PART ONE
7. ARRL: Call For Nominations For ARRL Director and Vice Director - PART TWO
8. ARRL: ARRL VEC Services Update During Systems Disruption
9. ARRL: YOTA Camp Ham Shack Renamed For Bob Heil, K9EID, (SK)
10. ARRL: New ARRL Section Managers Are Announced
11. ARRL: International Amateur Radio Union HF World Championship Occurs Next Weekend
12. ARRL: Logbook of The World Returns To Service
13. ARRL: The New Amateur Extra Class Question Pool Has Been Released
14. Ham Radio Event Held Annually In Friedrichshafen Germany A Big Success
15. Two Lithuanian-American Aviators Remembered In Upcoming Special Event
16. New Challenge Is Added By RSGB To This Years IARU HF Championship
17. ARRL: Amateurs activate the Hurricane Watch Net and provide communications for Hurricane Beryl
18. Upcoming RadioSport Contests and upcoming Conventions
19. The monthly Volunteer Monitor Report
20. FCC - ISP's Nationwide urge US Courts to block the FCC's Net Neutrality Regulations
21. AMSAT - AMSAT Board of Directors Nominees are announced
22. AMSAT - The AMSAT Mail Alias Service will end on August 01, 2024
23. WIA - Germany grants remote operation, DARC to build stations for remote use around the country
24. ARRL: ARRL and Momobeam introduce a dual beam antenna for both six and ten meters
25. ARRL: ARRL Club Grant Program application deadline is approaching
26. Four Meter privileges granted to amateurs in Germany are extended to the end of 2024
27. NASA hires SpaceX to build a craft to purposely deorbit the International Space Station
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 explain exactly How Does The International Amateur Radio Union Work?
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on Radio Sport, DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests, and more..
* The Weekly Propagation Forecast from Tad Cook, K2RA
* Will Rogers, K5WLR - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Will goes back to the days of The Spark Gap with an article entitled The Squeak Box. Where we find that among pre-teens, mostly boys took to radio.
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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 #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
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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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
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
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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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
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!
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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
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!
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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
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.
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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
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
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
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
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!
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
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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
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
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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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
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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