PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1336 - Full Version Release Date: October 5, 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, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:38:55 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1336 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. DX: FT8 - SUPERFOX Cracked 2. AMSAT: AMSAT-UK to Provide FUNcube Lite Payload for Jovian-1 Satellite 3. AMSAT: NASA Gears Up for Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa 4. AMSAT: Artificial Star Mission Aims To Help Unlock Secrets Of The Universe 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. WIA: Scientists Discover Radio Waves From 8 Million Years Ago 7. ARRL: Candidate For ARRL Northwestern Division Director Disqualified; Tharp Declared Elected 8. ARRL: Ham Radio Serving Southeast US Recovery Efforts 9. ARRL: Simulated Emergency Test (SET) Scheduled for October 5th and 6th 10. ARRL: An Incredible Amateur Radio Rescue Story 11. ARRL: The ARRL Foundation Is Now Accepting Grant Applications Through October 31, 2024 12. ARRL: Craig Thompson, K9CT, Presenter At ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Program / Collegiate QSO Party 13. ARRL: The Air Force Military Auxiliary Radio System News 14. Hurricane Helene Hits Broadcasters Hard In The South East 15. DeWayne Hendricks, WA8DZP, SK 16. Belarus and Russia Now Eligible Again For CQ Sponsored Awards 17. Science Education Center At Arecibo To Reopen 18. JOTA and JOTI Operations On The Air Is Coming Up 19. W5YC special event to be operated from Girl Scout Camp 20. ARRL: Upcoming Contests and Regional Conventions / Braille edition of ARRL Letter now available 21. WIA: Scientists want to change solar reporting characteristics 22. ARRL: ARRL systems service disruption update 23. ARRL: Amateur radio and a robot play ball 24. ARRL: Changes take place in the ARRL West Texas Section 25. ARRL: Volunteers are the heart and soul of league headquarters 26. ARRL: Update to the ARRL affiliation with Grouper 27. ARRL: Dawn of Mass Global Communications will be re-enacted on October 28th, 2024 28. AM Radio in cars legislation waiting on US Lawmakers in Congress 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 try and answer the question, How Effective Is The International Amateur Radio Union? * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming Radio Sport contests, and more.. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR, Will takes us back to the early 1900s when radio regulations were first tried to be put in place, in a segment entitled Regulations and Enforcement, Hard and Soft; A process forms around the 1912 law. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) Automated (1-hour): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) ----- 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. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1335 - Full Version Release Date: September 28, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:30:56 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1335 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: MESAT1 Telemetry and Testing Update 2. AMSAT: MESAT1 Telemetry and Testing Update 3. AMSAT: GreenCube (IO-117) Ceases Functioning Due To Radiation Damage 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. IARU: Poland Requests Clear Frequencies For Flood Response 6. WIA: Scientists Want To Change Solar Reporting Characteristics 7. ARRL: ARRL Systems Service Disruption Update 8. ARRL: Amateur Radio Now Working Two Dangerous Hurricanes - PART ONE 9. ARRL: Amateur Radio Now Working Two Dangerous Hurricanes - PART TWO 10. ARRL: September Is National Preparedness Month - Get Involved 11. ARRL: Amateur Radio and Robot Play Baseball 12. ARRL: Changes in the ARRL West Texas Section 13. ARRL: Volunteers – The Heart and Soul Of ARRL Headquarters 14. ARRL: Indiana Statewide Communications Exercise, 10-4 Day, on Friday, October 4th, 2024 15. ARRL: Update To The ARRL Affiliation With Grouper - New Benefit 16. ARRL: 105th Anniversary Of WWV Will Be Celebrated By The WWV Amateur Radio Club WWØWWV 17. ARRL: Dawn Of Mass Global Communication, A Centenary Event, Will Be Re-enacted On October 28th, 2024 18. Young Ladies Group In New Zealand Calls It Quits 19. AM Radio In Cars Legislation Waiting On US Lawmakers 20. Wyoming To Be On The Air 21. KD5PLB Sunita Williams Takes Over Command Of The Space Station 22. APRS Foundation Looking For Membership Support 23. ARRL: Masonic Lodges On The Air Special Event 24. ARRL: WØD To Honor Lester Dent, WØCBL (SK), Prolific Writer Of Pulp Fiction 25. ARRL: Upcoming Contests and RadioSport, Upcoming National & Regional Conventions 26. RAC: Phil McBride VA3QR/HP3QR Radio Amateurs Of Canada President, Resigns 27. WIA: One Global Positioning Satellite Celebrates Its 13th Birthday. GPS runs off 90's technology 28. NASA: NASA Conducts A Tricky Main Thruster Reconfiguration with Voyager One 29. NASA: The White House Tasks NASA To Develop A Lunar Time Standard For Exploration Initiatives 30. RSGB: The Radio Society of Great Britain Announces The End To Paper Based Amateur License Exams 31. ARRL: ARRL Section Managers Gather At League Headquarters For Training, Operate W1AW 32: ARRL: September National Preparedness Month: Station Readiness Plus these Special Features This Week: * Weekly Propagation Forecast Report with Tadd Cook, K7RA * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will talk about Dark Sky, for amateur radio * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, and upcoming Radio Sport contests, and more. * Will Rogers - K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - Will takes us back in time to the early 1900s for a look at Cooperation and QRM as the relaying of messages continues to develop across the United States. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) Automated (1-hour): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) ----- 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. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1334 - Full Version Release Date: September 21, 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, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:46:03 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1334 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. RW: Radio Club of America Announces 21 Award Recipients and Fellows 2. AMSAT: F. Brent Abbott, NA7D, Chief Revenue Officer of Rogue Space Systems, to Keynote Space Symposium 3. WIA: Traffic Increased Four-Fold During Paris Games 4. RAC: Phil A. McBride, VA3QR / HP3QR Radio Amateurs of Canada President and Chair Resigns 5. WIA: Amazon Is Poised To Unveil A Significant Overhaul of Alexa 6. WIA: Nokia To Introduce 5G Enabled Space Suits For Astronauts, And Aims To Build A Network On The Moon 7. WIA: Global Positioning Satellite Now 13 Years Old 8. IR: Hurricane Francine Silences Five Louisiana Stations, FCC Says 9. NASA: Voyager 1 Completes Tricky Thruster Reconfiguration 10. HACK: NASA’s Solar Sail Reflect Brightly In The Night Sky 11. ARRL: Club Grant Program Update 12. NASA: NASA To Develop Lunar Time Standard For Exploration Initiatives 13. RI: AM Radio For Every Vehicle Act Passed House Floor Vote 14. NEWS: ICOM IC-V82 Radios Exploding In Lebanon, Following Exploding AR-924 Pagers 15. RSGB: Radio Society Of Great Britian To End Paper Based License Exams 16. ARRL: ARRL Announces Partnership With Grouper 17. ARRL: ARRL Philanthropist, Radar Detector Pioneer, Michael Valentine, W8MM, Silent Key 18. ARRL: ARRL Section Managers Gather for Training at Headquarters 19. ARRL: National Preparedness Month - Station Readiness 20. ARRL: Get Ready for JOTA/JOTI 21. ARRL: Amplitude Modulation International (AMI) Jamboree 2024 Coming Up 22. Emergency Alerts Are Improved Over DAB+ Receivers 23. Privatization Of The 900 Megahertz Band 24. Amateur Radio Assists One Man Find His Relatives After Fifty-Years 25. New Rural Networking In The United Kingdom\ 26. Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional ARRL Convention Listings 27. TAPR:Tuscon Amateur Packet Radio calls for nominations for its Board of Directors 28. ACMA: The Australian Communications & Media Authority Issues New Amateur Radio Fees 29. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 30. WIA: New frontier for radio broadcasting as they announce "Zonecasting: 31. FCC: FCC adopts new Asymmetrical Sideband rules for high definition radio 32. ARRL: ARRL defends 902-928 megahertz band 33. Teenage Canadian Students gain their amateur radio license after ham radio course work 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 history of amateur radio from an Australian perspective. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, RadioSport contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers - K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Hiram Percy Maxim's main goal was to establish reliable relaying of messages across the entire country. Will takes us back to the early days of amateur radio in a segment he entitled "Trunk Lines". ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) Automated (1-hour): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) ----- 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. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1333 - Full Version Release Date: September 14, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:29:33 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1333 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. TAPR: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) Calls For Nominations For Board of Directors 2. ACMA: The Australian Communications & Media Authority Issues New Amateur Radio Fees 3. AMSAT: Registration Continues for the 42nd Annual AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting 4. AMSAT: AMSAT-DL ERMINAZ Mission Postponed To 2025 5. AMSAT: Updated Software Available for NOAA Polar and Russian Meteor Weather Satellites 6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 7. WIA: New Frontier For Radio Broadcasting Called "Zonecasting" 8. FCC: FCC Adopts New Asymmetric Sideband Rules for HD Radio 9. ARRL: ARRL Defends 902-928 Amateur Radio Band 10. ARRL: Ham Radio Volunteers Serve During Hurricane Francine 11. ARRL: National Preparedness Month Ensuring Family Safety 12. ARRL: Pennsylvania Clubs Plan A Special Centennial Event 13. Museum In Australia Reopens A Telecommunications Exhibit 14. Teenage Canadian Students Gain Licenses After Ham Radio Coursework 15. Solar Researchers Revise Their Latest Solar Storm Assessment 16. Cincinnati Hamfest Seeking Nominations For Honors 17. Longwave Radio Broadcasts To Scheduled To Debut From The Arctic Circle 18. Upcoming RadioSport Contests from the ARRL and Upcoming ARRL Regional Conventions 19. FCC: New FCC regulations grants drone operators spectrum access for navigation 20. BB: Los Angeles Transit Authority fears major revenue loss if FCC approves proposed 900Mhz spectrum plan 21. ARRL: ARRL Utah Section is expanding its emergency communications capabilities 22. ARRL: ARRL VEC Services update during on going services disruption 23. 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 talk about all of the adult fans of amateur radio * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming Radio Sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from out solar prognosticator Tadd Cook in Seattle, Washington. * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - This week, Will tells us about whether it was for public service, or as a challenge worth attacking, transmitting information across ever greater distances is what drove members of the Relay League to organize. In a segment he entitles "The Relay's The Thing." ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) Automated (1-hour): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) ----- 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. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

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