PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1347 - Full Version - SPECIAL EXPANDED HOLIDAY EDITION Release Date: December 21, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, William Savocool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 2:36:20 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1347 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Five CubeSats Successfully Deployed From Kibo Module On The Space Station 2. AMSAT: Celebrate SO-50: Amateur Radio Special Event Marks 22nd Anniversary 3. AMSAT: European Space Agency Proba-3 Satellites Launch To Create Artificial Solar Eclipses 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. HACK: The World Morse Code Championship 6. NASA: Stranded Space Station Astronauts Won’t Be Home For Christmas 7. FCC: FCC Chairwoman Looks To Allocate More Spectrum For Space Launches 8. ARRL: ARRL Asks Hams to Send Radiograms Via The Web 9. ARRL: ARRL Annual Awards Recognize Excellence In Ham Radio 10. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarships – Final Weeks to Apply 11. ARRL: ARRL Kids Day Is Only A Couple Of Weeks Away On January 4th, 2025 12. ARRL: The Intrepid DX Group Has Announced The Winners Of The Fifth Annual Youth Dream Rig Essay Contest 13. ARRL: Straight Key Night Will Be January 1st, 2025 14. For Its Upcoming Big Year, HamSci Plans A Conference 15. Nominees For The CQ Hall Of Fame Is Sought By The International DX Association, IndexA 16. Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association Marks Its 50th Year Anniversary 17. Scanner Manufacturer The Whistler Group Shuts Down Operations 18. Use Of HF Radio In Alaska Is On The Rise With The Civil Air Patrol 19. Award Winning Dx'er Antonio Gonzalez, EA5RM SK 20. ARRL: Upcoming Contest Sheet and Upcoming Regional Conventions Listing 21. WIA: ARRL is warning members about amateur radio gear price increases due to proposed tariffs 22. WIA: The Saga of South American Satellite Pirates 23. WIA: The US is vulnerable to Chinas Salt Typhoon and The Russian Fancy Bear Cyberattacks 24. ARD: The Alexanderson Alternator SAW Grimeton to transmit CW Christmas Message on December 24th 25. ARD: The International Amateur Radio Union identifies non-amateur transmissions in the amateur HF bands 26. ARD: AM Night to be held on the air on December 26th 27. FCC: The FCC opens the entire 6 GigaHertz band to low power devices 28. ARRL: The ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology is now accepting applications for 2025 29. BBC: The widespread use of CW is highlighted in a BBC Radio Documentary 30. TVT: Trump picks former broadcast news anchor from Phoenix, Kari Lake, to head The Voice of America Plus these Special Features This Week: * We'll visit with Bruce Paige, KK5DO, and get an update from AMSAT and what's new with all those amateur satellites in orbit. * Australia's own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio will be here with another update on his open source project. The Bald Yak - Week 3 - Push To Talk * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This Week, will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the end of World War One, where we find hams coming home and slowly getting back on the air in a segment called, "Waking Up". * We will stop by and visit with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests, and more. * As is our tradition during the holiday week, we will present a monologue by the late Jean Shepherd, K2ORS, as he talks about having a serious case of the radio bug when he was in high school, and how it affected his life. * And, we will have a tribute to the late Orrin Brand with two of his popular segments, the first is a tongue in cheek look at hamfests, and his annual read of "A Hams Night Before Christmas" Courtesy of The Rain Report. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- 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 [email protected]. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1346 - Full Version Release Date: December 14, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:46:37 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1346 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: LignoSat International Space Station Deployment Information 2. AMSAT: Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, SK 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: ARRL Is Warning Members About Amateur Radio Gear Price Increases Due To Proposed Tariffs 5. WIA: The Saga Of South American Satellite Pirates 6. WIA: US Vulnerable To China's Salt Typhoon Cyberattack / Russian Fancy Bear Attack 7. ARD: SAQ Grimeton To Transmit CW Christmas Message December 24th 8. ARD: International Amateur Radio Union Identifies Non-Amateur Transmissions in Amateur HF Bands 9. ARD: AM Night To Be Held December 26th 10. FCC: FCC Opens The Entire 6 Gigahertz Band For Low Power Devices 11. ARRL: ARRL 10-Meter Contest, December 14-15, Great Opportunity For Technicians 12. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology Now Accepting Applications For 2025 Cohorts 13. ARRL: Lipscomb University Receives $25,000 Scholarship Check 14. ARRL: John J. Ellis, NP2B, former ARRL Section Manager For The US Virgin Islands, SK 15. The Use Of CW Is Highlighted In BBC Radio Documentary 16. The 12 Days Of Christmas Special Event Begins 17. Lookout For The Geminids Meteor Shower Beginning This Weekend 18. Special Event Stations Bring Attention To Hams With Disabilities 19. 150 Students At Staten Island Technical High School In New York City Pass License Exams 20. CW Award Winner Gerard Van Antwerpen, ZL2GVA, SK 21. Kolkata India Hamfest Draws Hundreds Of Amateurs 22. TVT: Trump picks former broadcast news anchor Kari Lake to run the Voice of America 23. The Delaware - Lehigh Amateur Radio Club will host the WX3MAS Christmas City special event 24. ARRL: Upcoming radio sport contests and regional convention listings 25. WIA: New Zealand Network grows with a little help from amateur radio 26. RI: NYPD/FDNY leaders all on Senator Schumer to save AM Broadcast radio in cars 27. ARRL: $41K+ is raised by donors, and YouTubers toi benefit the ARRL Teachers Institute 28. ARRL: 2025 Youth On The Air Camp application period is now open 29. A new free quarterly newsletter is launched by the folks at HamSci 30. Starlink receives FCC approval for satellite to device cellular service from space bypassing terrestrial towers 31. Communications support for one Connecticut road race has now become a family affair Plus these Special Features This Week: * SPECIAL: A Christmas Packet - A Special holiday presentation by the late Bill Baran, N2FNH * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will present an update on his latest open source project called The Bald Yak, Part Two * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, and upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - This week, we climb aboard The Wayback Machine to the beginnings of World War One as amateurs dismantled their stations under government order, and began to report for military service. All this in this weeks episode entitled "Shut Down and Called Up" ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- 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 [email protected]. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1345 - Full Version Release Date: December 7, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Walker, KI5ODE, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, with, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:41:00 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1345 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: OSCAR-7 50th Anniversary: CodeStore Breaking New Ground 2. AMSAT: Japan Launches World’s First Wooden Satellite To Test Timber In Space 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: New Zealand Network Grows With A Little Help From Amateurs 5. WIA: Air Leak On International Space Station Russian Module Is Getting Worse 6. WIA: PARUS-T1A Satellite Ready For Amateur Communications 7. TRIB: Amateur Radio Helps Locate Mentally Disturbed Jailed Woman's Family In Jharkhand 8. RI: NYPD, FDNY Leaders Call On Schumer To Save AM Radio In Cars 9. ARRL: $41,000 Plus Raised By Donors, YouTubers, For ARRL Teachers Institute 10. ARRL: Register For 25th Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day, December 7th 11. ARRL: 2025 Youth On The Air Camp Application Period Now Open 12. ARRL: Get On The Air In December With ARRL 160 and 10 Meter Contests 13. ARRL: Orville and Wilbur Wright's New Flying Machine Special Event Station 14. ARRL: Annual Lighthouse Christmas Lights Operating Event 15. ARRL: Battleship IOWA Amateur Radio Association To Activate The Ship’s Original NEPM Navy Call Sign 16. Free Quarterly Newsletter Is Launched By HamSCI 17. Its Back To School and Back To Basics In India 18. SpaceX Receives FCC Approval For Satellite To Cell Service From Starlink 19. Communications Support For A Connecticut Road Race Becomes A Family Affair 20. New Roles For Satellites Are Explored At A Forum In Sri Lanka 21. Santa Is The Newest Operator In Australia! 22. December Volunteer Monitor Program Report 23. Soheila Bana, KO6GTV, Richmond California Councilwoman Passes Her Amateur Radio License Exams 24. AMSAT: AMSAT Oscar 7 Turns Fifty Years Old In Orbit 25. ARRL: The ARRL issues its 2023 Annual Report 26. ARRL: Get the kids in your neighborhood to talk with Santa on the air 27. ARRL: The Civil Air Patrol celebrates its anniversary with a special event station 28. ARRL: December is Youth On The Air Month 29. FCC: FCC proposes using a frequency in the 5.9 GigaHertz band for car to car telemetry 30. As an Austrian Shortwave Broadcast goes dark, one in the United Kingdom lights up 31. ARDC: Amateur Radio Digital Communications hires a new member to assist with grant applications Plus these Special Features This Week: * We'll visit with Bruce Paige, KK5DO, and get an update from AMSAT and what's new with all those amateur satellites in orbit * Australia's own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio begins a multi-part series beginning with an episode he calls 'The Bald Yak: Part One' * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Will Rogers, K5WLR returns with another edition of A Century of Amateur Radio. This week we climb aboard The Wayback Machine to the beginnings of World War I, where we find the disturbance, as the amateurs called it, putting an end to amateur operations in the United States, in an Episode appropriately called 'The Lid' ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- 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 [email protected]. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1344 - Full Version Release Date: November 30, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:32:19 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1344 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT OSCAR-7 50th Anniversary — The Space Age, Morse Code and STEM Innovation 2. AMSAT: ASRTU-1 Designated ASRTU-OSCAR 123 - Update on PARUS-T1A Satellite 3. AMSAT: Air Leak on ISS Russian Module Is Getting Worse 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. WIA: Co-Inventor Of The BASIC Programming Language SK 6. ARRL: ARRL 2023 Annual Report Now Available 7. ARRL: How To Let Kids Talk With Santa Over Ham Radio This Holiday Season 8. ARRL: Ed Menasian, N8LPQ Receives 2024 ARRL Technical Service Award 9. ARRL: Giving Thanks On Giving Tuesday 10. ARRL: Civil Air Patrol Will Be Commemorated With Special Event Station W9CAP 11. ARRL: YOTA Members Will Be On The Air Around The World In December 12. FCC: FCC Approves SpaceX and T-Mobile's Direct-to-Cell Service 13. China Builds World's Largest Fully Steerable Radio Telescope 14. New Rules For Vehicle Safety Alerts On The 5.9 GigaHertz Band Proposed By The FCC 15. As Austrian Shortwave Fades Out Shortwave In The U.K. Activates 16. Amateurs In Pennsylvania Assist With Operation Toy Train 17. The United Kingdom Prepares Summits On The Air Activators For GaulFest 18. New Amateur Radio Digital Communications Appointee To Overlook Grants and Awards 19. EI2CL Michael McNamara, DXer, and Island Activator, SK 20. Three Mars Orbiters Are Contacted By A Radio Telescope In The Netherlands 21. Upcoming RadioSport Contests and regional Convention listing 22. Smokey Mountain Amateur Radio Club lowers its dues to help out members financially 23. AMSAT: SpaceX Dragon fires thrusters to boost the Space Station orbit for the first time 24. WIA: Amateur Radio appears in a German television crime drama on ZDF/Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen 25. ARRL: Committee at the league proposes changes to ARRL By Laws 42 & 46 26. ARRL: ARRL fall season Section Manager election results are announced 27. ARRL: Hawaii clubs are preparing for the 83rd commemoration of the December 7th Pearl Harbor attack 28. 30th year since Voice of America went silent from its Ohio transmitter site 29. ARRL: ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinators implement changes 30. FCC: FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel tenders her resignation Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, says that suddenly, there were 700. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, D X, upcoming radio sport contests, and more.. * Will Rogers, K5WLR, A Century of Amateur Radio. Will is here to take us aboard The Wayback Machine to the early days of amateur radio where as 1916 drew to a close, we find Hiram Percy Maxim making a plea in QST to organize what might be the first round-trip message relay across the country. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- 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 [email protected]. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1343 - Full Version Release Date: November 23, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savacool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:40:30 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1343 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. FCC: Trump Picks Brendan Carr To Lead The Federal Communications Commission 2. AMSAT: AMSAT OSCAR-7 50th Anniversary – A Testbed For Saving Lives 3. AMSAT: SpaceX Dragon Fires Thrusters To Boost ISS Orbit For The First Time 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. WIA: HamVention 2025 Announces Convention Theme 6. WIA: White House Communications Agency Amateur Radio Club On Air 7. WIA: Amazon Receives FAA Approval For MK30 Delivery Drone 8. WIA: Amateur Radio Appears In German Crime Drama On ZDF 9. BBC: Somebody Moved UK's Oldest Satellite, And No One Knows Who Or Why 10. FCC: FCC’s Final Moves Under Rosenworcel Hold Weight For Radio 11. ARRL: Committee Proposes Changes To ARRL By-Laws 42 and 46 12. ARRL: Fall Season Section Manager Election Results Announced 13. ARRL: New Video Promoting YouTube Telethon To Benefit Teachers Institute 14. ARRL: The Quarter Century Wireless Association Is Sponsoring A Special Event Station 15. ARRL: Hawaii Is Preparing For The 83rd Commemoration Of The December 7th, 1941, Attack On Pearl Harbor 16. 30th Year Since Voice Of America Went Silent From Ohio Transmitter Site 17. WB4GOV, John Bostic Of SouthCars Net, Silent Key 18. Chinese and Russian Students Begin QSO's On Their CubeSat 19. You Can Work Young Amateurs During Youth On The Air Month 20. ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator Implements Changes 21. 25th Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day December 7th, 2024 22. Amateurs Help New Network In New Zealand Expand 23. FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel Announces Resignation 24. Utah DX Association to operate special event station K7S to celebrate the 60th anniversary amateur radio stamp 25. Northern Arizona DX Association Battery Boys donate air compressor to Toys for Tots 26. ARRL: Upcoming conventions and radio sport contests. ARRL holiday closing schedule. 27. WIA: Several amateur radio satellites are nearing the end of life re-entry 28. ARD: VLF transmitter SAQ to transmit CW for its 100th anniversary 29. ARRL: ARRL delegates attended International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 Conference 30. ARRL: NCVEC Question Pool Committee removes two questions from General and Extra question pools 31. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Board of Directors election results are announced Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will attempt to answer the question, Why does your wi-fi connection drop out when you are cooking your lunch? * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR, A Century of Amateur Radio, This week, Will takes us back to the end of World War One to witness the amateurs of the time starting the lengthy process of getting permission to get back on the air. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social 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 [email protected]. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1342 - Full Version Release Date: November 16, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Turner, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:36:47 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1342 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. HACK: First Microsatellite By Chinese, Russian University Students Launched 2. RW: College Radio Station WKHS Makes International Contact With Amateur Radio 3. AMSAT: Celebrating AO-7 First Earth - Space - Space - Earth Relay Communications 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. WIA: Amateur Radio Pico Balloon Is Heard Over The Antarctic 6. SARL: BACAR Balloon Carrying Amateur Radio Is Launched 7. WIA: Several Amateur Radio Satellites Nearing End Of Life Re Entry 8. RW: FCC Commissioner Carr Says FCC Should Stop Work On Partisan Matters 9. ARD: VLF Transmitter SAQ To Transmit CW For 100th Anniversary 10. FCC: FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel Launches New Podcast Series 11. ARRL: ARRL November Sweepstakes Phone Is This Weekend 12. ARRL: YouTube Telethon To Raise Money For ARRL Teachers Institute On Wireless 13. ARRL: ARRL Delegates Attend International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 Conference 14. ARRL: NCVEC Question Pool Committee Removes Two Pool Questions From Use 15. FCC: FCC Considers Broadcaster Transparency Over Advertisements With AI Generated Content 16. SBE: Jim Dalke W7PB Wins Society of Broadcast Engineers Award 17. IARU: International Amateur Radio Union Youth Excellence Award 18. Rotuma Island DXpedition Is Taken On By A Youth Operator Group 19. CW Club Bug Roundup Is Coming Up 20. Emergency Alert System Upgrades For Three Broadcasters Funded By CPB Grant 21. Facebook Group Combines Life On The Road With Amateur Radio 22. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Board of Directors Election Results Are Announced 23. ARRL: Upcoming Radio Sport Contests and Regional Convention Listing 24. AMSAT: AMSAT AO-7 to celebrate its 50th anniversary in orbit 25. AMSAT: Voyager One spacecraft phones home on an S-Band transmitter that hasn't been used since 1981 26. WIA: Singapore's 4300 kilometer undersea electrical transmission line with Australia clears regulation hurdles 27. Arecibo Science Education Center opening is delayed 28. Scientist researchers find a possible cause of the Arecibo Telescope Collapse 29. Radio independence is the 2025 Hamvention Theme 30. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day results are announced Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will talk about a new radio every week. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on current and upcoming DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more.. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the solar prognosticator Tadd Cook, K7RA * Will Rogers - K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - Will returns with another new edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will piles us all into The Wayback Machine to take us back in time to the end of World War One to witness the slow reactivation of amateur radio. The Navy well understood how much it had benefited from all the trained amateurs ready to volunteer for service during the war and the likelihood of needing them again someday. ----- 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 [email protected]. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1341 - Full Version Release Date: November 9, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, 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: 1:32:32 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1341 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT AO-7 To Celebrate 50th Anniversary 2. AMSAT: Voyager 1 Spacecraft Phones Home With Transmitter That Hasn't Been Used Since 1981 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: Broadcast Radio Towers Continue To Fall 5. WIA: Singapore's 4300 KiloMeter Undersea Transmission Line With Australia Clears Regulatory Hurdle 6. WIA: China Discovers That Starlink Satellites Could Un-stealth Stealth Aircraft 7. Arecibo Science Education Center Opening Is Delayed 8. IEEE Honors Educator For Using Wireless Signals In Weather Data Collecting 9. Scientists Find A Possible Cause Of The Arecibo Telescope Collapse 10. Amateurs In Spain Provide Communications For Deadly Floods 11. A Satellite Made Of Wood Is Launched By Japan 12. Alaskan Island Gets A New Connection Via Amateur Radio 13. Radio Independence Is The 2025 HamVention Theme 14. ARRL: Amateur Radio Activated For Late Season Hurricane 15. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Results Published 16. ARRL: Rare California Island To Be Activated For Armed Forces Day, First Time In 53 Years 17. Court Debates FCC’s Power Over Net Neutrality 18. ARRL: YouTubers raise funds for ARRL Teachers Institute 19. ARRL: Upcoming contests and conventions listing 20. AMSAT: Reflect Orbital To Sell Sunlight Using Space Mirrors 21. WIA: New edition of FreeDV now available 22. ARRL: $47K raised for AR Stem Education through ARRL online auction 23. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarship program now accepting applications 24. HamSci program receives $1.8 million dollar grant from the National Science foundation/HamSci solar eclipse win 25. Planned changes to the UK amateur licensing system is delayed by Ofcom 26. 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 tell us how amateur radio has many Unexpected Miracles. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers - K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - This week, Will takes us all aboard The Wayback Machine to the early days of amateur radio to witness the first radio regulations, as a process forms around the new 1912 law, in an episode entitled, Regulations and Enforcement, Both Hard and Soft. ----- 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 [email protected]. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1340 - Full Version Release Date: November 2, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, 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: 1:47:26 Podcast Download (temp): https://bit.ly/TWIAR1340a Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT Board Of Directors Elects Officers 2. AMSAT: Administration Eases Restrictions On Space Related Exports 3. AMSAT: Intelsat Satellite Explodes In Orbit 4. AMSAT: Reflect Orbital To Sell Sunlight Using In Space Mirrors 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. WIA: New Edition Of FreeDV Available 7. ARRL: ARRL Recognizes University of Scranton During Amateur Radio Station Dedication 8. ARRL: $47,000 Raised For Amateur Radio STEM Education Through ARRL Online Auction 9. ARRL: ARRL VEC Services Update During Systems Disruption 10. ARRL: ARRL VEC Services And Other Updates During Systems Disruption 11. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program Accepting Applications Through January 06, 2025 12. HamSCI Program Gets Boost From $1.8 Million National Science Foundation Grant / Solar Eclipse QSO 13. Pioneer Of Wireless Is Honored By Amateurs In Brazil 14. Cyclone Dana Hits India And Amateurs Were At The Ready 15. Planned Changes To Amateur Licenses In The UK Delayed By Ofcom 16. Hydrogen Balloon Is Heard While Over The Antarctic 17. Noted Shortwave Listener Anker Petersen Passes In Denmark 18. India's Jagadish Chandra Bose Honored In On Air Tribute 19. NASA: Voyager 1 Fault Forces Switch to S-Band 20. Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report 21. AMSAT: NASA's Europa Clipper embarks on epic journey to explore an alien ocean world 22. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union to celebrate its centenary in 2025 23. ARRL: Handbook 101: A New Generation of Amateur Radio 24. ARRL: Dream Rig Contest is now underway 25. ARRL: Online Ham Radio Boot Camp is coming up on Saturday, November 9, 2024 26. ARRL: 86th Anniversary of Orson Welles' broadcast of War Of The World Special Event Station 27. A Shortwave Broadcaster in Austria faces an end of year shutdown 28. 76 Years of Air Force MARS is marked by a November Special Event 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 tell us all about the venerable QSL bureau. * 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 the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR, and A Century Of Amateur Radio: This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the very early days of amateur radio to witness the federal government shutting down amateur radio completely by the war. Amateurs were not just off the air but leaving home for military service. This week's edition is entitled, "Shut Down and Called Up" ----- 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 [email protected]. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1339 - Full Version Release Date: October 26, 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, Terry Walker, KI5ODE, 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: 1:35:20 Podcast Download (temp): https://bit.ly/TWIAR1339 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: SpaceX Achieves First Super Heavy Booster Catch in Landmark Starship Flight 2. AMSAT: NASA’s Europa Clipper Embarks on Epic Journey to Explore Alien Ocean World 3. AMSAT: European Spacecraft Launches to Investigate NASA’s Asteroid Defense Test 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over 5. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union to Celebrate Its Centenary In 2025 6. SN: Intelsat 33e Breaks Up in Geostationary Orbit 7. RW: Helicopter Tower Collision Takes Four Lives in Houston 8. ARRL: Handbook 101: A New Generation of Amateur Radio 9. ARRL: Dream Rig Contest Underway 10. ARRL: ARRL Systems Service Disruption Update 11. ARRL: 2024 Pacificon Inspires Next Generation of Radio Amateurs 12. ARRL: Online Ham Bootcamp Coming Up on Saturday, November 9th, 2024 13. ARRL: 86th Anniversary of The Orson Welles Broadcast of War of the Worlds 14. YASME Grant Presented to Tunisian Amateur Radio Camp for Youngsters 15. Shortwave Broadcaster in Austria Faces Shutdown 16. French Experiment in Laser Communications Is a Success 17. Another Of the Navajo Code Talkers John Kinsel Senior Passes At 107 18. Amateurs In New Zealand Put Volcanoes on The Air 19. 76 Years of Air Force MARS Marked by November Special Event Station 20. Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention/Hamfest Listings 21. WIA: 40 Meter band plan harmonization - WIA announces next steps 22. WIA: Russian state media radio and television targeted in cyberattack 23. ARS: SpaceX tells the FCC that it has plans to make Starlink about 10 times faster 24. FCC: FCC proposes fine against ESPN for violation of the Emergency Alert Rules 25. ARDC: Amateur Radio Digital Communications announces its new Director of Technology 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 amateur radio connects us in unexpected ways * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming Radio Sport contests and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers - K5WLR - A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, this week, Will puts us all into The Wayback Machine to the early nineteen hundreds. In a segment Will calls The Lid: It’s war in 1917 and amateurs across the country are totally shut down, putting the lid on both transmitting and receiving by the government ----- 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 [email protected]. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1338 - Full Version Release Date: October 19, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savacool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:29:16 Podcast Download (temp): https://bit.ly/TWIAR1338 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Call for ARISS Proposals from U.S. Educators 2. WIA: 40 Meter Band Plan Harmonization WIA Next Steps 3. WIA: Russian State Media Targeted in Cyberattack 4. WIA: New Book Available Jesus, Faith and Antennas 5. ARS: SpaceX Tells FCC It Has Plans to Make Starlink About 10 Times Faster 6. FCC: The FCC Is Looking into The Impact of Broadband Data Caps and Why They Still Exist 7. ARRL: Jamboree On The Air Brings Scouts Around The World Together 8. ARRL: 2024 Radio Orienteering Championships Held in Michigan 9. ARRL: ARRL Online Auction Is Now Underway 10. ARRL: Team Of 161 Amateurs from Five States Assist 2000 Medical Personnel For Chicago Marathon 11. ARRL: ARRL Pacific Division Ham Radio Convention and Hamfest, Runs October 18th – 20th, 2024 12. ARRL: Youth On The Air Camp For The Americas Has Been Scheduled For June 15th - 20th, 2025 13. FCC: FCC Proposes Fine Against ESPN For Violation of Emergency Alert Rules 14. New Director of Technology Named by Amateur Radio Digital Communications 15. Straight Key Century Club Solicits QSL Card Design Ideas for Straight Key Month 2025 16. New Record for CW Callsign Copy Set by A Romanian Teen Ham 17. 1922 Maritime Disaster to Be Remembered In Upcoming Special Event Station Operation 18. Broadcaster In Missing Radio Tower Case Dies - Hot Air Balloon Crashes And Fells Radio Tower 19. Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention Listing 20. HACK: Voyager 2's Plasma Spectrometer is turned off in a power saving measure. 21. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over 22. WIA: Australian federal government hires a US firm to develop a new undersea cable. 23. WIA: Voice of America to move to new headquarters in Washington DC 24. ARS: FCC lets Starlink provide direct-to-device cellular service in areas effected by recent hurricanes 25. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute on wireless technology impacts in 2025 26. ARRL: 2024 Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award Recipient is Keos Van Oosbree, W0AAE 27. ARRL: University of Scranton will dedicate its new State of The Art amateur radio station 28. Broadcasters receive federal funds to strengthen resiliency during severe weather 29. Internet Radio Station pioneer, Keith Lamonica W7DXX, SK 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 show us several surprises that change you forever. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, and upcoming Radio Sport contests, and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, we climb aboard The Wayback Machine to the early nineteen hundreds as the first trans-continental one-way message relay occurred, and shortly thereafter, the first two-way transcontinental message made it into league headquarters. We will hear the story in a segment he entitled Trans Cons. ----- 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 [email protected]. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1337 - Full Version Release Date: October 12, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Dave WIlson, WA2HOY, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:35:12 Podcast Download (temp): https://bit.ly/TWIAR1337 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. HACK: Voyager 2’s Plasma Spectrometer Turned Off In Power-Saving Measure 2. AMSAT: MESAT1 Designated MESAT1-OSCAR 122 (MO-122) 3. AMSAT: ARISS Slow Scan TV Transmissions Begin 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. WIA: South African Radio League To Exhibit Science & Technology In Amateur Radio At SASF 2024 6. WIA: Australian Federal Government Hires US Firm To Develop A New Subsea Pacific Cable 7. WIA: Voice of America To Move To New Headquarters In Washington 8. TWIT: Starlink's Unauthorized Voyage in to Navy Waters 9. ARS: FCC Lets Starlink Provide Service To Cell Phones In Areas Hit By Hurricane 10. ARRL: Hams Continue To Serve During Active Hurricane Season 11. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology Impacts 85 Educators In 2024; More Planned For 2025 12. ARRL: 2024 Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award Recipient: Kees Van Oosbree, WØAAE 13. ARRL: University of Scranton Will Dedicate A State Of The Art Amateur Radio Station 14. ARRL: Sasquatch Awareness Day Special Event 15. Broadcasters Receive Federal Funds to Strengthen Resiliency During Heavy Weather 16. Next Young Amateurs Camp Site Is Chosen 17. Internet Remote Station Pioneer Keith Lamonica, W7DXX, SK 18. Amputee Patient Finds His Way Home Thanks to India's Amateur Radio Operators 19. Jovan Bojdani, ZA1H, Albanian Amateur Radio Leader, SK 20. South Africa To Take Ham Payloads Aloft With A Near Space Balloon 21. Class Focuses on Radio As A Tool For Women's Well Being 22. DX: FT8 SuperFox mode has been cracked. 23. NASA: NASA gears up for clipper mission to Jupiter's icy moon Europa. 24. WIA: Scientists discover radio waves transmitted over eight million years ago. 25. ARRL: An incredible amateur radio rescue story. 26. ARRL: ARRL Foundation is now accepting grant applications through October 31, 2024. 27. Belarus and Russia are eligible once again for CQ Sponsored Awards. 28. A new science education center opens on the site of the old Arecibo Dish. 29. An exciting DXpedition YJ0VV, is coming up very soon 30. PARC uses WinLink for emergency communications. 31. Upcoming RadioSport contests and upcoming regional conventions. 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 Does An Actual Minimal Setup Look Like?" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on upcoming and active DXpeditions, DX, upcoming Radio Sport contests, and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - Will returns with another edition of A Century of Amateur Radio, this week, Will takes us back to the early days of amateur radio and looks at descriptions of the radio laws and anecdotes about their enforcement during those early years, in a segment entitled Regulations and Enforcement, both Hard and Soft. ----- 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 [email protected]. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.