This Week in Amateur Radio

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1075

Release Date: October 5, 2019

Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This weeks edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. 

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. 

Full episode Running Time: 1:31:52

Download full podcast here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1075

Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service:

1. The Weather Channel Cites 'Old School Tech' Amateur Radio as Storm Resource

2. Belarus Team Dominates 16th IARU High-Speed Telegraphy World Championship

3. Bidding in ARRL Online Auction Begins on October 17th

4. IARU Administrative Council Steps Up Efforts to Combat Radio Spectrum Pollution 

5. IOTA DXpedition to Tonga, OC-049 Wraps Up on October 6th

6. NASA Television to air 10 upcoming spacewalks on the Interntional Space Station

7. ARISS Invites Proposals to Host Ham Radio Contacts with Space Station Crew

8. Ten Teams to Compete in Spectrum Collaboration Challenge Championship Event

9. Australian Regulator Reinstates US Amateur Radio License Reciprocity 

10. Election for RAC Director Ontario South Region 2019

11. FCC Dismisses Three Petitions for Rule Making Filed by Radio Amateurs

12. Special Event Station and DXpedition listings

13. Cheers to 105 years: Fort Hudson Nursing Center resident celebrates birthday 

14. FCC Proposes Fining New York Radio Amateur $17,000 for Deliberate Interference

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT

* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO

* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB 

* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL

* The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY 12A

* RAIN: Radio historian Scott Childers/W9CHI relates a shsort history of “the Big 89”, WLS. 

* Writing a radio Public Service Announcement to Promote your Club with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP

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This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1070

Release Date: August 31, 2019

Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This weeks edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF,Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, and George W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. 

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. 

Running Time: 1:18:03

Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1070

Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service:

1. Amateur Radio Resources Ready as Dorian Poised to Become a Major Hurricane

2. UN Headquarters 4U1UN Making Slow but Steady Progress in Returning to Air

3. Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) Station Registration Now Available

4. FCC Resolves LED Products Marketing Violations Investigation with Consent Decree

5. ARRL HF Band Planning Committee Reactivated to Address Spectrum Issues

6. YOTA 2019 Summer Camp in Bulgaria Spawns Sub-regional Camps

7. FCC petitioned to open up 45 to 50 MHz for DRM+ Broadcasting in the USA

8. 160 Years Since The Carrington Event

9. 144 to 146 MHz Removed from French Proposal for Additional Aeronautical Applications

10. Florida Division of Emergency Management Seeking Qualified Amateur Radio Volunteers

11. The Department of Defense message prompts listeners to take WWV/WWVH Surveys

12. Upcoming special event stations

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT

* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO

* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB 

* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL

* Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY 8

* Classic RAIN: The 220 Megahertz Grab of the past

* Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP

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This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1069

Release Date: August 24, 2019

Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This weeks edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.  

Produced and edited by W2XBS. 

Running Time: 1:12:57

Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1069

Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service:

1. LATE BREAKING: France Stands its Ground on 144 – 146 MHz Aeronautical Mobile Sharing Proposal

2. WWV Centennial Committee Prepares for Trial Run of WW0WWV Special Event

3. Radio Amateurs in India Support Rescue and Relief Operations in Wake of Flooding

4. Candidates for ARRL Directors and Vice Directors Announced

5. Somalia Operation Set for September

6. Alexanderson Alternator Station SAQ Hails Incredible Number of Listener Reports

7. ARRL-TAPR Digital Communications Conference Presentations Announced

8. Efforts Continue to Enhance ARES Program, Add Resources

9. Inter-American Proposal Removes 47 to 47.2 GHz from Bands under Study for 5G Services

10. ARRL Contest and DXCC Rules Now Prohibit Automated Contacts

11. Two Meter Sharing Proposal is on CEPT Conference Preparatory Group Agenda

12. Ending the Great Radio Silence after The Great War

13. FCC Staff Recommends Designating 988 as National Suicide and Mental Illness Crisis line

14. The FCC dismisses the joint ARRL/AMSAT requests in the small satellite proceeding

15. The Chinese Lunar Satellite PathFinder completes its mission at end of life

16. Several Special event stations are coming up in the next week

17. Department of Defence Message Prompts Listeners to Take WWV/WWVH Survey

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT

* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO

* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB 

* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL

* Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY 7

* Classic RAIN: N/A

* Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP

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This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1068

Release Date: August 17, 2019

Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This weeks edition is anchored by 

Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB,Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, and George W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.  

Produced and edited by W2XBS. 

Running Time: 1:11:05

Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1068

Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service:

1. Young Radio Amateurs from around the World Gather for YOTA Summer Camp

2. ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program Application Window Opens on September 1st

3. ARRL Board Confers Awards

4. Results Posted for USA, IARU Region 2 ARDF Championships in North Carolina

5. Dayton Hamvention Radio Club of the Year to Hold Ham Bootcamp at New England Convention

6. ARRL Board Pledges to Oppose French Proposal for 2 Meters

7. ARRL Board Covers Digital Communication Issues

8. ARRL Board Meeting - Other Actions and Reports

9. Parks on the Air - now in England

10. FCC Staff Recommends Designating 988 as National Suicide, Mental Health Crisis Hotline

11. Two Meter Sharing Proposal is on CEPT Conference Preparatory Group Agenda

12. FCC Dismisses ARRL, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT

* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO

* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB 

* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL

* Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY 6

* Classic RAIN: Flashback to 1989 when hams first acquired the WARC Bands

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This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1067

Release Date: August 10, 2019

Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This weeks edition is anchored by Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, and Fred Fittee, NF2F, and George W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. 

Produced and edited by W2XBS. 

Running Time: 1:07:44

Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1067

Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service:

1. Global Institutions Support Amateur Radio Communication and Experimentation

2. AMSAT and ARISS Designing Amateur Radio System for Lunar Gateway

3. Arizona ARES Volunteers Support Communication during Arizona Wildland Fire

4. ARRL Member Had Role in Promising RF Treatment Device for Alzheimer’s

5. First ARRL Centurion Award Winner Fritz Nitsch, W4NTO, SK

6. World Scout Jamboree Ham Radio Balloon Crosses Atlantic

7. Ninth YOTA Summer Camp Gets Under Way on August 11th

8. Former ARRL Headquarters Staff Member John Nelson, K0IO (ex-W1GNC), SK

9. The OSCAR 7 Satellite Died And Was Reborn 20 Years Later

10. FCC Fines North Carolina Man for Unauthorized and Misleading Public Safety Transmissions

11. One Dead and one severely injured in ham radio tower collapse in New Hampshire

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT

* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO

* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB 

* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL

* Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY 3

* Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP 

* Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, on the new Volunteer Monitoring Program (talk from Dayton HamVention)

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This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1066

Release Date: August 3, 2019

Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This weeks edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, George W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. 

Produced and edited by W2XBS. 

Running Time: 1:23:30

Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1066

Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service:

1. ARISS Owen Garriott Commemorative SSTV Event Under Way

2. One Dead, One Injured in New Hampshire Ham Radio Tower Mishap

3. Dhruv Rebba, KC9ZJX, is 2019 Newsline Young Ham of the Year

4. ARISS Next Generation Radio System Completes Critical Flight Certification Tests

5. Free Hiram Percy Maxim 150th Birthday Event Logging Software Now Available

6. DXpedition Team Donates Part of QSL Fees to Galapagos Conservancy

7. Ham radio volunteers assisted in the search for a missing teen

8. ARRL is seeking a Development Manager for full-time employment at ARRL Headquarters

9. The FCC is seeking to hire an electronics engineer

10. Cape Cod ARES and SKYWARN Provide Support in Rare Cape Cod Tornado Event

11. CASS DX Award winners are announced

12. RSGB Announces A New FT4 Based Contest

13. St. Paul Island CY9C DxPedition hits the airwaves

14. ARRL Field Day 2019 Attracks nearly 3100 entries

15. Some European Telecommunications Regulators are keeping an open mind on the French 2m proposal

16. REC Networks proposes an 8 meter amateur band and its up for comment at the FCC

17. A new device crearted at MIT makes electricity from snowfall

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT

* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO

* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB 

* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL

* Amateur Radio History Headlines with Bill Continelli, W2XOY 3

* Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP 

* Talk with Norm Fasaro W3IZ at ARRL Headquarters on the new Morse Proficency Award

* Classic RAIN #1 A New Bi-weekly feature from This Week in Amateur Radio!

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