PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1262

Release Date: May 6, 2023

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, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:59:26

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Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service:

1. 2023 Hamvention Awards Are Announced – PART ONE
2. 2023 Hamvention Awards Are Announced – PART TWO
3. DLARC Radio Library Surpasses 75,000 Items of Ham Radio, Shortwave History
4. National Radio Astronomy Observatory Program Looking for Students 18-20 Years Old to Learn About Spectrum
5. ARRL Ready To Welcome Attendees At Dayton Hamvention 2023
6. ARRL Helps Radio Amateurs Comply With New RF Exposure Evaluation Rules
7. USA Amatuer Radio Direction Finding 2023 Championships Results Are Announced
8. The Rooster Net: For Whom the Rooster QSOs! For 65 Years!
9. New York State Citizen Preparedness Corp Offer Training Event
10. The 2023 New England QSO Party Is On The Air May 6th and 7th, 2023
11. Australian Communications and Media Authority In Australia Moves Ahead On Starting A New License Class
12. Maines Plan To Study 5G Worries Amateurs In The State
13. John Knipping AA9KC From The Freewheelers Net On 80 Meters SK
14. Amateur Radio Special Event Goes Milling About
15. Hams In The UK Mark The Anniversary Of The Dam Busters Raid
16. Smartphones Can Now Connect Users Via Satellite
17. Amateurs Around The World Prepare For The Armed Forces Day Crossband Test
18. RAC: Bryan Rawlings VE3QN is inducted into the Radio Amateurs of Canada Hall of Fame
19. RAC: Weather spotting workshop “Beyond CanWarn and Q&A Event” is coming up soon
20. The FCC issues a reminder about foreign investment information, foreign ownership of broadcast stations
21. Upcoming contests, conventions and hamfests
22. FCC Warns Portland Church To Shut Down Pirate FM Operating Under Its Steeple
23. AMSAT Fox-Plus Progress Report – PART ONE
24. AMSAT Fox-Plus Progress Report – PART TWO
25. Houston AMSAT Net Tops 1500 Sessions
26. Youth On the Air Camp For The Americas Announced
27. Look What I Found! – Parts Of The Failed SpaceX Launch Wash Up On Shore
28. FCC Chief Rosenworcel Says 6G Is Coming Sooner Than You Think
29. NASA’s International Space Station Communications Disrupted By Argentinian Taxi Driver Radio
30. ARRL Advocates For Radio Amateurs As FCC Proposes Changes To The 60 Meter Band
31. International Marconi Day: National Parks Director Makes QSO
32. The ARRL Invites Member Comments On Proposed Dues Increase

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, takes a nostalgic look back at the early search engines on the internet, and will take a look at how the internet and big tech are both good and bad.
• Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO – AMSAT Satellite News
• Our Tower Climbing and Antenna master, Greg Stoddard, KF9MP, leaves his climbing gear in the shack to bring us Part Four of his Six part series on writing a successful Public Service Announcement to promote your clubs hamfest or special event on local broadcast radio.
• Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will take a look at “Doing The Same Thing Over and Over”
• Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
• Bill Continelli, W2XOY – The History of Amateur Radio. Bill returns to begin his series, The Ancient Amateur Archives, this week, Bill takes us back to January of 1977, which finds the FCC totally swamped by applications for Citizen Band Licenses which were arriving at the rate of over 500K a month.

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