November 5, 2024

This Week in Amateur Radio

North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1265

Release Date: May 27, 2023

Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, 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: 1:51:37 – * Special Expanded Dayton HamVention Wrap-Up Edition *

Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service:

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Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service:

  1. 102 Representatives Ask Carmakers to Keep AM Radio
  2. Dayton Hamvention Roundup Friday, May 19, 2023 – Part One
  3. Dayton Hamvention Roundup Friday, May 19, 2023 – Part Two
  4. Dayton Hamvention Roundup Friday, May 19, 2023 – Part Three
  5. ARRL and Federal Emergency Management Agency Sign Agreement Ham Radio is as Relevant as Ever
  6. ARRL Section Manager Spring Election Results
  7. John Gendron, NJ4Z, Appointed South Carolina Section Manager by ARRL
  8. Marconi’s Yacht Will Be Site Of An Upcoming Special Event Station
  9. President Biden Announces Federal Communications Commission Nominees
  10. Field Day Is Coming Up Soon / Opportunities At ARRL Headquarters
  11. Belgium Amateurs May Get A 40 MegaHertz Allocation
  12. United Kingdom Considering eLoran Broadcast Licenses
  13. Coffee Loving Ham Works Java – But It’s Not DX
  14. Eleven U.S. Schools Moved Forward in ARISS Selection Process
  15. How Moon Based Telescopes Could Revolutionize Astronomy
  16. International Women in Engineering Day
  17. Lasers On Artemis II Will Share High-Definition Video Of The Moon
  18. Special Event Station Aboard USS Slater to Mark Memorial Day Observance
  19. 60 Days Alone On Rockall, An Uninhabited Rock In The North Atlantic
  20. Earth Receiving Simulated Alien Signal From Mars
  21. 42 GigaHertz Spectrum Allocations Are Revisited By The FCC
  22. Australian Maritime College Severs Relationship With ACMA For Amateur Licensing
  23. World Radiosport Team Championships To Be Held In Italy May Be Relocated
  24. Ford Announces It Will Not Eliminate AM Radios From New Automobiles
  25. South Carolina Amateurs Expand Emergency Communication Range
  26. Bernhard Buettner DL6RAI SK In Antenna Accident
  27. Amateurs Provide Communications For Massachusetts Relay For Life
  28. Congresswoman Lesko Reintroduces Bill To Replace Symbol Rate Limit With Bandwidth Limit
  29. AMSAT issues call for nominations for 2023 Board of Directors
  30. Special Event Stations for the UK Coronation will continue on the air through June
  31. The FCC moves to potentially open 1000 megahertz of spectrum for new commercial uses
  32. Upcoming conventions, hamfests, and contests
  33. The ARRL Membership Dues Survey is wrapping up

Plus these Special Features This Week:

  • Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, will discuss how many people suffer with slow internet due to incorrect settings on your modem and router.
  • Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO – AMSAT Satellite News
  • Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, returns to his vertical office this week to talk about a condition that seems to happen to mid-west hams each spring called dead band syndrome.
  • Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will be considering the language of the amateur radio community.
  • 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, in a long lost episode, Bill looks back at the World Radio Conferences and how the amateur radio service gained or lost bands in each of the them.

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