PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1315 – Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net

Release Date: May 11, 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, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zitell, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 0:59:35

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service:

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1315HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. ARRL Learning Center Features Two New Emergency Communication Training Courses
2. ARRL: Focus On Public Safety Relationship Building At The 2024 ARRL National Convention
3. ARRL: ARRL Volunteers Obtain Ham Exemption To Pennsylvania Handsfree Law
4. ARRL: YL Summits On The Air Event Queens Of The Mountain Coming Up
5. ARRL: Fair Radio Sales, Electronic Military Surplus Store In Lima, Ohio, Officially Closing On June 28th, 2024
6. Successful Bluetooth Connection With A Satellite Announced
7. HamVention Weekend To Feature TAPR, D-STAR and The Voice of America
8. Trafficked Woman In India Is Returned Thanks To Amateur Radio
9. Drone Maker DJI is facing a possible ban in the United States
10. ARRL: CQ Publisher Dick Ross K2MGA has become a silent key
11. ARRL: Students to promote collegiate amateur radio at the 2024 ARRL National Convention at HamVention
12. ARRL: Changes announced in the ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section
13. ARRL: Amateur Radio is ready for the upcoming sever storms and tornado season
14. ARRL: FCC is seeking to hite people for the role of Electronics Engineer Field Agent in the Los Angeles area
15. Proposed distraced driving law in Pennsylvania has amateur radio operators there concerned
16. KOTA: Kids On The Air – Newly formed organization to makes its national debut at the upcoming HamVention
17. ARRL: ARRL Field Day Swag is now available
18. FCC: FCC Volunteer Monitor Program Report

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, asks if your shack has a place for everything, and everything in its place.
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
• Bill Continelli, W2XOY – The History of Amateur Radio. Bill returns to begin his series, The Anicent Amateur Archives, this week, Bill takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the late seventies and early 1980’s where we find WARC-79 coming to an end with hams on top as they keep all of their current bands and receive additional allocations at 10, 18, and 24 MegaHertz. And the FCC approves ASCII on the amateur bands.

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