PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1319 – Full Version

Release Date: June 8, 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, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:38:23

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service:

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1319

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. AMSAT: Setting Up Your Own Satellite Ground Station With SatNOGS
2. AMSAT: SpaceX Aims For Successful Reentry In Fourth Starship Test Flight
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. IARU: International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 HAMChallenge 2024
5. WIA: Peeking Underground With Giant Flying Antennas
6. WIA: The Fun That’s Ham Radio Winlink Has The Final Word
7. Japanese AM Broadcast Stations Begin Suspensions
8. ARRL: ARRL Systems Service Disruption Update
9. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Is Two Weeks Away, Free Shipping on Field Day Merch
10. ARRL: HAM RADIO 2024 International Amateur Radio Exhibition Will Be Held June 28-30 In Friedrichshafen
11. ARRL: ARRL Affiliated Club In MS Donates 3D Printer, Books, To Local Library
12. ARRL: The 13 Colonies Special Event Is Announced
13. AMSAT Is On The Receiving End Of Project OSCAR Shutdown and Assumes Satellite Duties
14. Parks On The Air Sweeps Across Puerto Rico
15. Summits On The Air Explodes Across The EU
16. STEM Amateur Radio Club Launches Radio Equipped Balloon
17. Special Delivery From The Moon Is Underway
18. Boeing’s Starliner Successfully Docks With The Space Station After Challenging Rendezvous
19. International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend Registration Heats Up
20. Orlando HamCation Now Accepting 2025 Award Nominees
21. Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Area Conventions and HamFests Listing
22. International Style On-Foot T-Hunt Wraps Up In California
23. ARRL: FCC opens comments about Coronal Mass Ejections communications impacts
24. ARRL: How to find a Field Day Site
25. ARRL: Section Manager Election results
26. ARRL: The ARRL Foundation announces the return of the club grant program for 2024
27. ARRL: The 2024 ARRL Kids Day event will take place June 15th and June 22-23, 2024
28. FCC: FCC Chairman proposes new rules for accidental space explosion risks
29. ARRL: June Volunteer Monitor 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 talk about the “ARRL Incident of May 2024”
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
• Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
• Bill Continelli, W2XOY – The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill begins a four part series on the history of several legacy radio companies. This week, Bill begins with an in depth look at The National Radio Company.

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