February 13, 2025

This Week in Amateur Radio

North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1321 – 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: June 22, 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: 1:00:06

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service:

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1321HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

  1. AMSAT: Starliner Brings Another Ham To International Space Station
  2. AMSAT: AMSAT Mail Alias Service To End August 1st, 2024
  3. WIA: Alexanderson Alternator To Transmit Message On June 30th, 2024
  4. FCC: FCC Approves Mysterious SpaceX Device: Is It For The Starlink Mini Dish?
  5. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Is Here
  6. ARRL: New Hampshire ARES Serves Mount Washington Road Race
  7. ARRL: Gaming the Amateur Radio Digital Modes
  8. ARRL: ARRL Foundation Club Grant Update
  9. Popular Massachusetts Electronics Retailer Announces Shuts Down
  10. Wi-Fi Router Manufacturer Receives FCC Fine For Over Power Routers
  11. US Military Improves Tracking Of Amateur Radio and Hobbyist Balloons
  12. WIA: The Square Kilometer Array under construction in a radio quiet zone, while overhead satellites shout
  13. WIA: The South African Radio League takes the first steps toward World Radio Conference 2027
  14. ARRL: Amateur Radio connects family members during a boating accident in Utah
  15. ARRL: The new Extra Class License Question Pool is released
  16. Another cyberattack brings down the Society of Broadcast Engineers web page
    17: Germany’s new N class license makes its testing session debut at Ham Radio Friedrichshafen
  17. A robust lineup of vendors and speakers will be at the upcoming 2024 Northeast Ham Exposition

Plus these Special Features This Week:

  • The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
  • Our own amateuar radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of A Century of Amateur Radio.This time out, We discover that vacuum tubes revolutionized radio, changing it more than any other single invention. He will have a close up look at Lee DeForest and the Audion.

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