PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1327 – 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: August 3, 2024

Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savocool, K2SAV, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Rich Lawrence, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:01:05

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service:

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1327HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. AMSAT: SpaceX to Develop Enhanced Dragon Spacecraft For ISS Deorbit
2. WIA: So Who Listens To BBC Content Internationally?
3. WIA: A New Emergency Alert System Event Code Is Coming Soon In The United States
4. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute On Wireless Technology Adds Third Level
5. ARRL: Generational Legacy Carried On In ARRL Teachers Institute
6. ARRL: 2024 USA and IARU Region 2 Radio Orienteering Championships Set For October
7. ARRL: 2024 Olympics Special Event Station On The Air Now
8. ARRL: Rule Changes Announced for ARRL International EME Contest
9. Canada Wildfires Communications Preparedness Strategies
10. FCC: FCC Releases Updated Speed Test App To Improve Mobile Broadband Accuracy
11. FCC: Senate Advances $7 Billion Bill Renewing Popular FCC Internet Discount Program
12. AMSAT: AMSAT mail alias service to end August 31st, 2024
13. WIA: US/European broadcasters in talks with car manufacturers to keep AM Medium Wave Broadcast In Cars
14. ARRL: ARRL Board of Directors completes second meeting for 2024 and approves reports – PART ONE
15. ARRL: ARRL: Board of Directors completes second meeting for 2024 and approves reports – PART TWO

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will answer the question, Does The International Amateur Union Actually Represent You?
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, RadioSport DX, upcoming contests, and more
• Will Rogers – K5WLR – The History of Amateur Radio – A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us on board The Wayback Machine to go back to, the early nineteen hundreds. Where we will be witnessing the beginings of QST Magazine.

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