PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1329 – Full Version

Release Date: August 17, 2024

Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, William Savacool, K2SAV, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:27:21

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1329

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. AMSAT: Quarter Century Wireless Association Awards AMSAT Youth and Education Programs $2,500
2. AMSAT: AMSAT-EA’s GENESIS-A Launched
3. AMSAT: NASA Seeks Student Missions To Send To Space in 2026, and Beyond
4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
5. WIA: Radio Amateurs of Canada Report Phishing Attempts
6. WIA: Radio New Zealand Pacific Activates New Shortwave Transmitters
7. ARRL: ARRL Urges Protecting The Amateur Radio 902-928 MegaHertz Band
8. ARRL: Solar Cycle 25 Producing Record High Sunspot Numbers
9. ARRL: Amateur Radio Active As Hurricane Ernesto Heads For Bermuda
10. ARRL: HAARP Is Conducting A Research Campaign August 13-16 And Continuing On August 18-20
11. Feedback Is Sought On New Proposed Radio Rules In India
12. Longwave Radio Broadcasts To Debut From The Arctic Circle
13. Stranded ISS Astronauts May Finally Ride Home On A Dragon Spacecraft Next Year
14. Bidding Opens For World Radiosport Team Championships
15. Wireless Workshop Assists India’s Police Communications
16. New Cubesats Give Amateurs More Options
17. FCC: FCC Fines New York City Individual $2.3 Million For Unlicensed Broadcasting On FM
18. ARRL: David Galletly, KM2O, Named Vice Director of the ARRL Hudson Division
19. K1USN CW contest is announced
20. Upcoming contests and regional convention listings
21. WIA: Dog Day Afternoon is coming to amateur radio
22. ARRL: Andy Milluzzi, KK4LWR is appointed Vice Director of the ARRL Southeastern Division
23. ARRL: W1AW will change frequency to 17 meters for CW practice
24. ARRL: New York City High School helps license young hams
25. FCC: FCC fines New York City individual $2.3 million for unlicensed broadcasting on FM

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 tell us about internet access across the high frequency bands
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, Radio Sport, upcoming contests and more.
• Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
• Will Rogers, K5WLR – Will returns with another edition of A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard the Wayback Machine to the year 1915 to witness how the amateurs of the era proposed offering communications in times of emergencies to the government, in a segment entitled, ‘A Patriotic and Dignified Effort’

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