October 13, 2024

This Week in Amateur Radio

North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1333 – 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: September 14, 2024

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

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:00:49

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service:

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1333HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

  1. ACMA: The Australian Communications & Media Authority Issues New Amateur Radio Fees
  2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
  3. WIA: New Frontier For Radio Broadcasting Called “Zonecasting”
  4. FCC: FCC Adopts New Asymmetric Sideband Rules for HD Radio
  5. ARRL: ARRL Defends 902-928 Amateur Radio Band
  6. ARRL: Ham Radio Volunteers Serve During Hurricane Francine
  7. ARRL: National Preparedness Month Ensuring Family Safety
  8. Teenage Canadian Students Gain Licenses After Ham Radio Coursework
  9. Solar Researchers Revise Their Latest Solar Storm Assessment
  10. Longwave Radio Broadcasts To Scheduled To Debut From The Arctic Circle
  11. FCC: New FCC regulations grants drone operators spectrum access for navigation
  12. BB: Los Angeles Transit Authority fears major revenue loss if FCC approves proposed 900Mhz spectrum plan
  13. ARRL: ARRL Utah Section is expanding its emergency communications capabilities
  14. ARRL: ARRL VEC Services update during on going services disruption
    15a. ARRL: Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report

Plus these Special Features This Week:

  • The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming Radio Sport contests, and more
  • Will Rogers, K5WLR – A Century Of Amateur Radio – This week, Will tells us about whether it was for public service, or as a challenge worth attacking, transmitting information across ever greater distances is what drove members of the Relay League to organize. In a segment he entitles “The Relay’s The Thing.”

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