PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1334 – 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 21, 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: 0:59:39

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service:

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1334HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. WIA: Amazon Is Poised To Unveil A Significant Overhaul of Alexa
2. WIA: Global Positioning Satellite Now 13 Years Old
3. NASA: Voyager 1 Completes Tricky Thruster Reconfiguration
4. HACK: NASA’s Solar Sail Reflect Brightly In The Night Sky
5. NASA: NASA To Develop Lunar Time Standard For Exploration Initiatives
6. RI: AM Radio For Every Vehicle Act Passed House Floor Vote
7. NEWS: ICOM IC-V82 Radios Exploding In Lebanon, Following Exploding AR-924 Pagers
8. RSGB: Radio Society Of Great Britian To End Paper Based License Exams
9. ARRL: ARRL Announces Partnership With Grouper
10. ARRL: ARRL Section Managers Gather for Training at Headquarters
11. ARRL: National Preparedness Month – Station Readiness
12. Privatization Of The 900 Megahertz Band
13. ACMA: The Australian Communications & Media Authority Issues New Amateur Radio Fees
14. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, RadioSport contests and more.
• Will Rogers – K5WLR – A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Hiram Percy Maxim main goal was to establish reliable relaying of messages across the entire country. Will takes us back to the early days of amateur radio in a segment he entitled “Trunk Lines”.

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