PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1340 – 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: November 2, 2024

ATTENTION: Due to the DDOS Cyberattack on Internet Archive, our host for files is offline until further notice, we are using an alternative resource for the podcast until services are restored.

Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, 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: 1:02:27

Podcast Download (temp): https://bit.ly/TWIAR1340HR
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Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. AMSAT: Administration Eases Restrictions On Space Related Exports
2. AMSAT: Intelsat Satellite Explodes In Orbit
3. AMSAT: Reflect Orbital To Sell Sunlight Using In Space Mirrors
4. ARRL: ARRL Recognizes University of Scranton During Amateur Radio Station Dedication
5. ARRL: $47,000 Raised For Amateur Radio STEM Education Through ARRL Online Auction
6. ARRL: ARRL VEC Services And Other Updates During Systems Disruption
7. HamSCI Program Gets Boost From $1.8 Million National Science Foundation Grant / Solar Eclipse QSO
8. Planned Changes To Amateur Licenses In The UK Delayed By Ofcom
9. Hydrogen Balloon Is Heard While Over The Antarctic
10. Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report
11. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union to celebrate its centenary in 2025
12. ARRL: Dream Rig Contest is now underway
13. A Shortwave Broadcaster in Austria faces an end of year shutdown

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us all about the venerable QSL bureau.
• Will Rogers, K5WLR, and A Century Of Amateur Radio: This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the very early days of amateur radio to witness the federal government shutting down amateur radio completely by the war. Amateurs were not just off the air but leaving home for military service. This week’s edition is entitled, “Shut Down and Called Up”

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