December 6, 2024

This Week in Amateur Radio

North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1343 – 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 23, 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, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savacool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:00:23

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1343HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

  1. FCC: Trump Picks Brendan Carr To Lead The Federal Communications Commission
  2. AMSAT: SpaceX Dragon Fires Thrusters To Boost ISS Orbit For The First Time
  3. WIA: White House Communications Agency Amateur Radio Club On Air
  4. WIA: Amateur Radio Appears In German Crime Drama On ZDF
  5. BBC: Somebody Moved UK’s Oldest Satellite, And No One Knows Who Or Why
  6. FCC: FCC’s Final Moves Under Rosenworcel Hold Weight For Radio
  7. ARRL: Committee Proposes Changes To ARRL By-Laws 42 and 46
  8. ARRL: Fall Season Section Manager Election Results Announced
  9. ARRL: Hawaii Is Preparing For The 83rd Commemoration Of The December 7th, 1941, Attack On Pearl Harbor
  10. ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator Implements Changes
  11. FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel Announces Resignation
  12. ARD: VLF transmitter SAQ to transmit CW for its 100th anniversary
  13. ARRL: ARRL delegates attended International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 Conference
  14. ARRL: NCVEC Question Pool Committee removes two questions from General and Extra question pools
  15. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Board of Directors election results are announced

Plus these Special Features This Week:

  • The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests and more.
  • Will Rogers, K5WLR, A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us back to the end of World War One to witness the amateurs of the time starting the lengthy process of getting permission to get back on the air.

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