February 6, 2025

This Week in Amateur Radio

North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1347 – Truncated 1-hour version – SPECIAL (slightly) EXPANDED HOLIDAY EDITION

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: December 21, 2024

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

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:06:28

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1347HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

  1. AMSAT: European Space Agency Proba-3 Satellites Launch To Create Artificial Solar Eclipses
  2. HACK: The World Morse Code Championship
  3. ARRL: ARRL Asks Hams to Send Radiograms Via The Web
  4. ARRL: ARRL Annual Awards Recognize Excellence In Ham Radio
  5. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarships – Final Weeks to Apply
  6. ARRL: ARRL Kids Day Is Only A Couple Of Weeks Away On January 4th, 2025
  7. Scanner Manufacturer The Whistler Group Shuts Down Operations
  8. Use Of HF Radio In Alaska Is On The Rise With The Civil Air Patrol
  9. Award Winning Dx’er Antonio Gonzalez, EA5RM SK
  10. WIA: ARRL is warning members about amateur radio gear price increases due to proposed tariffs
  11. WIA: The US is vulnerable to Chinas Salt Typhoon and The Russian Fancy Bear Cyberattacks
  12. ARD: The Alexanderson Alternator SAW Grimeton to transmit CW Christmas Message on December 24th
  13. ARD: The International Amateur Radio Union identifies non-amateur transmissions in the amateur HF bands
  14. TVT: Trump picks former broadcast news anchor from Phoenix, Kari Lake, to head The Voice of America

Plus this Special Feature This Week:

  • As is our tradition during the holiday week, we will present a monologue by the late Jean Shepherd, K2ORS, as he talks about having a serious case of the radio bug when he was in high school, and how it affected his life.

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