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This Week in Amateur Radio

North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1348 – 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: December 28, 2024

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Marvin Turner, W0MET, 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/TWIAR1348HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

  1. TVT: FCC Fines Paramount Global $244,952 For Emergency Alert Violations
  2. AMSAT: NASA Now Knows Why Its Mars Helicopter Crashed
  3. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Identifies Non Amateur Signals On HF
  4. WIA: SARL/South Africa Radio League Announces Centenary Technical Symposium
  5. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarships – Final Weeks to Apply
  6. Bill To Keep AM Radio In US Vehciles Hits A New Obstacle
  7. Solar Storm Impact On Satellites May Be Cause For Concern
  8. A New GMRS Repeater Is Established By Hams For A Local California Community
  9. Deutsche Amateur Radio Club Programming To Debut On BBC Shortwave
  10. An Infusion Of New Equipment Helps Rescue Group In Upstate New York
  11. ARRL Systems Service Disruption – DXCC Update
  12. ARRL: ARRL asks hams to send radiograms via the web
  13. ARRL: ARRL 2025 Annual Awards recognize excellence in amateur radio
  14. ARRL: ARRL Kids Day is coming up soon on January 4th, 2025
  15. ARRL: The Intrepid DX Group has announced the winners of the 5th annual Youth Dream Rig Essay Contest
  16. ARRL: Straight Key Night is January 1st, 2025
  17. Nominees for the CQ Hall of Fame is sought by IndexA
  18. Scanner radio manufacturer The Whistler Group shuts down operations
  19. Use of HF Radio across Alaska is on the rise with the Civil Air Patrol

Plus these Special Features This Week:

  • The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radiosport contests, and more.
  • Will Rogers – K5WLR returns with another edition of ‘A Century Of Amateur Radio’. This time, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the end of World War One as amateurs are slowly getting back on the air. This week’s episode is entitled, ‘Naval Maneuvers’.

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