PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1349 – 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: January 4, 2025

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, 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: 1:01:16

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1349HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. AMSAT: NASA’s Deep Space Network Upgraded With New Antenna Installation
2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
3. WIA: Amateur WSPR Transmission May Hold Key To Finding Lost Aircraft
4. WIA: US Considers Ban On Home Internet Router Maker TP Link.
5. WIA: University of Southern California Set New Record / SpaceX Preps New Booster
6. GIZ: Federal Court Throttles Biden’s Net Neutrality Rules On His Way Out The Door
7. ARRL: CWops Announces 2024 Advancing The Art Of CW Award
8. ARRL: Winter Field Day 2025
9. ARRL: RTTY Roundup Is This Weekend
10. ARRL: Registration Is Now Open For The 2025 Dayton ConTest University
11. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Touches The Sun
12. CQ DX Marathon Begins Another Year Long Contest
13. January Brings Straight Key Month
14. TVT: FCC fines Paramount Global $244,952 for Emergency Alert Violations
15. AMSAT: Nasa astronauts face more time in space with return delayed
16. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union identifies non-amateur radio signals on HF
17. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarships – Final weeks to apply
18. Recent high intensity solar storms are cause for concern with satellite constellations
19. An infusion of new radio equipment helps an upstate New York Search and Rescue Group

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB will be covering week five of his open source build called “The Bald Yak”. This week’s topic is, “The bugging”.
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more.
• Will Rogers – K5WLR – A Century Of Amateur Radio – This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to when the World War One armistice was signed and amateurs will finally getting back on the air, except that getting back on the air meant everyone had to be re-licensed.

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