PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1350 – Full Version

Release Date: January 11, 2025

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Steve Sawyer, K1FRC, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:32:18

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1350

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. AMSAT: AMSAT Student Members Win QCWA Scholarships
2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
3. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Region One Turns 75
4. WIA: Charged! A New Type Of Lithium Ion Battery Premiers
5. WIA: Solid State Era Started Earlier Than Commonly Thought
6. WIA: Android Smartphones Help Map The Ionosphere
7. RW: Amateur Radio Operator Must Pay In First Responder Interference Case
8. HKD: Taking Down The Power Grid Over Radio
9. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute: Coming To A Town Near You
10. ARRL: ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio Launches Dream Station Sweepstakes
11. ARRL: Hurricane Watch Net Remembers Long Time Volunteer Terry Redding, W6LMJ, Silent Key
12. ARRL: The 129th Boston Marathon Will Take Place Monday April 21st, 2025
13. ARRL: Changes In The ARRL Kentucky Section
14. ARRL: ARRL Foundation Extends The Application Deadline
15. Public Broadcasters In Switzerland Shuts Down Analog FM Repeaters
16. Near Vertical Incidence Skywave/NVIS Packet Radio Group Looking To Expand Their Network
17. Civil Service Officers In India Gain Amateur Radio Courses
18. Amateurs In Germany Receive Extended Privileges For Six And Four Meters
19. Australian Repeater System Off The Air Due To Storm Damage
20. DMR Base Stations Established In Karnataka’s Rural Schools For Operating Amateur Radio
21. ARRL: Upcoming radiosport contests and regional conventions listing
22. AMSAT: NASA’s Deep Space Network is upgraded with the installation of a new antenna system
23. WIA: United States considers ban on home internet router manufacturer TP Link
24. WIA: University of Southern California sets new record / SpaceX is preparing its latest booster rocket
25. ARRL: CWops announces the 2024 advancing the art of CW Awards
26. ARRL: Winter Field Day is coming up
27. ARRL: HamSci will hold its 2025 Community Workshop on March 14th & 15th
28. ARRL: Registration is now open for the 2025 Dayton Contest University
29. NASA: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe touches the sun
30. The month of January brings Straight Key Month
31. ARRL: This months Volunteer Monitor Report

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO – AMSAT Satellite News
• Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will be covering Scene Six of his ongoing open source project entitled, The Bald Yak. This week’s episode is called, “Chaos Will Reign”
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more
• Weekly Propagation Forecast from Solar Prognosticator Tadd Cook, K7RA
• Our Original amateur radio historian, the late Bill Continelli, W2XOY, returns in an encore presentation of one of his informative segments. This time, Bill will be talking about how you should develop what he calls a radio bag, a go kit of radios and accessories that you take with you when you walk out the door

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