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 18, 2025
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, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:03:45
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1351HR
Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service
- AMSAT: Parker Solar Probe Achieves Closest Ever Approach To The Sun
- WIA: International Amateur Radio Union To Celebrate 100th Anniversary
- WIA: New Zealand Straight Key Night Coming Up
- FCC: FCC Proposes $200,000 In Pirate Radio Fines
- ARRL: Ham Radio Operators Serving During California Firestorms
- ARRL: Suspicious Bangladesh Border Ham Band Signals Now Of Interest To Indian Intelligence
- Los Angeles Repeater Network Stays Up During California Firestorms
- RW: Amateur Radio Operator must pay fine in first responder interference case
- Amateurs in Germany receive extended privileges for the six and four meter bands
- AMSAT: Cold War Mystery: Why Did Jimmy Carter Save The Space Shuttle?
Plus these Special Features This Week:
- Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, takes a short break from his Bald Yak Open Source Project to talk about The 2025 Ham Challenge
- The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with 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 the earlier 1920’s when the first female hams began to appear on the amateur radio scene, in a segment we’ll call, “The Ladies are Coming.”
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