PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1356 – 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: February 22, 2025

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Alan Shephard, WK8W, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Tuner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:01:05

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1356HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. ARRL: Call for QST Articles For The July 2025 Special Issue On EmComm
2. RW: President Trump Expands White House Oversight Of The FCC
3. ARRL: Dayton HamVention Announces 2025 Theme – ARES Bootcamp Coming To California HAM ESCAPE
4. ARRL: More Openings Available for On the Air Live
5. ARRL: Young Ladies Radio League (YLRL) Scholarships Available For Students
6. ARRL: Changes in the ARRL Iowa Section
7. ARRL: High School and a Science Fiction Movie Spark Interest In Amateur Radio
8. ARRL: Grassroots Emergency Communications Operations In Arizona
9. ARD: Ham Radio Gizmos Platform Launches Documentary Series To Educate And Inspire Ham Enthusiasts
10. Michigan Upper Peninsula Dog Sled Race And Local Amateurs Both Pull Long Shifts
11. Spectrum Sharing Is Eyed By The UK Ofcom On The 6 GigaHertz Band
12. Beloved New Zealand CW Operator Is Honored In A YouTube Tribute
13. Youth At The International DX Convention Will Have Free Admission
14. ARRL: The North American QSO Party is this weekend
15. ARRL: Upcoming Contests and Regional Conventions Listing
16. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union readys to celebrate its centenary
17. INDO: Ham radio users detect suspicious signals along the Indonesian-Bangladesh border
18. ARRL: Rig Expert administrative office destroyed in Russian missle attack
19. ARRL: Grant will help young amateur radio operators become contesters
20. ARRL: Stations acoss northeast Illinoise gathered for a 70 centimenter simplex research event
21. ARD: Actor Paul Giamatti to play Art Bell in proposed upcoming biopic

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO – AMSAT Satellite News
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more..
• * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will update us on his open source Bald Yak Project in a segment called Phosphor and The Impertinence Of Software

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