PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1357 – 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: March 1, 2025

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Alan Shepard, WK8W, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 0:58:49

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1357HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. RSGB: Radio Society of Great Britian 2025 Band Plans Released
2. WIA: Australian Regulator ACMA Finalizes License Fee Changes, New Zealand Seeks Feedback On Changes
3. WIA: Libyan Communications Amateur Society Admitted To International Amateur Radio Union
4. WIA: UPDATE: RigExpert Administrative Offices Destroyed In Russian Missle Attack
5. WIA/RAC: Mike Kelly, VE3FFK Is The Recipient Of The Radio Amateurs Of Canada Amateur Of The Year Award
6. VOA: VOA Museum of Broadcasting History Reopened After Seven Month Renovation
7. ARRL: Colorado High School Students Visit The Plishner Radio Astronomy and Space Sciences Center
8. ARRL: Hap Holly, KC9RP, Moderator Of The Weekly Amateur Radio Audio Feature Magazine, RAIN Report, SK
9. New Development May Make Solar Panels More Affordable
10. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Conventions
11. Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report
12. ARRL: Dayton HamVention announces its 2025 Theme, and ARES bootcamp at California HamEscape
13. ARRL: High School and a science fiction movie spark interest in amateur radio
14. ARD: Ham Radio Gizmos platform launches a new documentary series to inspire amateur radio operators

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, presents part ten of his open source project “The Bald Yak”. This week he answers the question, how does it all fit together?
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radiosport contests, and a lot more more
• Will Rogers, K5WLR – A Century Of Amateur Radio – This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to a time when vacuum tubes were making CW practical, they were also making voice transmissions possible. Experimental broadcasts using radiotelephone began as experiments by amateurs and some of the wireless telegraph companies, including Marconi and DeForest.

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