April 23, 2025

This Week in Amateur Radio

North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1360 – 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 22, 2025

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Chirs Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, 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: 1:00:45

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1360HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

  1. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
  2. WIA: Democrats Introduce Legislation To Prohibit FCC From Revoking Licenses
  3. WIA: African Telecommunications Union Discusses Amateur Radio Expansion On The African Continent
  4. WIA: Listen In On Russian Communications From Ukraine
  5. FCC: FCC Opens Comment Period On Deregulating Everything
  6. FCC: Geoffrey Starks To Step Down As FCC Commissioner
  7. ARRL: ARRL On The FCC Delete Delete Delete Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking
  8. ARRL: Ham Radio, Students and Scientists At The 2025 HamSCI Workshop
  9. ARRL: ARRL Ham Radio Open House Continues To Grow
  10. US Federal Government Shutters Voice of America And Other US Based News Services
  11. West Coast Amateur Loses His County Job Due To Work At A Repeater Site
  12. Navy Radio Personnel Look Toward Ham Radio Technology
  13. Polio Vaccine 70th Anniversary Marked By Amateur Special Event Station
  14. ARD: The 2025 HamVention Award Winners are announced
  15. ARRL: Radio Connects is the 2025 ARRL Field Day Theme – Merch is available now
  16. ARRL: Results of recent ARRL Section Manager Elections
  17. Shortwave station in Austria is now carrying the DARC Radio Program
  18. Personnel cuts at the US Weather Service has amateurs nationwide concerned
  19. Amateurs in Warren County New York prepare to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the Erie Canal

Plus these Special Features This Week:

  • The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more

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