PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1363 – Full Version

Release Date: April 12, 2025

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

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 2:04:23

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1363

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. FCC: “Delete Delete Delete” Commenters Worry About The Future Of Ham Radio Under The FCC’s Deregulatory Effort
2. FCC: FCC To Weigh Loosening Power Limit Rules For Starlink
3. RW: Here’s A Copper Theft Mystery
4. HCKD: Tennessee Hams Rise Up: Amateur Radio Gains Traction After Deadly Tornadoes
5. AMSAT: Fram2 Mission Blends Polar Orbit, Amateur Radio, and Private Spaceflight
6. AMSAT: Spectrum’s Fiery Debut Marks Bold First Step for Isar Aerospace
7. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
8. WIA: Ford Motor Company Patents New Technology To Support AM Radio In Electric Cars
9. WIA: United Airlines Receives FAA Approval To Add Starlink Wi-Fi On Planes
10. RAC: Radio Amateurs of Canada Will Not Attend Hamvention This Year
11. RAC: City Of Ottawa World Amateur Radio Day Proclamation
12. RWD: Mystery Surrounds Three Pending United States Shortwave Stations
13. ARRL: Interesting ARRL Ham Radio Open House Locations
14. ARRL: ARRL Iowa Section Wins Ham Exemption From Handsfree Law
15. ARRL: Effort To Save Marconi Towers In Canada – Public Invited To Vote On Project
16. ARRL: Broadcast Audio Processor Manufacturer Orban Donates Unit To The ARRL
17. ARRL: Tad Cook, K7RA, Has Received The ARRL President’s Award
18. ARRL: Armed Forces Day Crossband Test, Is Scheduled For Saturday May 10th, 2025
19. Contacts To Mount Athos Are Valid Toward DXCC
20. Upcoming Meteor Scatter Events – Hams Are Invited To Monitor
21. Great Falls Masonic Radio Club In Montana Donates Ameteur Radio Books To Public Libraries
22. Paper Based Battery Performs Well…On Paper
23. ARRL: National Library Day Special Event Station
24. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Upcoming Regional Conventions and HamFest Listing
25. RW: Voice Of America fights its way back on the air
26. RTBR: HC2 Broadcasting asks FCC to allow 5G Broadcast LPTV station
27. FCC: FCC launches proceeding on Global Positioning System alternatives
28. WIA: Earth based radio telescope successfully bounces a signal off of Venus
29. WIA: United States Naval Undersea Warfare Center look to amateur radio for backup communications
30. ARRL: 100 years of the International Amateur Radio Union
31. ARRL: The ARRL Repeater Directory – 2025 edition now powered by Repeater Book
32. ARRL: HamSci issues call for operators and monitors
33. ARRL: ARRL New Hampshire section signs a Memorandum Of Understanding with State Emergency Services
34. Pittsburgh DJ Jim Quinn W3VEX/sk – Don Craugh KF7DC Mingus Mountain SK
35. Research beacon on Antarctica goes silent after 46 years on the air
36. Deadline grows close for CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Nominees
37. Monthly 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 answer the question, “What is Amateur Radio Really About?”
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more
• Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
• Will Rogers, K5WLR – A Century Of Amateur Radio – Will returns with Part One of a brand new edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the mid 1920’s to witness amateurs’ continued efforts to get their signals across the Atlantic in an episode called, “Crossing Two, Androsan”

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