PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1381 – 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: August 16, 2025

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 0:59:05

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1381HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. FCC: FCC Moves To Protect US Submarine Cables From Foreign Adversaries
2. CYN: Fatal Texas Floods Trigger FCC Review Of US Emergency Alert System
3. ARD: Candidate For US Congress Focuses On Issues Related To Amateur Radio
4. AMSAT: 2025 AMSAT Symposium Keynote Speaker Announced
5. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Societies File Comments With The FCC On AST/70cm Concerns
6. WIA: Hawaiian Broadcasters Want Access To Police Scanner Information For Emergencies
7. HKDY: Wi-Fi Being Allowed Near Green Bank Observatory For First Time Ever
8. ARRL: Amateurs Prepare For Forecasted Busy Hurricane Season
9. ARRL: ARRL Foundation Awards Alexia Snethen, KM6LGG, The 2025 Goldfarb Memorial Scholarship
10. ARRL: Seven Year Old Gertrude Takagi Earns Her Amateur Radio License
11. ARRL: 26th Anniversary Of The Route 66 Special Event
12. Legacy NOAA Weather Satellites Are Decommissioned
13. National Weather Service Now Rehiring Following Recent Mass Firings
14. Florida Retirees Prepare For Upcoming Storm Season
15. ARD: HamCation Awards Seeks Nominations For 2026 Season
16. WIA: Radio Amateurs Of Canada develops Auxiliary Communicationsd Service
17. IARU: Registration for IARU Region 2 XXII General Assembly Is Now Open
18. ARRL: Jobs for amateurs at ARRL Headquarters
19. HOIP: HamShack Hotline users are invited to apply for services on Hams Over IP

Plus these Limited Special Features This Week:

• Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will discuss How To Decode Distant
  Signals Over The Web
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more

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