PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1383 – 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 30, 2025

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 0:59:44

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1383HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. RW: Ham Radio Users Explain Why They’re Worried About AST SpaceMobile’s Satellite Plans
2. AMSAT: Amateur Weather Satellite Reception Opportunities Beyond The Retired POES Fleet (NOAA-15/18/19)
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. WIA: Collins – Rewind
5. ARRL: Interview With ARRL CEO: Details On Recent Board Meeting, Huntsville Fest, Legislative Advocacy & DX
6. ARRL: Resilience Through Amateur Radio For National Preparedness Month 2025
7. ARRL: Hurricane Watch Net Marks 60 Years Of Service
8. ARRL: FCC Batch Filing System Unavailable
9. ARRL: ARRL Contest Advisory Committee Is Reviewing Canadian Section Multipliers
10. Sailing Vessel Is Helped By The Maritime Mobile Network
11. Launch Delays Plague AST SpaceMobile Satellites
12. ARD: European Amateur Radio Retailer halts purchases and shipments to the United States due to tariffs
13. AMSAT: AMSAT organizations continue to challenge AST SpaceMobile’s Use of the 70 centimeter band
14. WIA: FCC tracks down a device at a local business that has been causing interference
15. NARA: The National Association of Radio Amateurs announces its Club Week coming up this fall
16. RI: The FCC opens a rulemaking on revamping the entire US Emergency Alert System
17. ARRL: The candidates for ARRL Director and Vice Director position elections have been announced.
18. ARRL: The league presents awards to the best of amateur radio
19. ARRL: ARRL announces a new book release on constructing stealth antennas
    20: The Federal Government announces that broadcast funding for new EAS equipment excludes public radio & TV
20. Unauthorized handheld transceivers are the target for officials in India

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us how to use “An SDR as Measuring Equipment”
• 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

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