PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1169

Release Date: July 24, 2021

Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Running Time: 1:36:10

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Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service:

1. Amateur Radio Responds To Flooding In Western Europe
2. ARRL 2020 Annual Report Now Available To Download
3. 2022 ARRL National Convention Emergency Communications Training Track Not To Be Missed
4. How A Group Of Dedicated Amateur Radio Volunteers Are Keeping California’s Wildfires At Bay
5. ARRL Board Of Directors Creates Emergency Communications And Field Services Committee
6. New Jersey Section Has A Different Slant On Winlink Wednesday
7. ARRL Announces Leadership Changes In The Central Division
8. Massachusetts Court Okays Amateur Radio Tower, Citing Board Of Appeals Error
9. Federal Communications Commission Investigating Alleged Jamming On 40 Meters
10. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars
11. Over The Horizon Radars Still Operating On The Amateur Bands
12. Mapping Directional Medium Wave Transmitters In The United States And Canada
13. Amateurs In India Help With Disaster Training Response
14. FCC Gives Thumbs Up For Experimental Station On 40 MegaHertz In Georgia
15. The Last North American NTSC Analog Television Station Shuts Down
16. ARRL Headquarters Holds Rededication Ceremony
17. Amateur Radio Operator Running Special Event Station Highlighting The Current Cuban Crisis
18. Distance learning for the UK amateur license begins August 2021
19. UK Ofcom announces new spectrum management strategy and spectrum sharing initiative
20. WIA/Australia publishes unacceptable racial slur in Amateur Radio Magazine
21. North Korea cracks down on citizens receiving outside television and radio signals
22. The Ham Expo 2021 held annually in France has been cancelled due to the never ending pandemic

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT, takes a look at computer basics this week with a talk on the differences in various keyboards, and how to select the proper keyboard for you.
• Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO – AMSAT Satellite News
• Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will talk about how to safely work on tower sidearms.
• Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, puts forth the idea to Share If You Care..
• Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
• Bill Continelli, W2XOY – The History of Amateur Radio. Bill returns with another edition of The Ancient Amateur Archives, this week, Bill concludes his series on amateur radios Fallen Flags with a nostalgic look back at the Swan Radio Corporation.

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