This Week In Amateur Radio

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1173 Release Date: August 21, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Fred Fitte, NF2F Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:56:44 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1173 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: 1. Federal Communications Commission Application Fees Unlikely To Go Into Effect Until 2022 2. Following Earthquake In Haiti, Radio Amateurs Asked To Keep Frequencies Clear 3. Radio Club Of Haiti President Reports Significant Structural Damage From Earthquake 4. Hurricane Watch Net Scratches Reactivation As Grace Makes Landfall 5. Get Set For SET! The ARRL Simulated Emergency Test Is Just Ahead, Plan Now 6. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars 7. International Amateur Radio Union Monitoring S

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1172 Release Date: August 14, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers K5WLR, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 1:36:47 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1172 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: 1. Bouvet Island DXpeditions Are In Planning Stages For 2021, 2022, and 2023 - Intrepid-DX Group Takes Itself Out Of The Running To Activate Bouvet Island 2. July Volunteer Monitor Program Report Released 3. Visit With ARRL At The QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo 4. AMSAT Continues Efforts To Debug AO-109 5. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars 6. Mines On The Air (MOTA) Promoted As An Activity Similar Yo Summits On The Air 7. Les Kramer, WA3SGZ, Among The 2020 Inductees Into The Florida I

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1171 Release Date: August 7, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VXW. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:33:51 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1171 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: 1. Bouvet Island DXpedition Negotiating With New Charter Vessel, Planning Begins Anew 2. Just Released: More Arduino For Ham Radio 3. ARRL Now Provides Free RF Exposure Calculator 4. Utah Amateur Radio Club Receives Nearly $18,000 Grant To Introduce And Engage Youth 5. AMSAT Is Looking Forward And Dreaming Big 6. CQ World Wide DX Contests To Include Youth Overlay 7. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars 8. Faith Hannah Lea, KD3Z, Is Amateur Radio Newsline 2021 Young Ham Of The Year 9. News Briefs - New Vir

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1170 Release Date: July 31, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VXW. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:39:11 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1170 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: 1. Amateur Radio Activities To Be A Part of Missouri’s State Bicentennial Celebration 2. FCC To Re-Establish Technological Advisory Council, Solicits Membership Nominations 3. MARS HF Net Participants Aid In Response To Fatal Maritime Disaster 4. QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo Offering Platform Preview 5. More Slow-Scan TV Transmissions From RS0ISS Scheduled 6. International Telecommunications Union Working Party Considers Preliminary Studies On 23-Centimeter Band 7. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars 8. 8-M

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 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1169 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

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1168 Release Date: July 17, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:54:58 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1168 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: 1. Youth On The Air Campers Activated W8Y, ARISS Contact On July 14th 2. Young Caribbean Nation Formalizing Amateur Radio Guidelines and Standards 3. June 2021 Volunteer Monitor Program Activity Report Released 4. ARRL Headquarters Holds Rededication Ceremony 5. Most 2021 Field Day Participants Entered In Class D 6. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars 7. Next QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo To Offer Nearly 100 Speakers, 18 Topic Tracks 8. 40th Annual ARRL-TAPR Digital Communications Conference Set 9. The Ne

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1167 Release Date: July 10, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Pat Huba, N2WWW, Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:51:32 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1167 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: 1. First X-Class Major Solar Flare Of Solar Cycle 25 Blacks Out HF On July 3rd 2. Amateur Radio Volunteers Prepared For And Tracked Elsa 3. June 2021 Volunteer Monitor Program Report Released 4. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars 5. Young Caribbean Nation Formalizing Amateur Radio Guidelines And Standards 6. ARRL Is Planning A Rededication Of Operations At Headquarters 7. Registrations Strong For 24th Annual International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 8. NRRL Receives Grants To Support

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1166 Release Date: July 3, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Paty Huba, N2WWW, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Fred Fittee, NF2F, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, George Bowen W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:38:43 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1166 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: 1. New Section Managers Appointed In Orange And Eastern Washington 2. FCC Reaffirms Nearly $3 Million Fine For Marketing Unauthorized Drone Transmitters 3. WISA Woodsat Successfully Completes Stratospheric Test Flight 4. Russian Woodpecker Antenna Array Now A Cultural Heritage Site 5. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars 6. Youth On The Air Camp 2021 To Be On the Air And Streaming Selected Events Online 7. Field Day Entries Are Arriving At The ARRL Fast and Furious 8. QSO Today Virtual Ham E

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1165 Release Date: June 26, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Pat Huba, N2WWW, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:28:45 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1165 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: 1. CHESS CubeSats Will Not Carry Amateur Radio Payloads 2. SAQ In Sweden To Conduct Annual Alexanderson Day Transmission 3. 3Y0J Bouvet Island DXpedition Team Hasn’t Given Up The Ship 4. The Future Of Amateur Radio: IARU Region One President Comments 5. ARRL Announces Partnership With Maglite 6. Russian Woodpecker Over The Horizon Radar Antenna Duga One Is Now A Cultural Heritage Site 7. FCC Releases Further Notice in Satellite Launch Proceeding Involving 70 and 5 Centimeters, Seeks Additiona

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1164 Release Date: June 19, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:30:18 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1164 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: 1. 3Y0J DXpedition To Bouvet Island Cancelled 2. Slow-Scan TV Event From International Space Station Set 3. Nominees For ARRL Director, Vice Director Solicited In Five Divisions 4. Family Comes First during Hurricane Preparation For Home And Station 5. ARRL Kids Day is Saturday, June 19th 6. May 2021 Volunteer Monitor Program Report 7. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars 8. Vision Impaired ARRL Member Takes Advantage Of New Technology 9. Cyber Attack At The University Of Massachusetts Research Facility 10. Nati

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1163 Release Date: June 12, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Fred Fittee, NF2F, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:33:50 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1163 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: 1. Amateur Radio Digital Communications Grant Will Support HAMNET Expansion in Europe 2. International Space Station Repeater Remaining On Until After Field Day 3. International Amateur Radio Union Attends ITU Wireless Power Transmission Sessions 4. Separate SATERN Nets Now Operational 5. WSJT-X Version 2.4.0 Now Generally Available, Version 2.5.0 On The Horizon 6. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars 7. EASAT-2 and Hades Satellite Launch Delayed Again 8. Germany To Resume Exams, Testing Demand Remains Un

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1162 Release Date: June 5, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Fred Fittee, NF2F, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:29:15 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1162 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. IARU Continues World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 Preparations 2. Next Virtual Ham Events Include SEA-PAC and QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo 3. Interactive LightCube Satellite Set To Launch In Late 2022 4. Radio Amateurs Of Canada Invites Participation In The RAC Canada Day Contest 5. Netherlands Repeaters And Beacons To Be Hit With 79 Euro Charge - New 8 Meter Beacon 6. IARU Regions Adopt Standard Branding, Region 2 Mulls Future Conference Meetings 7. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars 8. FCC Seeks

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1161 Release Date: May 29, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:31:16 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1161 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. As China Spacecraft Lands On Mars, Ham Notes Lander and Rover Separation 2. Amateur Radio Gearing Up For Another Active Atlantic Hurricane Season 3. CQ Announces 2021 Hall of Fame Inductees 4. June 2021 Eclipse Festival Seeks Ham Participants 5. East Bay SM Jim Siemons, W6LK, Stepping Down; Mike Patterson, N6JGA, Appointed 6. A CubeSat That produces Visible Light On The Ground To Be Launched In NASA Initiative 7. FCC Seeks Comment on Potential Impact of Global Semiconductor Shortage 8. Radio Amateur’s Vintage Home Movie Film

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1160 Release Date: May 22, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Fred Fittee, NF2F, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:49:02 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1160 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Amateurs Email Addresses Will Continue To Be Kept Private, FCC Says 2. IARU Member-Societies In Haiti And The Dominican Republic Working Toward Closer Ties 3. Johannes Hafkenscheid, 5T5PA, Is The 2020 Recipient Of The Intrepid Spirit Award 4. Spring ARRL Section Manager Election Results Announced 5. Annual WX4NHC On-The-Air Station Test Set For Saturday, May 29th 6. Red Cross Emergency Communications Spring 2021 Drill Was A Success 7. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars 8. ARRL At Home May 21st Thru The

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1159 Release Date: May 15, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Fred Fittee, NF2F, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:28:04 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1159 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radio Society To Rebuild Radome Thanks To ARDC Grant 2. Workshop For Attorneys Under Consideration For 2022 ARRL National Convention In Orlando 3. Ham Radio Prep Teams Up With FliteTest Crew For High Powered Radio Control Video 4. 60 Meters Again Available to New Zealand Radio Amateurs 5. Geomagnetic Storm Season is Over 6. April 2021 Volunteer Monitor Program Report Released 7. First Time Exam Applicants Must Obtain FCC Registration Number Before Taking Exam 8. Wooden S

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1157 Release Date: May 1, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:39:15 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1157 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. World Radiosport Team Championship 2022 Postponed Until 2023. 2. Annual Armed Forces Day Cross-Band Test Set for May 7th and 8th 3. Four-Ham SpaceX Crew One Mission Astronauts Return to Earth on Wednesday 4. ARISS Contact with Australian School Proves Educational on More Than One Continent 5. Bill Introduced to Designate April 18, 2022, as National Amateur Radio Operators Day 6. FCC Auto-Registration Feature For Exam Applicants To Be Discontinued 7. San Francisco Sound Engineer Accidentally Dosed With LSD While Cleaning 1960s

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1158 Release Date: May 8, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:41:53 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1158 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Russian Robinson Club Announces Activation Of Rare IOTA Islands In The Aleutians 2. International Amateur Radio Union Asks What Do YOU Think Is The Future Of Amateur Radio? 3. WIA Spectrum Strategy Committee Says The More Ham Radio Spectrum In The 3 to 12 Mhz Region Is Needed 4. Intrepid DX Group Adds a Second Physician to Bouvet Island DXpedition Team 5. United States Is Investigating Possible Mysterious Directed Energy Attack Near White House 6. First Time Exam Applicants Must Obtain FCC Registration Number before Taking Exa

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1156 Release Date: April 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, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:51:17 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1156 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Radio Amateur Helps Rescuers To Locate Lost Hiker In Los Angeles National Forest 2. National Hurricane Conference Set For June 14th Thru The 17th 3. FCC Issues Enforcement Advisory: Radio Users Again Reminded Not To Use Radios in Crimes 4. Yasme Foundation Releases Chronicles Of Amateur Radio DX History 5. Registration Is Open For Virtual Visalia 2021 6. Camp For Young Radio Amateurs In The Americas Is A Go For This Summer 7. Maglite Corporation Celebrates World Amateur Radio Day By Joining Forces With The

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1155 Release Date: April 17, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Fred Fitte, NF2F,Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:35:06 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1155 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. FCC: Updated Radio Frequency Exposure Rules Become Effective On May 3rd 2. FCC Encourages Public To Use Its Speed Test App To Measure Their Broadband Speeds 3. SpaceX Encrypts Falcon 9 Telemetry After Amateur Radio Operators Download Data 4. Intrepid DX Group Joins Forces With LA7GIA In Bouvet Island Attempt 5. Saint Vincent Radio Amateurs on Alert During Volcano Emergency 6. The Radio Amateurs of Canada Announces Get On The Air On World Amateur Radio Day Event 7. University of Alaska Receives $9.3 Million Dollar Grant For HAARP

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1154 Release Date: April 10, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 2:49:41 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1154 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Oklahoma Section Manager Kevin O’Dell, N0IRW, Stepping Down; Mark Kleine, N5HZR, Appointed As OK Section Manager 2. Amateur Radio Community Invited To Take Part In MARS Exercise On 60 Meters 3. ARISS USA Receives IRS 501C-3 Recognition 4. Traditional Amateur Radio Contesting Faces A Demographic Cliff 5. Youth On The Air Announces New Three Times A Year Contest 6. Florida Emergency Communications Exercise Combines Hams, Agencies, State, and Non Governmental Organizations 7. The International Amateur Radio Union and CEPT Nud