This Week In Amateur Radio

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1135 Release Date: November 28, 2020 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This weeks edition is anchored by Pat Huba, N2WWW, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zitell, KD2RJX, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:17:00 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. ARRL Announces Director, Vice Director Election Results 2. Still Time to Apply for Foreign Service Information Management Technical Specialists-Radio Positions 3. Dayton Hamvention Announces its 2021 Theme The Gathering 4. Federal Emergency Management Agency Seeking Reserve Telecommunications Operators 5. New York City-Long Island Section Manager Re-Elected in Fall Balloting 6. IARU Region Two Executive Committee Approves Dues Reductions for Member-Societies 7. Universal Radio Announces Closing 8. Coast Guard Proposes to Discontinue HF Voice Watchkeeping 9. Yasme Fou

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1134 Release Date: November 21, 2020 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This weeks edition is anchored by Pat Huba N2WWW, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zitell, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 2:26:11 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. International Broadcast Station Interference Overwhelms Hurricane Watch Net 2. SpaceX Dragon Capsule Resilience Ferries Four Radio Amateurs to the International Space Station 3. UPDATE: ARRL Seeks Waiver of Proposed FCC Amateur Application Fees 4. National Science Foundation Begins Planning For Decommissioning Of Arecibo 305 Meter Telescope 5. Arizona Congresswoman Introduces National Amateur Radio Operators Day Resolution 6. Academic Paper Predicts Sunspot Cycle 25 Could be Among the Strongest Ever 7. SKYWARN Recognition Day 2020 Is Adjusted For The On-Going Pandemic 8. Celebrating twenty Y

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1133 Release Date: November 14, 2020 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 Zitell, KD2RJX, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Pat Huba, N2WWW, and George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 1:30:53 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1133 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Hurricane Eta isn’t Done Yet; Florida ARES Group Asked to Staff Shelters 2. Tracking Boats And Ships In Real Time At The Same Time 3. Tensions High After Second Failed Cable At Arecibo Observatory 4. Get On The Air For Christmas Launched By The Radio Society of Great Britian This Week 5. ARRL Petitions FCC for Reconsideration of Order Removing 3.4 GigaHertz Amateur Allocation 6. Red Cross Fall Emergency Communication Drill Set for November 14th 7. ARRL Urges Members to Join in Strongly Opposing FCC’s Application Fees Proposal

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1132 Release Date: November 7, 2020 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 Zitell, KD2RJX, Fred Fitte, NF2F, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 2:05:00 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1132 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Brent Taylor, VY2HF,appointed to the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Board of Trustees 2. Neutron-1 CubeSat Scheduled for Deployment on November 5; Other Sats Pending 3. ARRL Comments on FCC Draft World Radiocommunication Conference Recommendations 4. A Clean Sweep in ARRL November Sweepstakes Means Working 84 Sections this Year 5. Category 4 Hurricane Eta Threat Prompts Activation 6. New NIST System Detects Ultra-Faint Signals Using Quantum Physics Principles 7. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars 8. International Amateur Radio Union Regi

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1131 Release Date: October 31, 2020 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, Eric Zitell, KD2RJX, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 1:27:51 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1131 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Radio Amateurs in Western Pennsylvania to Commemorate KDKA Broadcasting Centennial 2. New Zealand Radio Amateurs Lose Access to 60 Meters 3. Radio Society Of Great Britain Seeks Records Of Complaints About On Air Behavior 4. ARRL Urges Members to Join in Strongly Opposing FCC’s Application Fees Proposal 5. Oldest Known US Radio Amateur, Cliff Kayhart, W4KKP, SK at 109 6. It’s a Wrap for Hurricane Watch Net, ARES Teams Stand Down 7. Guidelines Issued for ARRL DX Contest Multioperator Stations 8. New Upcoming ARRL Learning Network

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1130 Release Date: October 24, 2020 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, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 1:19:12 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1130 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Radio Amateur Society of Australia writes to IARU President over 40 Meter QRM 2. Federal Communications Commission Headquarters Relocates 3. ARRL Logbook of The World Harmonizes Designation of FST4 Protocol 4. Robert Bankston, KE4AL, is New AMSAT President 5. 2021 Hamvention Award Nominations Open on November 1st 6. Nokia Wins NASA Contract To Put A 4G Network On The Moon. Yes, Really 7. IARU Official Challenges Member Societies to Focus on Tomorrow Issues 8. Nationwide Red Cross Emergency Communications Drill Set for November 14th 9. Colorado A

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1129 Release Date: October 17, 2020 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, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 1:22:53 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1129 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Amateur Radio AMPRnet TCP/IP Addresses Raised $108 Million 2. Amateur Radio Tribute To Guitar Virtuoso Eddie Van Halen 3. IARU Administrative Council Addresses Wide-Ranging Agenda in Virtual Meeting 4. Bob Buus, W2OD, Appointed as Northern New Jersey Section Manager 5. ARRL Files Comments in Orbital Debris Mitigation Proceeding 6. Giving Back To The Birthplace Of The Computer - Facebook Donates To Keep Bletchley Park Open To All 7. Multiple Balloons Carrying Ham Radio Payloads Launched 8. ARRL Learning Network Webinars Scheduled 9. While FCC Plan

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1128 Release Date: October 10, 2020 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: 1:33:47 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1128 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 Releases 2020 Revision Of Its Band Plan 2. ARISS to Celebrate 20 Years of Ham Radio on the International Space Station 3. ARRL National Convention and Orlando Hamcation Postponed to February 2022 4. Two More Astronauts Earn Amateur Radio Licenses 5. Hurricane Delta Prompts Activations of Hurricane Watch Net, WX4NHC, SATERN 6. British Columbia Radio Amateur Hears Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 7. Solar Physicist Predicts a Slightly Better Solar Cycle 25 8. Federal Communications Commission Orders Amateur Access

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1127 Release Date: October 3, 2020 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: 1:23:18 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1127 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. ARRL Seeks Changes in FCC Proposal to Delete 3.4 GigaHertz Amateur Band 2. Ulrich Rohde N1UL Receives 2020 IEEE Region One Technological Innovation Award 3. WSJT-X Beta Release Introduces Digital Protocols Designed for LF and MF Bands 4. Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite Launches Delayed Due To Pandemic 5. Former Dayton Hamvention Venue Hara Arena is Being Demolished 6. Sterling Mann, N0SSC, Named International Amateur Radio Union Region Two Liaison for Youth 7. HF Station Grounding and Microcontroller Projects are Next ARRL Webinar Topics 8. Pandemic

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1126 Release Date: September 26, 2020 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: 1:17:26 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1126 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. MARS Communications Exercise will Involve Amateur Radio Community 2. Venerable AO-7 Satellite Approaching a Return to Full Solar Illumination 3. AMSAT Announces Board of Directors Elections Results 4. International Telecommunication Union Releases 2020 ITU Radio Regulations 5. An Old Analog Television Caused A UK Village Broadband Outage For Eighteen Months 6. Hams Help Find Missing Kids by Monitoring Family Radio Service Radios 7. Special Event Operation to Honor Amateur Radio Software Award Recipient 8. Phil Temples, K9HI, Appointed as New Englan

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1125 Release Date: September 19, 2020 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, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 1:20:16 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1125 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. 5 MegaHertz Interoperability Channels Designated for Wildfires and Hurricane Sally Response 2. International Radio Stations Now Restricted On TuneIn.com 3. Radio Amateurs Of Canada Announces Its Annual General Meeting and Mini-Conference For 2020 4. FCC Grants ARRL Rules Waiver Request for Fire Emergencies, Hurricanes 5. Hurricane Watch Net Wraps Up Another Marathon Activation for Two Storms 6. ARRL to Seek Changes in FCC Draft Decision on Amateur Nine Centimeter Band 7. Analysis Determines We Are in Solar Cycle 25 8. International Telecommun

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1124 Release Date: September 12, 2020 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, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 1:25:25 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1124 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Brazil Proposes To End All Amateur Radio Exams 2. North American CW Sprint is Great Practice for Fall Contesting 3. National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators Meets via Teleconference 4. Ham Radio Wireless Network Camera Detects Washington Wildfire 5. Preparations Continue for World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 6. FCC Announces Update List Of Amateur Service Club Call Sign Administrators 7. University in Poland will Launch Balloon with VLF Transmitter On Board 8. Hams Provide Situational Awareness as Severe Weather Hits Maryland-DC

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1123 Release Date: September 5, 2020 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, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 1:22:04 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1123 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Solar Minimum Most Likely Occurred in December 2019 2. Scouting’s Jamboree on the Air Set for October 16th thru the 18th 3. First Element of ARISS Next Generation Radio System Installed and Operating on the Space Station 4. FCC Proposes to Reinstate Amateur Radio Service Fees 5. Hurricane Watch Net Logs More than 29 Hours of Continuous Operation for Laura 6. Historic Winlink Gateway KH6SP Ceases Operation 7. Launch of Satellites Carrying Ham Radio Payloads Postponed Again 8. Amateur Radio News Shorts 9. ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conferen

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1122 Release Date: August 29, 2020 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, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Michelle Bradley, KU3N, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 1:24:01 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1122 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Candidates Set for 2020 ARRL Division Elections 2. FCC Releases Proposal For New Filing Fee Structure - New Fees For Amateur Radio 3. Board of Directors Elects New ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Minster, NA2AA 4. ARRL Seeks National Club Coordinator 5. Amateur Radio Volunteers Ready as Deadly Hurricane Laura Makes Landfall 6. FCC Grants Temporary Waiver to Permit PACTOR 4 for Emergency Communications 7. NASA's THEMIS Mission Investigates Aurora Mysteries 8. Ham Astronauts to Crew Boeing, SpaceX Commercial Missions for

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1121 Release Date: August 22, 2020 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, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 1:08:47 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1121 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. New Contest for Portable Stations to Debut in October, Promises To Level The Playing Field 2. Rene Fonseca, NP3O, Elected as Puerto Rico Section Manager, Other Section Managers Announced 3. Enthusiasm Undimmed for International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 4. James Armstrong, NV6W, Named Santa Clara Valley Section Manager 5. Shorter Call Signs Popular with Australian Foundation Licensees 6. Technology and Technique Making Ham Radio Testing Possible During Pandemic 7. International Amateur Radio Union Announces HF Digital Mode Band Plan Review 8.

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1120 Release Date: August 15, 2020 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This weeks edition is anchored by Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Pat Huba, N2WWW, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 2:08:33 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1120 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Arecibo Observatory Reflector Dish Damaged after Cable Snaps 2. US Department of Defense to Share 3450 to 3550 MegaHertz with 5G Commercial Operations 3. ARRL Hires Paul Z. Gilbert, KE5ZW, as Director of Emergency Management 4. Intrepid-DX Group Announces Winners of Youth Dream Rig Essay Contest 5. QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo to Become Twice Yearly Event 6. Police Still Investigating Disappearance Of Radio Amateur and Friend 7. ARRL Board Confers Awards 8. College Campus Radio Clubs Face an Altered Fall Landscape 9. Russia-Ukraine Radio War H-F Radars are Mos

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1119 Release Date: August 8, 2020 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This weeks edition is anchored by Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 1:18:42 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1119 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. New England Division Convention Canceled Due to Pandemic 2. Radio Amateur Takes Part in Historic First Commercial Human Spaceflight to International Space Station 3. ARRL Volunteer Monitors Recognize Good Operators 4. New Smartphone App Helps Identify Unknown Data Modes 5. Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Nominations Sought 6. ARRL Board Confers Awards and Recognitions 7. Amateur Radio Volunteers Up and Down The East Coast Go on Alert for Isaias 8. ARRL 2020 Simulated Emergency Test Scheduled for October 3rd and 4th Weekend 9. German Satellite Demonstrates Orbit

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1118 Release Date: August 1, 2020 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This weeks edition is anchored by Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 1:05:14 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1118 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. The FCC Fines HobbyKing Nearly $3 Million for Marketing Unauthorized Drone Transmitters 2. ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference Seeks Papers 3. AMSAT Partners with University of Maine WiSe-Net Lab to Develop State’s First CubeSat 4. ARRL Board Meets in Remote Electronic Meeting 5. Traffic-Handling Webinar Launches Ham Radio Learning Series 6. Nomination Signatures Sent via Email or Mail May Be Submitted for ARRL Offices 7. ARRL Foundation Awards Grant to The University of Alabama Huntsville 8. High School Marine Buoy Transmitter Now Active on 20-Meter WSPR 9. Historical Story: Propagation as a Matter

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1117 Release Date: July 25, 2020 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This weeks edition is anchored by Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 1:33:14 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1117 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Unauthorized Transmissions Reported in 144 MegaHertz Satellite Allocation 2. Tokyo Ham Fair, Largest in the world is cancelled due to pandemic 3. More than 12,000 Register Early for QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo 4. ARRL Members to Lead New 30-Minute Amateur Radio Webinar Series 5. Chris Brault, KD8YVJ, is 2020 Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year 6. High School Marine Buoy Transmitter Now Active on 20-Meter WSPR 7. Winlink Developers Use Arduino-Based Simulator to Evaluate Digital Modes 8. Mexican Tower Workers Find Parasite Antennas On Cell Towers 9. Interopera

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1116 Release Date: July 18, 2020 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This weeks edition is anchored by Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 1:26:27 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1116 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Proposed Shortwave Station in Illinois Prompts an Objection 2. Why WWV and WWVH Still Matter in the Internet Age 3. AMSAT-DL Submits Lunar Lander Proposal to European Space Agency 4. Yasme Foundation Supporting Grant will Expand Reverse Beacon Network 5. FCC Announces Closing of Filing Window at its Headquarters old Headquarters in Washington D.C. 6. AMSAT Says Husky-1 CubeSat Project Helped Pave the Way for Future Missions 7. International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend on Track for 2020 8. Radio Amateur Society of Australia’s QTC Magazine Goe