PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1296

Release Date: December 30, 2023

Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Michael LaMountain, KE2AWY, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:38:42

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1296

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. FCC To Reinstate Council Tasked With Studying AI’s Impact On Communications Networks
2. Inside The Magic Radio Protecting Russian Drones From Jamming
3. AMSAT: ClarkSat-1 Deployed From The International Space Station
4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
5. ARRL: ARRL's Year of the Volunteers Success
6. ARRL: ARRL Straight Key Night 2024
7. KPH Over the Air Cryptographic Challenge
8. FCC Approves Ownership of U.S. Station by Canadian Broadcasters
9. Publication Is Suspended At CQ Magazine
10. Advisor For HamSci Appointed Director Of Haystack Observatory
11. DxPedition To Peter One Island Is In The Planning Stages
12. National Kids' Day On The Air Is Coming Up
13. QuartzFest Comes Alive In The Arizona Desert
14. Year Long Ten Meter Challenge Is Set For SOTA Activators
15. Amateurs In France Prepare To Honor Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe
16. Conference To Celebrate Forty Years Of Amateur Radio Aboard The ISS
17. Grimeton SAQ Christmas Message Retrospective
18. ARRL: Changes In The Eastern New York Staff For 2024 announced
19. ARRL: World Radiocommunication Conference 23 concludes with wins for amateur radio & agenda items for '27
20. WRC: Low Earth Orbit satellite transmit power battle drags on after WRC-23 concludes
21. ARRL: The Intrepid DX group has announced the winners of their 2023 Dream Rig Essay Contest
22. RW: Amateur radio operators hel restore LPFM KYNO back on the ait after tower collapse and lightning strike

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, will be here to discuss wifi, and why its really bad to send or receive email attachments.
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News
* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us how its the little things in amateur radio that count the most.
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill sets The Wayback Machine to May of 1970 and The Student Information Network, where amateur radio on college campuses was used to organize anti-war news and protests.

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