PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1302

Release Date: February 10, 2024

Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX Bob Donlon, W3BOO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:26:24

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1302

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: AO-92 Reenters Earth’s Atmosphere
2. AMSAT: Lunar Excursion Vehicle (LEV–1) Amateur Telemetry Received
3. WIA: New Indian Documentary Is A Collection Of Nostalgic Stories Of Radio Enthusiasts
4. Plan For Europe's Huge New Particle Collider Takes Shape
5. An Entire 200 Foot Tower Stolen From WJLX-AM Jasper Alabama
6. ARRL: California Storms: Amateur Radio Is Ready
7. ARRL: Amateur Radio Goes To High School In New York City
8. ARRL: World Radio Day 2024
9. ARRL: George Washington's Birthday Will Be Celebrated By Three Amateur Radio Clubs
10. ARRL: Georgia Elementary School Contacts The International Space Station
11. ARRL: DX Mentor Recognition Program Is Announced
12. Developing Nations CubeSats Are Getting A Ride To Orbit
13. Amateur Radio License Changes Begin This Month In The United Kingdom
14. Contester Slavko Celarc, S57DX, A Silent Key
15. International YL Club Plans A Czech Contest Station
16. Pluto's Discovery Celebrated On The Amateur Bands
17. Silicon Valley Explores Its Amateur Radio Past
18. A Major Festival In North Bengal Supported By Amateurs
19. WIA: Amelia Earhart's Long Lost Plane Possibly Detected By Sonar
20. Upcoming Select Contests and Conventions
21. Monthly Volunteer Monitoring System Report
22. ARRL: The first amateur radio signal originating on the moon JS1YMG is on the air
23. ARRL: Heil Sound makes a large donation to the W1AW stations
24. ARRL: ARRL Foundation is now accepting grant applications
25. ARRL: Volunteer Examiner Coordinators issues an Errata to the 2024-2028 Amateur Extra Class Question Pool
26. FCC: FCC submits its annual report on illegal radio enforcement to Congress
27. DLARC: The DLARC announces that Ham Radio & More program is added to its digital library
28. RAC: Canada strengthens its use it or lose it spectrum policy

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT talks about how computers are getting better, but how keyboards are getting worse.
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News
* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will answer the question "What is the right mode for Emergency Communications?'
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Will Rogers, K5WLR, our amateur radio historian, will take the wayback machine to December of 1915 to take a look at the first edition of a little magazine called QST.

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