PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1305 - Full Version

Release Date: March 2, 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 Zitell, KD2RJX, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Approximate Running Time: 1:39:56

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1305

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. Amateur Radio and Audio Innovator Bob Heil, K9EID, SK
2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
3. FCC: FCC Moves To Add 13 New Languages To Emergency Alert System On Radio
4. ARRL: HAARP Needs Ham Help
5. ARRL: Preparation Underway For Severe Spring Weather
6. ARRL: Young Ladies Radio League Celebrates International Women's Day With Special Event
7. ARRL: Amateur Radio Operators Celebrate Launch Of USS Midway
8. ARRL: HamSci First Festival of Eclipse Ionospheric Science Event Results Announced
9. FCC: FCC Chair Announces Missing and Endangered Persons Alert Code To Emergency Alert System
10. US Lunar Lander Is Functioning Despite Landing Issues
11. Amateur Radio on the ISS Celebrates 40 Years Of Ham Radio In Space
12. Indian Island DxPedition Draws Attention To Cyclone Caused Problems
13. AMSAT Announces FunCube Will Be Silent Though Mid-March
14. FCC Honors Program Is Seeking Engineering Applicants
15. Older Starlink Satellites Are Scheduled For De-orbiting
16. Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum Station Back On The Air
17. FCC: FCC Approves 6 GigaHertz Wi-Fi Management Systems
18. Upcoming ARRL Conventions and HamFest Listing
19. RAC: Potential exists for Canada To Ban SDR devices
20. ARRL: Amateur radio operators needed for help with the upcoming solar eclipse project
21. ARRL: Winter Section Manager election results announced
22. ARRL: World Amateur Radio Day theme is chosen
23. New amateur radio regulations go into effect in Australia
24. New amateur radio regulations go into effect in the United Kingdom

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, talks about new FCC regulations to keep robo-calls off your cellphone, and that the FCC has taken a positive step on net neutrality
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News
* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will talk amateur radio operators getting things done...or not.
* 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 takes us in The Wayback Machine to 1958 when the key word was satellites. And he will look at other actions taking place on the ham bands in the late 1950's.
* RAIN Report, will present a talk given by the late Bob Heil, K9EID, who will talk about ham radio’s influence on his music and audio careers.
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