This Week in Amateur Radio

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1297 Release Date: January 6, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Patrick Huba, N2WWW, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:47:47 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1297 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 2. Christmas Drop Operations From Guam Not The North Pole 3. QRP Satellite Now In Orbit 4. ARRL: Teenage Hams On NBC's TODAY Show 5. ARRL: HamSCI 2024 Workshop Upcoming 6. ARRL: ARISS Announces The Schools And Organizations Selected For Contacts With The ISS Crew 7. ARRL: YouTube Telethon Raises Money For Leagues Teachers Institute 8. ARRL: Radio Luxembourg Celebrated 90th Anniversary 9. Expanded Frequency Use Worldwide Expands To Include Mobile Base Stations 10. Free Online Seminars For Extra Class Is Offered By Electronics Museum 11. Sri Lankan Amateurs Recall Help Provided During Tsunami Disaster 12. Conference In India Welcomed Satellite Enthusiasts 13. Vintage Equipment From KW Electronics Is Celebrated On The Bands 14. Veteran Broadcaster Charles Edward Rich, W8GCW, SK 15. FCC Opens 2024 Hunting Pirate Broadcasters In New York City 16. ARRL Kids Day is coming up. The specifications for Kids Day. 17. Upcoming Contests and ARRL Conventions and HamFests 18. Monthly Volunteer Monitor Program Report 19. Inside The Magic Radio Protecting Russian Drones From Jamming 20. ARRL: ARRL's Year Of The Volunteer Declared A Success 21. KPH To Broadcast an Over The Air Cryptographic Challenge 22. Publication Is Suspended At CQ Magazine 23. Year Long Ten Meter Challenge Is Set For SOTA Activators 24. Eastern New York Section News - Office Changes for 2024 Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT will be here to explain domain names and how the Domain Name System works. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will talk about how to Find The Right Frequency - How allocations differ around the world. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our new amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR returns with the third edition of our new history series entitled, A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will sets The Wayback Machine to the early 1900's and how the very first radio regulations were put in place, and ended the era of free range hams. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: @twiar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated: https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, changed weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio! This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at [email protected]. Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X! Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

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. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: @twiar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated: https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, changed weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio! This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at [email protected]. Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X! Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1295 * * EXPANDED ANNUAL HOLIDAY SPECIAL EDITION * * Release Date: December 23, 2023 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, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Michael Lamontain, KE2AWY, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 2:36:21 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1295 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: HADES-D Satellite: Successful Telecommand Response and FM Repeater Tests Ongoing 2. AMSAT: How the 18th Space Defense Squadron Averts Catastrophe at 17,000 Miles Per Hour 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. ARRL: WRC-23 Concludes With Wins For Amateur Radio and Agenda Items Designated For Next Two Events 5. WRC: Satellite Transmission Power Battle Drags On After WRC-23 Concludes 6. ARRL: ARRL's Year of the Volunteers Success Story 7. ARRL: Volunteers On The Air - Badges on the Air 8. ARRL: ARRL Straight Key Night 2024 9. ARRL: YouTube Telethon To Raise Money For ARRL Teachers Institute On Wireless Technology 10. ARRL: Status of CQ Magazine 11. ARRL: The Intrepid-DX Group Has Announced The Winners Of The 4th Annual Youth Dream Rig Essay Contest 12. Amateurs Help LPFM radio station KYNO Get Back On The Air 13. Ireland's First Satellite Receives Global Reception Reports 14. NASA Receives First Ultra-HD Cat Video Via Laser From Space 15. Campus Of A Technical School In India Becomes Fluent In Emergency Response 16. Upcoming Digital Conference In Utah Is In Need Of Presenters 17. Clubs Repeater Evolution Is Captured On New YouTube Video 18. Trip To Vanuatu Planned By DxPeditioners / Remote Operation Is Added To DxPedition To Bouvet Island 19. Daniel Lamoureux, VE2KA, Former President Of The Radio Amateurs of Canada, SK 20. You can make Christmas Contacts with Santa 21. USI Island Awards 22. Upcoming Conventions and Contests from the ARRL 23. AMSAT: A proposal is submitted to the ESA for a Geostationary Microwave amateur radio payload 24. OFCOM: Ofcom UK nabs an individual causing harmful interference on the amateur radio bands 25. ARRL: The ARRL National Convention is coming to the Dayton HamVention 2024 in Xenia 26. WIA: Class license format changes are coming to amateurs in Australia in 2024 27. OFCOM: Ofcom is proposing amateur radio licensing changes in 2024 for amateurs in the United Kingdom 28. A New Year long award program is launched by the US Islands Program 29. NASA: Voyager One is returning a mish-mash of 1's and 0's from space that has NASA baffled Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, will be here to discuss slide rules, and securing your Internet Of Things, or 'IOT' devices.. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will address what he calls The Visibility Of Our Radio Community" * 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 has the Wayback Machine programmed for the mid-seventies as he returns for part two of his look at the FCC's proposed Dual Ladder Licensing Path, which eventually led to the Incentive Licensing that we have now. * HOLIDAY SPECIAL: As is our tradition during the holiday week, we will present a monologue by the late Jean Shepherd, K2ORS, as he talks about having a serious case of the radio bug when he was in high school, and how it affected his life. * HOLIDAY SPECIAL: A tribute to the late Orrin Brand with two of his popular segments, the first on a tongue-in-cheek look at hamfests, and his annual read of "A Hams Night Before Christmas" Courtesy of The Rain Report. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: @twiar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated: https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, changed weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio! This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at [email protected]. Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X! Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1294 Release Date: December 16, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Michael Lamontain, KE2AWY, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:57:28 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1293 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. WRC-23: WRC-23 Days 11+12/Week 3: The Future Beckons 2. AMSAT: Proposal Submitted To The European Space Agency For Geostationary Microwave Amateur Payload 3. AMSAT: ARISS Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of Owen Gariott’s Landmark STS-9 Operation 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. Ofcom UK: Ofcom Nabs Individual Causing Harmful Interference On The Amateur Bands 6. WIA: Historic Transmitter In Sweden To Transmit Traditional Christmas Message 7. WRC-23: WRC-23 Reaches Acceptable Conclusion On 23 Centimeter Issue 8. NASA: NASA Receives Laser Beamed Message From 10 Million Miles Away 9. RW: Ham Radio Operators Give KNYO A Boost After Tower Collapse 10. QRZ: 12 Days Of Christmas On Air Special Event 11. ARRL: ARRL National Convention Coming To HamVention 2024 In Xenia 12. ARRL: Harborcreek Student Led ARISS Contact A Success 13. YOTA: Youth On The Air Summer Camp 2024 To Be Held In Americas 14. WIA: Class License Format To Begin On New Years In Australia 15. UK Ofcom: Ofcom Amateur Radio Licensing Changes Upcoming In 2024 For UK Amateurs 16. DLARC Has A Christmas Wish List And More 17. Have A World Radiosport Team Championship Organizer At Your Next Club Meeting 18. European Space Agency Looking At Possible Amateur Payload On An Upcoming Satellite 19. Australian Amateur Makes A New Online Study Guide Available 20. New Year Long Award Program Is Launched By US Islands Program 21. "A Hams Christmas" read by Bill Contineeli, W2XOY 22. Upcoming conventions, hamfests, and contest listing 23. ARRL: ARDC and ARRL Announce $2.1 million for the next generation of Amateur Radio - Part One 24. ARRL: ARDC and ARRL Announce $2.1 million for the next generation of Amateur Radio - Part Two 25. FCC: FCC Senators Markey, Blackburn send a letter to the FCC on the 12 gigahertz proceeding 26. NCVEC: New amateur extra class question pool is released to be become effective on July 01, 2024 27. ARRL: Bandwidth limits replace symbol rates on the HF bands, other bands now open for comment 28. New Willy Wonka movie celebrated by upcoming special event station W0NKA Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT will be here to talk about staying safe with the help of a VPN, and will discuss the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will take a look at Reporting On Radio Harmonic Power. * 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 programmed The Wayback Machine for 1974. In the first of two parts, Bill explains that 1974 was the year the FCC introduced its convoluted amateur radio restructuring plan. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: @twiar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated: https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, changed weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio! This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at [email protected]. Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X! Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1293 Release Date: December 9, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:41:59 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1293 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. WRC: Discussions On 40 Through 50 MegaHertz Radar Sounders Continues 2. WRC-23: Week 2 Update / Future Topics 3. FCC: FCC Modernizes Amateur Radio Service Rules 4. AMSAT CA: AMSAT Canada Officially Incorporated 5. ARRL: ARDC and ARRL Announce $2.1 Million For The Next Generation Of Amateur Radio - Part One 6. ARRL: ARDC and ARRL Announce $2.1 Million For The Next Generation Of Amateur Radio - Part Two 7. HamSCI: HamSCI Announces Initial Observations From October 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse 8. FCC: Senators Markey, Blackburn Send Letter To FCC On 12 GigaHertz Proceeding 9. ARRL: New Amateur Extra Class Question Pool Released Effective July 01, 2024 10. ARRL: Volunteers On The Air Red Badges On Air Event December 17th, 2023 11. ARRL: Bandwidth Limits Replace Symbol Rates On The HF Bands, Other Bands Open For Comment 12. WRC: (ARRL): International Amateur Radio Union and ARRL Attending WRC-23 In Dubai, UAE 13. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute Grad Prepares Students For Ham Radio Contact With Astronaut 14. ARRL: New Book Celebrates 40 Years of Amateur Radio in Space 15. FCC: Radio Piracy Warnings Are Issued To Land Owners By The FCC 16. Free Download Of Irish HAREC Syllabus Is Now Available 17. New Willy Wonka Movie Celebrated By Special Event Station W0NKA 18. India's Cyclone Prone Island Region Gets New Amateur Radio Station 19. Upcoming ARRL Conventions and Contests of interest 20. AMSAT At WRC-23: ITU RA-23 Adopts Resolution For Space Spectrum 21. ARRL RF Safety Committee Develops New Guidelines To Communicate RF Exposure To Your Neighbors 22. ARRL: Summits On The Air Is Offering A 10 Meter Challenge During 2024 23. ARRL: National Council of Volunteer Examiners Question Pool Committee Has Removed 2 General Questions 24. New International Space Station Spotting App Is Released By NASA 25. Sweden's Alexandersson Alternator To Transmit A Christmas Message 26. Monthly Volunteer Monitor Program Report Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, agrees with Elon Musk, in that we should be very afraid of the upcoming Artificial Intelligence systems. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, asks 'what about promoting the hobby?' * 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 The Wayback Machine back in time to take a look at the history of amateur radio repeaters, with Part Two of his special report. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: @twiar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated: https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, changed weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio! This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at [email protected]. Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X! Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1292 Release Date: December 2, 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, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Michael Lamontain, KE2AWY, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 2:04:35 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1292 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Happy 10th Birthday FUNcube-1 (AO-73) 2. AMSAT: SpaceX's Starship Flies Higher 3. AMSAT AT WRC-23: International Telecommunications Union RA-23 Adopts Resolution for Space Spectrum 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. NJIT: NJIT Scientists Uncover Aurora-Like Radio Emission Above a Sunspot 6. WRC-23: Day 6 (Monday November 27th) : 50 MHz and 23 Centimeter bands discussed 7. ARRL: ARRL RF Safety Committee Develops New Guidelines To Communicate RF Safety 8. ARRL: ARRL Advocacy Win: FCC Approves Request for Pearl Harbor Day Crossband Operations 9. ARRL: WX1AW Active For 2023 SKYWARN Recognition Day 10. ARRL: NCVEC Question Pool Committee Has Removed Two General Class License Questions 11. ARRL: Summits On The Air Is Offering A 10 Meter Challenge In 2024 12. Nikola Tesla's Last Remaining Laboratory Is Destroyed By Fire 13. Amateurs In India Track Down Lifesaving Medicine For An Ill Child 14. SpaceX Has Told The FCC That StarLink Does Not Cause Radio Interference 15. Comment Period Still Open For Proposals For 2200 and 630 Meters 16. New ISS Spotting App Is Released By NASA 17. Sweden's Alexandersson Alternator To Transmit Christmas Message 18. Application Period For Youth On The Air Is Open 19. Amateurs and Broadcast Community Come Together For Australia's Technorama 20. Emergency Communications Radio Room named after Oregon SM David Kidd, KA7OZO 21. The December 2023 Volunteer Monitoring Report 22. Upcoming Contests and Convention listing from the ARRL 23. HACK: High altitude balloon to fly during upcoming solar eclipse - NASA recruiting ham citizen scientists 24. ARRL: Two Florida amateurs 100 miles apart, make contact via a ten meter FM repeater in Switzerland 25. ARRL: 2023 ARRL Fall Section Manager Election results are announced 26. University of Scranton's new amateur radio tower helps prepare new station for the upcoming eclipse 27. Well known amateur and Chicago broadcaster Orrin Brand, K9KEK, SK Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte W6TWT will take a look at dark fiber, and why he thinks bits should be free... * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, says we have failed to simulate. * 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. Bill starts a series on the history of amateur radio repeaters. * Courtesy of The Rain Report, we'll travel back in time for a talk from Radio historian Scott Childers - W9CHI as he relates a short history of "The Big 89", in Chicago, WLS. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: @twiar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated: https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, changed weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio! This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at [email protected]. Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X! Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1291 Release Date: November 25, 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, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Michael LaMontain, KE2AWY, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 2:01:22 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1291 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. HACK: High Altitude Balloon To Fly During Solar Eclipse / NASA Recruiting Ham Citizen Science 2. AMSAT: 2023 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting Proceedings Now Available 3. AMSAT: SpaceX Launches Ninth Rideshare Mission / Over 100 Satellites Deployed With Falcon 9 4. AMSAT: AMSAT-EA’s HADES-D Satellite Awaiting Deployment From ION Orbital Transfer Vehicle 5. AMSAT: ROM-3 Romanian High School Team’s Satellite Soars To Success In Latest SpaceX Launch 6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 7. WIA: HD Radio Passes 100 Million Car Mark 8. ARRL: Florida Hams Make Contact 100 Miles Apart Via 10 Meter Repeater... In Switzerland. 9. ARRL: ARRL Announces The Results Of The 2023 ARRL Division Elections 10. ARRL: 2023 Fall Section Manager Election Results 11. ARRL: Giving Thanks In The Year Of The Volunteers 12. ARRL: Giving Tuesday: The Future Of Amateur Radio Needs You 13. ARRL: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Will Hold An Online Mini-Digital Communications Conference 14. University of Scranton New Amateur Radio Tower Helps Station Prepare For Upcoming Eclipse 15. Well Known Amateur And Chicago Broadcaster Orrin Brand, K9KEK, SK 16. West Bengal Amateurs Reunite Missing Father With His Family After 24 Years 17. Celebrating Growing Accessibility For Disabled Amateurs 18. The IEEE Says Radio Waves Can Diagnose Climate Issues 19. How About A QSO With The Winners Of The Krenkel Medal 20. Slovakian CubeSat Is Named After Businessman's Daughter..And It's Pink 21. World Radiocommunications Conference 2023 begins in Dubai 22. ARRL: Former Illinois Section Manager Tom Ciciora, KA9QPN, SK 23. ARRL: Clubs In Colorado To Host Santa On The Air 24. ARRL: ARRL hails FCC action to remove symbol rate restrictions 25. ARRL: The University of Scranton Amateur Radio Club, W3USR, gets a facelift 26. ARRL: The 16th annual santa net will be on the air between Thanksgiving and Christmas 27. U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration targets five bands for expanded spectrum use Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte W6TWT will take a look at dark fiber, and why he thinks bits should be free... * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, says we have failed to simulate. * 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. Bill starts a series on the history of amateur radio repeaters. * Courtesy of The Rain Report, we'll travel back in time for a talk from Radio historian Scott Childers - W9CHI as he relates a short history of "The Big 89", in Chicago, WLS. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: @twiar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated: https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, changed weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio! This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at [email protected]. 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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1290 Release Date: November 18, 2023 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, Mike LaMountain, KE2AWY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savacool, K2SAV,George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:53:22 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1290 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 2. WIA: Michigan Man Made Racist, Homophobic Slurs In Radio Transmissions To Coast Guard 3. WIA: ARRL DX Log Archive Now Online 4. WIA: Special Event Station To Honor Jagadish Chandra Bose 5. ARRL: ARRL Hails FCC Action To Remove Symbol Rate Restrictions 6. FCC: FCC Fines Three Pirate Radio Ops More Than $6 Million Dollars In Proposed Fines 7. ARRL: 2023 ARRL November Sweepstakes Continues 8. ARRL: The University of Scranton Amateur Radio Club, W3USR, Got A Facelift 9. ARRL: SKYWARN Recognition Day Is Ready to Go 10. ARRL: The 16th Annual Santa Net Will Be On Air Between Thanksgiving And Christmas 11. ARRL: News Shorts - Utah Club Supports Large Race - SETI Institute Granted $200 million From An Amateur 12. Veterans On Amateur Radio Honor Veterans 13. United States NTIA Targets Five Bands For Expanded Spectrum Use 14. Astronauts Drop A Bag Of Tools During Space Walk, It Becomes A Rogue Satellite 15. Influential YL Bharati Devapullavi Appears In New Movie With Her Radio 16. Wireless Institute of Australia Celebrates 90th Year In Print With Special Callsign 17. Eliminating Leap Seconds Is A Proposed Alternative At The Upcoming WRC-23 18. ARRL: ARRL Announces The Results Of The 2023 ARRL Division Elections 19. Upcoming Contests and Conventions 20. ARRL: Changes are announced in the ARRL Pacific Division 21. ARRL: The first Worked All States Certificate is awarded for the 33 centimeter band 22. ARRL: The FCC is hiring for its Maryland facility, ARRL is looking for a Senior Lab Engineer Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, says if you find that todays technology is hard for you to use, Leo explains that it is not your fault. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will have a few general antenna mounting tips for you to try. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, compares the same antenna in different locations and presents the results. * 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 the Wayback Machine back a few decades to take a look at the Technican Class Licensee and all the regulations they endured. * The RAIN Report, we present a flashback to FCC Special Enforcement Council, Riley Hollingsworth K4ZDH who was a household name and viewed by many as the man who brought some much-needed law and order to the U.S. Amateur Radio Service. This soft-spoken FCC bureaucrat brought a lot of respect back to the FCC that was missing during the 90’s. We will hear Riley’s first forum talk at the Dayton Hamvention in back in 1999. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: @twiar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated: https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, changed weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio! This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at [email protected]. Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X! Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1289 Release Date: November 11, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, William Savacool, K2SAV, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, Michael Lamontain, KE2AWY, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:54:15 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1289 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT Member And University Of Louisiana Apply For ELaNa Grant 2. AMSAT: Delfi-C3 – DO64 Deorbiting Soon 3. AMSAT: World Radiocommunication Conference To Consider Band Changes 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. WIA: HF Beacon CS3B iN Madeira Is Destroyed In A Wildfire 6. WIA: 26th International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 General Conference 7. FCC: FCC Commissioner Calls Biden Equity Plan For Internet Control Sweeping, And Unprecedented 8. FCC: FCC Adopts Improvements To Lifesaving Wireless Emergency Alerts System 9. ARRL: Changes Announced In The ARRL Pacific Section 10. ARRL: The First Worked All States Certificate Awarded For The 33 Centimeter Band 11. ARRL: FCC Hiring For Maryland Facility - ARRL Looking For Senior Lab Engineer 12. ARRL: Quarter Century Wireless Association Sponsoring The Third Annual W2MM Special Event Station 13. Launching A Crewed Space Flight Is In The Works For India 14. UK Bunkers On The Air Special Event Introduces An Advent Calendar Award 15. German Amateurs Have A New Way To Report Radio Frequency Interference 16. RSGB Foundation To Subsidize UK Entry Level License Exams 17. Bruce Kelley 1929 QSO Party Coming Up 18. UK Essex Activity Week Encourages CW Operation 19. Straight Key Contest Sponsored By The Straight Key Century Club 20. Upcoming Conventions and Contests 21. AMSAT: NASA uploads a software patch to extend the missions of Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 22. BBC: The BBC World Service has launched a new medium wave service aimed at the people of Gaza 23. ARRL: The FCC extends the deadline to November 28, 2023 for comments on the proposed 60 meter changes 24. ARRL: The International Telecommunications Union will hold World Radiocommunication Conference this month 25. Radio Interference to radio astronomy is aledgely coming from the Starlink Satellite constellation 26. ARRL: November Volunteer Monitoring Report Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, will talk about why your wi-fi at 2.4 Gigahertz doesn't work like it used to, and that we should cancel that bi-annual time adjustment. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, returns to all things vertical this week and starts out with the basics by taking a look at climbing belts. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB will talk about reciprosity this week. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our new amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, will begin his new series entitled "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This first time out, Will takes The Wayback Machine all the way back to the late 1800's and early 1900's, to take a look at "The Beginings". The begining of spark, and the very first use of wireless by amateurs. * Rain HamCast: We will listen to a talk given at the Dayton HamVention by Bob Heil, K9EID talking about how it was ham radio that led his entire career in audio. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: @twiar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated: https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, changed weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio! This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at [email protected]. Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X! Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1288 Release Date: November 4, 2023 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, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, William Savocool, K2SAV, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Bob Donlon, W3BOO,George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 2:06:16 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1288 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: ARISS Announces 40th Anniversary Conference At NASA Kennedy Space Center 2. AMSAT: NASA’s Voyager Spacecraft Receive Software Patch To Extend Their Mission 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: AI-Based Broadcast Radio Weather Service To Cover USA 5. WIA: World Wide Special Interest Groups Highlights Radio Amateur Young Timers - Youth On The Air 6. Himachal Pradesh Government Banks On Amateur Radio For Alternate Communication During Emergencies 7. RSGB: Amateur Exams To Shutdown Over Festive Season 8. FCC: FCC Grants Waiver For Connected Vehicle Spectrum Access 9. RSGB: Youngsters on the Air Month Is Coming Up 10. EVT: Edmund Fitzgerald Anniversary-Special Event Ham Radio Station At Dossin Museum 11. BBC: BBC World Service To Launch Emergency Shortwave Radio Service For Gaza 12. ARRL: Amateur Radio Operators Provide Post Hurricane Communications In Mexico 13. ARRL: Deadline Extended To November 28, 2023 For Sixty Meter Comments 14. ARRL: Veterans Day 2023 Special Event Stations Announced 15. ARRL: Great California ShakeOut Drill Reported A Success 16. ARRL: National Weather Service And NOAA Announce SkyWarn Recognition Day 17. ARRL: International Telecommunications Union To Hold World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 18. ARRL: ARRL Foundation Is Accepting Applications For Scholarships Through January 10, 2024 19. RFI To Radio Telescopes Linked To StarLink Satellites 20. Chicago Broadcast Legend Bill Crane, W9ZN - SK 21. Car Accident Victims In New Jersey Are Rescued By Repeater 22. Germany's First AM Radio Broadcast Is Honored As DARC Members Pay Tribute 23. FCC: FCC Seeks Input On Upgrading National Broadband Speeds 24. November Volunteer Monitoring Report 25. Upcoming Conventions, Hamfests, and select contests 26. FCC to vote on removing symbol rate restrictions 27. Contacts with Russian amateurs on the six meter band is deemed legal 28. 80 years on the air is celebrated by the Woofferton Shortwave facility in the UK 29. Shortwave special event is being held by a shortwave station in Taiwan Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, will take a look at why most people dislike logging into Captive Portals, and will discuss the rise of password vaults. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety with Greg Stoddard, KF9MP, will conclude his special series on taking your amateur radio gear on a train trip across the country, with operating tips and more. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will talk about noise a little more this week * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL and Tad Cook K7RA * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes the Wayback Machine across the decades to look at the history of the technician class license. * From RAIN, we will listen to Kent Peterson KC0DGY interview Roger Johnson N1RJ of Limington Maine. Roger was suffering from HF interference at his home. When he finally started to do some active direction finding in his neighborhood, he was quite surprised to discover the source of his interference. Roger had quite the story to tell. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: @twiar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated: https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, changed weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. Air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio! This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at [email protected]. Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X! Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.