This Week in Amateur Radio

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1287 Release Date: October 28, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:59:24 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1287 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT Board Appoints Officers, Hears Reports 2. AMSAT: ESTCube-2 Fails To Deploy After Launch 3. AMSAT: Scientists Confirm Ancient Solar Storm 4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 5. WIA: World Radio Conference 2023 Starts Next Month 6. WIA: Mysterious Radio Signals Coming From Space 7. FCC: FCC Seeks Alternative Delivery Options For Wireless Alerts 8. Lookout Mountain Wildfire Also Affected Ham Radio Operators; Fire Said To Be Contained 9. ARRL: FCC To Vote On Removing Symbol Rate Restrictions 10. ARRL: Speak Up For Your Spectrum: 60-Meter Band Comments Due To The FCC By October 30th, 2023 11. ARRL: Amateur Radio STEM Education Takes Center Stage At Pacificon 12. ARRL: $31k Raised For Education From ARRL Online Auction 13. ARRL: ARISS Is Planning Their 40th Anniversary Celebration Conference 14. QSO's With Russian Amateurs On The Six Meter Band Is Deemed Legal 15. Missouri Repeater System Receives Grant For Upgrades 16. YL's Throughout Australia Prepare For ALARA Meeting This November 17. 80 Years On The Air Is Celebrated By UK Shortwave Broadcast Site 18. Wisconsin Jamboree On The Air Weekend Earns Scout Merit Badges 19. Swedish Historic Station SAQ Transmitted On UN Day 20. Shortwave Event Is Being Held By Station In Taiwan 21. Ham Radio Boot Camp Is Coming Up 22. NASA: NASA announces the sun is in the process of losing (or reversing) its magnetic poles 23. ARDC is seeking volunteers to fill its committees for 2024 24. Gigaparts to open a 55,000 square foot super store in Huntsville, Alabama 25. ARRL: Amateurs show major concern about the Shortwave Modernization Proposal 26. FCC: October 2023 Volunteer Monitoring Program report Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT will be here to discuss Moore's Law and its effect on tomorrows computer chips, and will ask exactly what is high tech? * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, puts aside his climbing gear and takes his amateur transceivers On The Rails as he talks about operating amateur radio while taking a cross country trip on a train. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, wants to talk about nise this week * 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 returns to begin his series, The Anicent Amateur Archives, this week, this week, Bill takes The Wayback Machine back to April 5th, 1965 to the mid-sixties and takes a close-up look at Incentive Licensing. * Will stop by and visit with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests, and more.. * We will introduce you to John Brake who at an early age sold tools to HeathKit, one of which was the Nut Starter. So what happened to John Brake? And the little tool that could...and still does? John is currently CEO of Desko Industries in Chino, California. Hap Holly, KC9RP interviews John this week and gets all the details on the NutStarter. ----- 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.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1286 Release Date: October 21, 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 Height, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 2:09:40 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1286 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. The End Of The Long Dash: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/CBC Stops Broadcasting Official Time Signal 2. AMSAT: Estonia’s ESTCube-2 Digipeater In Orbit 3. NASA: NASA Announces Sun Is Losing Its Magnetic Poles 4. WIA: France Receives iPhone OS Updates Due To High Radiation Issue 5. WIA: Hams To Celebrate Military 75th Anniversary 6. The Arrival Of 5G Over The Air Broadcast Signals Is Secured - Over The Air To Your Phone 7. ARDC: Amateur Radio Digital Communications Seeking Volunteers For 2024 Committees 8. FCC: FCC Pushes ‘Facts’ for Title II Net Neutrality Redux 9. FCC: FCC Confirms Record Breaking $2.3 Million Fine Against NYC Pirate Radio 10. GigaParts To Open 55,000 Square Foot Technology Superstore In Huntsville, Alabama 11. ARRL: HAMCHESS: Using Amateur Radio To Play Chess 12. ARRL: 2023 Chicago Marathon Supported By Amateur Radio 13. ARRL: A POTA/Parks On The Air Book For Park Activators And Hunters 14. ARRL: World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station, SAQ, Will Transmit A Peace Message 15. ARRL: United States Air Force Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) Will Be Celebrating 75 Years 16. Australian Public Broadcaster Marks 100 Years On The Air 17. Ham Radio University Announces Its Return To In Person Sessions 18. Amateurs Around The World Get On The Air For Solar Eclipse QSO Party 19. Amateurs Show Concern About Shortwave Proposal 20. Teletext in Ireland, Another Broadcasting Leftover Bites The Dust 21. Hurricane Watch Net Activates for Hurricanes Tammy and Norma 22. ARRL: Upcoming Contests, Conventions and Ham Fests 23. Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report 24. ARRL: ARRL Urges Comments To The FCC On The Proposed Changes To The Sixty Meter Band 25. ARRL: JOTA/Jamboree On The Air Is October 20th Through October 22nd 26. ARRL: York County Amateur Radio Society Receives ARDC Project Grant 27. WRTC: World RadioSport Team Championship Announces Changes In Qualifying Criteria 28. ARRL: ARRL Launches The National Traffic System NewsLetter Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, will take a close-up look at your modem and router settings * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard, KF9MP, puts aside his climbing gear and presents part two of his new series on taking amateur radio with you on a long trip onboard a train. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, tries to answer the question How Much Does Your Coax and Antenna Matter? * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from K7RA and the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill sets the Wayback Machine for November 22, 1967, the date the FCC first presented Incentive Punishment...we mean Incentive Licensing. And how amateurs and the ham industry reacted to the proposal. * Courtesy of The RAIN HamCast, we will listen to a HamVention talk given by CBS Television Engineer Frosty Oden N6ENV on mountain top repeater operation and linking. ----- 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.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1285 Release Date: October 14, 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, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savacool, K2SAV, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 2:02:28 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1285 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 2. ARRL: ARRL Urges Comments to FCC On 60-Meter Band 3. ARRL: Local Amateur Community Rallies To Support Collegiate Club For QSO Party 4. ARRL: Jamboree On The Air Is On October 20th Through The 22nd, 2023 5. ARRL: 2023 ARRL Online Auction Is Ready To Go!!! 6. ARRL: Collegiate Amateur Radio Clubs Tune In To Chess Tournaments 7. ARRL: Radio Society of Great Britain Is Offering A Live Stream Of Their 2023 Convention 8. ARRL: York County Amateur Radio Society Receives ARDC Project Grant 9. ARRL: Allianz Partners Richmond Marathon Needs Experienced Amateur Radio Operators 10. Amateurs In India Help Transport People Stranded By Floods 11. Finding Missing Persons Is Top Issue For Israeli Amateurs 12. Amateurs Along A Historic Scenic Byway Have A Peak Experience 13. A Monster Hit With CW Ops - The Zombie Shuffle 14. DXpedition At Swains Island Is On The Air 15. World Radiosport Team Championship Announces Changes In Qualifying Criteria 16. HamSci conducting experiments this weekend during the solar eclipse 17. Upcoming contests, conventions and ham fest listings 18. WIA: Who Listens To The Radio? Countries Authorize DRM Broadcasting 19. ARRL: Comment Deadlines Set On Proposed 60 Meter Band Changes 20. ARRL: ARRL Foundation Accepting Applications For Grants In October 21. FCC: Turns Out The Government Can Fine You For Trashing Space 22. ARRL: ARRL Launches The NTS (National Traffic System) Monthly Newsletter 23. New Amateur At Age 10 Picks Up The Reigns Of A Weekly Two Meter Net 24. ARDC: Multimode Digital Voice Project Has A New Software Upgrade In The Works 25. FCC: FCC Issue Citations For Harmful Interference Traced to Surveillance Cameras Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, discusses a new type of GPS called "What Three Words", and talks about "Wear Leveling" on solid state memory devices.. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, puts aside his climbing gear and begins a new four part series on taking amateur radio on train trip, as Greg goes "On The Rails". * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will take a look at what he calls "Gadgets On Demand." * 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 to November 15th, 1945, the day amateurs in the US were waiting for. They were finally allowed back on the air as the military vacated the amateur bands. * Special Interview with Kay Savetz, K6KJN Curator at the Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications, part of the Internet Archive, with Hap Holly, KC9RP from the Rain HamCast. ----- 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.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1284 Release Date: October 7, 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, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Terry Saunders, N1KIN, George, W2XBS and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:53:08 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1284 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Twiggs/Pugh Planning 30 ThinSat Launch For Schools 2. WIA: WRTC 2026 Becomes An RSGB Affiliated Special Interest Group 3. WIA: Who Listens To The Radio? Countries Authorize DRM Broadcasting 4. Air Force Seeks To Explore Terahertz Radio -- One Of The Last Frontiers In Military RF Communications 5. ARRL: Comment Deadlines Set On Proposed 60 Meter Band Changes 6. ARRL: ARRL Foundation Accepting Applications For Grants In October 7. FCC: FCC Remains Full With Carr and Starks Re-confirmations 8. FCC: Turns Out The Government Can Fine You For Trashing Space 9. ARRL: ARRL Launches The NTS (National Traffic System) Monthly Newsletter 10. ARRL: WestFest STEM Event Offers Hands On Experience 11. ARRL: Ham Radio Day At The Venice Public Library in Florida 12. World Wide Flora and Fauna Memorial Event Honors Serbian Ham Pioneer 13. New Amateur At Age 10 Picks Up The Reigns Of A Weekly Two Meter Net 14. 75th Anniversary Will Be Celebrated By US Military Radio Operators 15. Wisconsin Radio Club Successfully Restores Their Repeater 16. ARDC: Multimode Digital Voice Project Has A New Software Upgrade In The Works 17. ACMA: New Five Year Spectrum Forecast Is Released By Australian Communications & Media Authority (ACMA) 18. FCC: FCC Issue Citations For Harmful Interference Traced to Surveillance Cameras 19. FCC: Current FCC Pitches Net Neutrality As A Public Safety Measure 20. Amateurs across the US prepare and execute the annual Simulated Emergency Test 21. Upcoming Contests, Conventions, and HamFests 22. ARRL: The Solar Eclipse QSO Party Seeks Amateurs and Radio Enthusiasts For Global Experiments 23. ARRL: Students are wanted to talk to astronauts onboard the International Space Station during 2024 24. ARRL: The Intrepid DX Group has announced their 4th annual Youth Dream Rig Essay Contest 25. FCC: The FCC is looking to open the 6 Gigahertz band to Very Low Power (VLP) Devices Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, will talk a little more about net neutrality, and how Elon Musk is very worried about Artificial Intelligence.. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will discuss one of his favorite topics and that is How To Successfully Waterproof Coax Connections On Your Tower. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will talk about "All The Power In The Observable Universe In Milliwatts" * 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 Ancient Amateur Archives - This week Bill concludes his in depth look at the VHF Frequency Allocation Battles of the mid-1940s, and how they resulted in the allocations we still enjoy today. * RAIN: In observance of the upcoming solar eclipses, we have an interview with Matt Hickman AF5FM, trustee of what is one of the first solar-powered UHF repeaters in Mississippi. ----- 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.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1283 Release Date: September 30, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zitell, KD2RJX, William Savacool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 2:10:03 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1283 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: 2023 AMSAT Symposium Keynote Speakers Announced 2. AMSAT: Russian Soyuz MS-24 Launches Crew To The International Space Station 3. AMSAT: Imperial College Develops Miniature Rocket Thruster For CubeSats 4. AMSAT: GOES-U Successfully Completes Environmental Testing For 2024 Launch 5. AMSAT: Sentinel-1 Satellite Reveals Shifts From Morocco Earthquake 6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 7. RSGB: RSGB Board Director attempts Summits On The Air Challenge 8. FCC: FCC Announces Proposal to Bring Back Net Neutrality Rules 9. Radio Apocalypse: The BBC Radio Program That Could(n’t) Have Started World War III - The Waffle House Index 10. ARRL: Solar Eclipse QSO Party Seeks Amateurs and Radio Enthusiasts For Global Experiment 11. ARRL: Students Wanted: Talk To An Astronaut Via Amateur Radio In 2024 12. ARRL: Amplitude Modulation International (AMI) Jamboree Scheduled For November 13. ARRL: Intrepid-DX Group Has Announced Their 4th Annual Youth Dream Rig Essay Contest 14. ARRL: Reminder: FCC and FEMA Will Jointly Conduct A Nationwide Emergency Test On October 4th 15. International Conference of Amateurs To Be Hosted In Croatia 16. And Now, The Summits On The Air Eclipse 17. Rare Medical Condition Is Highlighted In Upcoming Special Event Station 18. Indian Epicenter Of Education Workshops Unite Amateurs 19. Tennessee Medical Reserve Corps Add Amateur Radio Skills 20. FCC: FCC Looking to Open 6 GigaHertz Band to Very Low Power Devices 21. ARRL: ARRL Issues A Reminder About The Upcoming SET/Simulated Emergency Test 22. ARRL: Upcoming Contests, Conventions and Ham Fests 23. ARRL: Amateur Radio Volunteers Needed for Marine Corps Marathon 24. TECH: WiFi-7 The Next Big Leap Or A Whole Lotta Nothing? 25. ARRL: ARRL Celebrates Fifty Years Of The ARRL Foundation 26. Emergency Radio Tower Is Proposed By An Amateur Radio Group In Maine Plus these Special Features This Week: * With net neutrality back in the news again, our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, explains just what exactly is net neutrality and why is it so important? * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, talks about tower safety and this week tells us how to avoid "The Sudden Stop". * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell you the difference between Decibels and Milliwatts. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX in general, upcoming contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes us aboard The Wayback Machine with the second part of what he calls the Great VHF Frequency Allocation Battle of The 1940's. * We will hear Part Two of a 1991 interview by RAINS Hap Holly, KC9RP, with Ed Juge, W5TOO former Marketing Director for Radio Shack, when the company introduced the HTX-202 hand held transceiver. ----- 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.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1282 Release Date: September 23, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 2:00:53 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1282 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Results of the 2023 AMSAT Board of Directors Election 2. AMSAT: 2023 AMSAT Symposium Call for Papers 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: Australia Post Releases New Centenary of Broadcasting Stamps 5. RSGB: Amateurs In The UK Prepare For A Month Of Activating Bunkers 6. WIA: Rewinding..The Smith Way 7. TECH: Wi-Fi 7: The Next Big Leap Or A Whole Lotta Nothing? 8. FCC: Radio Noise From Satellite Constellations Could Interfere With Astronomers 9. ARRL: Open Letter From The National Hurricane Center's WX4NHC Operators 10. ARRL: Celebrating 50 Years Of The ARRL Foundation 11. ARRL: Anna Gomez Confirmed As FCC Commissioner 12. ARRL: Fair Season In The Northeast Puts Ham Radio On Exhibition 13. ARRL: ARRL Was Represented At The 2023 National Championship Air Races and Air Show 14. Emergency Radio Tower Is Proposed By Amateurs In Maine 15. Emergency Radio Tower Is Proposed By Amateurs In Maine 16. RCA: Radio Club of America Honors Amateurs 17. Radio Campout Expands In Wisconsin 18. Amateurs In Missouri Add AED Defibrillators To Their Emergency Toolkits 19. Latvian Amateurs Celebrate The Mechanical Key 20. Come And Get Wyoming Special Event Station Is Up And Running 21. Upcoming Contest, Conventions and Hamfests 22. AMSAT: ARISS USA Team Names New Director of Education 23. AMSAT: Updated AMSAT Tri-Fold Hand Out Brochure Now Available 24. BIPT: Belgian Amateurs Gain Small Allocation On 40 Megahertz 25. DLARC: Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications Reaches 90,000 Items 26. ARRL: 2023 SET Exercise To Test Skills and Emergency Preparedness 27. ARRL: ARRL Has Announced That Certificates Are Now Available For New Club Level Awards 28. United States Military Is Eyeing The Possibility Of Using Wideband Above 100 GigaHertz 29. New Investors Are Interested In Purchasing HamTestOnLine Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT will tell us how old operating systems allow malware on your system, and how millennials have discovered a new to them hack for television... * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will tell you how to have success with tower mounted electronics. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell the story of "Wet and Blue" Adventures with coax cable * 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 all the way to the late 1940's for part one of what he calls The VHF Allocation Battle of the 1940's. Have you Playbills standing by... * Did you frequently shop at your local Radio Shack store in the 90s? In August, 1991 7,000 copies of the Fall Radio Shack catalog were mailed out with an ad on page 68 that drew the attention of ham radio enthusiasts worldwide. Here is a RAIN interview with Ed Juge, W5TOO, Former Director of Market Planning for Radio Shack talking about the legendary HTX-202 handheld transceiver. - Part One ----- 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.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1281 Release Date: September 16, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:54:58 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1281 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: World Radio Conference 2023 Will Impact Amateur Satellite Service 2. AMSAT: ARISS USA Team Names New Director of Education 3. AMSAT: Updated AMSAT Tri-Fold Hand Out Brochure Now Available 4. BIPT: Belgian Amateurs Gain Small Allocation On 40 Megahertz 5. BBC: Radio Fans In The UK Launch Petition To Save BBC Longwave Service 6. WIA: Malaysia Airlines Missing Flight From 2014 May Have Been Found By WSPR 7. NZART: Celebrate Grandparents On The Air On The Grandparents Grandkids Amateur Radio Net 8. IOTA: Islands On The Air Establishes DXpedition Fund 9. FCC: Anna Gomez Confirmed As Fifth FCC Commissioner 10. DLARC: Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications Reaches 90,000 Items 11. ARRL: Hurricane Lee: Amateur Radio Service In State Of Readiness, Activations Planned 12. ARRL: 2023 SET Exercise To Test Skills and Emergency Preparedness 13. ARRL: Amateur Radio Serves In Large Utah Bike Race 14. ARRL: Changes Announced In The ARRL Louisiana Section 15. ARRL: ARRL Has Announced That Certificates Are Now Available For New Club Level Awards 16. ARRL: Steve Lang Will Become Head Of The U.S. Delegation To WRC-23 17. ARRL: 2023 Route 66 On the Air Special Event Is Up and Running 18. United States Military Is Eyeing The Possibility Of Using Wideband Above 100 GigaHertz 19. It Is Unclear If There Were Any Amateur Radio Deployments In The Moroccan and Libyan Disasters 20. The Planned Salvage Of The Titanic's Wireless Equipment Is Blocked By The US Government 21. New Investors Are Interested In Purchasing HamTestOnLine 22. New Experimental Low Pass Filter Makes Its London Debut 23. West Bengal Radio Club Reunites A Family After A Sixteen Year Absence 24. Radio Station In Germany Begins Full Time Artificial Intelligence Programming 25. Historic Town In Pennsylvania Celebrates Its 275th Birthday With A Special Event Station 26. Upcoming contests, conventions and hamfests 27. WOSH celebrates a birthday 28. RAC: September is Radio Amateurs of Canadas Straight Key Month 29. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 will hold its next general conference in November 30. ARRL: September is National Preparedness Month Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, reminisces about user groups, asks why do equipment manufacturers insist on ultra-bright LED's, and about his problems with drones. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News. * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will address climbing with and for other hams. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell you how how to check your attenuation numbers. * 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 back to the World Radio Conference of 1927 and looks at its effect on amateur radio. * The Rain Report we will listen to a talk by avid contester Mitch Stern/W1SJ, at the Dayton HamVention titled: "There is an art to cracking pile ups on the HF bands". ----- 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.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1280 Release Date: September 9, 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, Eric Zitell, KD2RJX, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, William Savacool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:52:18 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1280 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Astronaut Hams Complete ISS Crew Transition 2. AMSAT: Japan Scrubs Launch Of X-Ray Telescope and Moon Lander 3. AMSAT: India’s Lunar Lander Sparks Interest In The Moon 4. RAC: September Is Canadian Straight Key Month 5. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Region One Will Hold Its Next General Conference In November 6. ARRL: Dave Coons, WT8W, Former ARRL Great Lakes Division Director, SK 7. RAC: Call For Nominations for the RAC Amateur of the Year Award 8. ARRL: Changes in the ARRL Louisiana Section and Oregon Section 9. ARRL: USA Radio Orienteering Team Brings Home Silver and Bronze Medals 10. ARRL: North Carolina School Contacts the International Space Station 11. ARRL: September is National Preparedness Month 12. ARRL: Collins Amateur Radio Club Is Planning Special Event 13. ARRL: Deep Space Exploration Society Open House 14. NASA To Test Optical Laser Communications In Space 15. Amateurs Look Back At Lessons Learned During Hurricane Idalia 16. West Bengal Amateur Radio Club Raises Amateur Awareness Throughout India 17. Parks On The Air Activation Recalls Victims From Alabama Church Bombing 18. The Courage Handi-Ham Program Celebrates 56 Years Serving Amateurs With Disabilities 19. Amateurs Involved With the National Radio Astronomy Observatory Upgrade Licenses 20. FCC Is Looking For Members For Its Technology Advisory Council 21. Legacy Of Pirate Radio Station Radio Luxembourg Is Highlighted In Amateur Activation 22. Special Event Station To Highlight The Invictus Games 23. Upcoming Contests, Conventions and HamFests 24. New Jersey Section signs a Memorandum of Understanding with The American Red Cross 25. The new owners of Radio Shack are planning a new comeback utilizing and old strategy 26. Listeners to the BBC's Longwave service have a petition to keep the service on the air. Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, says it's not your fault if you don't fully understand some of todays high technology. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will address lockout/tagout procedures if you have to climb a commercial tower to work on your repeater antenna. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will try an answer the question, how much attenuation is enough? * 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 a look at callsigns throughout amateur radio history. * RAIN: A talk by David Knepper, W3SJ, publisher of the collins journal, on what to look for when purchasing and restoring old Collins gear.. ----- 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.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1279 Release Date: September 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, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, William Savacool, K2SAV, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:57:59 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1279 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Cast Your Vote: 2023 AMSAT Board of Directors Election Ending Soon 2. AMSAT: Chandrayaan-3 Makes Historic Soft Landing On Moon’s South Pole 3. AMSAT: SpaceX Launches Crew-7 Mission Aboard Crew Dragon Endurance 4. AMSAT: Teams Hack U.S. Air Force Satellite In Space Cybersecurity Contest 5. AMSAT: Progress MS-24 Cargo Ship Launched To The International Space Station 6. ARRL: Hurricane Idalia: FCC Approves ARRL Petition to Aid Emergency Communications 7. Two Men Held In Custody In Connection With Radio Stop Rail Incidents 8. NTIA: The Beautiful Complexity Of The United States Radio Spectrum 9. ARRL: Hurricane Idalia: Amateur Radio Serves Critical Functions 10. ARRL: ARRL New Jersey Sections Sign Agreement With American Red Cross 11. ARRL: Former ARRL Oregon Section Manager John Core, KX7YT, SK 12. ARRL: Changes To The ARRL Oregon Section 13. ARRL: Handiham Radio Club In Minneapolis, Minnesota, Will Operate A Day In The Park Special Event 14. RadioShack’s New Owner Plots Old Comeback Strategy 15. The Australian Communications & Media Authority Invites Amateur Comments On Proposed Licensing Changes 16. Pan-India Radio Convention Preparations Underway 17. Summits On The Air Activation In New Zealand Honors Memory Of SOTA Advocate 18. Two Missile Silos Are Connected By Amateur Radio 19. Petition To Save BBC Longwave Service Is Launched By Avid Listeners 20. Hams Are Going Back To School With The QSO Today Academy 21. National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Long Baseline Array Celebrates 30 Years 22. Upcoming contests, conventions and national hamfests 23. ARRL: W1AW celebrates its anniversary 24. FCC - FCC Announces Plan To Place US Cyber Trust Mark On All Approved Electronic Devices 25. ARRL - Candidates Named For The ARRL Director and Vice Director Elections 26. Arecibo Is Closing But Is Looking At Various Proposals To Keep The Facility Open For Research Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, will discuss how young people, especially in the UK, are embracing the old vinyl analog technologies and setting up true, old fashion, stereo systems. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will talk about replacing and maintaining the guy wires on your tower. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will discuss how he has begun to measure Spurious Emissions. * 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 travels from 1912 to the mid-twenties when the radio act of 1912 was hopelessly outdated, and the years of anarchy took over the AM broadcast band until Congress approved the new Radio Act of 1925 and created The Federal Radio Commission. ----- 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.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1278 Release Date: August 26, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:57:10 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1278 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: United States Authorities Warn SpaceX Among Companies Targeted by Espionage Efforts 2. AMSAT: 2023 AMSAT Symposium Call for Papers 3. FCC: FCC Announces Plan To Place US Cyber Trust Mark On Devices 4. ARRL: Tropical Storm Hilary Hits The Southwestern US: Amateur Radio Activates 5. ARRL: Candidates Named For ARRL Director and Vice Director Elections 6. ARRL: Amateur Radio Responds To Disasters Across The United States 7. ARRL: Air Force and Marines Corps Marathons Need Amateur Radio Volunteers 8. ARRL: The World Association of Christian Radio Amateurs and Listeners Special Event 9. Parachute Mobile Ham Sets QSO Record, Unites Community 10. Emergency AM Radio Stations Set Up in Maui 11. India Successfully Lands On The Moon 12. Satellite Hacking Exercise Involves Amateur Radio Operators Won By The Hack-A-Roni Group From Italy 13. Abandon Pets Are Brought To The Forefront On Amateur Radio 14. Amateurs Prepare For The First World HEMA Day 15. Arecibo Is Closing But Is Looking At Various Proposals 16. RSGB: Radio Society of Great Britain Intruder Watch Service Volunteers Needed 17. AMSAT: SpaceX Crew 8 Mission To Include Three U.S. Radio Amateurs 18. WIA: Pakistan Building Massive Antenna To Launch Digital Radio Mondiale 19. FEMA: FEMA and FCC Plan Nationwide Emergency Alert System Test For Early October 20. FCC: The FCC Is Looking For Its Next Generation Of Attorneys 21. ARRL: The 2023 ARRL Simulated Emergency Test -- Emergency Preparedness Takes The Spotlight 22. ARRL: Iconic Ohio Electronics Surplus Store Fair Radio Sales To Close 23. FCC: Initiates Rulemaking About Commercial Spectrum Usage for AI and Other Purposes Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, reminisces about radio when he was a kid, and discusses what he calls the new iGeneration. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will discuss what you should do when you perform your pre-winter tower and antenna inspections. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, looks at how he believes that hams should gather data rather than opinions. * 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 back to November 2, 1920 and the role radio station 2XB (later became KDKA) played in what many call the beginnings of the broadcast industry in the United States, and the role amateurs played because, at the time, it was legal for ham to broadcast ----- 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 Twitter! Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.