PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1274

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1274 Release Date: July 29, 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, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Savacool, K2SAV, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:59:00 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1274 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. FCC: FCC Votes To Preserve Some FM6 Or Franken FM Services 2. ARRL: A Message From ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR - ARRL Raises Dues And Other Changes 3. AMSAT: EO-88 (Nayif-1) Reenters 4. AMSAT: Philippine Cubesats Maya-5 and Maya-6 Have Been Deployed 5. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Region One Reports 30 Meter Interference 6. QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo Transforms into the QSO Today Academy 7. URE: URE Seeks Community Assistance With URESAT-1 8. SPACEX: Oops, We Made A Hole: SpaceX Falcon 9 Parties A Bit Too Hard, Punches Through Ionosphere! 9. FCC: FCC Wants A New On Line Speed Standard. 25 Mbps Down, 3 Mbps Up Isn’t Good Enough Anymore 10. ARRL: ARRL and NASA Team Up To Help Teachers 11. ARRL: Hurricane Watch Net Seeks Bilingual Net Control Operators 12. ARRL: The San Max Patronal Celebration 2023 Will Take Place On August 1 - 31 13. ARRL: New Jersey QRP Club Will Hold Their 12th Annual Skeeter Hunt On August 27, 2023 14. Repeat Activation On Rockall Is Canceled By Current Dangerous Conditions 15. Amateurs Call To Help Restore Flood Damaged Emilia-Romagna In Northern Italy 16. Indian Antarctic Expedition Is In Search For A Communications Radio Operator 17. Churches and Chapels On The Air Takes A Strong Foothold In The United States 18. You Can Now Take Flight As A CW Operating Radio Bumblebee 19. The Frontiers Of Flight Museums Moon Day Will Highlight Amateur Radio 20. Florida Summits On The Air Activation Pays A Special Tribute 21. FCC: FCC Pirate Radio Sweeps Turn to Miami 22. 2023 Field Day score filing reminder from league headquarters 23. Up coming Conventions and Contests of interest. 24. AMSAT: AMSAT Board of Directors Voting Is Now Underway 25. FCC: For The First Time, Free OTA TV To Be Delivered Via 5G Thanks To Testing Approval From The FCC 26. ARRL: ARRL CEO David Minster NA2AA Is Interviewed On A New W1DED YouTube Video 27. ARRL: FCC Posts New Job Openings For Field Engineers 28. RSGB: RSGN In The UK Produces A New Video Explaining Sweeping Changes To Amateur Radio 29. WIA: Amateurs In Australia Are In Store For A Few Upcoming Band Changes 30. A Popular Electronics Retailer In Southern California Is Posied To Close Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, says that if you suffer from bad internet, it just might be your router..He will cover how to fix the problem. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, takes a close up look at water-proofing coax connections. * The Shortwave Modernization Coalition has filed a petition with the FCC to advance the experimental service licensees (part five users) to the status of part 90 commercial users. For some answers and clarification we turned to Benn Kobb, AK4AV. Part One of the interview (Courtesy The Rain Report) * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will attepmt to answer the question, "Is Morse Really Built Around The Most Popular Letters In The English Language" * We will join Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner as he takes a close up look the world of DX, DXpeditions and upcoming contests. * 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, Bill continues his look at the very early days of radio taking us back to Monday April 15th, 1912, and the radio regulations that came out from the Titanic disaster. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/twiar 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! 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