This Week in Amateur Radio

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! 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