This Week in Amateur Radio

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. 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. 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