This Week in Amateur Radio

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/TWIAR1294 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! 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