This Week in Amateur Radio

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1293 Release Date: December 9, 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, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:41:59 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1293 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. WRC: Discussions On 40 Through 50 MegaHertz Radar Sounders Continues 2. WRC-23: Week 2 Update / Future Topics 3. FCC: FCC Modernizes Amateur Radio Service Rules 4. AMSAT CA: AMSAT Canada Officially Incorporated 5. ARRL: ARDC and ARRL Announce $2.1 Million For The Next Generation Of Amateur Radio - Part One 6. ARRL: ARDC and ARRL Announce $2.1 Million For The Next Generation Of Amateur Radio - Part Two 7. HamSCI: HamSCI Announces Initial Observations From October 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse 8. FCC: Senators Markey, Blackburn Send Letter To FCC On 12 GigaHertz Proceeding 9. ARRL: New Amateur Extra Class Question Pool Released Effective July 01, 2024 10. ARRL: Volunteers On The Air Red Badges On Air Event December 17th, 2023 11. ARRL: Bandwidth Limits Replace Symbol Rates On The HF Bands, Other Bands Open For Comment 12. WRC: (ARRL): International Amateur Radio Union and ARRL Attending WRC-23 In Dubai, UAE 13. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute Grad Prepares Students For Ham Radio Contact With Astronaut 14. ARRL: New Book Celebrates 40 Years of Amateur Radio in Space 15. FCC: Radio Piracy Warnings Are Issued To Land Owners By The FCC 16. Free Download Of Irish HAREC Syllabus Is Now Available 17. New Willy Wonka Movie Celebrated By Special Event Station W0NKA 18. India's Cyclone Prone Island Region Gets New Amateur Radio Station 19. Upcoming ARRL Conventions and Contests of interest 20. AMSAT At WRC-23: ITU RA-23 Adopts Resolution For Space Spectrum 21. ARRL RF Safety Committee Develops New Guidelines To Communicate RF Exposure To Your Neighbors 22. ARRL: Summits On The Air Is Offering A 10 Meter Challenge During 2024 23. ARRL: National Council of Volunteer Examiners Question Pool Committee Has Removed 2 General Questions 24. New International Space Station Spotting App Is Released By NASA 25. Sweden's Alexandersson Alternator To Transmit A Christmas Message 26. Monthly Volunteer Monitor Program Report Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, agrees with Elon Musk, in that we should be very afraid of the upcoming Artificial Intelligence systems. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, asks 'what about promoting the hobby?' * 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 back in time to take a look at the history of amateur radio repeaters, with Part Two of his special report. ----- 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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