This Week in Amateur Radio

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1291 Release Date: November 25, 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, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Michael LaMontain, KE2AWY, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 2:01:22 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1291 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. HACK: High Altitude Balloon To Fly During Solar Eclipse / NASA Recruiting Ham Citizen Science 2. AMSAT: 2023 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting Proceedings Now Available 3. AMSAT: SpaceX Launches Ninth Rideshare Mission / Over 100 Satellites Deployed With Falcon 9 4. AMSAT: AMSAT-EA’s HADES-D Satellite Awaiting Deployment From ION Orbital Transfer Vehicle 5. AMSAT: ROM-3 Romanian High School Team’s Satellite Soars To Success In Latest SpaceX Launch 6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 7. WIA: HD Radio Passes 100 Million Car Mark 8. ARRL: Florida Hams Make Contact 100 Miles Apart Via 10 Meter Repeater... In Switzerland. 9. ARRL: ARRL Announces The Results Of The 2023 ARRL Division Elections 10. ARRL: 2023 Fall Section Manager Election Results 11. ARRL: Giving Thanks In The Year Of The Volunteers 12. ARRL: Giving Tuesday: The Future Of Amateur Radio Needs You 13. ARRL: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Will Hold An Online Mini-Digital Communications Conference 14. University of Scranton New Amateur Radio Tower Helps Station Prepare For Upcoming Eclipse 15. Well Known Amateur And Chicago Broadcaster Orrin Brand, K9KEK, SK 16. West Bengal Amateurs Reunite Missing Father With His Family After 24 Years 17. Celebrating Growing Accessibility For Disabled Amateurs 18. The IEEE Says Radio Waves Can Diagnose Climate Issues 19. How About A QSO With The Winners Of The Krenkel Medal 20. Slovakian CubeSat Is Named After Businessman's Daughter..And It's Pink 21. World Radiocommunications Conference 2023 begins in Dubai 22. ARRL: Former Illinois Section Manager Tom Ciciora, KA9QPN, SK 23. ARRL: Clubs In Colorado To Host Santa On The Air 24. ARRL: ARRL hails FCC action to remove symbol rate restrictions 25. ARRL: The University of Scranton Amateur Radio Club, W3USR, gets a facelift 26. ARRL: The 16th annual santa net will be on the air between Thanksgiving and Christmas 27. U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration targets five bands for expanded spectrum use Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte W6TWT will take a look at dark fiber, and why he thinks bits should be free... * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, says we have failed to simulate. * 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. Bill starts a series on the history of amateur radio repeaters. * Courtesy of The Rain Report, we'll travel back in time for a talk from Radio historian Scott Childers - W9CHI as he relates a short history of "The Big 89", in Chicago, WLS. ----- 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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