This Week in Amateur Radio

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1104 Release Date: April 25, 2020 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This weeks edition is anchored by Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:26:48 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1104 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. The RSGB Has Launched the Get On The Air To Care #GOTA2C Campaign 2. Internet Router Jams Galileo GPS Signal in Parts of France 3. FCC Seeking World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee Members 4. Hams in India Provide Communication Assistance During the Pandemic 5. Contest University 2020 Will Be Free and Online 6. Ronan O'Rahilly, Founder of Pirate Ship Radio Caroline Passes 7. Amateurs Stay at Home and Self-Isolate 8. Japan's Radio Amateurs Gain Expanded Access to 160 and 80 Meters 9. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Updates Solar Cycle 25 Prediction 10. ARRL New England Division Convention Postponed to November 11. ARRL Suggests Taking a Creative Approach to Field Day 2020 12. ARRL 2020 Teachers Institute Sessions are Canceled 13. Nomination Deadline Extended for Philip J. McGan Memorial Silver Antenna Award 14. Ballot Counting Postponed in Four ARRL Section Manager Elections 15. ARRL, AMSAT Seek Relatively Minor Changes In FCC Orbital Debris Mitigation Proposals 16. A Welsh Radio Amateur Copied The Titanic Distress Call, But Authorities Did Not Believe Him 17. 2020 TAPR Digital Communications Conference has been postponed 18. ARRL 2020 National Teachers Institute Sessions have been canceled 19. Remotely Administered Amateur Exam Sessions Showing Promise - An Update Plus these Special Features This Week: * Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W-Six-T-W-T, will tell us everything you need to know about "Internet Backround Radiation", and of his love of old fashioned keyboards. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will answer the question "What Should I Bring With Me Up The Tower?" * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us about his first "Digital Contact" * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. Bill returns with another edition of The Ancient Amateur Archives, this week, Bill continues in Part Two of "The Trial and Tribulations of The Original Technician Class Licensee" ----- Website: http://www.twiar.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/twiar RSS News: https://twiar.net/twiar.rss iHeartRadio: http://bit.ly/iHeart-TWIAR Spotify: http://bit.ly/Spotify-TWIAR TuneIn: http://bit.ly/TuneIn-TWIAR 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 ID breaks every 10 minutes. 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, the low bands, and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! You can find us among talk radios best on TuneIn.com, or via Google Play. We are hosted by various podcast aggregates like Spotify and Stitcher too. Visit our site for details. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with us via our Facebook group. Search for us under This Week in Amateur Radio.