This Week in Amateur Radio

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1276 Release Date: August 12, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 2:10:51 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1276 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. FCC: FCC Launches Technical Inquiry Into Using AI and Other Tools to Manage Spectrum 2. Would We Recognize Extraterrestrial Technology If We Saw It? 3. AMSAT: AMSAT At Huntsville Hamfest August 19-20, 2023 4. AMSAT: International Amateur Radio Union Coordinates Two Digipeating Satellites 5. AMSAT: SpaceX Launches Worlds Heaviest Communications Satellite 6. NASA: NASA Successfully Reestablishes Communications With Voyager 2 7. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Region One Interference Report 8. NRAO First Wave Completed 20 Weeks of Amateur Radio Learning Program for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ Learners 9. FCC: FCC Declines Request to Extend Comment Period on Shortwave Modernization Petition 10. NASA: NASA Will Fund 5 Science Experiments For Great North American Solar Eclipse 11. ARRL: ARRL Video Helps Members Navigate Digital Magazines 12. ARRL: Looking For A New Job? The FCC Is Recruiting Field Agents 13. ARRL: National Sunflower Day Is August 15, 2023, The ARRL Kansas Section Will Be Hosting A Sunflower Net 14. ARRL: The New England Amateur Radio Festival, NEAR-Fest, Will Be Held On October 13 - 14, 2023 15. ARRL: The 3rd Annual Masonic Lodges On The Air (MLotA) 16. Former Director Of Engineering For Hubbard Communications and Long Time Radio Engineer Ron Kazda SK 17. SpaceX Rocket Tears A Hole In The Ionosphere Again 18. New Jersey Club Revives The QRP Club 19. Hurricane Watch Net Is Seeking Bilingual Control Operators 20. RSGB Hosts Amateur Television Now On Permanent Display At Bletchley Park 21. The African Telecommunications Union And The IARU Expand Amateur Radio Use During Emergencies 22. Spain's PocketQube Satellite Experiences Satellite Issues 23. AMSAT: US Air Force Research Laboratory presents its annual Hack-A-Satellite Competition 24. NEWS: Forging Taiwan's civil defense with amateur radio 25. ARRL: Amateur Radio Operators have an opportunity to take part in a new HAARP experiment 26. ARRL: National Lighthouse Day 2023 and National Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend 27. Upcoming Conventions, HamFests and Contest Listing from the ARRL 28: ARRL: ARRL Latest Board Meeting Minutes and Annual Report have been published Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT will be here to talk about shared computing programs like SETI and Folding At Home, and he will look at why some Internet Service Providers utilize data caps * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will discuss a few important climbing tips for beginner climbers. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will attempt to answer the question How Fast Is Morse? * 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 climbs aboard The Wayback Machine and takes us to the year 1912 to see what early amateur radio was like, and to witness the formation of The American Radio Relay League. * SPECIAL: The Rain Hamcast will present a special flashback, a talk entitled My Early Days as A Ham voiced by Dick Helton/W9CTY, for years a familiar voice on Chicago WBBM News Radio 78. This talk was delivered before the North Short Radio Club in Highland Park, Illinois. ----- 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. Air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. 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