This Week in Amateur Radio

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1275 Release Date: August 5, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savacool, K2SAV, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:57:25 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1275 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: 2023 AMSAT-UK Colloquium Set For Weekend Of October 14th, 2023 2. AMSAT: CubeSat: Celebrating 20 Years Of Transforming Space Access 3. AMSAT: ARRL Releases LoTW Configuration 11.25 With LEDSAT Support 4. AMSAT: US Air Force Research Laboratory Present Annual Hack A Satellite Competition 5. NEWS: Forging Taiwan's Civil Defense With Amateur Radio 6. WIA: When Push Comes To Shove, RSGB Proposes Hybrid Sharing Of Frequencies. 7. FCC: FCC Chair Pitches Spectrum Rules for Commercial Space Launches 8. ARRL: Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society Commemorated 30 Years 9. ARRL: ARRL Files Comments Against Seriously Flawed HF Rules Petition 10. ARRL: Amateur Radio Operators Can Help With HAARP Experiment 11. ARRL: National Lighthouse Day 2023 & National Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend 12. ARRL: Route 66 On The Air Special Event On September 9 - 17, 2023 13. Ohio's Popular Fair Radio Sales Going Out Of Business 14. Amateurs Respond To Massive Mudslides In India 15. Famous Canadian Broadcaster Roy McFadyen, VE3YXY / VY1RM - SK 16. British Satellite Returns Home Via European Space Agency Guided Re-entry 17. Antenna Issues Plaque The Voyager 2 Spacecraft 18. DRM Radio Launches With A New Transmitter Project In Pakistan 19. New York City Police Have Announced Intent To Encrypt Its Radio Signals 20. ARRL: ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, Releases A Message To Members On ARRL Dues Increase 21. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Region One Reports On Interference On The 30 Meter Band 22. NEWS: QSO Today Virtual Ham Exposition Transforms Into The QSO Today Academy Coming In September 23. FCC: FCC wants a new faster online speed standard saying 25/3 is not fast enough anymore 24. ARRL: Hurricane Watch Net is seeking bilingual or trilingual net control operators for this season 25. ARRL: San Max Patronal Celebration 2023 will take place for all of August 2023 26. Upcoming Conventions, Hamfests and Contest listing. Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, says that computers, screens and processors have all vastly improved over the decades with one important exception. Keyboards. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will discuss Tower Vocabulary * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, is asking Will the real inventor of morse code, please stand up! * The DX Corner with our own DX Specialist, Bill Salyers, AJ8B who will tell us about the latest news on DXpeditions, contests, and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio, The Ancient Amateur Archives. This week, Bill will discuss the history behind, and introduce us to, the patron saint of amateur radio as we look back at the history of Sir Maximilian Kolbe. * We will feature a talk given at the Dayton HamVention by Mitch Stern, W1SJ, on proper repeater etiquette. ----- 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. 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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