This Week in Amateur Radio

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1271 Release Date: July 8, 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, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 2:01:58 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1271 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT Announces Candidates for 2023 Board of Directors Election 2. AMSAT: TX5S DXpedition to Clipperton Island to Include Satellite Operations 3. AMSAT: Communication Problems on the Moon 4. AMSAT: European Space Agency Euclid Spacecraft Is Launched 5. RAC: Paul Coverdale, VE3ICV, RAC Special Advisor, is in Geneva attending the WRC Preparatory Meetings 6. Easy Modifications For Inexpensive Radios 7. WIA: HamSCI Selected for NASA Grant Proposal to Support Upcoming Ionospheric Solar Eclipse QSO Parties 8. ARRL: Call for Nominations for ARRL Director and Vice Director 9. Technicians - Now Is The Time To Upgrade To General 10. Dual Championship Weekend Ahead On HF 11. International Amateur Radio Union Administrative Council Met In Germany 12. W1VCM Receives Grant For The Vintage Radio and Communications Museum 13. NASA Announces Targeted Launch Date For The Seventh Rotational Mission/Crew To The Space Station 14. Morse Code Is Thriving In Amateur Radio 24 Years After Its Last Commercial Use 15. Input Is Sought By The FCC On Commercial Use Of The HF Spectrum 16. FCC Will Consider Keeping FM6 (Franken FM) Radio Stations For Low Power Television 17. Film About Amateur Radio Is Honored In Scotland 18. Ham Radio HamFest In Friedrichshafen Germany Posts A Gain In Attendance This Year 19. Amateurs In West Bengal Help Return A Missing Mother To Her Family 20. Scout Camps On The Air Have New Program Rollout 21. Prominent Net Participant Asoka Da Silva, 4S5BAK, SK 22. ARDC Welcomes our new Communications Manager, Rebecca Key – KO4KVG 23. Ofcom Proposes Multitude of Changes to Licensing Framework 24. FCC Sets Transmission Path for Next Gen TV Simulcasts, Multicasts, And Has Projected ATSC 1.0 Sunset Date 25. Harbin Institute of Technology Developing New Lunar Amateur Radio Satellite 26. New ARRL Section Managers Prepare For New Terms 27. United States Navy Plans On Upgrading HF Based Radar Systems 28. Upcoming Conventions and HamFest Listing Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, will describe how to best protect yourself when you are on an open wifi network. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * The latest DX and Contesting news with Bill Salyers, AJ8B * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will discuss proper methods for removing a defective rotor from your tower. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio says that if you have questions, don't be afraid to ask a professional in your local area. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. The Ancient Amateur Archives, this week, Bill begins a two part series on the history of amateur radio repeaters. * So just what do the letters IARU mean? IARU is an acronym for the International Amateur Radio Union. At the Dayton Hamvention RAIN’s Hap Holly/KC9RP spoke in the RAIN booth with IARU President, Tim Ellam/VE6SH, who hails from Calgary, Alberta Canada. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/twiar 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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