This Week in Amateur Radio

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1254 Release Date: March 11, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Bob Donlon, W3BOO, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:34:54 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1254 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: 1. ARDC - FreeDV Aims To Bring Open Source HF Digital Voice Into The Mainstream 2. RF Interference From Satellites Is Threatening Radio Astronomy 3. New Satellite Distance Records Are Set 4. Schools Set To Talk With Astronauts Via Amateur Radio 5. QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo to Feature Presentation on Creating Your First Ham Radio Workbench 6. Inspect The RF Realm With Augmented Reality 7. ARRL International DX Contest Was A Success 8. 2023 Ulrich L. Rohde Award Call for Papers 9. ARRL Michigan Section Manager Les Butler, W8MSP SK 10. NCDXAJ Appoints Jack Ference, W3KX, As The New ARRL Third Call Area Incoming QSL Bureau Manager 11. Three New Amateurs Have Arrived On Board The International Space Station 12. Hams Radios Future Is The Focus Of Upcoming Competition 13. A Brand New Morse Net Out Of Ireland Attracts Nervous Novices 14. A Surprise Weather Drill Mobilizes Amateurs In Delaware 15. Presidents FCC Nominee Decides Not To Pursue Confirmation 16. Former Agency Officials Want Manufacturers To Keep AM Radio In Personal Vehicles 17. Virginia QSO Party Event Adds A Rover Category 18. Damage To Guy Wire Causes Key Nebraska Communications Tower Structural Failure 19. FM Mode Addition Brings All Mode Operation To 11 Meters 20. KB3UJW joins the CQ Magazine staff as an Associate Editor 21. AMSAT is recruiting RF and Mechanical volunteer engineers to join and work on satellite projects 22. The 2023 Dayton HamVention Awards have been announced 23. Nominations are sought for the CQ Hall of Fame Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, will be here to talk about the revolution that is all around us. The future is here, you just can't see all those ones and zeros. Leo will also have a few suggestions on how to prepare an older computer that you are planning to donate to a worthy cause. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will have some advise on how to replace that rusty old rotor on your tower... * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will answer the question, now that you have constructed a new antenna, either home brew or commercial out of a box, what should you expect when antenna testing day rolls around? * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * The History of Amateur Radio. Our own amateur radio historian, Bill Continelli, W2XOY returns with another edition of The Ancient Amateur Archives, this week, Bill takes a look at the 3rd ever radio conference that was held in Cairo in 1938. How did amateurs fare at this conference? And, Bill will give us an overview on what it was like to be an amateur in late 1930's... * POTA/Parks On The Air - The latest news from Parks On The Air about their upcoming 48 hour POTA Contest with Matt Heere, N3NWV. ----- 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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