Release Date: April 6, 2024
Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savocool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:36:08
Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service:
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Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service
1. FCC: FCC’s Pirate Hunt Leads Field Agents To New York’s Hudson Valley
2. FCC: FCC Set To Vote To Restore Net Neutrality Rules This Month
3. ARDC: M17 Announces New Open Source Hardware For Amateur Radio Enthusiasts
4. AMSAT: AMSAT-DL Proposes Next Generation GEO/MEO Amateur Radio Payload
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
6. FCC: FCC Looks At cell phone Satellite Access To Satellites From Foreign Countries
7. WIA: Weird and Wonderful – A Martian Tale
8. ARRL: Ham Radio’s Many Roles During The Solar Eclipse – PART ONE
9. ARRL: Ham Radio’s Many Roles During The Solar Eclipse – PART TWO
10. ARRL: Register Now For The 2024 ARRL Youth Rally
11. ARRL: ARRL Seeking Applicants For Assistant Education and Learning Manager
12. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Poster Released
13. ARRL: ARRL Resumes Accepting Life Membership Applications
14. ARRL: The National Trail Amateur Radio Club Commemorates Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
15. The Annual 13 Colonies Special Event Organizers Are Looking For Amateur Radio Volunteers
16. Baltimore Bridge Disaster Puts Local Amateurs On Alert
17. The Importance Of Amateur Radio Is Highlighted During Storm Related Network Outage
18. Candidates Prepare For Germany’s New Amateur License
19. Voice Of America Museum Will Have Expanded Hours During HamVention
20. Expected Traffic Jams At Eclipse Epicenter Will Be Assisted By Amateurs
21. Northern California DX Foundation Funds Upcoming Jarvis Island DxPedition
22. World’s First Canadian Century Club Winner Is A New York Amateur
23. New Jersey Amateurs Emergency Response Role Is Recognized
24. World Autism Awareness Day Special Event
25. ARRL Contest Sheet and Upcoming Conventions and HamFest
26. AMSAT: AMSAT-NA Prepares For HamVention 2024
27. WIA: New Zealand Amateurs Will Be Keeping Portions Of The 3.3 GigaHertz Band
28. FCC: FCC Pushes Back On SpaceX’s Request For More StarLink Spectrum
29. ARRL: Amateur Radios Importance Is Highlighted At The National Hurricane Conference
30. ARRL: World Amateur Radio Day Is Coming Up On April 18th, 2024
31. Relabeling Of Parks On The Air Global Parks Is Complete. China Returns To Parks On The Air
32. Online Retailers Sale Of Illegal Jammers Make National Network News
Plus these Special Features This Week:
* Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Satellite Report with news on all the satellites in orbit.
* Australia’s own Onno Benschop VK6FLAB with Foundations of Amateur Radio asks if you are ready for a Global Party.
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more.
* Will Rogers, K5WLR will be here with an extended look back in amateur radio history, with a special edition of ‘A Century of Amateur Radio’. This week, Will takes The Wayback Machine back to look at the early editions of QST, with an article he calls, ‘Humor, Poetry, and Rotten Rants’.
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