Release Date: June 1, 2024
Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:57:44
Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service:
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Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service
1. AMSAT: Project OSCAR Discontinues Operations, Donates Remaining Funds to AMSAT
2. WIA: Happy 99th Birthday To The South African Radio League
3. WIA: WSJT-X SuperFox Mode Is Announced
4. ARRL: ARRL Volunteer Examination Coordinator Services Update During Systems Disruption
5. ARRL: Solar Activity Significantly Affecting The Ionosphere and Propagation
6. ARRL: FCC Opens Comments About Coronal Mass Ejection Communications Impacts
7. ARRL: How To Find A Field Day Site
8. ARRL: Section Manager Election Results
9. ARRL: Cliff Ahrens, K0CA, Former ARRL Midwest Division Director, Silent Key
10. ARRL: SEA-PAC Hosting ARRL Northwestern Division Convention May 31st through June 2nd
11. ARRL: The ARRL Foundation Announces The Return Of The Club Grant Program For 2024
12. ARRL: The 2024 ARRL Kids Day Event Will Take Place June 15th and June 22nd and 23rd
13. CQ: 2024 CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
14. HamCation Accepting 2025 Award Nominations
15. India Experiences First Major Cyclone Of 2024, Amateurs Were Ready
16. Renovation Is The Keyword As Radio Caroline Plans Improvements
17. Operators In New Zealand Warm Up For Their Straight Key Night
18. Innovative Antenna Design and Its Military Potential Sees Engineer Suing An Ex-Employer
19. Amateurs Donate A “Shack” To A Non-Profit Campground In Missouri
20. A Couple Of Amateur Radio News Shorts From All Over
21. Ham Exemption Restored To Pennsylvania Hands Free Law – CW Going Mobile
22. FCC: FCC Chairman Proposes New Rules For Accidental Space Explosion Risk
23. June Volunteer Monitor Report
24. Upcoming Hamfests and Upcoming Conventions
25. AMSAT: AMSAT At Hamvention
26. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention Hosted at Dayton Hamvention Concludes
27. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Youth Rally A Success at Dayton Hamvention
28. WWVB Operating At Reduced Power Due To Antenna Damage
29. Omnispace and Starlink Battle Over Frequency Coordination and Interference
30. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention a Success
31. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention Forums Available On YouTube
32. ARRL: International Amateur Radio Union Elections Recap
33. ARRL: Dayton Hamvention Attendance Is Announced and a New Record Is Set
Plus these Special Features This Week:
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO – AMSAT Satellite News
* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will discuss the origins of our amateur radio bands.
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests, and more..
* Weekly Propagation and Solar Weather Forecast from the ARRL.
* Bill Continelli, W2XOY – The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to explore the history of amateur radio repeaters in part two of this special report.
* SPECIAL REPORT: From the just concluded Dayton Hamvention, we will hear a talk given by Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH ARRL Volunteer Monitor Program Administrator at the 2024 Dayton Hamvention during the Good Operators and Interference Forum.
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