Release Date: July 20, 2024
Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:33:42
Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service:
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Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service
1. RAC: Call For Nominations Of Candidates For Board Of Directors Of Radio Amateurs of Canada
2. AMSAT: NASA Discovers Strange Spectral Formations Cover LEO Orbits
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. WIA: Texas Radio Stations and Cell Sites Still Off Air From Hurricane Beryl
5. ARW: Super Long Range Wi-Fi Works At A Range Of 1.8 Miles
6. SPACEx: US Court Rejects Challenges To FCC Approval Of SpaceX Satellites
7. SPACEx: 20 Starlink Satellites Rained Down On Earth
8. NASA: Happy Birthday, Meatball! NASA’s Iconic Logo Turns 65
9. ARRL: ARRL Announces Leadership Changes In The Hudson Division / WB0JJX Former Delaware SM, SK
10. ARRL: Amateur Radio Supports Oregon Disaster Airlift Response Team
11. ARRL: ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator Services Update During Systems Disruption
12. ARRL: Voices From The ARRL Teachers Institute On Wireless Technology
13. ARRL: Get On The Air During VHF Contest Season
14. ARRL: HamCon: Zion 2024
15. ARRL: Amateur Radio Participates In World’s Largest Naval Exercise
16. ARRL: 32 Hams From Clubs Across Central NY Provide Communications For The Boilermaker Road Race
17. ARRL: Dave Kalter Memorial Youth DX Adventure Will Participate In A Special Event As K3Y On July 27th, 2024
18. ARRL: ARRL Cyberattack Exposed Employees’ Sensitive Data
19. UK Ofcom Video Offers A Close Up Look At License Changes
20. New York FCC Offices Charges Thirteen Landowners Connected With Radio Pirates
21. NASA Finds Plasma Bubbles In The Ionosphere Is Tied To Interference
22. CW Operators In New Zealand Demonstrate Basic CW Sending
23. Saint Paul Island DxPedition Team Makes Preparations
24. GQRP Club, a low-power amateur radio club in the UK will celebrate its 50 year anniversary in September 2024
25. ARRL: The ARRL Club Grant deadline is fast approaching
26. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Conventions
27. RAC: Radio Amateurs of Canada grants and scholarships are now available
28. RAC: Innovation Science & Economic Development Canada Updates amateur radio exam questions
29. AMSAT: Scientists discover that moon dust can be made into lego bricks to construct buildings on the moon
30. WIA: Ham Radio Friedrichshafen held at Lake Constance In Germany sets a new record
31. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Log deadline is approaching
32. Brazilian amateurs mark their radio leagues 90th anniversary
33. Student built satellites are launched from California Space Command
34. WIA: Wireless Institute seek input on the future of the 40 meter band plan
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 tell us how to Plan for contest success!
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on Radio Sport, DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests, and more
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of The Century Of Amateur Radio. This week Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the early 1900’s, as we witness amateurs getting organized, and the early formation of the American Radio Relay League.
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