Release Date: August 3, 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, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savocool, K2SAV, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Rich Lawrence, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:38:37
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1327
Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service
1. AMSAT: TEVEL Satellites Begin Atmospheric Reentry and Decommissioning
2. AMSAT: Ariane 6 Launches PariSat: Young Engineers Test Heat Dissipation
3. AMSAT: SpaceX to Develop Enhanced Dragon Spacecraft For ISS Deorbit
4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
5. WIA: So Who Listens To BBC Content Internationally?
6. WIA: A New Emergency Alert System Event Code Is Coming Soon In The United States
7. WIA: Adidas Develops RF Trackable Soccer Ball
8. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute On Wireless Technology Adds Third Level
9. ARRL: Generational Legacy Carried On In ARRL Teachers Institute
10. ARRL: 2024 USA and IARU Region 2 Radio Orienteering Championships Set For October
11. ARRL: 2024 Olympics Special Event Station On The Air Now
12. ARRL: Rule Changes Announced for ARRL International EME Contest
13. Indian Ham Radio Advocate, Sudip Kumar Nanda, Passes During Visit To The US – SK
14. Canada Wildfires Communications Preparedness Strategies
15. DxPedition To Bouvet Island 3Y0K Interviewing For Transport Ship
16. UK Feast Of Amateur Radio Convention Sponsored By The RSGB
17. New Hampshire Radio Club Hosted By Telephone Museum
18. FCC: US Court Blocks Biden Administration Net Neutrality Rules
19. FCC: FCC Releases Updated Speed Test App To Improve Mobile Broadband Accuracy
20. FCC: Senate Advances $7 Billion Bill Renewing Popular FCC Internet Discount Program
21. AMSAT: AMSAT mail alias service to end August 31st, 2024
22. WIA: US/European broadcasters in talks with car manufacturers to keep AM Medium Wave Broadcast In Cars
23. ARRL: ARRL Board of Directors completes second meeting for 2024 and approves reports – PART ONE
24. ARRL: ARRL: Board of Directors completes second meeting for 2024 and approves reports – PART TWO
25. ARRL: Special Report: Ham Radio during the upcoming Hurricane Season – PART ONE
26. ARRL: Special Report: Ham Radio during the upcoming Hurricane Season – PART TWO
27. Intercontinental traffic net is looking for new net controls
28. UK Regulator Ofcom seeks input on shared amateur radio spectrum
29. ARRL: Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report
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 answer the question, Does The International Amateur Union Actually Represent You?
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, RadioSport DX, upcoming contests, and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Will Rogers – K5WLR – The History of Amateur Radio – A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us on board The Wayback Machine to go back to, the early nineteen hundreds. Where we will be witnessing the beginnings of QST Magazine.
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