Release Date: November 23, 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, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savacool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:40:30
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1343
Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service
1. FCC: Trump Picks Brendan Carr To Lead The Federal Communications Commission
2. AMSAT: AMSAT OSCAR-7 50th Anniversary – A Testbed For Saving Lives
3. AMSAT: SpaceX Dragon Fires Thrusters To Boost ISS Orbit For The First Time
4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
5. WIA: HamVention 2025 Announces Convention Theme
6. WIA: White House Communications Agency Amateur Radio Club On Air
7. WIA: Amazon Receives FAA Approval For MK30 Delivery Drone
8. WIA: Amateur Radio Appears In German Crime Drama On ZDF
9. BBC: Somebody Moved UK’s Oldest Satellite, And No One Knows Who Or Why
10. FCC: FCC’s Final Moves Under Rosenworcel Hold Weight For Radio
11. ARRL: Committee Proposes Changes To ARRL By-Laws 42 and 46
12. ARRL: Fall Season Section Manager Election Results Announced
13. ARRL: New Video Promoting YouTube Telethon To Benefit Teachers Institute
14. ARRL: The Quarter Century Wireless Association Is Sponsoring A Special Event Station
15. ARRL: Hawaii Is Preparing For The 83rd Commemoration Of The December 7th, 1941, Attack On Pearl Harbor
16. 30th Year Since Voice Of America Went Silent From Ohio Transmitter Site
17. WB4GOV, John Bostic Of SouthCars Net, Silent Key
18. Chinese and Russian Students Begin QSO’s On Their CubeSat
19. You Can Work Young Amateurs During Youth On The Air Month
20. ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator Implements Changes
21. 25th Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day December 7th, 2024
22. Amateurs Help New Network In New Zealand Expand
23. FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel Announces Resignation
24. Utah DX Association to operate special event station K7S to celebrate the 60th anniversary amateur radio stamp
25. Northern Arizona DX Association Battery Boys donate air compressor to Toys for Tots
26. ARRL: Upcoming conventions and radio sport contests. ARRL holiday closing schedule.
27. WIA: Several amateur radio satellites are nearing the end of life re-entry
28. ARD: VLF transmitter SAQ to transmit CW for its 100th anniversary
29. ARRL: ARRL delegates attended International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 Conference
30. ARRL: NCVEC Question Pool Committee removes two questions from General and Extra question pools
31. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Board of Directors election results are announced
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 attempt to answer the question, Why does your wi-fi connection drop out when you are cooking your lunch?
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Will Rogers, K5WLR, A Century of Amateur Radio, This week, Will takes us back to the end of World War One to witness the amateurs of the time starting the lengthy process of getting permission to get back on the air.
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