Release Date: December 14, 2024
Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF,
George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.
Approximate Running Time: 1:46:37
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1346
Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service
1. AMSAT: LignoSat International Space Station Deployment Information
2. AMSAT: Gaston Bertels, ON4WF, SK
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. WIA: ARRL Is Warning Members About Amateur Radio Gear Price Increases Due To Proposed Tariffs
5. WIA: The Saga Of South American Satellite Pirates
6. WIA: US Vulnerable To China’s Salt Typhoon Cyberattack / Russian Fancy Bear Attack
7. ARD: SAQ Grimeton To Transmit CW Christmas Message December 24th
8. ARD: International Amateur Radio Union Identifies Non-Amateur Transmissions in Amateur HF Bands
9. ARD: AM Night To Be Held December 26th
10. FCC: FCC Opens The Entire 6 Gigahertz Band For Low Power Devices
11. ARRL: ARRL 10-Meter Contest, December 14-15, Great Opportunity For Technicians
12. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology Now Accepting Applications For 2025 Cohorts
13. ARRL: Lipscomb University Receives $25,000 Scholarship Check
14. ARRL: John J. Ellis, NP2B, former ARRL Section Manager For The US Virgin Islands, SK
15. The Use Of CW Is Highlighted In BBC Radio Documentary
16. The 12 Days Of Christmas Special Event Begins
17. Lookout For The Geminids Meteor Shower Beginning This Weekend
18. Special Event Stations Bring Attention To Hams With Disabilities
19. 150 Students At Staten Island Technical High School In New York City Pass License Exams
20. CW Award Winner Gerard Van Antwerpen, ZL2GVA, SK
21. Kolkata India Hamfest Draws Hundreds Of Amateurs
22. TVT: Trump picks former broadcast news anchor Kari Lake to run the Voice of America
23. The Delaware – Lehigh Amateur Radio Club will host the WX3MAS Christmas City special event
24. ARRL: Upcoming radio sport contests and regional convention listings
25. WIA: New Zealand Network grows with a little help from amateur radio
26. RI: NYPD/FDNY leaders all on Senator Schumer to save AM Broadcast radio in cars
27. ARRL: $41K+ is raised by donors, and YouTubers toi benefit the ARRL Teachers Institute
28. ARRL: 2025 Youth On The Air Camp application period is now open
29. A new free quarterly newsletter is launched by the folks at HamSci
30. Starlink receives FCC approval for satellite to device cellular service from space bypassing terrestrial towers
31. Communications support for one Connecticut road race has now become a family affair
Plus these Special Features This Week:
* SPECIAL: A Christmas Packet – A Special holiday presentation by the late Bill Baran, N2FNH
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO – AMSAT Satellite News
* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will present an update on his latest open source project called The Bald Yak, Part Two
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, and upcoming radio sport contests, and more
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Will Rogers, K5WLR – A Century Of Amateur Radio – This week, we climb aboard The Wayback Machine to the beginnings of World War One as amateurs dismantled their stations under government order, and began to report for military service. All this in this weeks episode entitled “Shut Down and Called Up”
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