PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1177

This Week in Amateur Radio

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1177 Release Date: September 18, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:41:38 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1177 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: 1. California Club Assists Animal Rescue Group With Communication Support 2. Tokyo Ham Fair 2021 Is Canceled 3. K6KPH RTTY Service Station K6KPH Is Back 4. AMSAT Shifts To Virtual Format For 2021 Space Symposium And Annual Meeting 5. Next SpaceX Commercial Crew To International Space Station Comprised Of Radio Amateurs 6. The 2021 ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET) Is Just Ahead 7. FCC Adopts Rules For The Six Gigahertz Band, Opening Up 1200 Megahertz Of Spectrum For Unlicensed Use 8. ARRL Awards Colvin Grant To Latest Bouvet Island DXpedition 9. Steve Goodgame, K5ATA, Joins ARRL Headquarters Staff As Manager Of Education And Learning 10. ARISS Seeks Hosts For Ham Radio Contacts With Space Station Crew 11. VoIP Weather Net Handles Reports For Hurricane Larry 12. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars 13. ARRL Seeks New Treasurer 14. ARISS Receives Recognition From NASA Mission Directorate 15. Radio station WBZ In Boston (1030 kHz) Is Celebrating Its 100th Anniversary 16. International Amateur Radio Union Region Three Opts For Virtual Conference Due To Worsening COVID Conditions 17. SpaceX Recovery Vessels Have Very Unique Names 18. Voice Of America Relay Station Celebrates A Birthday 19. Super Small Battery Offers High Power 20. Unique Transmitter Is Being Readied For A Special Event This December 21. United Kingdom Station To Mark Transatlantic Anniversary 22. Swiss special event activates as aeronautical mobile on hot air balloons 23. The South African Radio League publishes a new frequency plan for ICASSA amateurs 24. A new edition of the Digital Voice Operating Manual is now available 25. Japanese amateurs assist in marine distress call and rescue operation 26. NASA is soliciting proposed student experiments for upcoming sub-orbital flights 27. What is the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)? Here is the answer. 28. IARU/Thailand special event station activates for Region Three radio conference Plus these Special Features This Week: * Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT, Leo will do his best to unscramble the alphabet soup surrounding that new High Definition Television you are looking to buy. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will talk about successful installation of tower mounted electronics. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us how he tackled the Fox Mike Hotel portable operations challenge. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. Bill returns with another edition of The Ancient Amateur Archives, this week, Bill goes back to the early days of amateur radio and the role that amateurs played in the early days of broadcasting. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/twiar RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 iHeartRadio: https://bit.ly/iHeart-TWIAR Spotify: https://bit.ly/Spotify-TWIAR TuneIn: https://bit.ly/TuneIn-TWIAR Automated: https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, changed weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. Air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. 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