PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1318

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1318 - Full Version Release Date: June 1, 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, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:57:44 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1318 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Project OSCAR Discontinues Operations, Donates Remaining Funds to AMSAT 2. WIA: Happy 99th Birthday To The South African Radio League 3. WIA: WSJT-X SuperFox Mode Is Announced 4. ARRL: ARRL Volunteer Examination Coordinator Services Update During Systems Disruption 5. ARRL: Solar Activity Significantly Affecting The Ionosphere and Propagation 6. ARRL: FCC Opens Comments About Coronal Mass Ejection Communications Impacts 7. ARRL: How To Find A Field Day Site 8. ARRL: Section Manager Election Results 9. ARRL: Cliff Ahrens, K0CA, Former ARRL Midwest Division Director, Silent Key 10. ARRL: SEA-PAC Hosting ARRL Northwestern Division Convention May 31st through June 2nd 11. ARRL: The ARRL Foundation Announces The Return Of The Club Grant Program For 2024 12. ARRL: The 2024 ARRL Kids Day Event Will Take Place June 15th and June 22nd and 23rd 13. CQ: 2024 CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Inductees Announced 14. HamCation Accepting 2025 Award Nominations 15. India Experiences First Major Cyclone Of 2024, Amateurs Were Ready 16. Renovation Is The Keyword As Radio Caroline Plans Improvements 17. Operators In New Zealand Warm Up For Their Straight Key Night 18. Innovative Antenna Design and Its Military Potential Sees Engineer Suing An Ex-Employer 19. Amateurs Donate A "Shack" To A Non-Profit Campground In Missouri 20. A Couple Of Amateur Radio News Shorts From All Over 21. Ham Exemption Restored To Pennsylvania Hands Free Law - CW Going Mobile 22. FCC: FCC Chairman Proposes New Rules For Accidental Space Explosion Risk 23. June Volunteer Monitor Report 24. Upcoming Hamfests and Upcoming Conventions 25. AMSAT: AMSAT At Hamvention 26. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention Hosted at Dayton Hamvention Concludes 27. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Youth Rally A Success at Dayton Hamvention 28. WWVB Operating At Reduced Power Due To Antenna Damage 29. Omnispace and Starlink Battle Over Frequency Coordination and Interference 30. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention a Success 31. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention Forums Available On YouTube 32. ARRL: International Amateur Radio Union Elections Recap 33. ARRL: Dayton Hamvention Attendance Is Announced and a New Record Is Set 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 discuss the origins of our amateur radio bands. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests, and more.. * Weekly Propagation and Solar Weather Forecast from the ARRL. * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to explore the history of amateur radio repeaters in part two of this special report. * SPECIAL REPORT: From the just concluded Dayton Hamvention, we will hear a talk given by Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH ARRL Volunteer Monitor Program Administrator at the 2024 Dayton Hamvention during the Good Operators and Interference Forum. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) Automated (1-hour): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. 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