Episodes

  • PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1386 - Truncated 1 hour version
    Sep 21 2025
    PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1386 - Truncated 1-hour version This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net Release Date: September 20, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Steve Sawyer, K1FRC, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 0:59:48 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1386HR Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Space Station’s Silver Jubilee Celebrated With Silver Research 2. WIA: Four Research Volunteers Will Enter Mars Habitat Isolation 3. WIA: Radio Society of Great Britain Reponds To Ofcom Consultation 4. WIA: DXpedition Team Looses Equipment To Large Ocean Waves 5. ARRL: ARRL Launches Nationwide Grassroots Campaign To Pass Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act 6. ARRL: National Preparedness Month: Know Your Risk 7. ARRL: Section Manager Workshop Held At League Headquarters 8. ARDC: Amateur Radio Digital Communications Seeks Volunteers For 2026 Committees 9. Amateur Radio Licenses Suspended In Equatorial Guinea 10. FM Broadcast Station Receives $920,000 Piracy Penalty From The FCC 11. Changes Are Made To The Citizen Band Radio Rules & Amateur Repeater Regulations In Australia 12. Voyager One Is Almost One Light Day Away From Earth 13. RW: Russia's mysterious shortwave station UVB-76 (Buzzer) resumes broadcasting cryptic messages 14. AMSAT: AMSAT announces two new Gridmaster Award recipients 15: ARRL National Preparedness Month: Ham Radio Supply List 16: ARRL: ARRL Section Manager Nomination results are announced 17. FCC: AST SpaceMobile is granted limited use of the amateur radio bands by the FCC Plus these Special Features This Week: * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us how Amateur Radio has changed his world view. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests and more. * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - This week, Will takes us back to 1922 where we find the steadily increasing use of CW paralleled exploration of ever shorter wavelengths, and the two pursuits complemented each other. Amateurs were setting new records at a whirlwind pace. This week Part One of an episode entitled Trans-Pacifics. --- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
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  • PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1385 - Truncated 1 hour version
    Sep 14 2025
    PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1385 - Truncated 1-hour version This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net Release Date: September 13, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:00:06 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1385HR Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. Russia’s Mysterious Buzzer Resumes Broadcast With Secret Codes 2. FCC: FCC Chairman Climbs Nexstar Broadcast Tower To Promote Industry, and Jobs 3. ARRL: Amateur Radio Serves During New England Tornadoes 4. ARRL: National Preparedness Month – Ham Radio Supply List 5. AST SpaceMobile Is Granted Limited Use Of The Amateur Bands By The FCC 6. Indian Amateurs Are Mandated To Convert To Digital Licenses 7. Solar Cycle Prediction Methodology Raises Doubts 8. Mobile Phone Jamming At Prisons Is Eyed By The FCC 9. LBK: Equatorial Guinea suspends all amateur licenses in the country 10. AMSAT: NASA seeks volunteers to assist in tracking the upcoming Artemis II mission 11. XRN: High power shortwave stock trading transmitters adjacent to amateur HF bands 12. ARRL: National Preparedness Month is here. 12 ways to prepare 13. ARRL: ARRL Labs helps radio amateurs avoid interfering with the US SpaceForce PAVE PAWS radar 14. Band plans changes for 30 meters is eyed by New Zealand amateurs Plus these Special Features This Week: * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will answer the question, in amateur radio, How Small is Small? * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests and more * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. W2XOY, Silent Key, returns with another edition of The Ancient Amateur Archives. This week we look back at the events of 9-11-2001, when Bill found himself in New York City on that fateful morning, and how radio helped him escape the city * Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report --- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
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  • PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1384 - Truncated 1 hour version
    Sep 7 2025
    PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1384 - Truncated 1-hour version This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net Release Date: September 6, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Don Hulick, K2ATJ,Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:00:01 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1384HR Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: NASA Seeks Volunteers to Track Artemis II Mission 2. WIA: NASA Deploys 39-Foot-Wide Radar Antenna In Orbit 3. XRN: High Power Shortwave Stock Trading - An Update 5. TVT: The FCC Will Allow ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC TV Stations To Shutdown Free ATSC 1.0 & Switch To ATSC 3.0 6. ARRL: National Preparedness Month: 12 Ways To Prepare 7. ARRL: Northeast HamXposition Draws Crowds 8. ARRL: Ham YouTubers Boost ARRL Teachers Institute 9. ARRL: ARRL Lab Helps Radio Amateurs Avoid Interfering With US Space Force PAVE PAWS Radar 10. NZART: Band Plan Changes For 30 Meters Is Eyed By New Zealand Society of Radio Transmitters 11. European Amateur Radio Retailer Halts Shipments To The US Due To Tariffs 12. Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report 13. ARRL: Interview with ARRL CEO David Minster now available on The DX Mentor Podcast on YouTube 14. ARRL: ARRL Contest Advisory Committee is reviewing Canadian Section Multipliers 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, gets back to his Bald Yak Project, and in this edition, he covers the process of Getting Raw Data From A Remote Receiver. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more.. * September edition of The Volunteer Monitoring Report. * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR returns with another edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the late 1920's. Though radio had changed rapidly and radically during the 1920's, that change only accelerated in the early 20's. New regulations, the broadcast boom, the abandonment of spark for CW, and new transmitter, receiver, and antenna designs were all happening simultaneously. This week's edition is titled, "New Circuits" --- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
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  • PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1383 - Truncated 1 hour version
    Aug 30 2025
    PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1383 - Truncated 1-hour version This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net Release Date: August 30, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 0:59:44 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1383HR Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. RW: Ham Radio Users Explain Why They're Worried About AST SpaceMobile's Satellite Plans 2. AMSAT: Amateur Weather Satellite Reception Opportunities Beyond The Retired POES Fleet (NOAA-15/18/19) 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: Collins - Rewind 5. ARRL: Interview With ARRL CEO: Details On Recent Board Meeting, Huntsville Fest, Legislative Advocacy & DX 6. ARRL: Resilience Through Amateur Radio For National Preparedness Month 2025 7. ARRL: Hurricane Watch Net Marks 60 Years Of Service 8. ARRL: FCC Batch Filing System Unavailable 9. ARRL: ARRL Contest Advisory Committee Is Reviewing Canadian Section Multipliers 10. Sailing Vessel Is Helped By The Maritime Mobile Network 11. Launch Delays Plague AST SpaceMobile Satellites 12. ARD: European Amateur Radio Retailer halts purchases and shipments to the United States due to tariffs 13. AMSAT: AMSAT organizations continue to challenge AST SpaceMobile's Use of the 70 centimeter band 14. WIA: FCC tracks down a device at a local business that has been causing interference 15. NARA: The National Association of Radio Amateurs announces its Club Week coming up this fall 16. RI: The FCC opens a rulemaking on revamping the entire US Emergency Alert System 17. ARRL: The candidates for ARRL Director and Vice Director position elections have been announced. 18. ARRL: The league presents awards to the best of amateur radio 19. ARRL: ARRL announces a new book release on constructing stealth antennas 20: The Federal Government announces that broadcast funding for new EAS equipment excludes public radio & TV 21. Unauthorized handheld transceivers are the target for officials in India Plus these Special Features This Week: * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us how to use "An SDR as Measuring Equipment" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more --- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
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  • PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1382 - Truncated 1 hour version
    Aug 24 2025
    PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1382 - Truncated 1-hour version This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net Release Date: August 23, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, George Lamas, KC2OXJ, Ed Johnson. W2PH, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:00:40 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1382HR Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT Organizations Continue To Challenge AST SpaceMobile Use Of Ham Radio Spectrum 2. AMSAT: NASA Satellite That Scientists And Farmers Rely On May Be Destroyed On Purpose 3. ARD: Club Week is Coming This Fall 4. RI: FCC To Open Rulemaking On Revamping United States Emergency Alert System 5. NASA: NASA Says Betelgeuse May Go SuperNova Soon 6. ARRL: Candidates Named For ARRL Director and Vice Director Elections 7. ARRL: The Best Of Amateur Radio Honored With ARRL Awards 8. ARRL: New ARRL Book Release: Stealth Antennas For Ham Radio 9. ARRL: Wedding Day QSOs From Mount Princeton In Colorado 10. Federal Emergency Alert Grants Will Exclude Public Radio 11. AST SpaceMobile Proposes Its Satellite Launch Window 12. CYN: Fatal Texas floods trigger the FCC to review and possibly update the US Emergency Alert System 13. HKDY: WiFi is being allowed near the Greenback Observatory in the Virginia Radio Quiet Zone for the first time 14. ARRL: Amateurs prepare for the forecasted busy Hurricane Season 15. NOAA: Legacy NOAA Weather Satellites are being decommissioned and shut down 16. NOAA: The National Weather Service is now hiring following recent mass firings 17. Florida retirees are preparing for the upcoming storm season by building a local radio network 18. ARD: The HamCation Awards Committee seeks nominations for the upcoming 2026 season Plus these Special Features This Week: * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will explain "How to listen to local RF via a web browser" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more --- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
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  • PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1381 - Truncated 1 hour version
    Aug 16 2025
    PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1381 - Truncated 1-hour version This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net Release Date: August 16, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 0:59:05 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1381HR Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. FCC: FCC Moves To Protect US Submarine Cables From Foreign Adversaries 2. CYN: Fatal Texas Floods Trigger FCC Review Of US Emergency Alert System 3. ARD: Candidate For US Congress Focuses On Issues Related To Amateur Radio 4. AMSAT: 2025 AMSAT Symposium Keynote Speaker Announced 5. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Societies File Comments With The FCC On AST/70cm Concerns 6. WIA: Hawaiian Broadcasters Want Access To Police Scanner Information For Emergencies 7. HKDY: Wi-Fi Being Allowed Near Green Bank Observatory For First Time Ever 8. ARRL: Amateurs Prepare For Forecasted Busy Hurricane Season 9. ARRL: ARRL Foundation Awards Alexia Snethen, KM6LGG, The 2025 Goldfarb Memorial Scholarship 10. ARRL: Seven Year Old Gertrude Takagi Earns Her Amateur Radio License 11. ARRL: 26th Anniversary Of The Route 66 Special Event 12. Legacy NOAA Weather Satellites Are Decommissioned 13. National Weather Service Now Rehiring Following Recent Mass Firings 14. Florida Retirees Prepare For Upcoming Storm Season 15. ARD: HamCation Awards Seeks Nominations For 2026 Season 16. WIA: Radio Amateurs Of Canada develops Auxiliary Communicationsd Service 17. IARU: Registration for IARU Region 2 XXII General Assembly Is Now Open 18. ARRL: Jobs for amateurs at ARRL Headquarters 19. HOIP: HamShack Hotline users are invited to apply for services on Hams Over IP Plus these Limited Special Features This Week: * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will discuss How To Decode Distant Signals Over The Web * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more --- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
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  • PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1380 - Truncated 1 hour version
    Aug 9 2025
    PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1380 - Truncated 1-hour version This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net Release Date: August 9, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Lamas, KC2OXJ, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:00:21 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1380HR Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AO-123 FM Transponder To Enter Continuous Service / hamTV Installed On The Space Station 2. AMSAT: NOAA-15 and NOAA-19 To Be Decommissioned 3. WIA: Radio Amateurs of Canada Develops Auxiliary Communications Service 4. IARU: Registration For The International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 XXII General Assembly Is Now Open 5. ASTM: No Interference? AST SpaceMobile Defends Use of Ham Radio Spectrum 6. ARRL: New ARRL DXCC Trident Award Plaque Honors 100 Confirmed Entities On Three Modes 7. ARRL: High Altitude Camp Needs Amateur Radio Tracking Operators 8. ARRL: HamSCI Meteor Scatter QSO Party August 11th Through The 12th, 2025 9. ARRL: Jobs For Hams At ARRL Headquarters 10. The New ISS Crew-11 Starts Its Work On The Space Station 11. Navajo Code Talkers Of World War II Are Honored By Special Event Station 12. US/India Joint New Satellite Will Focus On Natural Disasters 13. Decoding Skills Are Tested By Upcoming Enigma Machine Special Event 14. HOIP: Hamshack Hotline Users Invited To Apply For Services At Hams Over IP 15. AMSAT: AMSAT submits a formal objection to the AST SpaceMobile 70cm acquisition plan for satellite control 16. NCM: Washington DC area GMRS licensee files FCC Petition for VHF Low band allocations 17. ARRL: Introducing Radio Alpha, the ARRL Museum and Research Library 18. ARRL: ARRL special events app is now available for the Huntsville HamFest 19. ARRL: 28th International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend is coming up August 16/17 20. New callsign suffixes and prefixes are introduced in Sweden and India 21. International response to AST SpaceMobile 70cm commercial use plan 22. Radio related fees are on the rise in Pakistan Plus these Special Features This Week: * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, is having a quiet weekend and answers the question "What Can We Activate Today?" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more.. * Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report --- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
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  • PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1379 - Truncated 1 hour version
    Aug 2 2025
    PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1379 - Truncated 1-hour version This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net Release Date: August 2, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 0:59:39 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1379HR Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT Submits Formal Objection To AST SpaceMobile Plan, FCC Records 2,220 Comments 2. NCM: Washington DC Area GMRS Licensee Files FCC Petition For VHF Low Band Frequencies 3. ARRL: Ham Radio Responds During Tsunami Threat 4. ARRL: Introducing Radio Alpha, The ARRL Museum and Research Library 5. ARRL: ARRL Field Day 2025 Saw Growth In Participants And Entries 6. ARRL: ARRL Events App Available For Huntsville Hamfest 7. New Callsign Suffixes and Prefixes Are Introduced In Sweden and India 8. International Response To Business FCC Filing For Amateur Radio Frequencies 9. ACUW: World longest lightning flash is confirmed as a new world record 10. WIA/RAC: Radio Amateurs Of Canada issues new Question Pool 11. FCC: 91 years ago marks the birth of the Federal Communications Commission 12. ARRL: ARRL files comments to protect the 70 centimeter amateur radio band 13. FCC: FCC Explores overhauling the Emergency Alert System, and regains its authority to hold Spectrum Auctions Plus these Special Features This Week: * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will comment on the proposed grab of our 70 centimeter band in a segment he calls, "Using The Amateur Band For Other Purposes." * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Monthly Volunteer Monitor Report --- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
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