PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1363

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1363 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: April 12, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 2:04:23 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1363 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. FCC: "Delete Delete Delete" Commenters Worry About The Future Of Ham Radio Under The FCC's Deregulatory Effort 2. FCC: FCC To Weigh Loosening Power Limit Rules For Starlink 3. RW: Here’s A Copper Theft Mystery 4. HCKD: Tennessee Hams Rise Up: Amateur Radio Gains Traction After Deadly Tornadoes 5. AMSAT: Fram2 Mission Blends Polar Orbit, Amateur Radio, and Private Spaceflight 6. AMSAT: Spectrum’s Fiery Debut Marks Bold First Step for Isar Aerospace 7. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 8. WIA: Ford Motor Company Patents New Technology To Support AM Radio In Electric Cars 9. WIA: United Airlines Receives FAA Approval To Add Starlink Wi-Fi On Planes 10. RAC: Radio Amateurs of Canada Will Not Attend Hamvention This Year 11. RAC: City Of Ottawa World Amateur Radio Day Proclamation 12. RWD: Mystery Surrounds Three Pending United States Shortwave Stations 13. ARRL: Interesting ARRL Ham Radio Open House Locations 14. ARRL: ARRL Iowa Section Wins Ham Exemption From Handsfree Law 15. ARRL: Effort To Save Marconi Towers In Canada – Public Invited To Vote On Project 16. ARRL: Broadcast Audio Processor Manufacturer Orban Donates Unit To The ARRL 17. ARRL: Tad Cook, K7RA, Has Received The ARRL President’s Award 18. ARRL: Armed Forces Day Crossband Test, Is Scheduled For Saturday May 10th, 2025 19. Contacts To Mount Athos Are Valid Toward DXCC 20. Upcoming Meteor Scatter Events - Hams Are Invited To Monitor 21. Great Falls Masonic Radio Club In Montana Donates Ameteur Radio Books To Public Libraries 22. Paper Based Battery Performs Well...On Paper 23. ARRL: National Library Day Special Event Station 24. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Upcoming Regional Conventions and HamFest Listing 25. RW: Voice Of America fights its way back on the air 26. RTBR: HC2 Broadcasting asks FCC to allow 5G Broadcast LPTV station 27. FCC: FCC launches proceeding on Global Positioning System alternatives 28. WIA: Earth based radio telescope successfully bounces a signal off of Venus 29. WIA: United States Naval Undersea Warfare Center look to amateur radio for backup communications 30. ARRL: 100 years of the International Amateur Radio Union 31. ARRL: The ARRL Repeater Directory - 2025 edition now powered by Repeater Book 32. ARRL: HamSci issues call for operators and monitors 33. ARRL: ARRL New Hampshire section signs a Memorandum Of Understanding with State Emergency Services 34. Pittsburgh DJ Jim Quinn W3VEX/sk - Don Craugh KF7DC Mingus Mountain SK 35. Research beacon on Antarctica goes silent after 46 years on the air 36. Deadline grows close for CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Nominees 37. Monthly Volunteer Monitor Report 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 answer the question, "What is Amateur Radio Really About?" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - Will returns with Part One of a brand new edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the mid 1920's to witness amateurs' continued efforts to get their signals across the Atlantic in an episode called, "Crossing Two, Androsan" ----- 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 [email protected]. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.