PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1364

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1364 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: April 19, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Alan Shephard, WK8W, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:59:30 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1364 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Fram2Ham Mission Declared A Success 2. AMSAT: OpenGD77 Handheld Radio Firmware Aids FM Satellite Operating 3. AMSAT: A New Breed of Satellite and Space Focused Makers Is Emerging 4. AMSAT: Starliner’s Wild Ride 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. ARRL: ARRL Files Comments Responding To FCC Request for Input On "Delete Delete Delete" NPRM - Four parts 7. ARRL: World Amateur Radio Day – International Amateur Radio Union Formed 100 Years Ago 8. ARRL: Events to Honor World Amateur Radio Day 9. ARRL: ARRL Documents Next Generation DXing Program At International DX Convention 10. ARRL: International Amateur Radio Union - Amateur Radio Services At The Forefront 11. ARRL: Former ARRL Vice Director and Contest Advisory Committee Chairman Wayne Overbeck, PhD N6NB/SK 12. ARRL: Solar Prognosticator Paul “Tad” Cook, K7RA, SK 13. Zero Retries Is Hosting Its Inaugural Conference 14. Australian Communications & Media Authority Seeks Comments On Class License Conditions 15. Young Amateurs Can Attend The Upcoming Dayton HamVention For Free 16. Florida Trail Events Takes Ham Radio On Its First Journey 17. HamSci Receives Two Honors From The RSGB For Propagation Studies 18. ARRL: ARRL Public Relations Field Day Workshop is coming up on April 23rd, 2025 19. ARRL: The Youth On The Air Camp is set for July 2025. Registration is now open. 20. ARRL: The 2024 Cass Awards are announced. 21. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention Listings. 22. FCC: FCC to weigh loosening power limit rules for Starlink Satellites 23. WIA: Ford Motor Company patents new technology to support AM radio in electric vehicles 24. WIA: United Airlines receives FAA approval to add Starlink Wifi on planes 25. RAC: Radio Amateurs of Canada will not be attending HamVention this year 26. RWD: Mystery surrounds three pending United States Shortwave Stations 27. ARRL: ARRL Iowa section wins ham radio exemption from new hands free driving law 28. ARRL: Effort to save Marconi Towers in Canada - Public invited to vote on proposed project 29. ARRL: Broadcast audio processor manufacturer Orban donates unit to the ARRL for upcoming auction 30. ARRL: Armed Forces Day Crossband Test is scheduled for Saturday, May 10, 2025 31. Montana Radio Club donates amateur radio books to several public libraries 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 - 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.