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This Week in Amateur Radio is North America's premier news magazine of the airwaves.
We're coming back from hiatus!
Along with the news, TWIAR has several weekly features including Amateur Radio History and Archives with Bill Continelli, the Random Access Thought with the late Bill Baran, Leo Laporte with tech news from TWiT, AMSAT news with Bruce Paige, and much more!
We're coming back from hiatus!
Along with the news, TWIAR has several weekly features including Amateur Radio History and Archives with Bill Continelli, the Random Access Thought with the late Bill Baran, Leo Laporte with tech news from TWiT, AMSAT news with Bruce Paige, and much more!
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1394 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: November 15, 2025
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Mike Nikolich, N9OVQ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Jordon Kurtz, KE9BPO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:50:51
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1394
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: SpaceX Bandwagon-4 Mission Places CEVROSAT-1 In Orbit With Rideshare Payloads
2. AMSAT: CatSat To Open Microwave Linear Transponder Access For Amateur Radio Community
3. AMSAT: ARISS To Mark 25 Years Of ISS With Special Worldwide SSTV Event In November
4. AMSAT: Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications Adds AMSAT Publications
5. AMSAT: AI Fix From Earth Restores James Webb Telescope Clarity, No Astronauts Needed
6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
7. EXIT: Albanian Police Seize Amateur's Radio Equipment Over Suspected Espionage
8. AP: FCC Proposes Auctioning Additional Spectrum To Expand Wireless Services
9. NYS: Attorney General James Demands FCC Expand Multilingual Emergency Alerts
10. WIA: FCC Takes Step To Ban China Based Telecom
11. WIA: Brian Eno/Beatie Wolfe Really Launch New Album
12. RSGB: 146 Thru 147 MegaHertz NoV Extension Agreed By Ofcom
13. HACK: A Treasure Trove Of Random Vintage Tech Resources
14. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Division Elections: Voting Ends November 21st
15. ARRL: Images From Space Celebrate 25 Years Of Ham Radio On The International Space Station
16. ARRL: Get Ready For The 2025 ARRL November Sweepstakes — Phone!
17. ARRL: Save The Date: Annual ARRL YouTube Telethon To Support Teachers Institute
18. ARRL: Two Special Event Stations To Highlight Upcoming Weeks On Air Activity
19. ARRL: ARRL Has Published Its 2024 Annual Report - ARRL Has Open Positions Available
20. KFIZ: Moraine Park Technical College Donates Laptop Computers To Fond du Lac Amateur Radio Club
21. Student Satellite Courses Are Funded Through ARDC Grant
22. Inaugural Q-Tech Conference To Be Held In Brisbane Australia
23. Amateurs In Sri Lanka Test Their Tsunami Response In Simulation Drill
24. Conductors Loss Of Electrical Conductivity Under Review
25. Newest Microwave Linear Transponder Onboard New CubeSat
26. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention Listings
27. AMSAT: AMSAT receives two ARDC grants for its Youth Initiative Program
28. CP: Neighbor objects to sixty foot ham radio tower - cites lack of notice and safety concerns
29. SPACE: Ukraine destroys giant radio telescope used by Russian military
31. WIA: Amateur Radio Digital Communications is now accepting grant applications
32. ARRL: RadioGram changes are announced
33. ARRL: Icom Dream Station - have you earned all your sweepstakes entries?
34. ARRL: The sixth annual Youth Dream Rig essay contest is about to get underway
35. Proposed Australian band plan sees reviews by amateurs in that country
36. Sunlight On Demand will come from a proposed new satellite constellation
37. Yasme Excellence Awards for work with young radio amateurs are awarded
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 attempt to answer the question, "What Do You Call That Radio?, or Where Did The Word Radio Come From?"
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot 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 witness the arrival of international amateur communications. And, the lack of a worldwide system of station identification that led to confusion over callsigns. Without prefixes as we know them today, there was no way to use a call sign to identify a station’s country. And since each country issued callsigns independently, duplicates were inevitable. We will hear all about it in this weeks edition entitled "Callsign Confusion"
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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
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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.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1393 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: November 8, 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, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Alan Shepard, WK8W, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:48:52
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1393
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT Receives Two ARDC Grants for Youth Initiative Program
2. AMSAT: Alan Johnston, KU2Y, Presents CubeSat Simulator 2025 Updates
3. AMSAT: ARISS 2025 Highlights Presented by Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
5. CP: Neighbor Objects To Sixty Foot Ham Radio Tower, Cites Notice and Safety Concerns
6. SPACE: Ukraine Destroys Giant Radio Telescope Used By Russian Military
7. WIA: Amateur Radio Digital Communications, ARDC, Is Accepting Grant Applications
8. WIA: Youngsters In The Air Month Is Coming Up
9. ARD: ISS SSTV Event To Celebrate 25 Years Of The International Space Station
10. ARRL: Time Is Running Out To Vote In ARRL Division Elections
11. ARRL: New ARRL Technician Class LIVE Video Course For Ham Radio Licensing
12. ARRL: Special Event Unites Two Pennsylvania Colleges and Amateur Station W3USR
13. ARRL: Radiogram Changes Are Announced
14. ARRL: ICOM Dream Station: Have You Earned All Your Sweepstakes Entries?
15. ARRL: The 6th Annual Youth Dream Rig Essay Contest Is About To Get Underway!
16. ARRL: On Air Commemorations And Special Events For Veterans Day 2025
17. Proposed Australian Band Plan Seeks A Review By Amateurs
18. Sunlight On Demand Will Come From A Proposed New Satellite Constellation
19. YASME Excellence Award For Work With Young Amateurs Are Given Out
20. Quicksilver Radio Products John Bartscherer, N1GNV, SK
21. Summits On The Air Enthusiast Robert Hannan G4RQJ, SK
22. Silent Keys Trust Endows Library At His Alma Mater
23. Mountain Radio Challenge Will Test Your Skills
24. ARRL: ARRL now has new ways for amateurs and GMRS users to help pass the HOA Bill in Congress
25. The BBC proposes shutting down its long wave transmitters
26. ARRL: Upcoming radio sport contest listings and regional conventions
27. AMSAT: New AMSAT President outlines future directions for the organization
28. AMSAT: Is AO-7 still the oldest satellite?
29. AMSAT: Amateur radio receiver reveals global satellite transmissions privacy issue
30. ARRL: 2026 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program is now accepting applications
31. ARRL: ARRL calls General Mobile Radio Service operators to help pass Emergency Preparedness Act
32. Europe's ham radio Friedrichshafen to debut astronomy trade
33. ARRL: ARRL to feature club photos in every QST issue during 2026
Plus these Special Features This Week:
* Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News
* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us about the origins of The RF Circulator
* 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 year 1923, where amateurs were making trans-oceanic contacts and experimenting with the shorter wavelengths. This is part two of a two part episode titled "The Fourth Time's The Charm"
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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.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1392 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: November 1, 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, Alan Shepard, WK8W, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, George Lamas, KC2OXJ, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:29:08
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1392
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT President Outlines Future Directions
2. AMSAT: Is AO-7 Still The Oldest Satellite?
3. AMSAT: Amateur Radio Receiver Reveals Global Unsecured Satellite Privacy Issue
4. AMSAT: Russian Cosmonauts Conduct Spacewalk Outside The International Space Station
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over
6. ARRL: Hurricane Melissa Update
7. ARRL: ARRL November Sweepstakes About To Get Underway
8. ARRL: 2026 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program Is Now Accepting Applications
9. ARRL: The 20th Anniversary ARRL Online Auction Results
10. ARRL: ARRL Calls GMRS Operator To Help Pass The Emergency Preparedness Act
11. ARRL: Livonia ARC To Commemorate 50th Anniversary Of Sinking Of The SS Edmund Fitzgerald
12. ARRL: Log Submission Deadline For DX Marathon Sprint Upcoming
13. A Century of Broadcast Radio Is Celebrated By Amateurs In Latvia
14. Special Event Operation Remember The War Of The Worlds Martian Invasion
15. Europe's Ham Radio Friedrichshafen To Debut Astronomy Trade
16. Colleges New Electronics and Computer Engineering Center To Be Chaired By An Amateur
17. ARRL: ARRL to feature club photos in every issue of QST during 2026.
18. ARRL: Upcoming contest sheet and upcoming regional conventions.
19. AMSAT: AMSAT Board of Directors elects officers
20. AMSAT: AMSAT Student memberships now offered at no cost, free!
21. AMSAT: Is low earth orbit getting too crowded?
22. WIA: FCC takes action against foreign owned electronic testing labs.
23. WIA: Radio Society of Great Britain launches its new mobile app
24. ARRL: Pass the Emergency Preparedness Act bill activity continues
25. ARRL: Amateur radio club boot camp is declared a success
26. ARRL: United States Air Force to hold its 77th annual special event station
27. ARDC, Amateur Radio Digital Communications is now accepting grant applications
28. Expiration dates of broadcast licenses in Canada are eliminated by the country's regulator, CRTC.
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 tell us about "Going Around in Circles One Way", or a brief look at RF Circulators.
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests and more.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1923, where amateurs were making trans-oceanic contacts and experimenting with the shorter wavelengths. This is part one of a two part episode titled, "The Fourth Time's The Charm."
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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.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1391 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: October 25, 2025
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, George Lams, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Ron Rowe, W2ELS, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:36:13
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1391
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT Board of Directors Elects Officers
2. AMSAT: AMSAT Symposium Held In Phoenix
3. AMSAT: AMSAT Student Memberships Now Offered At No Cost
4. AMSAT: Is Low Earth Orbit Getting Too Crowded?
5. AMSAT: Swarm Reveals Growing Weak Spot In Earth’s Magnetic Field
6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
7. WIA: FCC Takes Action Against Foreign-Owned Electronic Labs
8. WIA: Radio Society of Great Britain Launches Mobile App
9. ARRL: Pass The Bill Activity Continues
10. ARRL: Talking Up a Storm And Amateur Radio In Pennsylvania
11. ARRL: Amateur Radio Club Bootcamp A Success
12. ARRL: Tropical Storm Melissa Update
13. ARRL: US Air Force To Hold 77th Annual Special Event Station
14. In Its Fourth Decade Ensuring Driver Safety Is Pumpkin Patrol
15. Amateur Radio Digital Communications Now Accepting Grant Applications
16. First ARISS Contact Made In Seven Years By Ham TV
17. Expiration Dates For Broadcast Licenses In Canada Are Eliminated By CRTC
18. Noted Dx'er Charles Harpole K4VUD / HS0ZCW SK
19. Amateur Radio Historian K2TQN, John Dilks III, SK
20. New Modes For Emergency Communications Are Taught To Young Amateurs
21. ARRL: Many special event stations are planned for Veterans Day on November 11, 2025
22. ARRL: Club Spotlight: How does your club welcome new members and new hams?
23. ARRL: Upcoming radio sport contests and regional convention listings
24. ECARS: ECARS prepares for its annual Board of Director elections
25. ARD: DX Look introduces personalized band condition reports for you specific location
26. IFLS: Military spacecraft launched 56 years ago has been moved and nobody claims responsibility
27. ARRL: ARRL Year of The Club Website Contest is announced and calls for submissions
28. ARRL: FCC announces its intent to delete minor Part 97 provisions
29. Launch of Amazons Kuiper satellites is finally successful after multiple weather delays
30. Theft of copper at antenna sites is now high on the FCC list for action
31. The International Amateur Radio Union proposes inclusion of amateurs with disabilities
32. Ofcom, the UK regulation, implements more amateur radio license changes
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, returns to his construction project in a segment titled, "Bald Yak #13 - Monitoring The Sun, In Small Steps."
* 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. Our own amateur radio historian, returns with another encore edition of A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us back to January of 1921 when the ARRL ran another round of transcontinental relays over several nights, setting new records for coast-to-coast round-trip message relaying.
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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.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1390 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: October 18, 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, Ron Rowe, W2ELS, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:42:57
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1390
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. ARD: DXLook Introduces Personalized Band Conditions
2. ARD: SAQ Grimeton To Air United Nations Day Message
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. IFLS: Military Spacecraft Launched 56 Years Ago Has Been Moved By Persons Unknown
5. SN: FCC Launches Space Month To Fast Track Satellite Licensing and Spectrum Reforms
6. ARRL: Amateur Radio Runs With The Chicago Marathon
7. ARRL: Ed Hare, W1RFI, Long Time ARRL Lab Engineer, Passes Away
8. ARRL: ARRL Year Of The Club Website Contest — Call for Submissions!
9. ARRL: FCC Announces Intent To Delete Minor Part 97 Provisions
10. ARRL: BOO! A Night On Bald Mountain
11. Launch Of Amazons Kuiper Satellites Is Finally Successful After Weather Delays
12. Copper Theft Is High On The FCC List For Action
13. International Amateur Radio Union Urges Inclusion Of Hams With Disabilities
14. Ofcom In The UK Implements More Ham Radio License Changes
15. North Star Radio Convention Sets A New Attendance Record
16. Amateurs In Idaho Receive Grant To Upgrade Outdated Emergency Communications Gear
17. Maldives Wet Square Activation Is Planned
18. Youth Operators To Be Featured During The Sundarbans DxPedition
19. MET: HamShack TV Presents A Chat With Bouvet Island DxPeditioner
20. 02H: Free Online General Class License Course Starting Soon
21. ARRL School Club Round-Up is being held on October 20, 2025
22. ARRL: Upcoming radiosport contests and regional convention listings
23. AMSAT: ARISS SSTV Event runs through October 20th, 2025
24. AMSAT: Four United States Schools and Organizations move forward in ARISS Contact Selection
25. WIA: The United States and Australia Sign a Space Agreement
26. WIA: The Tune-In app will now carry Emergency Alert Notifications
27. WIA: US Federal Judge orders the administration to halt layoffs at The Voice of America
28. BBC: The BBC now expects to close Radio 4 Longwave during 2026
29. FCC: The FCC releases a draft notice for NextGen TV rules, and ATSC 1.0 sunset
30. ARRL: Club Newsletter Contest - Call For Submissions
31. ARRL: The ARRL Foundation is accepting grant applications during October
32. Australia's Square Kilometer Antenna Array gains interference protection by building a surrounding Faraday Cage
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 present an amateur radio story entitled "When Your Hobby Revolves Around Electricity"
* 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
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with an encore presentation of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the early 1920's as vacuum tubes were making CW practical, they were also making voice transmissions possible. Experimental broadcasts using radiotelephone, or just phone to hams, began as experiments by amateurs and some of the wireless telegraph companies, including Marconi and DeForest. This week's episode is titled, "Radio Telephone".
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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.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1389 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: October 11, 2025
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, George Lama, KC2OJX, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Christ Perrine, KB2FAF, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:38:19
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1389
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: ARISS SSTV Event Runs Through October 20th, 2025
2. AMSAT: Four US Schools and Organizations Move Forward In ARISS Selection Process
3. AMSAT: A Review Of The futureGEO Workshop 2025 In Bochum
4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
5. WIA: United States and Australia Sign Space Agreement
6. WIA: TuneIn App To Carry Emergency Alert Notifications
7. WIA: US Federal Judge Orders Administration To Halt VOA Layoffs
8. K9YA: Armstrong Gave The World Static Free Radio
9. BBC: BBC Now Expects To Close Radio 4 LongWave During 2026
10. FCC: FCC Releases Draft Notice For NextGen TV Rules, ATSC 1.0 Sunset
11. ARRL: Zoe Rodriguez Named 2025 Craigie Memorial Educator
12. ARRL: Club Newsletter Contest — Call For Submissions!
13. ARRL: FCC Issues Notice Of Violation For Unauthorized One-Way Transmissions and Denial of Inspection
14. ARRL: ARRL Foundation Accepting Grant Applications In October
15. ARRL: 13 Colonies Special Event Founder and Coordinator Ken Villone, KU2US, SK
16. ARRL: The Greater Saint Louis Area Scouting Council Will Be Active During This Year’s JOTA and JOTI
17. Four Chinese Owned Electronics Labs Are Blacklisted By The FCC
18. Sri Lanka's New Amateur Radio Cubesats Are Now In Orbit
19. Australia's Square Kilometer Array Gains Interference Protection
20. Emergency Radio Network Planned By Florida Baptist Church
21. ARRL: Colorado Students visit The Pilsner Radio Telescope
22. ARRL: New Jersey Special Event to celebrate Columbus Day
23. ARRL: Upcoming radio sport contests and regional convention listing
24. WIA: Equatorial Guinea Amateurs are still off the air, Italian amateurs gain access to 40 MegaHertz
25. WIA: Update: AM Radio For Every Vehicle bill advances in Congress
26. ARRL: Amateur radio licensing update during the on-going Government Shutdown
27. ARRL: Ham Radio Influencers rally around the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness/HOA Antenna Bill
28. ARRL: New leadership is announced for the ARRL New Hampshire Section
29. A New Zealand weather radar is destroyed by a direct lightning hit
30. Cellphone Jamming in prisons is passed by the FCC
31. A newly licensed amateur is charged by the FCC with unauthorized operation
32. Teenage DxPeditioner joins the Andaman Island DxPedition team
33. ARRL: Monthly Volunteer Monitoring 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 tell us how to properly prepare for an amateur radio outing, such as Parks On The Air
* 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
* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to 1923 to see how amateurs were investigating all sorts of things including aurora and even DXpeditions, as he wraps up with Part Two of the story titled, "High Latitudes and Low Wavelengths"
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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
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YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube
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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.
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1388 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: October 4, 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, Rich Lawrence. KB2MOB, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:40:17
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1388
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: 2025 AMSAT Symposium Registration Continues / AMSAT-DL Hosts futureGEO Meeting
2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
3. WIA: Equatorial Guinea Still Off The Bands - Italian Hams Back On 40 MegaHertz
4. WIA: Update: AM Radio For Every Vehicle Bill Advances IN US Congress
5. RAC: Canadian Special Event Operation To Highlight Fire Prevention Week
6. ARRL: Amateur Radio Licensing Update During United States Government Shutdown
7. ARRL: FCC Issues Notice Of Violation For Unauthorized One-Way Transmissions And Denial Of Inspection
8. ARRL: Ham Radio Influencers Rally Around Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act
9. ARRL Simulated Emergency Test Is Coming Up In October
10. ARRL: Radio Activations During Hurricanes Imelda and Humberto
11. ARRL: Preview The 20th Annual ARRL Online Auction October 7th thru the 9th
12. ARRL: New Leadership For The ARRL New Hampshire Section
13. ARRL: United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Will Operate Special Event Station N2S
14. New Zealand Weather Radar Is Destroyed By A Direct Lightning Hit
15. Amateur Radio Is Incorporated Into A Nuclear Cleanup Drill For The First Time
16. Cell Phone Jamming In Prisons Is Passed By The FCC
17. Newly Licensed Ham Is Charged By The FCC With Unauthorized Operation
18. Upcoming Pennsylvania QSO Party Offers New Incentives
19. World Space Week Will Feature Special SSTV Transmissions From The ISS
20. Teenager Joins Andaman Island DxPedition Team
21. RSGB: Must See Presentations At The Upcoming RSGB 2025 Convention
22. Volunteer Monitor Program Report
23. AMSAT: AMSAT 2025 Board Of Directors Election results are announced
24. AMSAT: Open letter from AMSAT-SM highlights the need for full duplex handheld transceivers
25. AMSAT: The Wow@Home projects builds worldwide SDR telescope network
26. WIA: China's great Solar Wall is a real big deal visible from space
27. WIA: NASA contracts with SpaceX to deorbit the International Space Station in 2030
28. ARRL: NASA is requesting amateurs to assist in passively tracking the upcoming Artemis Moon Mission
29. ARRL: National Council on Volunteer Examiners Question Pool Committee removes Extra Class Question
30. ARD: The MORE Project seeks to license 500 youth interested in amateur radio
31: Local radio club helps residents to learn how to program Weather Alert Radios properly
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 attempt to answer the question "Where's The Fun In That?"
* 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 this week with a brand new edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to 1923 to see how amateurs were investigating all sorts of things including aurora and even DXpeditions. This will be Part One of the story titled, "High Latitudes and Low Wavelengths"
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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
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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.
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1387 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: September 27, 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, Alan Shepard, WK8W, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:36:02
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1387
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT 2025 Board of Directors Election Results Announced To Membership
2. AMSAT: AMSAT July/August 2025 AMSAT Journal Now Available for Member Download
3. AMSAT: Open Letter From AMSAT-SM Highlights Need For Full Duplex Handheld Radio
4. AMSAT: Wow@Home Project Builds Worldwide SDR Telescope Network to Monitor the Sky
5. AMSAT: Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL Debuts With Record Cargo Delivery To The ISS
6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
7. WIA: China’s Great Solar Wall Is A Big Deal
8. WIA: NASA Contracts With SpaceX To Deorbit The International Space Station
9. WIA: California County Helping Residents Get Licensed and Provide Radios
10. ARRL: Wants Every Ham To Help Pass The Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act Now In Congress
11. ARRL: Hams Needed To Assist In Tracking Upcoming NASA Moon Mission
12. ARRL: National Preparedness Month: Use Your Ham Radio For Public Service
13. ARRL: NCVEC Question Pool Committee Removes Extra Class Question E6D07 From Use
14. ARRL: JOTA - JOTI Amateur Radios Largest On The Air Scouting Events
15. ARD: MORE Project Seeks To License Youth Interested In Amateur Radio
16. SUNY: SUNY Canton EMS Joins County-Wide Emergency Communications Simulation
17. Radio Club In California Helps Local Hams Replace Radios Lost In The Recent Wildfires
18. Programming Emergency Weather Radios Can Be A Struggle
19. Satellite License Procedures Under Review By Ofcom
20. CYØS Team Announce DXpedition Dates To Sable Island
21. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional/Divisional Conventions and HamFests
22. AMSAT: Amateur Radio CubeSats deployed from the ISS on September 19th
23. WIA: Four NASA research volunteers entered the MARS Habitat to be in isolation for months
24. WIA: Radio Society of Great Britain issues a response to the recent Ofcom Consultation
25. WIA: DxPedition team loses equipment to large ocean waves
26. ARDC: Amateur Radio Digital Communications seeks volunteers for its 2026 committees
27. Amateur Radio licenses are suspended in Equatorial Guinea
28. A US FM pirate broadcaster receives a $920,000 penalty from the Federal Communications Commission
29. RSGB: The Radio Society of Great Britain DMR project restarts in schools across the UK
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 tell you how he has fun when he Plays With SDR Radio
* 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
* Weekly Solar Weather and Terrestrial Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - Will returns with Part Two of a brand new edition of "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 weeks episode is titled, "Trans-Pacifics"
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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.
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1386 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
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: 1:36:02
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1386
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: CubeSats Deployed From The International Space Station On September 19th
2. AMSAT: Space Station’s Silver Jubilee Celebrated With Silver Research
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. WIA: Four Research Volunteers Will Enter Mars Habitat Isolation
5. WIA: Radio Society of Great Britain Responds To Ofcom Consultation
6. WIA: DXpedition Team Loses Equipment To Large Ocean Waves
7. ARRL: ARRL Launches Nationwide Grassroots Campaign To Pass Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act
8. ARRL: National Preparedness Month: Know Your Risk
9. ARRL: Gear Packed For 3YØK DXpedition To Bouvet In February 2026
10. ARRL: Section Manager Workshop Held At League Headquarters
11. ARRL: WWV Amateur Radio Club To Host Special Event Stations, Using The Callsign WWØWWV
12. ARRL: Nominations For Orlando HamCation’s 2026 Awards Are Now Open
13. ARDC: Amateur Radio Digital Communications Seeks Volunteers For 2026 Committees
14. ShakeOut 2025 – Amateur Radio Support For United States Geological Survey
15. Radio Hall Of Fame Posthumously Inducted Silent Key
16. Amateur Radio Licenses Suspended In Equatorial Guinea
17. FM Broadcast Station Receives $920,000 Piracy Penalty From The FCC
18. Parks On The Air Group Grows Statewide Across Minnesota
19. RCA Technical Symposium Offers Cryptology And Space Side Trips
20. The Radio Society Of Great Britains DMR Project Restarts In Schools Across The UK
21. Changes Are Made To The Citizen Band Radio Rules & Amateur Repeater Regulations In Australia
22. Voyager One Is Almost One Light Day Away From Earth
23. ARRL: Churches and Chapels on the air special event
24. ARRL: Upcoming contests and regional convention listing
25. RW: Russia's mysterious shortwave station UVB-76 (Buzzer) resumes broadcasting cryptic messages
26. AMSAT: AMSAT Ambassadors show at HamXposition Convention
27. AMSAT: AMSAT announces two new Gridmaster Award recipients
28. WIA: Young Ladies Radio League (YLRL) selects six recipients for scholarships
29: ARRL National Preparedness Month: Ham Radio Supply List
30: ARRL: ARRL Section Manager Nomination results are announced
31. FCC: ASTSpaceMobile is granted limited use of the amateur radio bands by the FCC
32. Amateur operators in India are mandated to convert from paper license to digital
33. Current Solar Cycle prediction methodology raises some doubts with researchers
34. FCC: Mobile phone jamming inside prisons is under consideration by the Commission
35. Direct satellite to mobile devices service is considered by Ofcom the regulation in the United Kingdom
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 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
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* 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 titled, "Trans-Pacifics"
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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.
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1385 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
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: 1:39:34
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1385
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. AMSAT: AMSAT Ambassadors Show At HamXposition Convention
4. AMSAT: AMSAT Announces Two New GridMaster Award Recipients
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
6. WIA: Young Ladies Radio League Selects Six Recipients For Scholarships
7. ARRL: Amateur Radio Serves During New England Tornadoes
8. ARRL: National Preparedness Month – Ham Radio Supply List
9. ARRL: ARRL Section Manager Nomination Results
10. ARRL: Arkansas Club Shares Ham Radio At Maker Faire
11. ARRL: Northern Panhandle Amateur Radio Club Will Operate W8ZQ, For POW / MIA Awareness Special Event
12. AST SpaceMobile Is Granted Limited Use Of The Amateur Bands By The FCC
13. Indian Amateurs Are Mandated To Convert To Digital Licenses
14. Solar Cycle Prediction Methodology Raises Doubts
15. Mobile Phone Jamming At Prisons Is Eyed By The FCC
16. Amateurs Across New York State Activate The States Erie Canal
17. Satellite To Cellphone Service Is Considered By Ofcom The UK Regulator
18. World RadioSport Championship Wild Card Members Are Chosen
19. ARRL: Battleship Iowa upcoming special event station
20. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention Listings
21. LBK: Equatorial Guinea suspends all amateur licenses in the country
22. AMSAT: NASA seeks volunteers to assist in tracking the upcoming Artemis II mission
23. WIA: NASA deploys a 39 foot wide radar antenna in orbit
24. XRN: High power shortwave stock trading transmitters adjacent to amateur HF bands
25. TVR: The FCC will allow ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC to shutdown free ATSC 1.0 and switch to ATSC 3.0
26. ARRL: National Preparedness Month is here. 12 ways to prepare
27. ARRL: ARRL Labs helps radio amateurs avoid interfering with the US Space Force PAVE PAWS radar
28. Band plans changes for 30 meters is eyed by New Zealand amateurs
29. Well known European Amateur Radio Retailer halts shipments to the US due to tariffs
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, in amateur radio, How Small is Small?
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radiosport contests and more
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* 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
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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
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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.
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1384 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
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: 1:44:59
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1384
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. ARD: ROC-HAM Radio Network Celebrates 200th Anniversary of Erie Canal
2. AMSAT: NASA Seeks Volunteers to Track Artemis II Mission
3. AMSAT Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. WIA: NASA Deploys 39-Foot-Wide Radar Antenna In Orbit
5. XRN: Weapons Detection At 300 GigaHertz
6. XRN: Earthquake Prediction Experiments Continue / PhasorLabs Experiments With Spread Spectrum
7. XRN: High Power Shortwave Stock Trading - An Update
8. TVT: The FCC Will Allow ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC TV Stations To Shutdown Free ATSC 1.0 & Switch To ATSC 3.0
9. ARRL: National Preparedness Month: 12 Ways To Prepare
10. ARRL: Northeast HamXposition Draws Crowds
11. ARRL: Ham YouTubers Boost ARRL Teachers Institute
12. ARRL: ARRL Lab Helps Radio Amateurs Avoid Interfering With US Space Force PAVE PAWS Radar
13. ARRL: Team USA Earns Medals At ARDF World Championships In Lithuania
14. ARRL: K6C Will Operate At The California State Capitol Park On Tuesday, September 9th
15. ARRL: The Swedish Amateur Radio Association To Celebrate Its 100th Anniversary Sept 10 thru Oct 12th 2025
16. NZART: Band Plan Changes For 30 Meters Is Eyed By New Zealand Society of Radio Transmitters
17. RAC: Straight Key Night Is Now On The Air In Canada
18. European Amateur Radio Retailer Halts Shipments To The US Due To Tariffs
19. Japan Amateurs Optimistic On Their New Multi-Mode Linear Transponder
20. Markus Baseler, DL6YYM, BA-MA-TECH Owner SK
21. ARRL: The Hurricane Watch Net enters the world of Podcasting
22. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contesting and Regional Convention Listing
23. Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report
24. RW: Ham radio uses explain why they are worried about AST SpaceMobile Satellite use of the 70cm band
25. AMSAT: Amateur weather satellite reception opportunities beyond the retiring POES Fleet
26. ARRL: Interview with ARRL CEO David Minster now available on The DX Mentor Podcast on YouTube
27. ARRL: Resilience through amateur radio is the theme of National Preparedness Month 2025
28. ARRL: ARRL Contest Advisory Committee is reviewing Canadian Section Multipliers
29. Delays plague the launch of AST SpaceMobile Satellites
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
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* 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"
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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
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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.
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1383 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
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: 1:48:06
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1383
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: Meteoglider Offers Reusable Radiosonde Alternative For High Altitude Weather Data Collection
4. AMSAT: SpaceX’s Starship Flight 10 To Demonstrate Expanded Booster And Upper Stage Test Objectives
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
6. WIA: Collins - Rewind
7. ARRL: Interview With ARRL CEO: Details On Recent Board Meeting, Huntsville Fest, Legislative Advocacy & DX
8. ARRL: Resilience Through Amateur Radio For National Preparedness Month 2025
9. ARRL: Hurricane Watch Net Marks 60 Years Of Service
10. ARRL: FCC Batch Filing System Unavailable
11. ARRL: Amateur Radio Operators And Shortwave Listeners Invited To Participate In A Unique Event On Aug. 30th
12. ARRL: ARRL Contest Advisory Committee Is Reviewing Canadian Section Multipliers
13. ARRL: HandiHam Program’s 58th Anniversary
14. Sailing Vessel Is Helped By The Maritime Mobile Network
15. Route 66 On The Air Adds An Aeronautical Rover
16. Launch Delays Plague AST SpaceMobile Satellites
17. Sonoma California Residents Build GMRS Network With The Help Of Local Hams
18. Young Operators Recruited By Andaman Island DxPedition
19. ARD: European Amateur Radio Retailer halts purchases and shipments to the United States due to tariffs
20. AMSAT: AMSAT organizations continue to challenge AST SpaceMobile Use of the 70 centimeter band
21. AMSAT: A NASA satellite relied on by both scientists and farmers may be destroyed on purpose
22. WIA: FCC tracks down a device at a local business that has been causing interference
23. NARA: The National Association of Radio Amateurs announces its Club Week coming up this fall
24. RI: The FCC opens a rulemaking on revamping the entire US Emergency Alert System
25. NASA: NASA is predicting that Betelgeuse may go supernova soon
26. ARRL: The candidates for ARRL Director and Vice Director position elections have been announced
27. ARRL: The league presents awards to the best of amateur radio
28. ARRL: ARRL announces a new book release on constructing stealth antennas
29: ARRL: Scientists and amateurs are hacking for SETI at The Allen Telescope Array
30: The Federal Government announces that broadcast funding for new EAS equipment excludes public radio & TV
31. Unauthorized handheld transceivers are the target for officials in India
32. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Conventions and HamFests
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 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 radiosport contests, and more
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* 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 March 20th, 1923, when Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover convened his second national radio conference and where amateurs are assigned a band of wavelengths for the first time. This week is the concluding Part Two of a series titled "First Band, Top Band"
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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.
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1382 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
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: 1:51:37
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1382
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: MESAT1 Named A Finalist In Global Satellite Contest
2. AMSAT: AMSAT Organizations Continue To Challenge AST SpaceMobile Use Of Ham Radio Spectrum
3. AMSAT: NASA Satellite That Scientists And Farmers Rely On May Be Destroyed On Purpose
4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
5. WIA: FCC Cites Device In Use At A Spa For Interference
6. ARD: Club Week is Coming This Fall
7. RI: FCC To Open Rulemaking On Revamping United States Emergency Alert System
8. NASA: NASA Says Betelgeuse May Go Supernova Soon
9. ARRL: Candidates Named For ARRL Director and Vice Director Elections
10. ARRL: The Best Of Amateur Radio Honored With ARRL Awards
11. ARRL: New ARRL Book Release: Stealth Antennas For Ham Radio
12. ARRL: Lou Dietrich, N2TU, Noted DXer, Past INDEXA Chairman, Passes Away
13. ARRL: Hacking For SETI At The Allen Telescope Array
14. ARRL: The Fort Myers Amateur Radio Club Will Participate In Jamboree-On-The-Air
15. ARRL: Wedding Day QSOs From Mount Princeton In Colorado
16. An Important Part Of The South Georgia DxPedition Will Involve Youth
17. Federal Emergency Alert Grants Will Exclude Public Radio
18. AST SpaceMobile Proposes Its Satellite Launch Window
19. Student Satellite Project From Canada Moves Ahead
20. Unauthorized Handheld Radios Are The Target Of Indian Officials
21. Radio Society of Great Britain Invites The World To Work In UK
22. ARRL: Upcoming Regional Conventions and RadioSport Contests
23. CYN: Fatal Texas floods trigger the FCC to review and possibly update the US Emergency Alert System
24. ARD: A candidate for US Congress focuses on issues related to amateur radio
25. AMSAT: New ISS Crew expands the space station population to eleven
26. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Societies file comments with the FCC on AST/70cm concerns
27. WIA: Hawaiian Broadcasters are seeking access to encrypted Police Scanner traffic
28. HKDY: WiFi is being allowed near the Greenback Observatory in the West Virginia Radio Quiet Zone for the first time
29. ARRL: Amateurs prepare for the forecasted busy Hurricane Season
30. NOAA: Legacy NOAA Weather Satellites are being decommissioned
31. NOAA: The National Weather Service is now hiring following recent mass firings
32. Florida retirees are preparing for the upcoming storm season by building a local radio network
33. ARD: The HamCation Awards Committee seeks nominations for the upcoming 2026 season
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 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
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine, to March 20th, 1923, when Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover convened his second National Radio Conference and where amateurs are assigned a band of wavelengths for the first time. This week is Part One of a Two-Part series titled, "First Band, Top Band"
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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.
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1381 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
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: 1:36:19
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1381
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. AMSAT: NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Mission Ends In Disappointment
6. AMSAT: International Space Station Crew Expands To Eleven
7. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Societies File Comments With The FCC On AST/70cm Concerns
8. WIA: Hawaiian Broadcasters Want Access To Police Scanner Information For Emergencies
9. HKDY: Wi-Fi Being Allowed Near Green Bank Observatory For First Time Ever
10. ARRL: Amateurs Prepare For Forecasted Busy Hurricane Season
11. ARRL: ARRL Foundation Awards Alexia Snethen, KM6LGG, The 2025 Goldfarb Memorial Scholarship
12. ARRL: Hams Track Campers’ High-Altitude Balloon, Decode Images
13. ARRL: ARRL Serving Its Members: NU2W’s Story
14. ARRL: Seven Year Old Gertrude Takagi Earns Her Amateur Radio License
15. ARRL: 26th Anniversary Of The Route 66 Special Event
16. Legacy NOAA Weather Satellites Are Decommissioned
17. National Weather Service Now Rehiring Following Recent Mass Firings
18. Upcoming 3Y0K DxPedition Sites Legal Issues For Cancellation Of Lottery
19. Amateurs In The United Kingdom Accept The Challenge To Build Balloon Tracker
20. Florida Retirees Prepare For Upcoming Storm Season
21. Indiana Amateurs Celebrate Parks Centennial By Having A POTA Activation
22. Australian Young Amateurs Prepare For Their First Youth On The Air Contest
23. ARD: HamCation Awards Seeks Nominations For 2026 Season
24. ARRL: The Swedish Amateur Radio Society, SSA, will celebrate its 100-year anniversary on September 10, 2025
25. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention Listing
26. AMSAT: AO-123 FM Transponder To Enter Continuous Service / Ham-TV is activated on the Space Station
27. WIA: Radio Amateurs Of Canada develops Auxiliary Communications Service
28. IARU: Registration for IARU Region 2 XXII General Assembly Is Now Open
29. ARRL: New ARRL DXCC Trident Award Plaque Honors 100 Confirmed On Three Modes
30. ARRL: Jobs for amateurs at ARRL Headquarters
31. Indian student amateurs are seeking a patent on new lightning avoidance device
32. HOIP: HamShack Hotline users are invited to apply for service on Hams Over IP
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 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..
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with the conclusion of his three part series titled, "Crossings, The Reply". We witness another Atlantic Crossing, but this time European as well as American amateurs are participating.
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Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3
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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.
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1380 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
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: 1:37:36
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1380
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: ARRL Celebrates The Jeffrey B. Goldman, K3DUA, Teachers Institute Week
8. ARRL: High Altitude Camp Needs Amateur Radio Tracking Operators
9. ARRL: HamSCI Meteor Scatter QSO Party August 11th Through The 12th, 2025
10. ARRL: W9GIG, Passes Away
11. ARRL: Frank Butler, W4RH, Former ARRL Southeastern Division Director, Passes Away At 100
12. ARRL: The U.S. Coast Guard’s 235th Birthday Will Be Celebrated On August 9th, 2025
13. ARRL: The 28th International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend Is Coming Up
14. ARRL: Jobs For Hams At ARRL Headquarters
15. The New ISS Crew-11 Starts Its Work On The Space Station
16. Navajo Code Talkers Of World War II Are Honored By Special Event Station
17. US/India Joint New Satellite Will Focus On Natural Disasters
18. Indian Student Amateurs Are Seeking A Patent On New Lightning Avoidance Device
19. Decoding Skills Are Tested By Upcoming Enigma Machine Special Event
20. HOIP: Hamshack Hotline Users Invited To Apply For Services At Hams Over IP
21. ARRL: ARRL was well-represented at the 2025 Maine State Convention in Augusta on August 2
22. ARRL: Polish Amateur Radio Union will celebrate the anniversaries of three Polish lighthouses August 9 – 17
23. ARRL: Upcoming Regional Conventions and RadioSport Contests
24. AMSAT: AMSAT submits a formal objection to the AST SpaceMobile 70cm acquisition plan for satellite control
25. AMSAT: Amateur Radio enthusiasts decode SSMIS satellite data after DoD ends public access.
26. NCM: Washington DC area GMRS licensee files FCC Petition for VHF Low band allocations
27. ARRL: Introducing Radio Alpha, the ARRL Museum and Research Library
28. ARRL: ARRL special events app is now available for the Huntsville HamFest
29. ARRL: 28th International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend is coming up August 16/17
30. New callsign suffixes and prefixes are introduced in Sweden and India
31. International response to AST SpaceMobile 70cm commercial use plan
32. Radio related fees are on the rise in Pakistan
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, 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
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to October of 1922 when the second round of cross-Atlantic tests were being made. This time though, it was European stations turn to participate, We will here about it as Will presents Part Two of "Crossings, The Reply"
* Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report
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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.
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1379 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
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: 1:46:43
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1379
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT Submits Formal Objection To AST SpaceMobile Plan, FCC Records 2,220 Comments
2. AMSAT: Amateur Radio Enthusiasts Decode SSMIS After DoD Ends Public Hurricane Data Stream
3. AMSAT: SpaceX Launches NASA’s TRACERS Mission To Study Solar Wind and Magnetic Reconnection
4. AMSAT: NASA, ISRO Set to Launch NISAR Satellite to Map Earth and Monitor Glaciers, Faults, and Crops
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
6. NCM: Washington DC Area GMRS Licensee Files FCC Petition For VHF Low Band Frequencies
7. ARRL: Ham Radio Responds During Tsunami Threat
8. ARRL: Introducing Radio Alpha, The ARRL Museum and Research Library
9. ARRL: ARRL Field Day 2025 Saw Growth In Participants And Entries
10. ARRL: ARRL Events App Available For Huntsville Hamfest
11. ARRL: 100th Anniversary Of The Wreck Of The USS Shenandoah Airship
12. ARRL: Yasme Foundation Awards A Grant To Cover License Exams For Youth In Malawi, Africa
13. ARRL: Doctor Ulrich L. Rohde, N1UL, Has Been Awarded The Bavarian Order Of Merit
14. ARRL: 28th International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend Will Take Place August 16 and 17, 2025
15. New Callsign Suffixes and Prefixes Are Introduced In Sweden and India
16. Station In Mexico To Honor Maximilian Kolbe The Patron Saint of Amateur Radio
17. International Response To Business FCC Filing For Amateur Radio Frequencies
18. Radio Related Fees Are On The Rise In Pakistan
19. Heritage and History Is The focus Of South African Awards
20. Amateurs Teach Police In India the advantages of the role amateur radio can play in crisis
21. ACUW: World longest lightning flash is confirmed as a new world record
22. WIA/RAC: Radio Amateurs Of Canada issues new Question Pool
23. FCC: FCC pirate radio crackdown hits a Washington State Ranch
24. FCC: 91 years ago marks the birth of the Federal Communications Commission
25. ARRL: ARRL Board Meeting Highlights
26. ARRL: ARRL files comments to protect the 70 centimeter amateur radio band
27. FCC: FCC Explores overhauling the Emergency Alert System, and regains its authority to hold Spectrum Auctions
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 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
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Monthly Volunteer Monitor 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 1922 to witness yet another Cross-Atlantic test. In October of that year the ARRL announced that another round of Trans-Atlantic tests would be run in December, with preliminary trials from 25 October through 3 November. This time the test would include British, French and Dutch amateurs, and be two way communications
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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.
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1378 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: July 26, 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, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:26:41
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1378
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: 2025 AMSAT Board Of Directors Election Underway
2. AMSAT: AMSAT-UK Supports Student Payload On Sub-Orbital Launch From Oman
3. WIA: Radio Amateurs Of Canada Issues New Question Pools
4. FCC: FCC Pirate Radio Crackdown Hits Washington Ranch
5. FCC: 91 Years Ago Marks The Birth Of The Federal Communications Commission
6. ARRL: Amateur Radio Helps Locate Missing Mother and Son
7. ARRL: ARRL July Board Meeting Highlights
8. ARRL: QSL Manager Joseph L. Arcure, Jr., W3HNK, Passes Away At 91
9. ARRL: ARRL Files Comments To Protect The 70 Centimeter Amateur Band
10. ARRL: Beginning In Early August, Amateur Radio Frequencies Will Be Active With Feline and Canine QSO's
11. Field Testing At World RadioSport Site Conducted By Its Organizers
12. FCC Explores Overhauling The Emergency Alert System and Regains Authority For Spectrum Auction
13. British Amateurs To Activate UK Waterways Special Activations
14. AMSAT: ARISS Call for proposals for future school contacts now underway
15. WIA: Global Semiconductor production could be affected by current copper shortage
16. ARRL: Flex Radio equips the ARRL with a complete FlexRadio 8000 series station for W1AW
17. ARRL: The league urges members to take part in HamSci's Meteor Scatter QSO Party
18. ARRL: Antenna Safety - Look Up and Live
19. ARRL: Changes announced to the ARRL Pacific Division, Atlantic Division, and Sacramento Valley Section
20. RAC: Radio Amateurs of Canada announce that amateurs in the Yukon Territory now are a seperate RAC Section
21. ARRL: The ARRL and Radio Relay International sign a Memorandum of Understanding
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 tell us "There's Promotion, and Then There's Amateur Radio"
* 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
* Bill Continelli, W2XOY (SK) - The Ancient Amateur Archives. This week, Bill returns in this encore presentation of one of his most popular segments: A Brief History of Amateur Radio Repeaters
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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.
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1377 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: July 19, 2025
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY. Don Hulick, K2ATJ, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Joshua Marlor, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:37:38
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1377
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: ARISS Slow Scan Television Event Starts July 14th And Runs Through July 20th
2. AMSAT: ARISS Call for Proposals for School Contacts Now Underway
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. WIA: FCC West Coast Pirate Radio Enforcement
5. WIA: Global Semiconductor Production Could Be Affected By Copper Shortage
6. WIA/NL: Let's Go With The Flow...New Contest "Toilets On The Air"
7. ARD: Opposition to NextNav and AST SpaceMobile Encroachment on Amateur Radio Spectrum Continues.
8. FCC: Emergency Alert System Reform Added To Carr’s FCC Priorities
9. ARRL: FlexRadio Equips ARRL With FLEX-8000 Series Station For W1AW
10. ARRL: Take Part In HamSCI’s Meteor Scatter QSO Party
11. ARRL: Safety Stand-Down: Look Up and Live
12. ARRL: Changes in the ARRL Pacific Division, Atlantic Division, and Sacramento Valley Section Are Announced
13. AST Satellites Experimental License Clears Amateur Band Use
14. Teen Hams On Dave Kalter Memorial DX Adventure Are Calling CQ
15. RAC: Canadian Amateurs In The Yukon Territory Get A New Separate RAC Section
16. Solar Car Special Event Gets Great Mileage With Amateurs
17. Junior Youth On The Air Camp Holds Its First Session
18. Daughter Missing For Eight Years Is Reunited With Her Family By Amateurs
19. ARRL: Radio Relay International and ARRL Sign a Memorandum of Understanding
20. ARRL: 2025 Field Day numbers are fantastic so far
21. ARRL: Upcoming Regional Conventions and RadioSport Contest Listings
22. FCC: FCC proposes Fast Track Regulation to streamline obsolete rules
23. WIA: Solar Storm causes Global Positioning System to be off by up to 70 meters
24. RW: National Voice Of America Museum celebrates makeover in renovated facility
25. RW: FCC reaches $10,000 settlement with a Boston Pirate Radio Operator
26. FCC: FCC finally gets its spectrum authority reinstated
27. FCC: Miami radio pirate blasts as unconstitutional FCC fines in landmark pirate radio court challenge
28. HH: Hamshack Hotline releases a public announcement bidding a fond farewell shutting down at the end of August
29. ARRL: Amateur Radio volunteers are providing communications during the severe floods
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 talk about various ways of Decoding a Signal.
* 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
* Our original amateur radio historian, the late Bill Continelli, W2XOY returns with a special encore presentation of a classic edition of The Ancient Amateur Archives, this week, Bill takes us back in time to teach us all about the early warning communication system known in the United States as CONELRAD.
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1376 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: July 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, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Ed Johnson. W2PH, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:47:44
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1376
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. FCC: FCC Proposes Fast Track Regulation Removal To Streamline Obsolete Rules
2. AMSAT: AMSAT Field Day Submissions Now Due
3. AMSAT: AMSAT Seeking Additional Volunteers For Moon Day At Dallas Frontiers Of Flight Museum
4. AMSAT: French Astronaut Will Take Food From Michelin-Starred Chef To International Space Station
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
6. WIA: Solar Storm Causes GPS Signals To Be Off By Up To 70 Meters
7. WIA: Mexico Tries To Sue SpaceX and Google
8. WIA: Images Released From The World's Highest Resolution Camera
9. RW: National Voice Of America Museum Celebrates Makeover In New Renovated Facility
10. RW: FCC Reaches $10,000 Settlement With Boston Pirate Radio Operator
11. FCC: FCC Finally Gets Its Spectrum Auction Authority Back
12. FCC: Pirate Blasts Unconstitutional FCC Fine In Landmark Pirate Radio Challenge
13. HH: Hamshack Hotline Public Announcement - A Fond Farewell
14. ARRL: Amateur Radio Volunteers Serving During Texas Floods
15. ARRL: Special Call Signs For This Year’s International Amateur Radio Union Contest
16. ARRL: Great Numbers Stacking Up For 2025 ARRL Field Day
17. ARRL: Tripp Owens, N4NTO, SK / Michael Dean, K5MFD, ARRL Oklahoma Section PIC - SK
18. ARRL: Changes In the ARRL Idaho Section
19. ARRL: Youth On The Air Camp Junior Is Set To Debut On July 25 - 27, 2025
20. A Long Gone Maritime Tradition Is Honored During Night Of Nights Celebration
21. Amateurs In Japan Celebrate A Double Centenary
22. ClubLog Receives Operations Upgrade Via A New Grant
23. ARRL: Masayoshi 'Masa' Ebisawa JA1DM, SK
24. ARRL: Upcoming Regional Conventions and RadioSport Contests
25. VRG: Trump's Big Beautiful Bill could mean slower wi-fi for you
26. WAMU: Person who climbed Up WAMU Radio Tower and stayed on the lofty perch for three days, has died
27. WIA: Russia moves forward planning its new Space Station
28. ARRL: Call For Nominations For ARRL Director and Vice Director
29. Roger Smallwood, N8EKG, R and L Electronics Executive, SK
30. ARD: 100th Anniversary of The Japan Amateur Radio League and Amateur Radio in Japan
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 tell us all about "Antenna Modelling With Genetic Algorithms"
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and more
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1922, where we find new broadcasting stations packed the air with signals as growing crowds of listeners in the general public clamored for even more. And, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover who convened the first radio conference, which included radio luminaries from across the spectrum, government, the new radio broadcasting industry, academia, and of course, the amateurs
* Monthly activity report from The Volunteer Monitor Program
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Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3
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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.
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1375 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: July 5, 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, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:45:32
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1375
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. VRG: Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Could Mean Slower Wi-Fi For You
2. AMSAT: AMSAT South Africa To Host 2025 Virtual Symposium On 68 Years Of Amateur Radio Progress
3. AMSAT: AMSAT Seeks Additional Volunteers For Moon Day At Dallas Frontiers Of Flight Museum
4. AMSAT: SpaceX Transporter-14 Rideshare Delivers Small Sats, Reentry Tech, and Memorial Ashes
5. AMSAT: Axiom-4 Reaches Orbit After Delays with Multinational Crew Bound for Space Station
6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
7. WAMU: Person Who Remained On WAMU Radio Tower For 3 Days Dies
8. WIA: Russia Moves Forward Planning New Space Station
9. ARRL: Call For Nominations For ARRL Director And Vice Director
10. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Field Day Declared A Success
11. ARRL: ARRL At HAM RADIO 2025 In Germany
12. ARRL: United States Radio Orienteering Champs Crowned
13. ARRL: The Panhellenic Celebration Of Maritime Week Is Being Revived This Year
14. Roger Smallwood, N8EKG, R and L Electronics Executive SK
15. New Record Set For Copying Callsigns In CW
16. Competitors From Russia Prepare For A Second Round Of Earth-Moon-Earth QSO's
17. Hurricane Response Communications Is Focus Of FCC Roundtable
18. Russia Is Constructing Modules For Its New Space Station
19. ARRL: ARRL Logbook Of The World returns to service from the cloud
20. ARD: JARL/Japan Amateur Radio League prepares to celebrate its upcoming 100th anniversary
21. ARRL: Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report
22. RTBR: Majority Of US House Coalesces Behind The AM Radio In Vehicles Bill
23. AMSAT: HamSat to test new super-black paint that could fix satellite light pollution problem for astronomers
24. WIA: DxPedition receives financial support for upcoming operations
25. WIA: NASA and The US Department of Defence rehearse Artemis Rescue Mission
26. FCC: FCC finalizes its ban of certain telecommunications type certification bodies
27. ARD: Satellite communications company AST SpaceMobile seeks use of 70 centimeters at the FCC
28. Amateurs in Europe gear up for the upcoming Youngsters Of The Air Camp
29. China sets amazing new data transmission speeds with its orbiting satellites
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 tell us about The ARRL Incident of May 2024, A Year Later.
* 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 piles us all into The Wayback Machine and takes us back to 1914, where we find the Radio Club of Hartford in Connecticut, held its first meeting on January 14th that year, and would soon play a larger role than most in amateur radio history
* ARRL Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report
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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.
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