PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1283

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1283 Release Date: September 30, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zitell, KD2RJX, William Savacool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 2:10:03 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1283 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: 2023 AMSAT Symposium Keynote Speakers Announced 2. AMSAT: Russian Soyuz MS-24 Launches Crew To The International Space Station 3. AMSAT: Imperial College Develops Miniature Rocket Thruster For CubeSats 4. AMSAT: GOES-U Successfully Completes Environmental Testing For 2024 Launch 5. AMSAT: Sentinel-1 Satellite Reveals Shifts From Morocco Earthquake 6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 7. RSGB: RSGB Board Director attempts Summits On The Air Challenge 8. FCC: FCC Announces Proposal to Bring Back Net Neutrality Rules 9. Radio Apocalypse: The BBC Radio Program That Could(n’t) Have Started World War III - The Waffle House Index 10. ARRL: Solar Eclipse QSO Party Seeks Amateurs and Radio Enthusiasts For Global Experiment 11. ARRL: Students Wanted: Talk To An Astronaut Via Amateur Radio In 2024 12. ARRL: Amplitude Modulation International (AMI) Jamboree Scheduled For November 13. ARRL: Intrepid-DX Group Has Announced Their 4th Annual Youth Dream Rig Essay Contest 14. ARRL: Reminder: FCC and FEMA Will Jointly Conduct A Nationwide Emergency Test On October 4th 15. International Conference of Amateurs To Be Hosted In Croatia 16. And Now, The Summits On The Air Eclipse 17. Rare Medical Condition Is Highlighted In Upcoming Special Event Station 18. Indian Epicenter Of Education Workshops Unite Amateurs 19. Tennessee Medical Reserve Corps Add Amateur Radio Skills 20. FCC: FCC Looking to Open 6 GigaHertz Band to Very Low Power Devices 21. ARRL: ARRL Issues A Reminder About The Upcoming SET/Simulated Emergency Test 22. ARRL: Upcoming Contests, Conventions and Ham Fests 23. ARRL: Amateur Radio Volunteers Needed for Marine Corps Marathon 24. TECH: WiFi-7 The Next Big Leap Or A Whole Lotta Nothing? 25. ARRL: ARRL Celebrates Fifty Years Of The ARRL Foundation 26. Emergency Radio Tower Is Proposed By An Amateur Radio Group In Maine Plus these Special Features This Week: * With net neutrality back in the news again, our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, explains just what exactly is net neutrality and why is it so important? * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, talks about tower safety and this week tells us how to avoid "The Sudden Stop". * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell you the difference between Decibels and Milliwatts. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX in general, upcoming contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes us aboard The Wayback Machine with the second part of what he calls the Great VHF Frequency Allocation Battle of The 1940's. * We will hear Part Two of a 1991 interview by RAINS Hap Holly, KC9RP, with Ed Juge, W5TOO former Marketing Director for Radio Shack, when the company introduced the HTX-202 hand held transceiver. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: @twiar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated: https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, changed weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. Air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. 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