PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1127

This Week in Amateur Radio

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1127 Release Date: October 3, 2020 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 1:23:18 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1127 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. ARRL Seeks Changes in FCC Proposal to Delete 3.4 GigaHertz Amateur Band 2. Ulrich Rohde N1UL Receives 2020 IEEE Region One Technological Innovation Award 3. WSJT-X Beta Release Introduces Digital Protocols Designed for LF and MF Bands 4. Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite Launches Delayed Due To Pandemic 5. Former Dayton Hamvention Venue Hara Arena is Being Demolished 6. Sterling Mann, N0SSC, Named International Amateur Radio Union Region Two Liaison for Youth 7. HF Station Grounding and Microcontroller Projects are Next ARRL Webinar Topics 8. Pandemic Delayed ARRL 2019 Annual Report Released 9. Get Ready for the 15th Annual ARRL Online Auction! 10. Stuart Wolfe, KF5NIX, Appointed South Texas Section Manager 11. ARISS Invites Proposals to Host Ham Radio Contacts with Space Station Crew 12. White House Pulls Re-nomination of Michael O'Rielly To The FCC 13. Special Pricing on ARRL Five Band WAS and Triple Play WAS Award Plaque Applications 14. Applications For The 2021 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program Are Now Available 15. Ham Radio Comes To The Aid Of A Stranded Motorist in South Dakota 16. Washington Hams Get Help From Local Hospital To Expand Emergency Communications Coverage 17. Casting Your Absentee Ballot From The International Space Station 18: The Chinese Foghorn Over The Horizon Radar Is Back On The Bands IARU Monitoring Service Reports Plus these Special Features This Week: * Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT, takes a look at computer basics this week with a talk on selecting the proper keyboard. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will talk about what you should do if you have to mount your antenna on the tower upside down. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, says its a new day and time for a new mode..this week a look at Slow Scan Television, SSTV. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. Bill returns with another edition of The Ancient Amateur Archives, this week, Bill begins a four part series that takes a look at amateur radios Fallen Flags. This weeks episode will look back at the National Radio Corporation. ----- Website: http://www.twiar.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/twiar RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 iHeartRadio: http://bit.ly/iHeart-TWIAR Spotify: http://bit.ly/Spotify-TWIAR TuneIn: http://bit.ly/TuneIn-TWIAR 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. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere, including iHeart, iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, TuneIn, AnchorFM, Stitcher, iVoox, Blubrry, Castro, Feedburner, gPodder, Listen Notes, NetVibes, OverCast, Player.FM, PocketCast, Podnova, and RSS feeds. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio! 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 [e-mail]. Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our daily feed on Twitter!