PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1159

This Week in Amateur Radio

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1159 Release Date: May 15, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Fred Fittee, NF2F, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:28:04 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1159 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radio Society To Rebuild Radome Thanks To ARDC Grant 2. Workshop For Attorneys Under Consideration For 2022 ARRL National Convention In Orlando 3. Ham Radio Prep Teams Up With FliteTest Crew For High Powered Radio Control Video 4. 60 Meters Again Available to New Zealand Radio Amateurs 5. Geomagnetic Storm Season is Over 6. April 2021 Volunteer Monitor Program Report Released 7. First Time Exam Applicants Must Obtain FCC Registration Number Before Taking Exam 8. Wooden Satellite to Launch By Year's End 9. AMSAT's GOLF-TEE CubeSat Manifested For Launch 10. PSAT2 (NO-104) Satellite VHF Transceiver is Alive with Innovative Mode 11. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars 12. Intrepid DX Group Adds Second Physician for Trip to Cold and Inhospitable Bouvet Island 13. Hams In India Assist With Supplies To COVID Patients 14. Hams in Brazil Seek Tax Exemption For Amateur Radio Gear 15. Re-Entering Chinese Rocket Debris Scatters In The Indian Ocean / Parker Probe Explores Venus' Ionosphere 16. Upcoming History Seminar To Highlight One Of Americas Most Notable Amateurs Plus these Special Features This Week: * Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT, will tell us about Microsoft's postponement of the Windows 10X update, will introduce us to the new Apple AirTags, he will talk about microphone and audio manufacturer Sennheiser being sold, and will tell us about the puzzle solving computer that finally won at cross word puzzles. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will talk about methods of replacing that old rotor that lives on top of your tower. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us how to get started with WSPR utilizing a PlutoSDR * 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 takes us back to look at the lives of amateurs back in the year 1958, when the key word was satellites. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/twiar RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 iHeartRadio: https://bit.ly/iHeart-TWIAR Spotify: https://bit.ly/Spotify-TWIAR TuneIn: https://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 Acast, Deezer, iHeart, iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, TuneIn, Stitcher, iVoox, Blubrry, Castbox.fm, Castro, Feedburner, gPodder, Listen Notes, OverCast, Player.FM, Pandora, Podcast Gang, Podcast Republic, Podchaser, 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! Thanks for FortifiedNet.net for the server space!