PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1362

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1362 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: April 4, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Alan Shephard, WK8W, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:29:28 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1362 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. RW: Voice of America Fights Its Way Back 2. RTBR: HC2 Broadcasting Asks FCC To Allow 5G Broadcast LPTV Station 3. FCC: FCC Launches Proceeding On Global Positioning System Alternatives 4. AMSAT: Fram2 Mission With Amateur Radio Payload Scheduled to Launch March 31st 5. WIA: Earth Radio Telescope Successfully Bounces A Signal Off Of Venus 6. WIA: US Naval Undersea Warfare Center Look To Amateur Radio 7. GT: Radio Amateurs Punished For Illegally Setting Up Stations To Gather Sensitive Data/Spread False Information 8. ARRL: Ham Radio Open House Month Is Here! 9. ARRL: 100 Years Of The International Amateur Radio Union 10. ARRL: ARRL Learning And Education Programs In Front Of 15,000 Science Teachers 11. ARRL: The ARRL Repeater Directory 2025 Edition Now Powered by RepeaterBook 12. ARRL: HamSCI Issues Call For Operators And Monitors 2025 13. ARRL: Handiham Radio Club of Minnesota Is Sponsoring A QSO Party 14. ARRL: ARRL New Hampshire Section Signs MOU State Dept. Of Safety and Division of Emergency Services 15. FCC: FCC Wants You To Share Your Opinion On The FCC’s “Delete, Delete, Delete” Initiative 16. Youth Net On Skywarn Helps Prepare The Next Generation 17. Famous Pittsburgh DJ Jim Quinn, W3VEX, SK / Dan Crouch KF7DC Mingus Mtn Roundtable Moderator 18. Research Beacon On Antarctica Goes Silent After 46 Years On The Air 19. Hams Assist With Communications As A Deadly Earthquake Shakes Myanmar 20. Islands On The Air Is Looking For A Volunteer To Serve As Brazil Checkpoint 21. Deadline Grows Close For CQ Amateur Radio Hall Of Fame Nominees 22. Author Stephen King's AM Radio Station In Maine Has Gone Silent 23. ARRL: Nassau Area Radio Society ham radio bootcamp is coming up in May 24. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport contests and Regional Convention/HamFest Listings 25. WIA: WABC-AM New York promotes AM Radio in New York City advertising 26. WIA: NASA announces we are at or just past solar max, is a second peak coming? 27. ARRL: ARRL announces five steps to get ready for this months Ham Radio Open House - Part One 28. ARRL: ARRL announces five steps to get ready for this months Ham Radio Open House - Part Two 29. ARRL: Sign up now for the ARRL Youth Rally at this years Dayton HamVention 30. ARRL: Get ready for the upcoming 2025 ARRL Field Day June 28/29 Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will answer the question, "What is the difference between a dummy load and an antenna?" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radiosport contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio - This week, Will continues with Part Two of "Crossings" as amateurs in the mid 1920's find a challenge in crossing the Atlantic Ocean. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 ----- This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at [email protected]. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.