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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