PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1164

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1164 Release Date: June 19, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:30:18 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1164 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: 1. 3Y0J DXpedition To Bouvet Island Cancelled 2. Slow-Scan TV Event From International Space Station Set 3. Nominees For ARRL Director, Vice Director Solicited In Five Divisions 4. Family Comes First during Hurricane Preparation For Home And Station 5. ARRL Kids Day is Saturday, June 19th 6. May 2021 Volunteer Monitor Program Report 7. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars 8. Vision Impaired ARRL Member Takes Advantage Of New Technology 9. Cyber Attack At The University Of Massachusetts Research Facility 10. National Hamfest In The United Kingdom Has Been Postponed Until 2022 11. Special Event Celebrating Slovenian Independence Runs Through The Rest Of 2021 12. New Bonus Station For Thirteen Colonies Event 13. Alexandersson Transmitter In Sweden Prepares To Send A Message On July Fourth 14. Wireless Institute Of Australia Asks Radio Regulator To Review Ham Radio Exams 15. New Amateur Satellite From The Island Nation Of Mauritius Is Set To Launch From The International Space Station 16. New Edition Of Ham Radio For Dummies Issued 17. IARU Region One further investigates the future direction of amateur radio 18. The anniversary of the first transatlantic radio contact celebration is coming up later this year 19. SpaceWeather predicts a solar termination event may spark a boost to Solar Cycle 25 20. Announcements of interest from the ARRL 21. Ofcom in the U.K. updates information on EMF compliance and its online EMF calculator 22. Netherlands regulator VERON relaxes conditions on that countries Novice license 23. Youth On The Air announces its upcoming second contest 24. A new Radio Today guide for certain Yaesu transceivers is released Plus these Special Features This Week: * Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT, takes another look at how the worldwide chip shortage is effecting cars and trucks, and how it has postponed the release of new gear from Apple. He also will touch on the new bills in Congress that propose to break up large tech companies. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will present Part Three of his four part series on successfully writing a public service announcement promoting your clubs upcoming hamfest or meeting on local broadcast radio stations. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will talk about removing high technology for a change. * 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 will take a look at the state of radio communications in the year 1978. ----- 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. 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