PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1178
Channel: Greg Williams
Date: 2021-09-28

Release Date: September 25, 2021

Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. 
 
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Running Time: 1:35:08

Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1178

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service:

1. IARU Region 1 Monitoring System Says Radio France International Splatter Untenable
2. Home Computing Pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair Passes
3. Radio Amateurs on Standby Following La Palma Volcanic Eruption
4. The 2021 ARRL Simulated Emergency Test, SET Is Just Ahead
5. Clear Frequencies Requested For Possible Nicaragua Earthquake Traffic
6. Registration Opens For USA Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships
7. ARRL And RSGB Announce Joint Events To Celebrate Centenary Of Ham Radio Transatlantic Success - Part One
8. ARRL And RSGB Announce Joint Events To Celebrate Centenary Of Ham Radio Transatlantic Success - Part Two
9. Open Source Amateur Satellite Work Not Subject To Export Administration Regulation
10. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars
11. International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 Considers Significant Expansion Of HF Digital Segments
12. Single Side Band Was Slow To Catch On As A Ham Radio Mode
13. Children At Children's National Hospital In Washington Contact The Space Station
14. Night Sky Pollution Is Blamed On Satellite Constellations Research Claims
15. Hamfests Are occurring Again, But With Cautions In Place
16. National Hurricane Conference Video Is Now Available On YouTube
17. International Amateur Radio Union Region One Honors Amateurs Contributions
18. Locally Owned Radio Shack In Smyrna Is Forced To Close
19. 39th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium
20. Radio amateurs on the island of Bonaire set up a new club
21. Special Event station celebrates 60th Anniversary of The Antarctic Treaty
22. International DX Association (INDEXA) will support the 3Y0J DXpedition to Bouvet Island
23. PACIFICON 2021 Pacific Division Convention is announced
24. Central Arizona DX Association will activate K7UGA former callsign of Senator Barry Goldwater
25. A brief history of amateur radio foxhunting and upcoming events
26. Glow Worm is a new web attack making the rounds.
27. The best and the worse ways to learn morse code
28. Superheterodyne receiver design retrospective video now available

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT, talks about bringing back forums, Leo also will tell us how Google is in the process of shutting down it's wide area ISP experiment called Project Loon. And, he will tell us about a railroad system in Northern China that is running on the now expired Adobe Flash.
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News
* Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard  KF9MP, will talk about The Sudden Stop, continued.
* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, tells us why we need more glue in our hobby.
* 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 a look at the 1927 Radio Act which formally ends anarchy on the AM Broadcast Bands, and formalizes amateur radio.

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