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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1314 - Full Version Release Date: May 4, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savocool, K2SAV, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:35:21 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1314 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. Microwaves In The News 2. Drone Maker DJI Facing A Possible Ban In The United States 3. AMSAT: AO-109 Re-Enters Earths Atmosphere 4. AMSAT: Robusta-3A With Store & Forward Repeater Scheduled For Launch 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. WIA: SiOTA - Silos On The Air 7. ARRL: CQ Magazine Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA, SK 8. ARRL: Students Promote Collegiate Amateur Radio At The 2024 ARRL National Convention At Dayton Hamvention 9. ARRL: MFJ Ceasing On-Site Production 10. ARRL: Changes In The ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section 11. ARRL: Storms and Tornadoes: Amateur Radio Ready 12. ARRL: High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program HAARP To Conduct New Research Campaign 13. ARRL: FCC Is Seeking To Hire Two People For The Role Of Electronics Engineer Field Agent In Los Angeles 14. Laser Transmission Hits Earth From 140 Million Miles Away, But It's Not Aliens 15. Proposed Distracted Driving Law Worries Hams In Pennsylvania 16. FCC Charging Six With Radio Piracy Proposes $850K In Fines 17. John Hays, K7VE Outreach Manager For Amateur Radio Digital Communications/ARDC - SK 18. On The Air "RagChew" Made History 100 Years Ago 19. Jarvis Island N5J DxPedition Welcome Veteran Operator 20. HamVention Debut Of Kids On The Air Coming Up 21. AMSAT: AMSAT Italia Enters Into the Ownership of IO-117 GreenCube Satellite 22. ARRL Field Day Training Sessions for Field Day Public Information Officers 23. Radio Sport: Upcoming contests and area conventions / hamfests 24. Monthly Volunteer Monitor Report 25. AMSAT: AMSAT Engineering Team is powering up for HamVention 26. Voyager One is now transmitting viable data once again via NASA's Deep Space Communications Network 27. ARRL: The ARRL announces that Field Day 2024 merchandise is now available 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 take a look at the origins of the International Amateur Radio Union, IARU. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * The late Bill Continelli, W2XOY with The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1978 where we find the FCC very busy banning 23 Channel CB Transceivers while hams buy them up and convert them to 10 meters. The FCC bans all RF amplifiers covering 27 to 30 MegaHertz, and in May of '78, technicians finally get access to all of 2 and 6 meters. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) Automated (1-hour): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can 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 bul

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1313 - Full Version Release Date: April 27, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulcik, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, William Savocool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:56:03 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1313 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Nine US Schools Moved Forward In ARISS Contact Selection Process 2. AMSAT: AMSAT Engineering Team Powering Up For Hamvention 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: Washington Tasks NASA To Come Up With A Lunar Centric Time System 5. ARRL: MFJ To Cease On Site Production Next Month 6. ARRL: T-Minus Three Weeks: 2024 ARRL National Convention At Hamvention 7. ARRL: Colorado Students Contact The International Space Station 8. ARRL: Amateur Radio Contact In Space And On The Ground 9. ARRL: National Voice Of America Museum of Broadcasting Will Be Open During Dayton Hamvention Weekend 10. ARRL: Youth On The Air Is Accepting Donations Of Eclipse Glasses 11. ARRL: National World War One Museum In Kansas Missouri To Activate Special Event Station 12. Voyager One Transmitting Data Again Via Deep Space Network Station 43 13. Santa Barbara California Radio Club Finds Itself Homeless 14. US Congress To Reopen Debate About AM Radios Future In Cars 15. Early Eclipse Data Released By HamSci - Time Signals Affected By Eclipse 16. Wireless Institute of Australia Annual Meeting And Radio Convention 17. SOS Radio Week In Coming Up 18. Amateurs In India Assist In The Nations Elections 19. FCC votes to restore Net Neutrality Rules 20. ARRL Field Day Supplies now available 21. Big Bear California Mini-HamCation is coming up 22. ARRL Radio Sport Listings and Upcoming conventions and hamfests 23. AMSAT: Trash From The ISS May Have Hit A House In Florida 24. WIA: What Is The State Of Broadcast Radio In The United States Today? 25. ARRL: Going The Extra Mile - Amateur Radio Connects all 26.2 Miles Of The Boston Marathon 26. ARRL: Ham Radio 2024 Messe Friedrichshaven - Celebrating 60 Years Of Islands On The Air 27. ARRL: Start Your Field Day Planning Today 28. ARRL: Club Grant Program To Return 29. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention At Dayton Hamvention -- Program and App Available 30. ARRL: Armed Forces Day Crossband Test May 11, 2024 31. ARRL: Special Event W7G To Celebrate The 155th Anniversary Of The Driving Of The Golden Spike 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 tell you how to successfully weave amateur radio into your lifestyle * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and this week Bill completes his look back at the 2023 World of DX. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio History. Our amateur radio historian Will Rogers, K5WLR will be here with an expanded edition of A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us in The Wayback Machine to the early days of radio to take a quick look at the technical writing of the time, and a comprehensive look at Spark. What was it? And how did it work? ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: @twiar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) Automated (1-hour): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1312 - Full Version Release Date: April 20, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulcik, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, William Savocool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:59:59 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1312 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. NEWS: Famous Pittsburgh Inventor (You Probably Haven’t Heard Of) Celebrates 150th Birthday 2. AMSAT: NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return From International Space Station 3. AMSAT: New NASA Strategy Envisions Sustainable Future For Space Operations 4. AMSAT: Trash From The ISS May Have Hit A House In Florida 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. WIA: What Is The State Of Broadcast Radio In The United States Today? 7. BOSTON: Going The Extra Mile - Amateur Radio Connects all 26.2 Miles Of The Boston Marathon 8. ARRL: New England QSO Party — 2024 9. ARRL: Ham Radio 2024 Messe Friedrichshafen - Celebrating 60 Years Of Islands On The Air 10. ARRL: Start Your Field Day Planning Today 11. ARRL: Club Grant Program To Return 12. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention At Dayton Hamvention -- Program and App Available 13. ARRL: Armed Forces Day Crossband Test May 11, 2024 14. ARRL: Special Event W7G To Celebrate The 155th Anniversary Of The Driving Of The Golden Spike 15. ARRL: Students In Marietta, Georgia, Hold An Amateur Radio Contact With The International Space Station 16. Bouvet Dxpedition Is Reassessed And Put On Hold 17. Silent Keys: Elpidio "Pete" Cobian, N6VJD, and Larry Staples, WØAIB 18. Oregon Amateur Radio Simulated Crisis Draws A Large Response 19. The Courage Handi-Ham Systems Celebrates 57 Years 20. SOS Radio Week Coming Up 21. ARRL Contest Sheet and Upcoming Convention Listings 22. AMSAT: AMSAT Seeks Volunteers To Assist With 2024 Hamvention AMSAT Booth 23. WIA: Belgium Proposes Restriction To The 23 Centimeter Band 24. ARRL: Amateur Radio Saves Family In Death Valley National Park 25. ARRL: Active Hurricane Season Predicted For 2024 26. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute On Wireless Technology Applications Due Before May 1st 27. ARRL: Recipients Of The 2023 Cass Awards Have Been Announced 28. Hytera Radios Banned From Sales In The United States 29. NASA Locates Faulty Memory Chip That Is Garbling Voyager's Data Transmissions 30. Violent Windstorm Takes Down West Virginia Broadcast Towers 31. Spanish Amateurs Receive Privileges On The 8 Meter Band (40mHz) 32. AMSAT: 2024 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet At Hamvention To Be Held Friday May 17th 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 tell us that RF is all around us. And how to start your own station's frequency survey. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more. Expanded Edition * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to 1977 when the FCC was backlogged with over 500,000 11 meter license applications per month. And when in print, it was charged that the Commission was staffed by Ham Radio Henchmen who conspired with the the then 300,000 hams to keep nine million 11 meter operators from acquiring expanded frequencies. * SPECIAL FEATURE: The microphone world has never been quite the same since the late Bob Heil, K9EID discovered what was missing in modern-day mics, putting the audio world on it virtual ear decades ago. We will here from Bob as he wraps up his three part talk he entitled Facts About Microphones

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1311 - Full Version Release Date: April 13, 2024 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, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, William Savacool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:58:13 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1311 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT Seeks Volunteers To Assist With 2024 Hamvention AMSAT Booth 2. AMSAT: ESA Unveils Proba-3 Mission: Artificial Solar Eclipses On Demand 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: Belgium Proposes Restriction To The 23 Centimeter Band 5. ARRL: Ham Radio Active During Eclipse - An Overview 6. ARRL: Amateur Radio Saves Family In Death Valley National Park 7. ARRL: Active Hurricane Season Predicted For 2024 8. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute On Wireless Technology Applications Due Before May 1st 9. ARRL: World Amateur Radio Day 2024 Coming Up April 18th 10. ARRL: Courage Kenny Handiham Program To Celebrate Its 57th Anniversary 11. ARRL: Nashua Area Radio Society Will Be Holding An Online Ham Bootcamp 12. ARRL: Recipients Of The 2023 Cass Awards Have Been Announced 13. Hytera Radios Banned From Sales In The United State 14. NASA Locates Faulty Memory Chip That Is Garbling Voyagers Data Transmissions 15. GNU Radio Conference Is Seeking Presenters 16. Violent Windstorm Takes Down West Virginia Broadcast Towers 17. Omik Scholarship Fund Appication Deadline Approaching 18. Researchers Develop Three Dimensional Filters For Wireless 19. Spanish Amateurs Receive Privileges On The 8 Meter Band (40mHz) 20. AMSAT: 2024 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet At Hamvention To Be Held Friday May 17th 21. ARRL Upcoming Contest Sheet and Convention Listing 22. FCC: FCC’s Pirate Hunt Leads Field Agents To New York’s Hudson Valley 23. FCC: FCC Set To Vote To Restore Net Neutrality Rules This Month 24. ARDC: M17 Announces New Open Source Hardware For Amateur Radio Enthusiasts 25. ARRL: Register Now For The 2024 ARRL Youth Rally 26. ARRL: ARRL Seeking Applicants For Assistant Education and Learning Manager 27. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Poster Released 28. ARRL: ARRL Resumes Accepting Life Membership Applications 29. Baltimore Bridge Disaster Puts Local Amateurs On Alert 30. The Importance Of Amateur Radio Is Highlighted During Storm Related Network Outage 31. Candidates Prepare For Germany's New Amateur License 32. World's First Canadian Century Club Winner Is A New York Amateur 33. Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report 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 be hear with a talk he entitled "It's all just text". * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. Bill takes us on an adventure to look at the rarest of amateur radio atmospheric phenomenon...that would be Long Delayed Echoes. * SPECIAL FEATURE: The microphone world has never been quite the same since the late Bob Heil, K9EID discovered what was missing in modern-day mics, putting the audio world on it virtual ear decades ago. We will here from Bob in this part two of a three part talk he entitled Facts About Microphones. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: @twiar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) Automated (1-hour): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1310 - Full Version Release Date: April 6, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savocool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:36:08 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1310 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. FCC: FCC’s Pirate Hunt Leads Field Agents To New York’s Hudson Valley 2. FCC: FCC Set To Vote To Restore Net Neutrality Rules This Month 3. ARDC: M17 Announces New Open Source Hardware For Amateur Radio Enthusiasts 4. AMSAT: AMSAT-DL Proposes Next Generation GEO/MEO Amateur Radio Payload 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. FCC: FCC Looks At cell phone Satellite Access To Satellites From Foreign Countries 7. WIA: Weird and Wonderful - A Martian Tale 8. ARRL: Ham Radio's Many Roles During The Solar Eclipse - PART ONE 9. ARRL: Ham Radio's Many Roles During The Solar Eclipse - PART TWO 10. ARRL: Register Now For The 2024 ARRL Youth Rally 11. ARRL: ARRL Seeking Applicants For Assistant Education and Learning Manager 12. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Poster Released 13. ARRL: ARRL Resumes Accepting Life Membership Applications 14. ARRL: The National Trail Amateur Radio Club Commemorates Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln 15. The Annual 13 Colonies Special Event Organizers Are Looking For Amateur Radio Volunteers 16. Baltimore Bridge Disaster Puts Local Amateurs On Alert 17. The Importance Of Amateur Radio Is Highlighted During Storm Related Network Outage 18. Candidates Prepare For Germany's New Amateur License 19. Voice Of America Museum Will Have Expanded Hours During HamVention 20. Expected Traffic Jams At Eclipse Epicenter Will Be Assisted By Amateurs 21. Northern California DX Foundation Funds Upcoming Jarvis Island DxPedition 22. World's First Canadian Century Club Winner Is A New York Amateur 23. New Jersey Amateurs Emergency Response Role Is Recognized 24. World Autism Awareness Day Special Event 25. ARRL Contest Sheet and Upcoming Conventions and HamFest 26. AMSAT: AMSAT-NA Prepares For HamVention 2024 27. WIA: New Zealand Amateurs Will Be Keeping Portions Of The 3.3 GigaHertz Band 28. FCC: FCC Pushes Back On SpaceX's Request For More StarLink Spectrum 29. ARRL: Amateur Radios Importance Is Highlighted At The National Hurricane Conference 30. ARRL: World Amateur Radio Day Is Coming Up On April 18th, 2024 31. Relabeling Of Parks On The Air Global Parks Is Complete. China Returns To Parks On The Air 32. Online Retailers Sale Of Illegal Jammers Make National Network News Plus these Special Features This Week: * Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Satellite Report with news on all the satellites in orbit. * Australia's own Onno Benschop VK6FLAB with Foundations of Amateur Radio asks if you are ready for a Global Party. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more. * Will Rogers, K5WLR will be here with an extended look back in amateur radio history, with a special edition of 'A Century of Amateur Radio'. This week, Will takes The Wayback Machine back to look at the early editions of QST, with an article he calls, 'Humor, Poetry, and Rotten Rants'. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: @twiar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) Automated (1-hour): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or l

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1309 - Full Version Release Date: March 30, 2024 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, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:59:44 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1309 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT Prepares For Hamvention 2024 2. AMSAT: METEOR M2-4 Meteorology Satellite Readying For Operation 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: New Zealand Amateurs Keep Partial Access To 3.3 GigaHertz Band 5. WIA: YASME Foundation Presents Supporting Grants and Awards 6. FCC: FCC Pushes Back On SpaceX's Request For More Starlink Spectrum 7. ARRL: Amateur Radio's Importance Highlighted at National Hurricane Conference 8. ARRL: World Amateur Radio Day Is April 18th, 2024 9. ARRL: Reminder: Solar Eclipse April 8th, 2024 10. ARRL: New Training Course Offered By The ARRL Puerto Rico Section 11. ARRL: Blind Operator, Tower Climber, and SE Repeater Association President Wade Hampton Jr. K4ITL, SK 12. Relabeling Of Parks On The Air Global Parks Is Complete, China Returns To POTA 13. Online Retailers Sale Of Illegal Jammers Make Network News 14. Simplex Operation Resilience Is Tested By Pennsylvania's Skywarn Team 15. Comet Hunting Amateur Is Honored By NASA's SunGrazer Program 16. Grant Program Expands Islands On The Air Program To More Locations 17. Adam Farson, VA7OJ/AB7OJ, HamVention 2022 Award Winner, SK 18. Weekend Workshop For Citizen Scientists Held By HamSci 19. Emmy Award Presented To The FCC Spectrum Auction Program 20. NASA: NASA to Launch Sounding Rockets Into Moon’s Shadow During Solar Eclipse 21. NASA: NASA Is Accepting Applications For Astronauts 22. Upcoming Contests and HamFest Convention Listing 23. FCC: FCC proposes framework to ease satellite to smartphone coverage from space 24. ARRL: FCC to require two factor authentication for CORES users 25. ARRL: Get ready for the upcoming 2024 ARRL National Convention and Youth Rally - Part One 26. ARRL: Get ready for the upcoming 2024 ARRL National Convention and Youth Rally - Part Two 27. Parks On The Air begins park prefix update 28. Last Low Power broadcast FM frequency allocation in San Francisco is assigned Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, will be here to talk about keyboards. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will look at the question "What's With All That Lack Of Noise?" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to August 15th, 1952 when the FCC confirmed the new temporary amateur radio service they entitled RACES, The Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service. * The Facts About Microphones - Part One of a three-part interview conducted by Hap Holly, KC9RP with the late Bob Heil, K9EID, for the Classic RAIN Report. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: @twiar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) Automated (1-hour): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can 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