PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1216

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1216 Release Date: June 18, 2022 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, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:42:08 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1216 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: 1. Successful 2022 SEA-PAC Ham Radio Convention Celebrates 40th Year 2. UPDATE: FCC Proposes Record $34,000 Fine for Alleged Interference and Unauthorized Transmissions During Wildfires 3. UPDATE: FCC Upholds A Fine For Cell Jammer Used By A Dallas Company To Block Employees Phone Use 4. Proclamations Honor Amateur Radio in Run Up to ARRL Field Day 5. AMSAT Announces Youth Initiative at Hamvention 6. Reverse Beacon Network Launches Updated Website 7. DX Engineering Adds Penta Laboratories RF Vacuum Tubes To Product Line 8. ARDC Grant Enables Bradley University Students To Develop An Open Source, 915 MegaHertz Digital Transceiver System 9. German Radio Amateurs Debut New Disaster Response Program 10. NASA Investigates Webb Telescope Damage 11. Amateurs Play Important Role In Washington State Emergency Drill 12. Youth On The Air Camp Helps Youths Build New Skills And New Friendships 13. International Telecommunications Union Ham Radio Station Celebrates Sixty Years On The Air 14. Amateurs In West Bengal Reunite A Family Separated For Two Years 15. European Space Agency Develops Plan To Reduce Clutter Of Unused Satelites 16. Standardized Chargers For Handheld Devices Are Coming In The European Union 17. International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 Amateur Challenge Finalists Announced 18. New Website Is Launched To Support The Sable Island DXpedition 19. NASA Says the Voyager Space Probes Are Scheduled To be Powered Down 20. ARDC Grant Will Fund Publication Of The Book, Kits For 2,240 Students, and A Field Trip For Fourth Graders 21. IARU Monitoring System Region 1 Newsletter Reports An Increase In Unidentified Intruders On The HF Bands 22. ARDC Grant Will Help Make GNU Radio Easier To Use On Windows And Improve The GUI, GNU Radio Companion 23. Two Brits Arrested In Albania As Police Accuse Them Of Spying After Seizing Radio Gear 24. Northern Ireland Young Person's Morse Tutor Kit Building Event 25. Commercial drones set for take-off under new Ofcom plans 26. Why did Sunspots disappear for 70 years? 1645-1715 27. UK police to spend tens of millions on legacy Tetra Communications network Plus these Special Features This Week: * Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT, will talk about how a few Google engineers claim that their AI called Lambda has achieved sentience. We will also take a look at how you should secure your router. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will address some common tower vocabulary. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us about Smith..The Chart To End All Charts * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * The latest from Parks On The Air and Summits On The Air (May 2022 Report) with Vance Martin, N3VEM * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio returns with another edition of Amateur Radio History Headlines. ----- 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. 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