PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1374

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1374 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)

Release Date: June 28, 2025

Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Tammy Walker, KI5ODE, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:30:52

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1374

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. RTBR: Majority of US House Coalesces Behind AM Radio Bill

2. AMSAT: Hamsat to Test New Super-Black Paint That Could Fix Satellite Light Pollution

3. AMSAT: NASA Science Missions Could Be Cut In 2026 Budget

4. AMSAT: SpaceX To Launch Fourth Commercial Axiom Mission To The Space Station

5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over

6. WIA: DxPedition Receives Financial Support For Upcoming Operation

7. WIA: NASA and The Department Of Defense Rehearse Artemis Rescue Mission

8. FCC: FCC to Host July 7 Hurricane Season Roundtable

9. FCC: FCC Finalizes Ban On Telecommunications Certification Bodies' Certifications

10. NASA: Long-Dead NASA Satellite Suddenly Emits Powerful Radio Pulse

11. ARD: Satellite Communications Company AST SpaceMobile Seeks Use Of 70 Centimeter Amateur Band

12. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Field Day Is This Weekend!

13. ARRL: Sharing ARRL Field Day With Others Via Social Media

14. ARRL: Field Day Safety Tips From An Experienced Compliance Officer

15. ARRL: ARRL Announces Logbook Of The World Systems Upgrade

16. ARRL: The Annual 13 Colonies Special Event 2025

17. ARRL: International Space Station To Take Part In 2025 Field Day Operations

18. ARRL: Deadline To Apply For ARRL Foundation Grants Is June 30, 2025

19. Amateurs In Europe Gear Up For Youngsters On The Air Camp

20. Summits On The Air Learns Lifesaving Skills

21. Chinese Satellites Reach Amazing Data Transmission Speeds

22. BBC Transmits Exclusively To Antarctica

23. Grimeton Radio SAQ To Send Jubilee Transmission

24. ARRL: Upcoming Contests and Regional Convention Listings

25. ARRL: Ham radio operator reports a fire in the California Mountains and a helicopter crew extinguishes just in time

26. NASA: NASA probe receives signals that have upward propagation through the ice and rock of Antarctica

27. Copper theft at AM Broadcast radio sites across the country continues

28. CW Speed Record set to be broken at Ham Radio 2025 in Friedrichshafen Germany

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 about "The Art of Decoding a Signal."

* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on upcoming and currently operating DXpeditions, DX, and upcoming radio sport contests, and more

* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL

* Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the early days of radio, where we find that humor played a prominent role in QST from its first issue, born of the evident joy hams derived in pursuing their passion for radio. This weeks edition is entitled "Humor, Poetry, and Rotten Rants"

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