PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1308

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1308 - Full Version Release Date: March 23, 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, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savocool, K2SAV, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:45:10 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1308 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Starship Lifts Off On Third Test Flight 2. AMSAT: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Finishes Mission, Returns to Earth 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. FCC: FCC Proposes Framework To Ease Satellite-To-Smartphone Supplemental Coverage From Space 5. Stay Tuned — New Radio Station Coming To Wilmington Ohio 6. ARRL: FCC To Require Two-Factor Authentication For CORES Users 7. ARRL: Get Ready For The 2024 ARRL National Convention and Youth Rally - PART ONE 8. ARRL: Get Ready For The 2024 ARRL National Convention and Youth Rally - PART TWO 9. ARRL: International Marconi Day April 27th 2024 10. ARRL: The 2024 Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers Western Conference Will Be Held In Dallas, Texas 11. ARRL: The Third Annual Lewis and Clark Trail On The Air Event Is Coming Up June 1-16, 2024 12. Parks On The Air Begins Park Prefix Updates 13. Radio Network Convention To Be Hosted By Radio Society of Sri Lanka 14. HAREC License Examinations To Be Offered By The Irish Radio Transmitters Society 15. FCC Action Adopts Rules For Cellular CONUS Satellite Coverage / Questions Security Threats Via Satellite 16. Last Low Power Broadcast FM Frequency In San Francisco Is Assigned 17. Upcoming DxPedition Will Also Be A Mock Disaster Drill 18. Celebrated QRP'er Dieter Gentzow, W8DIZ - SK 19. Germany's Amateur Radio Regulations Celebrate 75th Year 20. Upcoming ARRL Contest and Convention Listing 21. IARU/RAC: World Amateur Radio Day theme is announced 22. ARRL: Amateur Radio stands ready to support eclipse operations 23. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Theme is announced: "Be Radio Active" 24. ARRL: Dayton HamVention Award Winners are announced 25. DARC: New N Class license holders in Germany will receive DN9 callsigns 26. Space Junk from the ISS re-enters Earth's atmosphere without a problem 27. Orlando HamCation sets new attendance record 28. FCC: FCC has finally decreed that 25/3 is not broadband speed anymore Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT, talks about old computers in his studio, he will answer the question, "Are Solid State Drives Reliable?", and asks if your new smart TV is spying on you. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, talks about "The Skyhook Dilemma". * 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 returns with a long lost Ancient Amateur Archive segment that travels back to the Cold War era, and takes a look at the old Emergency Notification System known as CONELRAD. ----- 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 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! 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