PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1107

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1107 Release Date: May 16, 2020 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This weeks edition is anchored by is anchored by Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:44:53 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1107 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. ARRL Seeks Clarification of Amended Amateur Service RF Safety Rules 2. New WSJT-X Beta Version Offers Significant FT4 and FT8 Upgrades 3. ARISS to Attempt Second Test of New Multipoint Telebridge Contact System 4. Two New Chinese Ham Satellites Expected to Launch in September 5. Amateur Radio Gains Significant Boost in U-K by Connecting People During Lockdown 6. May 12th was Amateur Radio Day in Puerto Rico 7. Planning Your ARRL Field Day 2020 Operation - Part One 8. Planning Your ARRL Field Day 2020 Operation - Part Two 9. ARRL at Home Hamvention Weekend of Specials Set 10. Amateur Radio Gearing Up for Predicted Above Average Atlantic Hurricane Season 11. Choosing FTx Transmit and Receive Frequencies in Crowded Contest Bands 12. HuskySat-1 HO-107 Transponder is Now Open 13. 5G Cell Towers Around The World Are Under Assault 14. New Study Explores Ways To Broaden Signal Detection 15. 2020 Inductees, CQ Magazine Contest Hall of Fame 16. The league announces new Life 70 plus memberships 17. Amateur radio exams go 'Al Fresco' in Norway and other locations around the world 18: FCC Grants Unlicensed Use on Six Gigahertz for new 6E wifi standard Plus these Special Features This Week: * Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT, talks about working from home has changed the landscape, and asks if you find Zoom Meetings tiring. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will tell us some good general things to consider before mounting that antenna on your tower. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, asks how much is a bit worth? * 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 talks about the 1974 Proposed FCC Restructuring Plan For Amateur Radio. Part One. ----- Website: http://www.twiar.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/twiar RSS News: https://twiar.net/twiar.rss iHeartRadio: http://bit.ly/iHeart-TWIAR Spotify: http://bit.ly/Spotify-TWIAR TuneIn: http://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. Air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built-in ID breaks every 10 minutes. 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, the low bands, and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! You can find us among talk radios best on TuneIn.com, or via Google Play. We are hosted by various podcast aggregates like Spotify and Stitcher too. Visit our site for details. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with us via our Facebook group. Search for us under This Week in Amateur Radio.