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The podcast takes a field trip to W1AW, ARRL's Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, to hear from W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, about all the ways to “Practice Code with W1AW,” from daily code practice sessions at a speed that suits you, to Qualifying Runs where you can earn certificates for submitting accurate copy.

Foundations of Amateur Radio Did you know that on the 18th of April, 1925 a group of radio amateurs had a meeting in Paris? During that meeting they formed an organisation that still exists today. Before I get into that, let me share a list of names. - Wireless Institute of Australia - Radio Amateurs of Canada - Radio Society of Great Britain - Vereniging voor Experimenteel Radio Onderzoek in Nederland or if you don't speak Dutch, can't imagine why, the Association for Experimental Radio Research in the Netherlands, - Deutscher Amateur Radio Club, I'll let you figure out what that translates to, - American Radio Relay League Language aside, one of these is not like the other. Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, at a moment likely before either of us was born, Hiram, wanted to send a message from his amateur station in Hartford to a friend in Springfield. That's 26 miles, or less than half an hour up the road via I-91. One minor problem. At the time, in 1914, using amateur radio for anything beyond 20 miles or so was considered a miracle, so Hiram asked a mate at the halfway point in Windsor Locks to relay a message on his behalf. Soon after he convinced his local radio club in Hartford that building an organised network of stations to relay amateur radio messages was worth doing and the American Radio Relay League was born. Co-founded with radio experimenter Clarence Tuska, Hiram Percy Maxim became its first President. He held many callsigns, most recently W1AW. At the time, longwave, the longer the better, was considered the pinnacle of communication technology. The airwaves were becoming crowded, so amateurs, in search of more space and always up for a challenge, started experimenting at the edges. The shortest wavelength available to amateurs at the time was the 200m band, or 1,500 kHz. In December 1921 the first successful transatlantic transmissions were achieved. Hundreds of North American amateurs were heard across Europe on 200m and several were heard in reply. In a dance that continues to this day, new technology replacing old, spark gap transmitters were replaced by vacuum tubes and using those amateurs were able to use even shorter wavelengths. While technically illegal to operate on higher frequencies, the authorities put their fingers in their ears and let those crazy amateurs play on those useless bands. This is a world without international prefixes, no VK, PA or G stations, so amateurs were forced to come up with their own system to indicate the continent and country. This was clearly organised chaos at the edges of legality, in many countries amateur radio operation was actively discouraged or even illegal. Soon the same person who came up with the notion of the ARRL led the way and organised a meeting in Paris. That meeting, on the 18th of April, 1925 marks the forming of the IARU, the International Amateur Radio Union and as I said, it exists today. That date, the 18th of April is globally, well at least in the amateur radio community, uh, well, small pockets of the amateur radio community, known as World Amateur Radio Day. 2024 marks the beginning of a year of celebration for the centenary of the organisation that brought together this global rag-tag group of enthusiast experimenters that we fondly refer to as our community. The IARU theme for this year is: "A Century of Connections: Celebrating 100 years of Amateur Radio Innovation, Community, and Advocacy" and you're invited. So, what types of activities are you planning, what kind of celebration do you have in mind, and who is bringing the birthday cake? I'm Onno VK6FLAB

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1302 - Full Version Release Date: February 10, 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 Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX Bob Donlon, W3BOO, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:26:24 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1302 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AO-92 Reenters Earth's Atmosphere 2. AMSAT: Lunar Excursion Vehicle (LEV–1) Amateur Telemetry Received 3. WIA: New Indian Documentary Is A Collection Of Nostalgic Stories Of Radio Enthusiasts 4. Plan For Europe's Huge New Particle Collider Takes Shape 5. An Entire 200 Foot Tower Stolen From WJLX-AM Jasper Alabama 6. ARRL: California Storms: Amateur Radio Is Ready 7. ARRL: Amateur Radio Goes To High School In New York City 8. ARRL: World Radio Day 2024 9. ARRL: George Washington's Birthday Will Be Celebrated By Three Amateur Radio Clubs 10. ARRL: Georgia Elementary School Contacts The International Space Station 11. ARRL: DX Mentor Recognition Program Is Announced 12. Developing Nations CubeSats Are Getting A Ride To Orbit 13. Amateur Radio License Changes Begin This Month In The United Kingdom 14. Contester Slavko Celarc, S57DX, A Silent Key 15. International YL Club Plans A Czech Contest Station 16. Pluto's Discovery Celebrated On The Amateur Bands 17. Silicon Valley Explores Its Amateur Radio Past 18. A Major Festival In North Bengal Supported By Amateurs 19. WIA: Amelia Earhart's Long Lost Plane Possibly Detected By Sonar 20. Upcoming Select Contests and Conventions 21. Monthly Volunteer Monitoring System Report 22. ARRL: The first amateur radio signal originating on the moon JS1YMG is on the air 23. ARRL: Heil Sound makes a large donation to the W1AW stations 24. ARRL: ARRL Foundation is now accepting grant applications 25. ARRL: Volunteer Examiner Coordinators issues an Errata to the 2024-2028 Amateur Extra Class Question Pool 26. FCC: FCC submits its annual report on illegal radio enforcement to Congress 27. DLARC: The DLARC announces that Ham Radio & More program is added to its digital library 28. RAC: Canada strengthens its use it or lose it spectrum policy Plus these Special Features This Week: * Our technology reporter Leo Laporte, W6TWT talks about how computers are getting better, but how keyboards are getting worse. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will answer the question "What is the right mode for Emergency Communications?' * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers, K5WLR, our amateur radio historian, will take the wayback machine to December of 1915 to take a look at the first edition of a little magazine called QST. ----- 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! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio! 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Maintaining a “junk box” — a collection of odds and ends that can be used in future projects and repairs — is a time-honored practice among hams. Every ham radio junk box has to start somewhere, though. The cover story of the January/February 2024 issue of On the Air, “A Fine Mess: Starting Your Junk Box,” by Eric P. Nichols, KL7AJ, offers advice about how to do just that. The January 2024 episode of the On the Air podcast digs deeper by going on location to the workshop of W1AW, ARRL's Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station. Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, welcomes us into this working space to show us some real-life junk boxes and discuss how they come in handy. Check out the VIDEO edition of this episode:Starting Your Junk Box (youtube.com)

During our trip to the Northeast, Kyle and I toured the ARRLHQ and got to operate some of the radios in the superstation. Take a look!

Welcome to the Clubhouse! Izzo and the boys head to W1AW!You can reach the show at hamradioclubhouse@gmail.comJoin this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6MNpsWOXsI68Kbptm9r2Zw/joinWant to catch the show on the go? Well now you can, we are now podcasting each episode. Available on your favorite podcast platform.If you would like to buy us a beer: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/w2hrcGuest YouTube channels:Our Channels:Joe - https://www.youtube.com/c/K5YVYAmateurRadioStationShane - https://www.youtube.com/thissideoftheradioDan BeerSnack- https://www.youtube.com/c/DanKD2FMWDon Izzo - https://www.youtube.com/smokesignalsrfSteve - https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveKO4AFLHamRadioDaniel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNcOZ7LUBddxjB0wGMYGcBwMerch Links:Joe - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/k5yvy/allShane - https://thissideoftheradio.myspreadshop.com/Discord Links:K5YVY & Friends - https://discord.gg/8WGfgJWUuTT.O.A.D.S- https://discord.gg/GaHVfUPwvT

GB2RS News Sunday the 12th of December 2021 The news headlines: Lincoln hams help TV program Exams Committee report published WSJT-X core developer goes SK In the December issue of RadCom, page 14, we reported on the television programme outlining the design, specification and crews of the WW2 Lancaster bomber. The production company asked Lincoln Short Wave Club to help with a CW sequence during which their anchorman, Guy Martin, would familiarise himself with the vintage Marconi R1155/T1154 and send a short message in Morse using a ‘bathtub' key. The programme is available to view next Sunday, the 19th of December, on Channel 4 at 9 pm. The RSGB Examinations Standards Committee has published its 2021 annual report that covers activities in 2020. Despite the challenges of Covid, the Committee was quick to support proposals for changes to the exam system, such as approving online remote invigilation and the suspension of practical assessments. This allowed people to continue to take exams and get involved in amateur radio during the lockdown. The total number of exams administered by the RSGB Exams Department in 2020 increased by 41.9% compared to the previous year. You can read the report on the Committee's page on the RSGB website. Sad news now. From Joe Taylor, K1JT, we learned that Bill Somerville, G4WJS, died suddenly and unexpectedly. He was only about 65 years old. Bill was the first to join Joe in 2013, forming a core development group for WSJT-X. He helped to bring the overall programme structure more nearly up to professional standards. Moreover, he devoted countless hours to programme support, patiently answering users' questions on WSJT-related forums. You can read a fuller obituary on the RSGB website. Our thoughts are with his family and many friends. This month marks the Centenary of the first amateur radio signals crossing the Atlantic. Signals from the USA were received by Paul Godley, 2ZE, at a specially prepared receiving setup at Ardrossan in Scotland. A commemorative sked has been organised for the 12th of December at 0155 UTC between ARRL CEO, David Minster, NA2AA as the W1AW operator, and the Ardrossan station operating as GB2ZE. RSGB President Stewart Bryant, G3YSX will be present in Ardrossan for the sked, as will be Board Director Len Paget, GM0ONX and General Manager Steve Thomas, M1ACB. The RSGB representatives will also visit the new exhibition at the Heritage Centre at Ardrossan that celebrates these transatlantic achievements. From the 1st to the 26th of December, all UK and Crown Dependency licensees may add the suffix /2ZE to their amateur callsign to mark the centenary. Learn more on the story at rsgb.org/transatlantic-tests. The ARRL and the RSGB jointly sponsored the 160m Transatlantic Centenary QSO Party that ran between 0200 and 0800UTC today, the 12th. Certificates and prizes are available. For more details go to rsgb.org/transatlantic-tests. Amateur Radio on the International Space Station has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. This will be a telebridge contact via amateur radio between astronaut Matthias, KI5KFH onboard the ISS and students in Germany. The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800MHz narrowband FM and may be heard by listeners in Europe that are within the ISS footprint. The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for Monday the 13th of December at 0951UTC. The RSGB has been granted the callsign GB21YOTA, for allocation to youngsters to operate throughout December for Youngsters on the air. Today, the station will be operated by the Radio Society of Harrow using G3EFX. On Friday evening, M0YTE will operate the callsign and next Saturday M0SDV will put the callsign on the air. To see what operating slots are still available please look up GB21YOTA on QRZ.com. And now for details of rallies and events Now is the perfect time to let us know your group's rally or event plans for 2022. Email radcom@rsgb.org.uk with details and we'll publicise your event for free in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online. If you don't tell us, we can't publicise your event. Now the DX news Ferdy, HB9DSP has had to postpone his December trip to Kenya and now plans to be active as 5Z4/HB9DSP around mid-January. DJ6TF and DL7BO have also had to postpone their December trip to Zimbabwe and now plan to be active as Z21A and Z22O in early February. Celebrating Christmas and the New Year, special callsigns PH21XMAS will operate until the 3rd of January and PH22HNY will operate until the 31st of January. Both will use SSB and digital modes. QSL via the operator's instructions. Mario, IK1MYT is active as 9J2MYT from Lusaka, Zambia until June 2022. He operates SSB on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres. QSL direct to IZ3KVD. The S21DX operation from St Martin's Island, Bangladesh, IOTA AS-140, has been brought forward and is now expected to take place until the 16th of December, in accordance with the operating permission granted by the licencing authority. S21AM and S21RC will run one station on the HF bands SSB and FT8; a second station will be on QO-100. QSL via EB7DX. Now the Special Event news Today, the 12th of December is the 120th anniversary of the very first wireless signals across the Atlantic by Marconi. Ofcom has licensed a number of special event stations to mark the event. Chelmsford ARS has been granted GB120MT, licenced up to New Year's Day. Special event station GB1002ZE will be operated by Crocodile Rock Amateur Group near Ardrossan. In addition to the radio celebrations, North Ayrshire Council have jointly created an exhibition surrounding this Centenary that will be hosted in the North Ayrshire Heritage Centre, Saltcoats. This exhibition is open until mid-December. Kilmarnock and Loudoun ARC will operate GS2ZE, a commemorative station adjacent to the site of the original transatlantic experiment at Ardrossan. It will be on the air for 24 hours ending at 1200UTC today, the 12th. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the historic Transatlantic Tests of December 1921, members of the HB4FR Amateur Radio Club will be active as HB1BCG throughout December. 1BCG was the callsign of the Connecticut station whose message crossed the Atlantic Ocean to be received in Scotland. QSL via HB9ACA. Now the contest news When operating in contests, please keep yourself and fellow amateurs safe by following relevant pandemic-related government recommendations. December is a quiet month for contests, indeed there are no RSGB HF contests at all this month. The ARRL 10m contest runs for 48 hours ending at 2359UTC today, the 12th. Using CW and phone, the exchange is signal report and serial number, with US and Canadian stations, also sending their State or Province code. On Tuesday the 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2000UTC. It is followed between 2000 and 2230UTC by the all-mode 432MHz UK Activity Contest. The exchange for both is signal report, serial number and locator. Thursday sees the 70MHz UK Activity Contest from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Next weekend it's the Stew Perry Top Band Challenge. Running for 24 hours from 1500UTC on the 18th to 1500UTC on the 19th, it is CW only. The exchange is your 4-character locator. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA, and G4BAO on Friday the 10th of December The predicted elevated Kp index that we talked about last week didn't amount to much at the end of the day. The solar wind remained reasonably calm and the Kp index only peaked at three. This rapidly fell to one by Tuesday and stayed at one or two for the rest of the week. Solar activity has also been quiet, with the solar flux index falling to the high 70s on Tuesday, where it remained until at least Thursday the 9th. In fact, on Thursday there were zero sunspots and an SFI of 77. Looking at the STEREO Ahead spacecraft data shows very little activity turning into view and, as a result, the NOAA forecast is for only a slight increase in the SFI to the low 80s, perhaps climbing to 87 by the end of next week. It is not surprising, therefore, that Propquest is showing that the extrapolated MUF over a 3,000km path is often below 21MHz during daytime. The long-range forecast from the US Air Force is for the SFI to remain below 90, at least until the third week in January, so get used to operating in this low SFI domain for a while longer. The good news is that sunspots can appear at any time, so our forecast may be inaccurate. Let's hope so! And now the VHF and up propagation news. We are fighting our way through a very disturbed weather pattern, and the unsettled pattern over this weekend will bring some rain scatter possibilities, but as it's winter, these may not produce the DX as summer storms do. Often local rain overhead produces strong rain scatter signals from relatively local stations that seem independent of beam heading. There are signs of high pressure returning during next week, so hopefully not long to wait for tropo now. There are signs that from Tuesday, a stronger build of pressure will occur. Initially, this will be over the south of the country but gradually extend to northern areas during the second part of the week. This will bring some good Tropo opportunities, especially into the near continent and across the North Sea to southern Scandinavia. Meteor scatter and aurora is always worth checking, but the key one to focus upon this week will be the Geminids meteor shower that peaks on Monday night, the 13th to 14th. Expect plenty of strong bursts, especially in the early hours of the 14th. Moon declination goes positive again on Sunday so the EME week will be characterised by lengthening Moon windows and increasing peak Moon elevations, which occur later in the evening. The Moon reaches apogee next Saturday so path losses will be at their highest. 144MHz sky noise will be low for most of the week. And that's all from the propagation team this week.

GB2RS News Sunday the 5th of December 2021 The news headlines: New online EMF calculator from RSGB Sign /2ZE to mark Transatlantic Centenary Centenary stations in ARRL 160m Contest The RSGB has launched a new version of the Society's EMF calculator, v11d, that is now available in a new browser-based version as well as the spreadsheet version. The web browser version does not require you to have Excel or another spreadsheet on your computer. It also has several great new features to make compliance checking simpler and quicker. You can find both versions on the RSGB EMF web pages or you can go directly to the new web app via rsgb.org/emccalculator. This month marks the Centenary of the first amateur radio signals crossing the Atlantic. Signals from the USA were received by Paul Godley, 2ZE, at a specially prepared receiving setup at Ardrossan in Scotland. From the 1st to the 26th of December, all UK and Crown Dependency licensees may add the suffix /2ZE to their amateur callsign to mark the centenary. Learn more on the story at rsgb.org/transatlantic-tests. The annual ARRL 160m Contest began at 2200UTC on Friday the 3rd of December and ends at 1559UTC today, the 5th. This 42-hour CW-only contest is the most similar to the original Transatlantic Tests. The RSGB is planning to activate special callsigns to commemorate the centenary of the Tests. Stations from the UK and Crown Dependencies will use up to seven different prefixes such as G6XX, GD6XX, GI6XX, GW6XX and so on. One week later, the ARRL and the RSGB are jointly sponsoring the 160m Transatlantic Centenary QSO Party between 0200 and 0800UTC on the 12th. Stations participating will operate only on CW, trying to contact the two official callsign activations, W1AW and GB2ZE. At times the stations may listen for callers 1kHz above their transmitting frequency, to help those looking for them. They may also periodically ask for DX callers, only. Callsign and signal reports will be exchanged. The GMDX Group will award a quaich, which is a traditional Scottish drinking cup representing friendship, to the first stations in North America and the UK to complete contacts with both W1AW and GB2ZE during the QSO Party. A commemorative certificate will be available for download. Log submissions will not be required from participants. The official logs from W1AW and GB2ZE will be used to determine the winners and for certificates. For more details go to rsgb.org/transatlantic-tests. It's not too late to support December YOTA Month 2021. The RSGB has been granted the callsign GB21YOTA, for allocation to youngsters to operate throughout December. To see what operating slots are still available please look up GB21YOTA on QRZ.com. Today, the station will be operated by GM1DSK. On Monday, M0SCY takes over. Next Saturday, G0HRS will operate the station followed by G3EFX on the 12th. There is also an award programme available for the YOTA event. Work as many YOTA stations on as many bands and modes as possible and be eligible for your Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum award, all of which are issued for free. This programme promotes radio activity on the airwaves and shows that there is and will be activity in the future. Visit events.ham-yota.com for more information about the award rules. The Bath Based Distance Learning team has processed over 100 expressions of interest for their Intermediate course starting in January. Further details were published in the December RadCom. The closing date for applications is the 15th of December so if you are interested, please contact team leader Steve, G0FUW, for full details and an application form as soon as possible, via email to G0FUW@tiscali.co.uk. And now for details of rallies and events Now is the perfect time to let us know your group's rally or event plans for 2022. Email radcom@rsgb.org.uk with details and we'll publicise your event for free in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online. If you don't tell us, we can't publicise you. Now the DX news Ferdy, HB9DSP will be active as 5Z4/HB9DSP from Malindi, Kenya until the 16th of December. He will operate SSB and some FT8 on the 20, 15 and 10m bands. QSL via Logbook of The World and via his home call, with the bureau preferred. DL2SBY will be active holiday-style from the Dominican Republic until the 14th of December. He will operate CW, FT8 and possibly some SSB as HI7/DL2SBY from Punta Cana, IOTA reference NA-096 and Bayahibe, NA-096. QSL via Logbook of The World, or direct only to home call or Club Log's OQRS. He no longer uses the bureau. Harald, DF2WO will be active as XT2AW from Burkina Faso until the 20th of December. He will be operating on all bands and also via QO-100. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS and Logbook of The World. DJ6TF and DL7BO will be active as Z21A and Z22O from Harare, Zimbabwe until the 15th of December. They will operate CW, SSB, FT8 and FT4 on 160-10 metres. QSL both calls via DJ6TF. Now the Special Event news Special event station GB1002ZE will be operated by Crocodile Rock Amateur Group near Ardrossan. In addition to the radio celebrations, North Ayrshire Council have jointly created an exhibition surrounding this Centenary that will be hosted in the North Ayrshire Heritage Centre, Saltcoats. This exhibition is open until mid-December. Kilmarnock and Loudoun ARC will operate a commemorative station adjacent to the site of the original transatlantic experiment at Ardrossan. It will be on the air between 1200UTC on the 11th until 1200UTC on the 12th. The station, GS2ZE, will be used for the celebration except for the first hour of the 160m CW QSO Party and it will take part in the message relay as GB2ZE. GM2ZE is also expected to be operational on several bands from the station of Jason, GM7VSB, which is also adjacent to the site of the original Ardrossan experiment. An attempt will be made to re-enact Godley's original successful reception of transatlantic signals exactly at the same time and date as 100 years ago. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the historic Transatlantic Tests of December 1921, members of the HB4FR Amateur Radio Club will be active as HB1BCG throughout December. 1BCG was the callsign of the Connecticut station whose message crossed the Atlantic Ocean to be received in Scotland. QSL via HB9ACA. Now the contest news When operating in contests, please keep yourself and fellow amateurs safe by following relevant pandemic-related government recommendations. December is a quiet month for contests, indeed there are no RSGB HF contests at all this month. The ARRL 160m CW contest ends its 42-hour run at 1600UTC today, the 5th. Using CW only on the 160m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. W and VE stations also send their ARRL or RAC section info. During the contest, the RSGB will activate special event 1920s vintage callsigns to commemorate the transatlantic tests. Today, the 5th, sees the 144MHz AFS contest, running from 1000 to 1400UTC. Using all modes on the 2m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Tuesday the 144MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 1955UTC. It is followed by the all-mode 144Hz UK Activity Contest from 2000 to 2230UTC. The exchange for both is signal report, serial number and locator. Thursday sees the all-mode 50MHz UK Activity Contest take place from 2000 to 2230UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Next weekend the ARRL 10m contest runs from 0000UTC on the 11th to 2359UTC on the 12th. Using CW and phone, the exchange is signal report and serial number, with US and Canadian stations, also sending their State or Province code. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA, and G4BAO on Friday the 3rd of December The last week was characterised by unsettled geomagnetic conditions, but a reasonable solar flux index of 92, falling to 86. Despite NOAA predicting that the Kp index would be around two, we had an excursion up to five on Tuesday. This was due to an enhanced solar wind stream containing a sector of southward Bz, which kicked up a minor, G1-class geomagnetic storm. The southward direction of the interplanetary magnetic field meant that it could more easily couple with the Earth's magnetic field, allowing solar plasma to flood it. This continued until the end of Wednesday, with the Kp index finally returning to one on Thursday morning. Last weekend was the CQ Worldwide CW contest and HF conditions were aided by a very low Kp index. This was beneficial, especially for signals going over the pole. As a result, many stations were able to put the North Pole Contest Group, KL7RA, in Alaska, into their logs on 20 metres, where their signal was reasonably free of polar flutter. Next week NOAA predicts that the solar flux index will start in the high 80s, but may tail off as the week progresses. Once again it predicts that the Kp index will be around two, but this is very dependent on there being no coronal mass ejections, which could add to the solar wind. A large coronal hole was Earth-facing on Thursday, which could possibly result in an elevated Kp index over the weekend and reduced maximum usable frequencies. Keep an eye on solarham.com for details. And finally, the darker and longer nights mean the low bands can start to come alive, so don't ignore 160, 80 and 40 metres. And now the VHF and up propagation news. Testing times for antennas during this current spell of unsettled weather, which looks as though it will stay with us through all of the coming week. This means periods of wet and windy weather will bring a hint of rain scatter at times, but effectively rules out any tropo opportunities. Once again, it will be down to the slim chance of aurora and reliable random meteor scatter to liven up VHF operating. The big Geminids meteor shower with a ZHR of 120+ is underway, but won't hit its peak until the morning of the 14th of December. Predictions show a ZHR of 150 at peak, as ZHR has shown a slight increase over the last decades. It has reached 140 to 150 in recent years. The Geminids peak is broad, and close-to-peak rates persist for several hours. Expect several days of good meteor scatter activity in the days up to the 14th and expect it to decay fairly quickly after the maximum. It's an inconvenient period for EME enthusiasts, especially on the GHz bands, with the current phase of lowest path loss coinciding with the lowest declination continuing. Perigee was last Friday, so path losses will increase as the week progresses. With Moon declination at its minimum today, Moon windows will be short and it will not get above 15 degrees elevation until Wednesday. 144MHz sky temperatures are high during the early part of the week and combined with the low elevation, VHF EME will be a noisy affair. In all, it's looking like a very good week to try some satellite operation! And that's all from the propagation team this week

Diagnosing and treating several troublesome "patients" at W1AW with station manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q.

Episode 35 RF Podcast Live Show Notes 00:00 Promo: Ohio Linux Fest (http://www.ohiolinux.org) 00:25 Theme music 01:20 Intro: This is the unedited audio version of our first live video episode The video appears to be lost to history but the audio remains 03:15 Live show: This is our first live show and it's a little rough, primarily an equipment test. 05:25 Feedback: George, N0JRJ, likes the podcast and the idea of the live show. He listens while commuting and talks about his frustrations with the attitudes of "old timers" toward new hams.Barry, K4RUE, a recently licensed ham, enjoys the show and the music.Mike, KF7AME, just found the podcast and is listening to the old episodes. He appreciates comments on previous shows about how difficult it may be for new hams to afford new equipment.Bob, K4BB, just discovered the podcasts and music, and enjoys them, though he's not too sure about all of the music.Google alert: Russ Wenner of The Techie Geek podcast mentions us in episode 40. Check it out at https://web.archive.org/web/20130805083259/http://thetechiegeek.com/Robert, WA4HRK, sends thanks for a recent episode. Thank you everyone for the feedback. Find us at: http://rfpodcast.info or Email us at kb5jbv@gmail.com 19:20 Topic: Everyone assumes everyone else has the same equipment or can afford such equipment. There are lots of ways to get equipment, and it takes time to accumulate a station. Building wire antennas is a great way to learn and is inexpensive. 22:42 Amazon: Please make your Amazon purchases through the Amazon link on http//:rfpodcast.info as we get a small portion of that transaction. It doesn't cost you anything extra and is another way to support the podcasts. Thanks. 24:56 Station ID: This is KB5JBV… 25:30 Topic: Elmering… but Richard seems to have lost his train of thought. 26:50 Topic: Twitter and other social networks. 28:00 Topic: Bill, KA9WKA, distracts Richard with comments in the chat room. (Sorry - Ed.) 30:20 Topic: The rude amateur radio operator. Is Elmering a lost art?Anyone else see this sort of thing? 33:15 Topic: Field Day. 36:00 Topic: Richard is intending to attend more hamfests in the east Texas, south Oklahoma, west Louisiana area and looks forward to talking with the podcast listeners and maybe recording a few of those conversations for the podcasts. 38:30 Topic: Hurricane season. 42:20 Other folks joining in the chat room. Check out Chris' (N7ICE) website http://73s.org, 44:30 Keyboard balls. :) 45:04 A tour of Richard's studio. Hope you're not prone to motion sickness. 50:45 Check out Hacker Public Radio at http://hackerpublicradio.org/ 53:20 Rambling a bit. 55:30 Star Trek memorabilia. 59:20 Back to hamfests. Richard has yet to attend Dayton. But there is HamCom (Recently Closed Permanently) 1:01:30 W1AW bulletins: AMTOR and ASCII to be replaced by PSK31 and MFSK16. RTTY to remain.fldigi is a great program for digital modes. It's available for Linux AND Windows. Download at http://www.w1hkj.com/ 1:04:40 Also check out the NUE-PSK standalone modem: http://www.nue-psk.com/Thanks, Craig, KB3SBI. 1:05:25 Richard reminisces about the Commodore 64 computer that he used as a portable packet terminal. 1:08:20 Wrap up. Thanks to KA9WKA, N7ICE, KB3SBI, and all the anonymous ustreamers for showing up in the chat room. 1:10:35 Conclusion: Read More About Resonant Frequency: The Amateur Radio Podcast At www.rfpodcast.info Glossary - See Glossary for terms used on the show. Contact Info For Richard KB5JBV: Website: www.rfpodcast.info Email: kb5jbv@gmail.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RichardBaileyKB5JBV FaceBook: www.facebook.com/groups/resonantfrequency/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/kb5jbv MeWE: mewe.com/i/richardbailey31 Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/settings/blog/resonant-frequency-podcast Discord: https://discord.com/channels/758866379104845856/75886637910484586...

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1140 Release Date: January 2, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This weeks edition is anchored by Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zitell, KD2RDX, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:31:36 Download Podcast here: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1140 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. December YOTA Month Participants Hoping to Top Last Year's Contact Total 2. ARRL ARES Volunteers Stood By to Assist if Needed in Wake of Nashville Blast 3. Special Call Signs In Belgium During The Second Lockdown Period Will Operate Until January 31, 2021 4. ARRL Staffers to be On the Air from W1AW for Straight Key Night 5. Texas’ Biggest Ham Radio Show Ham-Com is Closing 6. The ARRL RTTY Roundup is on January 2nd and 3rd 7. New Zealand Adds Wireless Power Transfer As Unlicensed Systems 8. Finland Radio Amateurs Seek Replacement Spectrum For 1240 To 1300 MegaHertz 9. ARRL Member Designs New Ham Radio License Plate For Kentucky 10. FCC Reduces Proposed Amateur Radio Application Fee to $35 11. WSJT-X 2.4.0 Introduces New Digital Protocol Q65 12. Federal Communications Commission To Require Email Address On Applications Starting June 29, 2021 13. Amateur Radio Is Part Of Mauritius' First Satellite 14. California Community Creates GoFundMe Page To Fund Repairs To First Responder Radio Tower 15. Amazon Unveils The Ground Station Antenna Design For Its Project Kuiper LEO Internet Constellation 16. RSGB Get On The Air To Care CW Key Auction Benefits A Charity In The UK 17. Japans Ham Numbers Shrink, South Africa Gains, While Switzerland Changes License Procedures 18. Clandestine Indoor Antenna Article Appears On The Hackaday Blog 19. How Claude Shannon Invented The Future 20. Amateurs Are On Stand By For Earthquake Response In Croatia 21. A Major Solar Cycle 25 Flare Causes Radio Outages as the Sun Wakes Up Plus these Special Features This Week: * Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT, will cover the end of life for Adobe Flash is coming up in a few days, and will answer the question, Are Lithium Batteries Safe? He will discuss their care and feeding. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will talk about what tools you should bring as you head up the tower for that antenna repair you have been putting off. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us that you should test a link on one band at a time. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. 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Technology at station W1AW with Joe Carcia, NJ1Q. Also, 6th generation Mesh networking.

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1098/1099 Release Date: March 21, 2020 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This weeks edition is anchored by Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Bowen, W2XBS and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:49:33 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1099 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Dayton Hamvention Announces Cancellation of 2020 Show 2. ARRL Suspends Tours and Guest Visits to Headquarters and W1AW, RAC Head Office closes. 3. International Group to Reactivate the Legendary Yasme VP2VB Call Sign 4. Visalia International DX Convention, Other Events Cancelled Due to Virus Worries 5. PSAT3 Launch Cancellation Means No DARPA Launch Challenge Winner 6. ARISS Celebrating Successful Launch Carrying Interoperable Radio System to ISS 7. Nominations Invited for 2020 McGan Silver Antenna Award for Excellence in Public Relations 8. FCC To Hire Substantial Number Of New Agents To Capture Radio Pirates 9. FCC Levies $18,000 Fine on Louisiana Amateur Radio Licensee 10. Canceled Ohio ARES State Conference Morphs into Statewide Communication Exercise 11. One VHF-UHF-Microwave Conference Postponed, Another Canceled 12. Team Exuberance Aims to Lower the Average Age of CW Contesters 13. Interest in Ham Radio Soaring As Country Grips With Virus Outbreak 14. ARRL Calls for Continued Coexistence in 3.4 and 5.9 GHz Bands 15. ARRL Says That Virus May Impact Amateur Radio License Testing 16. Georgia Institute of Technology CubeSat to Feature Amateur Radio Robot Operation 17. The British Amateur Television Club Offers Amateur Radio Clubs Free Streaming Service 18. Ham Radio Clubs Connect Amid Social Distancing 19. Long Island CW Club Offering Free, Online Morse Code Instruction for Homebound Youngsters 20. FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly Nominated for Another Term 21. ARRL Headquarters Remains in Operation, Many Staffers Working Remotely Plus these Special Features This Week: * Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT. Leo talks about working from home, and how Microsoft is downsizing its voice assistant, Cortana. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will tell you how to correctly replace your tower guy wires. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will talk about how amateurs stand on the shoulders of giants, and a quick look at all bands, all modes, and all countries. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - Ancient Amateur Archives - History of Amateur Radio #11: this week, Bill returns with another edition of The Ancient Amateur Archives, this week, presenting Part Three of "The 1940's VHF Spectrum Battles" * Classic RAIN: Classic Rain Edition #: "What is Real Ham Radio?" A special commentary. ----- Website: http://www.twiar.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/twiar RSS News: http://twiar.net/twiar.rss iHeartRadio: http://bit.ly/iHeart-TWIAR Spotify: http://bit.ly/Spotify-TWIAR TuneIn: http://bit.ly/TuneIn-TWIAR Automated: http://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.

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1089 Release Date: January 11, 2020 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This weeks edition is anchored by Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Paul Kolacki, K2FX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:37:15 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1089 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. ARRL DX Advisory Committee is Seeking Comment on Award Criteria, DXCC Annual List 2. ARISS Next-Generation Radio System Ready for Launch 3. US tests ways to sweep space clean of radiation after nuclear attack 4. Tickets on Sale for Dinner Events during Dayton Hamvention 5. Strong Earthquakes Shake Puerto Rico, ARES and amateur operators standing by 6. Swains Island W8S DXpedition Set for March 10th to the 25th 7. CAMSAT Says CAS-6 Activation for Amateur Use has been Delayed 8. ARRL’s New On the Air Magazine is on its Way to Members 9. China Telecoms Regulator Proposing to Delete Some Current Amateur Allocations 10. Norway Experiences Unexpected Ground Current Shockwave 11. ARRL West Central Florida Section Celebrating its 20th Anniversary this Year 12. John Litz, NZ6Q, Appointed as San Joaquin Valley Section Manager 13. W1AW to be on the Air for Winter Field Day 14. 91 Year Old Florida Amateur Submits His Three Page Obituary To Newspapers In Advance 15. Volunteer Monitor Program Coordinator Looks Forward to a Positive 2020 16. ARRL CEO Challenges Members to Dare to Imagine 17. Radio Amateurs of Canada Announces a New Section 18. Over The Horizon Radars continue to plague the HF bands in Region 1 19. DX news and Upcoming Special Event Station Listings Plus these Special Features This Week: * Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT - 2020 is a year in the future - Scams * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP - New Years Tower Inspections * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB - Where to start in amateur radio * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - Ancient Amateur Archives - History of Amateur Radio * Classic RAIN: Classic Rain Edition #: Wayne Green, W2NSD Pontificates ----- Website: http://www.twiar.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/twiar RSS News: http://twiar.net/twiar.rss iHeartRadio: http://bit.ly/iHeart-TWIAR Spotify: http://bit.ly/Spotify-TWIAR TuneIn: http://bit.ly/TuneIn-TWIAR Automated: http://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.

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1088 Release Date: January 4, 2020 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This weeks edition is anchored by Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Larence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Paul Kolacki, K2FX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:09:51 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1088 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Volunteer Monitor Program Coordinator Looking Forward to a Positive 2020 2. CW ops to Celebrate 10th Anniversary with January QSO Party 3. Two Solar Cycle 25 Sunspots Appear 4. Cuba achieves 99% pass rate in ham radio exams 5. Mentally Handicapped man reunited with family, thanks to Ham radio operators 6. Computer Bulletin Board System Co-Inventor Randy Suess, ex-WB9GPM, SK 7. New 70-Centimeter Tropo Contact Record Claimed 8. Yahoo Groups Shutdown has Ham Radio Interest Groups Seeking to Save Content 9. Texas Scout Leaders Promote Amateur Radio as a Communication Resource 10. IARU Region 1 Monitoring Service Coordinator DK2OM Receives IARU Diamond Award 11. New England Radio Amateur Hosts Video on Tower Safety 12. MIT Radio Society W1MX Announces January Lecture Series on Everything Radio 13. W1AW to be on the Air for Winter Field Day 14. Radio Amateurs of Canada Announces a New Section 15. Over The Horizon Radars continue to cause widespread interference on the forty meter band 16. New Section Manager will take over in North Carolina on April first 17. Contest University, held during the Dayton HamVention, is now accepting student applications 18. Neighbors try to block an amateurs antenna tower project in Massachusetts 19. Discussion on the newly revised ARRL CW Proficency Award Plus these Special Features This Week: * Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT - Windows Vulnerablities, Moores Law * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP - Tower Climbing and Sports Gear * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB - What Does AR Mean To You? * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - Ancient Amateur Archives - History of Amateur Radio ----- Website: http://www.twiar.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/twiar RSS News: http://twiar.net/twiar.rss iHeartRadio: http://bit.ly/iHeart-TWIAR Spotify: http://bit.ly/Spotify-TWIAR TuneIn: http://bit.ly/TuneIn-TWIAR Automated: http://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.

This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1080 Release Date: November 9, 2019 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This weeks edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, David Wilson, WA2HOY, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Running Time: 1:28:12 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1080 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. IARU Reports Early Progress, Contention on Difficult Issues Mark First Week of WRC 2. Pitcairn Island VP6R DXpedition Logs More Than 80,000 Contacts 3. FCC Asked to Clarify Amateur Rules Governing Encrypted or Encoded Messages 4. University of Washington's HuskySat-1 Successfully Lifted into Space 5. Maine Radio Amateurs Helping to Deploy AM Band Public Information Radio Service 6. Preparations Resume for 3Y0I Bouvet Island DXpedition 7. W1AW to Commemorate 98th Anniversary of First Amateur Radio Signals to Span the Atlantic 8. HamSCI Founder Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, Wins $1.3 Million Ionosphere Study Grant 9. MARSRADIO is Keeping the Phone Patch Alive in 21st century amateur radio 10. SKYWARN Recognition Day Celebrates 20 Years on December 7th 11. FCC Is Looking For A Telecommunications Specialist 12. IARU and Amateur Radio are Reaching an Inflection Point 13. DX News 14. Special Event Stations take to the air this weekend for Veterans Day 15. MARS Communication Special Event continues through November 17th 16. Last Man Standing returns in January, amateurs get a "Ham Fix" on Netflix's Stranger Things. Plus these Special Features This Week: * Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Writing A Public Service Announcement to Publicize your radio club. Part 6 of 6 with KF9MP * The Ancient Amateur Archives with Bill Continelli, W2XOY - This Week: "The Radio Bag" * Classic RAIN: Classic Rain Edition #: "What is Real Ham Radio?" ----- Website: http://www.twiar.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/twiar RSS News: http://twiar.net/twiar.rss TuneIn: http://bit.ly/TuneIn-TWIAR Automated: http://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.

In this episode, Frank Howell (K4FMH) talks to ARRL CEO and Secretary Howard Michel (WB2ITX), who provides an update from the recent ARRL committee meeting. Martin (M1MRB) and Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the Amateur Radio announcement this week. GQRP Convention 2019 Join W1AW 150th Birthday Celebration AMSAT Space Symposium Call for Papers MFJ Joins Corporate Prize Donor List for HomeBrew Heroes Award ARRL BoD Minutes - http://www.arrl.org/files/file/2019%20Board%20of%20Directors/Final%20Minutes%20July%202019.pdf

Sputnik and an uncle inspired George Allison, K1IG, to become a radio amateur. George had a long and successful US Navy career where radio was always the center of his activity including MARS stations, a visit to the South Pole, and the operation of very high powered VLF and ELF stations around the World. George promotes the Wordsworth method of raising CW speed above 40 words per minute.  K1IG is my QSO Today.

Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, grew up down the street from the ARRL headquarters in Newington, Connecticut and is not the Station manager and trustee of the W1AW Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial station that sits on the grass in front of the League headquarters.  Joe shares his ham radio story and details of this historic ham radio station in this episode of QSO Today.

Bill Mitchell, AE0EE Bill was first licensed in 2012 as AG6RB while in graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley. After finishing his PhD in 2014, he relocated to Minnesota and acquired his current callsign, AE0EE. Bill was part of a mini-expedition to North Dakota in August, 2014 to activate W1AW/0. He is most often found on CW, but also enjoys digital modes and SSB. When not on the radio, Bill enjoys doing and teaching science. He holds a BA in chemistry from Carleton College, and a PhD in Chemistry from UC Berkeley. While his primary focus is physical and analytical chemistry, his research has been broad, spanning organometallic synthesis, kinetics, polymers, 2-photon photochemistry, atmospheric chemistry and physics, geochemistry, and geology. His dissertation focused on high-precision uranium-lead dating. Source: https://vk0ek.org/the-team/