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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1399 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: December 20, 2025
THIS IS A TEMPORARY FEED AS INTERNET ARCHIVE IS OFFLINE DUE TO AN OUTAGE - ONCE RESTORED THE LINKS WILL BE ADJUSTED BACK TO INTERNET ARCHIVE
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordon Kurtz, KE9BPO, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Mike Nikolich, N9OVQ, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:37:32
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1399
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: Soyuz Crew Lands Ending Eight-Month Space Research Journey
2. AMSAT: Satellites Experience “Orbital Summer” And “Orbital Winter”
3. AMSAT: A Dying Satellite May Photograph Asteroid Apophis In 2029
4. AMSAT: Boeing’s Next Starliner Flight Will Carry Cargo Only
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over
6. ARD: DXLook Introduces Real-Time D-RAP Visualization For HF Absorption Events
7. ARD: Amateur Radio Digital Communications Launches 44Net Connect
8. RSGB: Two Exciting Opportunities To Make An Impact With The RSGB
9. EHAM - High Levels Of CO2 In The Atmosphere Can Affect Radio Propagation
10. WIA: World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station In Sweden To Be On Air Christmas Eve
11. IR: FCC Pushes Toward High-Stakes Upper C-Band Vote
12. RW: American Public Media Settles With FCC Over False Emergency Alert Service Tones
13. ARRL: A Great After-Holiday Gift ... ARRL Kids Day!
14. ARRL: Get Your Keys and Bugs Ready for ARRL Straight Key Night
15. ARRL: Obsolete Part 97 Rules To Be Deleted February 10th, 2026
16. ARRL: New Technician Class Question Pool Released -- Effective July 1st, 2026
17. ARRL: Up To $25,000 At Stake In New ARRL Student Coding Competition
18. ARRL: Happy Belated Birthday To Entertainer and Comedian Dick Van Dyke
19. ARRL: 2026 Southeast VHF Society Conference Will Be Held On April 16th thru 19th In Macon, Georgia
20. New Video From NASA Explores The ARISS Experience
21. Still Time To Participate In The 12 Days Of Christmas Special Event
22. $25,000 Grant Awarded To Upcoming Sable Island DxPedition
23. Former RSGB President Bob Whelan, G3PJT, SK
24. Former Vermont RACES Amateurs Welcomed By The Medical Reserve Corps
25. ARRL: FCC allocates 60 Meter World-wide Amateur Radio Band - Makes minor changes to 70cm band
26. ARRL: ARRL to host 2026 HamSci Workshop at Central Connecticut University
27. ARRL: Deadline is fast approaching for 2026 ARRL Foundation Grant applications
28. ARRL: Registration is now open for the 2026 sessions of the ARRL Teachers Institute
29. ARRL: Pre-Registration is open for the ARRL Student Coding Competition
30. Christmas Eve 2025 is a great opportunity for radio transmission from vintage gear
31. The first HamTV transmission from the ISS has taken place since 2018
32. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention Listings
Plus these Special Features This Week:
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News
* Australia's own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio will present Part One of a new series on Building A Shack. This weeks episode is entitled "Setting The Scene"
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, begins a brand new series that will be on air a couple of times a month, entitled, "Dead Electrical Dudes". And Will's first stiff is James Clerk Maxwell, the father of all that we hams hold sacred
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Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss
Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss
Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss
Website: https://www.twiar.net
X: https://x.com/TWIAR
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u
RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2
Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3
Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
Release Date: December 20, 2025
THIS IS A TEMPORARY FEED AS INTERNET ARCHIVE IS OFFLINE DUE TO AN OUTAGE - ONCE RESTORED THE LINKS WILL BE ADJUSTED BACK TO INTERNET ARCHIVE
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordon Kurtz, KE9BPO, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Mike Nikolich, N9OVQ, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:37:32
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1399
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: Soyuz Crew Lands Ending Eight-Month Space Research Journey
2. AMSAT: Satellites Experience “Orbital Summer” And “Orbital Winter”
3. AMSAT: A Dying Satellite May Photograph Asteroid Apophis In 2029
4. AMSAT: Boeing’s Next Starliner Flight Will Carry Cargo Only
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over
6. ARD: DXLook Introduces Real-Time D-RAP Visualization For HF Absorption Events
7. ARD: Amateur Radio Digital Communications Launches 44Net Connect
8. RSGB: Two Exciting Opportunities To Make An Impact With The RSGB
9. EHAM - High Levels Of CO2 In The Atmosphere Can Affect Radio Propagation
10. WIA: World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station In Sweden To Be On Air Christmas Eve
11. IR: FCC Pushes Toward High-Stakes Upper C-Band Vote
12. RW: American Public Media Settles With FCC Over False Emergency Alert Service Tones
13. ARRL: A Great After-Holiday Gift ... ARRL Kids Day!
14. ARRL: Get Your Keys and Bugs Ready for ARRL Straight Key Night
15. ARRL: Obsolete Part 97 Rules To Be Deleted February 10th, 2026
16. ARRL: New Technician Class Question Pool Released -- Effective July 1st, 2026
17. ARRL: Up To $25,000 At Stake In New ARRL Student Coding Competition
18. ARRL: Happy Belated Birthday To Entertainer and Comedian Dick Van Dyke
19. ARRL: 2026 Southeast VHF Society Conference Will Be Held On April 16th thru 19th In Macon, Georgia
20. New Video From NASA Explores The ARISS Experience
21. Still Time To Participate In The 12 Days Of Christmas Special Event
22. $25,000 Grant Awarded To Upcoming Sable Island DxPedition
23. Former RSGB President Bob Whelan, G3PJT, SK
24. Former Vermont RACES Amateurs Welcomed By The Medical Reserve Corps
25. ARRL: FCC allocates 60 Meter World-wide Amateur Radio Band - Makes minor changes to 70cm band
26. ARRL: ARRL to host 2026 HamSci Workshop at Central Connecticut University
27. ARRL: Deadline is fast approaching for 2026 ARRL Foundation Grant applications
28. ARRL: Registration is now open for the 2026 sessions of the ARRL Teachers Institute
29. ARRL: Pre-Registration is open for the ARRL Student Coding Competition
30. Christmas Eve 2025 is a great opportunity for radio transmission from vintage gear
31. The first HamTV transmission from the ISS has taken place since 2018
32. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Convention Listings
Plus these Special Features This Week:
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News
* Australia's own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio will present Part One of a new series on Building A Shack. This weeks episode is entitled "Setting The Scene"
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, begins a brand new series that will be on air a couple of times a month, entitled, "Dead Electrical Dudes". And Will's first stiff is James Clerk Maxwell, the father of all that we hams hold sacred
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Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss
Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss
Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss
Website: https://www.twiar.net
X: https://x.com/TWIAR
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u
RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2
Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3
Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3
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 our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.