PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1427

Josh Marler (0:02)

Heard every week on amateur radio bands all across the world, broadcast on low-power AM and FM stations all across the United States, and one of the first podcasts on the internet. We are This Week in Amateur Radio, the worldwide premier amateur radio and technology news magazine and bulletin service of the air. Here are the stories for release around the earth as we come to air with edition number 1427 of This Week in Amateur Radio.

George Bowen (0:31)

Multiple agencies in the United Nations and two separate United States agencies both issue pleas for extended RF safety guidelines. The International Amateur Radio Union's General Conference concludes in Vienna, and they also elect new officers. The FCC ISM ruling may shatter lower mesh communities.

The FCC tells an Arizona FM station to get off its old frequency. The UK has set a date for its television service to fade to black. We will have the details.

We will have two reports on the ARRL Year of the Club activities. The FCC unleashes what it calls spectrum abundance for new uses. Grimpton UK SAQ will air a CW message on United Nations Day. And researchers detect radio signals from a distant galaxy. We will tell you all about it in this week's report.

Josh Marler (1:29)

These headlines will come to you in a moment along with this week's special features. We'll visit with Bruce Paige, Kk5Do and get an update from AMSAT and what's new with all those satellites in orbit. Australia's own Onno Benshop, Vk6Flab and Foundations of Amateur Radio will discuss how to get kitted up with amateur radio and will explain radio for the love of it. Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5Wlr will return with a brand new edition of Dead Electrical Dudes. This edition's stiff is Samuel Morse.

Also, hot off the press, we will have this month's volunteer monitoring report. And we will stop by and visit with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and much more.

That's all straight ahead as North America's premier amateur radio and technology news magazine and bulletin service This Week in Amateur Radio takes to the air right now.

George Bowen (2:33)

Reporting from our headquarters studio where after seven gloomy days it has finally stopped raining and the fall colors are on full display, I'm George W2Xbs.

Chris Perrine (2:45)

And reporting this week from the sleepy town of Cortlandville, New York where ham radio is a way of life, well at least for some of us, I'm Chris Perrine, Kb2Faf.

George Lama (2:58)

And reporting from our news bureau just outside Rochester, New York along the southern shore of Lake Ontario, this is George, Kelo Charlie 2, Oscar X-Ray Juliet.

Marvin Turner (3:08)

And reporting from our news bureau in Missouri this week where the leaves are changing, the temperatures are dropping and apparently every pumpkin in the state has been assigned to either a porch, a pie or a coffee. I'm Marvin Turner, W0Met.

Josh Marler (3:21)

And reporting from the Hamshack TV studios in Knoxville, Tennessee in the shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains where the temperatures are slowly starting to cool and I guarantee you those beautiful fall colors are going to be coming out real soon. I'm Josh Marler, AA4Wx.

Eric Zittel (3:39)

And reporting from our Trainiac News Bureau where we're just about dried out from the recent storms, I'm Eric, Kelo Delta 2, Romeo Juliet X-Ray.

Don Hulick (3:49)

And reporting from our Mountain QTH in the Catskills of upstate New York where it's beginning to look a lot like summer, I'm Don Hulick, K2Atj.

Will Rogers (3:59)

And reporting from our News Bureau in Fayetteville, Arkansas where autumn has arrived like a sledgehammer, I'm Will Rogers, K5Wlr.

George Bowen (4:10)

Hello everyone, before we get into this week's newscast, I'd like to tell everyone that This Week in Amateur Radio now has its own Discord server. That's right, a place online where we can discuss everything technology and amateur radio. So join us. Just go to Discord on your computer or download the Discord app on your portable device and search for TWIAR or This Week in Amateur Radio. We look forward to seeing you on the new This Week in Amateur Radio Discord server.

Chris Perrine (4:44)

Leading off our news this week, according to Euronews at a meeting held recently in Geneva, two United Nations agencies have made a plea for governments to protect public safety through tougher protections against radio spectrum interference.

The ability to monitor climate, forecast weather, and deliver early warning messages faces critical disruption because the same radio frequencies they system use are increasingly occupied by some satellites and wireless systems according to two United Nations agencies.