This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1097

Release Date: March 7, 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, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX.

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS.

Running Time: 1:25:57

Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1097

Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service:

1. State of Maine Bicentennial Special Event Set for March 16th thru the 22nd
2. Henry Radio Los Angeles Founder Ted Henry, W6UOU, is 100
3. UPDATE: Motorola Wins Multimillion Dollar Theft of Trade Secrets Case against Hytera
4. Dayton Hamvention Officials Keeping an Eye on Coronavirus Situation
5. ARRL Foundation Announces Matching Scholarship Grants by Amateur Radio Digital Comms.
6. Yasme Foundation will Honor 4U1UN Reactivation Team with its Excellence Award on March 6th
7. NASA Seeks Applicants To Become Astronauts To Explore The Moon and Mars
8. Amateur Radio Club President is among Two Killed in Knife Attack
9. IARU Region 2 Seeks Help in Remaking Amateur Radio for the 21st Century
10. Dayton Hamvention Names 2020 Award Winners
11. Electronics Students at Sussex Technical High School Earn FCC Ham Radio Licenses
12. International Space Station Resupply Mission to Carry New ARISS Ham Radio Gear
13. Learning Morse Code The Ludwig Koch Way
14. Coronavirus Fears Spur Cancellation, Postponement of Some Ham Radio Events
15. AMSAT Academy to be Held Prior to Dayton Hamvention
16. FCC Okays Plan To Pay Satellite Companies For Frequencies

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT, talks about a massive facial recognition database being hacked, Microsoft announces that it is downsizing Cortana's capabilies, and explains why most people do not need a full service computer when an iPad or Chromebook are a lot more secure.
* 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 build an antenna mount for your tower.
* Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will talk about the impersonal nature of digital and other myths.
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
* Bill Continelli, W2XOY - Ancient Amateur Archives - History of Amateur Radio #10: Part Two of "The 1940's VHF Spectrum Battle"

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