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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2492 for Friday, August 1st, 2025

7/31/2025
- INT'L RESPONSE TO FCC FILING FOR HAM RADIO FREQUENCIES - INDIA, SWEDEN INTRODUCE NEW CALLSIGN SUFFIXES, PREFIXES - BOUVET ISLAND TEAM PACKS FOR 2026 TRIP - MEXICAN STATION HONORS HAM RADIO'S PATRON SAINT - HAMTV BACK ON THE AIR FROM THE ISS - FIELD DAY WAS 'MERIT BADGE DAY' FOR THEM - PAKISTAN HIKES RADIO-RELATED FEES - HAMS COACH INDIAN POLICE ON AMATEUR RADIO'S CRISIS ROLES - SOUTH AFRICAN AWARDS SCHEME FOCUSES ON HERITAGE, HISTORY - WORLD OF DX SCRIPT AUDIO

Duration:00:19:19

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2491 for Friday, July 25th, 2025

7/24/2025
- FCC EYES SPECTRUM AUCTION, EMERGENCY-ALERT OVERHAUL - ORGANIZERS CONDUCT FIELD TESTING AT WRTC SITE - SILENT KEY: DAVID COURT, EI3IO, INFLUENCED SHAPE OF AMATEUR SPECTRUM - SILENT KEY: JOSEPH ARCURE, W3HNK, RENOWNED QSL MANAGER - HAM RADIO PLAYS KEY ROLE IN MOTHER-SON RESCUE - CANADIAN TEST CANDIDATES FACE NEW QUESTION POOL - AMATEURS READY TO ACTIVATE BRITISH WATERWAYS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: THE HEIGHT OF ACHIEVEMENT, HIGH ABOVE SEA LEVEL SCRIPT AUDIO

Duration:00:17:31

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2490 for Friday, July 18th, 2025

7/17/2025
- SATELLITE'S EXPERIMENTAL LICENSE OKS AMATEUR BAND USE - CANADIAN AMATEURS IN YUKON TERRITORY GET SEPARATE SECTION - 4 TEENS ON DAVE KALTER MEMORIAL DX ADVENTURE CALL CQ - YOUTH ON THE AIR JUNIOR CAMP HOLDS FIRST SESSION - STUDENTS SOLAR-CAR EVENT GETS GOOD MILEAGE WITH HAMS - CW OPS PREPARE TO FLY WITH 'FLIGHT OF BUMBLEBEES' EVENT - HAMS REUNITE MISSING DAUGHTER WITH FAMILY AFTER 8 YEARS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: A LIFE-SAVING DISTRESS CALL SENT IN 'DOG MODE' SCRIPT AUDIO

Duration:00:17:44

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2489 for Friday, July 11th, 2025

7/10/2025
- POTA ACTIVATOR ELECTROCUTED IN NORTH CAROLINA - HAMSHACK HOTLINE TO BE DISCONTINUED - FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT TO SPEAK AT DALLAS 'MOON DAY' - YOTA AMERICAS CAMPERS LAUNCH FARTHEST BALLOON TRIP - SILENT KEY: AUSTRIAN MILITARY RADIO SOCIETY's MONIKA WLCEK, OE3YUP - NYC PROPERTY OWNER GETS "PIRATE" LETTER FROM FCC - BRAZILIAN SPECIAL EVENT CELEBRATES 105-YEAR-OLD YL - 'NIGHT OF NIGHTS' HONORS LONG-GONE MARITIME TRADITION - DOUBLE CENTENARY FOR AMATEURS IN JAPAN - GRANT WILL HELP WITH CLUBLOG OPERATIONS UPGRADE - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: HEADQUARTERS FIELD DAY FOR OUR 2022 YHOTY WINNER SCRIPT AUDIO

Duration:00:19:32

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2488 for Friday, July 4th, 2025

7/3/2025
- NEW WORLD RECORD FOR CW CALLSIGN COPY - IN WEST VIRGINIA, A HIGH-FLYING FIELD DAY - SILENT KEY: ROGER SMALLWOOD, N8EKG, R&L ELECTRONICS EXECUTIVE - RUSSIAN EME COMPETITORS PREP FOR SECOND ROUND - OHIO YL CHOSEN AS NEWSLINE'S YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR - RUSSIA WORKS ON MODULES FOR SPACE STATION - FCC ROUNDTABLE FOCUSES ON HURRICANE-RESPONSE COMMUNICATION - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: TOILETS ON THE AIR? GO WITH THE FLOW SCRIPT AUDIO

Duration:00:17:40

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2487 for Friday, June 27th, 2025

6/26/2025
- MOBILE BROADBAND PROVIDER SEEKS AMATEUR FREQUENCIES FOR SATELLITES - LOGBOOK OF THE WORLD GOES OFFLINE FOR UPGRADES - SATELLITE PAINT EXPERIMENT TACKLES 'LIGHT POLLUTION' - UNHEARD-OF DATA SPEED REPORTED FROM CHINESE SATELLITES - FROM THE BBC, FOR ANTARCTICA'S EARS ONLY - YOUNGSTERS ON THE AIR CAMP GEARS UP IN EUROPE - SWEDEN'S GRIMETON RADIO STATION TO SEND JUBILEE MESSAGE - BE LISTENING FOR 13 COLONIES SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS - LIFESAVING SKILLS LEARNED ATOP SOME SOTA SUMMITS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: MYSTERY SIGNALS FROM THE GREAT BEYOND? SCRIPT AUDIO

Duration:00:18:46

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2486 for Friday, June 20th, 2025

6/19/2025
- RADIO SIGNALS HAVE 'UPWARD PROPAGATION' THROUGH ICE, STONE - ISLAND DXPEDITION WILL BE TRIBUTE TO SILENT KEY - TEEN CW CHAMP TRIES TO TOP OWN WORLD RECORD - CHICAGO RACE PUTS HAMS ON THE RUN - HAMS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN - THREE CHARGED WITH THEFT OF RADIO STATION'S COPPER WIRING - GRANT HELPS ADVANCE ALBERTA GROUP'S IP400 DIGITAL PROJECT - WRTC ANNOUNCES WINNERS IN SPONSORED-TEAM BIDDING - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: REMEMBERING NEWSLINE'S BILL PASTERNAK, WA6ITF/SK SCRIPT AUDIO

Duration:00:19:43

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2485 for Friday, June 13th, 2025

6/12/2025
- SPECIAL EVENT IN IRAN HIGHLIGHTS PERSIAN GULF HISTORY - INDIANA EMCOMM GROUP SWITCHES FROM ANALOG FM TO DIGITAL - WHIDBEY ISLAND BROADENS ITS RADIO SAFETY NET - GET READY FOR YOTA CAMP IN COLORADO - DX FOUNDATION GIVES GRANTS TO 3 DXPEDITIONS - OREGON LATEST STATE TO PROCLAIM 'AMATEUR RADIO MONTH' - RSGB SEEKS PROPOSALS FOR OCTOBER CONFERENCE - AMSAT DESIGNATES SO-125 with SDR FM, DIGITAL REPEATER PAYLOAD - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: COULD IT BE MAGIC? CHECK THE LOG SCRIPT AUDIO

Duration:00:17:41

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2484 for Friday, June 6th, 2025

6/6/2025
- 2 FCC COMMISSIONERS LEAVING AGENCY - STEPP-IR TO END AMATEUR ANTENNA PRODUCTION - WEATHER RADIO STATIONS GO OFF AIR FOR UPDATES - DXPEDITION TEAM RETURNS TO SABLE ISLAND - FCC PROPOSES $25,000 FINE AGAINST CB OPERATOR - NASA's 'SPOT THE STATION' WEBSITE BEING DISCONTINUED - SPECIAL EVENT STATION MARKS 65th ANNIVERSARY OF CANADIAN TRAIL - BROADCAST HONORS ARMSTRONG'S DEMO OF FM RADIO - LEADERSHIP CHANGE FOR 13 COLONIES SPECIAL EVENT - JUNE IS AMATEUR RADIO MONTH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: KOSOVO DXPEDITION DID NOT GO UN-"HERD" SCRIPT AUDIO

Duration:00:20:51

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2483 for Friday, May 30th, 2025

5/29/2025
- FCC EYES GIVING SATELLITES 20,000 MHz MORE OF SPECTRUM - SOLO DXPEDITIONER HONORED FOR 61,000 QSOs - RECORD ATTENDANCE AT HAMVENTION - YASME GRANT WILL FIND RBN NODE ON SOUTH ATLANTIC ISLAND - SILENT KEY: DICK JANSSON, KD1K, LONGTIME AMSAT VP FOR ENGINEERING - SOUTH AFRICA LICENSES 48 NEW RADIO AMATEURS - OHIO TRAFFIC NET MARKS 50 YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE - HAP HOLLY, KC9RP/SK, RECEIVES FINAL NEWSMAKER AWARD, POSTHUMOUSLY - 'QUEENS OF THE MOUNTAINS' EVENT RETURNS - PROJECT EYES HAM RADIO ON GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITE - JUNE IS 'AMATEUR RADIO MONTH' IN HAWAII - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: PRIME TIME TV IS BACK ON BOARD THE ISS SCRIPT AUDIO

Duration:00:17:00

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2482 for Friday, May 23rd, 2025

5/22/2025
- REPORT: US UNPREPARED TO HANDLE MAJOR SOLAR STORM - ON-LOAN DMR KIT STARTS YOUNG UK HAMS ON THEIR JOURNEYS - ANTENNA AUCTION RAISES FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIP - STUDENTS GET FREE ONLINE LESSONS ABOUT WEATHER SATELLITES - LONGTIME ELECTRONICS SUPPLIER SHUTS DOORS IN US - SPECIAL EVENT FOLLOWS TRAIL OF 19TH CENTURY EXPLORERS - LUXEMBOURG ISSUES POSTAGE STAMP FOR IARU's CENTENARY - SPECIAL EVENT OPERATORS RECALL HISTORIC JOHNSTOWN FLOOD OF 1889 - DEADLINE NEARS FOR 'YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR' NOMINEES - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: TIME FLOWS ON, THANKS TO 'FOUNTAIN" OF UNPRECEDENTED ACCURACY SCRIPT AUDIO
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2481 for Friday, May 16th, 2025

5/15/2025
- IARU OUTLINES RE-ENGINEERED VISION, ELIMINATING REGIONAL ENTITIES - UNIVERSITY IN ROME LOGS QSOs TO WELCOME NEW POPE - HISTORIC TURNOUT FOR BANGLADESH HAM RADIO EXAM - SILENT KEY: THE QSO RADIO SHOW'S TED RANDALL, WB8PUM - ARRL'S RENEWED CALLS TO FCC INCLUDE PLEA FOR TECHNICIANS' HF PRIVILEGES - HAMS EXEMPT FROM SOUTH CAROLINA LAW BANNING HANDHELDS - HAMS EXEMPT FROM DISTRACTED-DRIVING LAW THAT BEGINS JUNE 5 - PROJECT KUIPER LAUNCHES ITS FIRST SATELLITES - AMSAT SETS OCTOBER DATE FOR SYMPOSIUM, MEETING - AWARD RECOGNIZES WSPR RADIO "DETECTIVES" - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: WHEN THE "STATION IDENTIFICATION" IS A BINARY STAR SYSTEM SCRIPT AUDIO
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2480 for Friday, May 9th, 2025

5/8/2025
- FCC TO PUSH FOR US-BASED TESTING OF SOME IMPORTED ELECTRONICS - WEATHER-BALLOON WASTE CHALLENGES AUSTRALIAN COAST - HAMVENTION PREPARES FOR OPENING DAY - NEW GRANT BOOSTS DIGITAL LIBRARY OF AMATEUR RADIO & COMMUNICATIONS - THREE INDUCTED INTO CQ AMATEUR RADIO HALL OF FAME - HAM2K PORTABLE LOGGER RECEIVES SOFTWARE AWARD - NOMINATE OUR NEXT YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR - APRS POSTPONES MAY SUMMIT, RESCHEDULES FOR FALL - IMAGE TRANSMISSION A HIGHLIGHT OF DISASTER TRAINING - CITY POLICE STATIONS PREPARE TO ADD AMATEUR RADIO - SPECIAL STATIONS CELEBRATE MAJOR HAM EXPO IN JAPAN - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: A PULSAR PACKS A PUNCH INTO OUR GALAXY SCRIPT AUDIO
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2479 for Friday, May 2nd, 2025

5/1/2025
- HIGH-FLYING ANTENNA TO HELP STUDY WORLD'S FORESTS - BRAZIL'S HAMS GAIN CB PRIVILEGES, LOSE CW REQUIREMENT - AMATEUR LEADS GROUP BEHIND NEW LPFM RADIO STATION - FCC SAYS FLORIDA LPFM STATION EXCEEDED LEGAL LIMITS - TURNING 100, BELL LABS PREPS FOR RELOCATION - SILENT KEY: CHARLES KITCHIN, N1TEV, WRITER, "GURU" OF THE RE-GEN RECEIVER - NOMINATE OUR NEXT YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR - THREE BANDS OK'D FOR ITALIAN AMATEUR EXPERIMENTATION - BBC RECHARTING COURSE BEFORE CHARTER EXPIRATION - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: THIS ANTENNA'S ELEMENTS HAVE AN ELEMENT OF HISTORY SCRIPT AUDIO
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2478 for Friday, April 25th, 2025

4/24/2025
- INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO UNION EYES RESTRUCTURING - HAMS ACTIVATE IRAN'S FIRST SPECIAL EVENT STATION FOR IARU - PANCREATIC CANCER SPECIAL EVENT HONORS ITS FOUNDER'S MEMORY - WRTC BIDDING DEADLINE FOR SPONSORED TEAMS IS APRIL 30TH - REGISTRATION OPENS FOR HAM RADIO BOOTCAMP - HAM RADIO FRIEDRICHSHAFEN SELECTS "REMOTE" THEME - NOMINATE OUR NEXT YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR - HAMS GO WITH THE FLOW FOR "CANOE CHALLENGE" FUNDRAISER - SOUTH AFRICAN HAMS FOSTER RADIO'S GROWTH IN SUB-SAHARA - ASTRONAUT ANNOUNCES FRAM2HAM SSTV CONTEST WINNERS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: HAMS GO TO BAT FOR VANISHING BATS SCRIPT AUDIO
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2477 for Friday, April 18th, 2025

4/17/2025
- HAMS GAIN EXEMPTION IN IOWA'S DISTRACTED-DRiVING LAW - REGULATOR SEEKS COMMENT ON AUSTRALIA'S CLASS-LICENSE CONDITIONS - SILENT KEY: BOB FAY, WBØNPN, EMERGENCY RESPONDER AND MENTOR - SILENT KEY: SHIRLEY HARDSTAFF, VK7HSC, INNOVATOR AND ADVOCATE - ZERO RETRIES NEWSLETTER HOSTING INAUGURAL CONFERENCE - BIG WELCOME FOR YOUNGSTERS AT HAMVENTION ON MAY 17TH - FIRST YOTA JUNIOR CAMP - HAM RADIO TAKES 1ST JOURNEY ON FLORIDA TRAIL EVENT - RSGB HONORS 2 FROM HAMSCI FOR PROPAGATION STUDIES - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: THE SUMMIT OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SCRIPT AUDIO
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2476 for Friday, April 11th, 2025

4/10/2025
- MOUNT ATHOS CONTACTS DEEMED VALID TOWARD DXCC - HAMS INVITED TO MONITOR METEOR SCATTER EVENTS - HAMS WEIGH IN ON FCC INVITATION FOR REGULATION COMMENTS - 'MUD MOSEY' IS A RAIN OR SHINE EVENT - HAM RADIO NEWS PRESENTER RETIRES AT 101 - NOMINATE OUR NEXT YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR - THE WORLD IS MARKING WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY - MONTANA CLUB GIVES HAM RADIO BOOKS TO REGIONAL LIBRARIES - THIS BATTERY LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER BECAUSE IT'S PAPER - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: HAMS' STEADY CLIMB TO SUCCESS FOR FM RADIO STATION SCRIPT AUDIO
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2475 for Friday, April 4th, 2025

4/4/2025
- HAMS RESPOND AS DEADLY QUAKE ROCKS THAILAND, MYANMAR - COURT HALTS WHITE HOUSE ACTION AGAINST VOICE OF AMERICA - SKYWARN YOUTH NET PREPARES NEXT GENERATION - SUCCESSFUL AMATEUR CONTACTS FOR FRAM2 SPACECRAFT - SILENT KEY: LONGTIME PITTSBURGH-AREA DJ, RADIO HOST JIM QUINN, W3VEX - SILENT KEY: DAN CROUCH, KF7DC, MINGUS MOUNTAIN ROUNDTABLE MODERATOR - NOMINATE NEXT YEAR'S YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR - ANTARCTIC RESEARCH BEACON GOES SILENT AFTER 46 YEARS - IOTA SEEKS VOLUNTEER TO SERVE AS CHECKPOINT FOR BRAZIL - NOMINATION DEADLINE NEARS FOR CQ AMATEUR RADIO HALL OF FAME - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: COMMUNITY'S FONDNESS FOR TOWER IS A TALL ORDER SCRIPT AUDIO
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2474 for Friday, March 28th, 2025

3/28/2025
- EARTH-VENUS-EARTH BOUNCE A FIRST FOR NETHERLANDS - OFCOM PROPOSES DIRECT SMARTPHONE-SATELLITE CONNECTIONS - HAMS REACH OUT TO BOOST AUTISM AWARENESS - VOICE OF AMERICA MUSEUM REASSURES VISITORS - COURT DELAYS DEFUNDING OF RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY - A CW EVENT TURNS THE CALENDAR BACK TO 1935 - NOMINATE THE NEXT YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR - HAMS AID ELDERLY WIDOW LOST FOR 2 MONTHS - 2 NEW INDUCTEES INTO CANADIAN AMATEUR RADIO HALL OF FAME - SPECIAL EVENT IS TRIBUTE TO DXPEDITIONER ZORRO, JH1AJT/SK - WORLD OF DX - PIERRE PULLINMYLEG HAS BIG NEWS FOR YOU - OR NOT SCRIPT AUDIO
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2473 for Friday, March 21st, 2025

3/20/2025
- US GOVT TO SHUT VOA AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICES - FCC SEEKS PUBLIC SUGGESTIONS ON POSSIBLE DEREGULATION - STRANDED NASA ASTRONAUTS RETURN TO EARTH FROM ISS - YOUNG AMATEURS PREPARE FOR DX YOUTH ADVENTURES - SILENT KEY: WALTER CARLINGTON, VP9KD, FORMER NET DIRECTOR FOR CARIBUS NET - WORK AT REPEATER SITE COSTS WEST COAST HAM HIS COUNTY JOB - NOMINATE THE NEXT YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR - US NAVY COMMUNICATORS LOOK TO HAM RADIO TECHNOLOGY - SPECIAL EVENT STATION MARKS POLIO VACCINE ANNIVERSARY - EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FROM NEW ZEALAND'S NEW MOBILE EOC - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: FOR AM RADIO, SIGNOFF IS A SIGN OF THE TIMES SCRIPT AUDIO