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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1430
2026/10/25
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1430 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: October 24, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:16:27
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1430
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. ARD: Icom Receives Good Design Award
2. WIRE: Helicopter Pilot Killed Striking 150 Foot Amateur Radio Tower
3. AMSAT: AMSAT 44th Annual Symposium Highlights
4. AMSAT: 65 Years of Amateur Radio Satellites: From OSCAR-1 to Canada-OSCAR 128
5. AMSAT: AMSAT Director Appoints Three New Ambassadors to Volunteer Network
6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over
7. ARRL: Latest Colvin Grants Assist Youth-Focused DXpeditions
8. ARRL: San Diego Balloon Launch Draws in High School Students
9. ARRL: Hams Help “Run” the Chicago Marathon
10. ARRL: Historic LF Station SAQ Will Be On The Air On October 23 and 24 To Mark United Nations Day
11. ARRL: Amateur Radio Active During National Pearl Harbour Rememberance Day
12. ARRL: The YASME Foundation Has Presented Its 2026 YASME Excellence Award
13. ARRL: October 31 Is The Deadline For Schools To Apply For Grants From ARRL’s Education and Tech Program
14. Home Owners Association Gives Top Priority To Halting Amateur Radio Antenna Bill
15. Australian Moon Rover Debuts
16. Private Cube Sat Transmits AI Experiments
17. FCC Obstacle To License Renewals Is Called A Payment Labyrinth
18. Radio Society Of Great Britian Launches Newsletter For Young Amateurs
19. Designs Are Being Sought For 2027 Straight Key Night 2027 QSL Card
20. Upcoming RadioSport Contests
21. Upcoming Regional Conventions and HamFests
22. AMSAT: AMSAT Board of Directors re-elects senior officers for 2027
23. AMSAT: Google project SunCatcher begins testing AI computing in orbit
24. The FCC proposes to auction spectrum for terrestrial and space based broadband operations
25. ARRL: eBay restricts listings of radio equipment that transmits, but exempts amateur radio gear
26. ARRL: ARRL announces changes in the Rocky Mountain Division
27. QCWA Scholarship application period opens soon
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, explains what I/Q has to do with amateur radio.
* 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, presents a brand new edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio"
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Website: https://www.twiar.net
Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss
Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss
Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss
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 NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3
Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3
Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.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 [email protected].
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1429
2026/10/18
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1429 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: October 17, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:38:57
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1429
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT Board of Directors Re-Elects Senior Officers for 2027
2. AMSAT: KENSAT Showcases Individual-Built Amateur Radio CubeSat
3. AMSAT: Google’s Project Suncatcher Begins Testing AI Computing in Orbit
4. AMSAT: Blue Origin Unveils 65-Foot Solar Power Tower for Lunar Operations
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over
6. IR/VOA/WIA: Voice Of America Radio Still Costs $1.6 Million Weekly After Trump Administration Cuts
7. COV: FCC Proposes to Auction Spectrum for Terrestrial and Space-Based Broadband Services
8. SPACE-X: SpaceX Gets FCC Green Light For 15,000 Direct-To-Device Satellites
9. ARRL: Florida Hams Provide Communications Support During Hurricane Isaias
10. ARRL: eBay Restricts Listings Of Radio Equipment, But Exempts Ham-Band-Only Gear
11. ARRL: Radio Club of America Announces Awards And Fellows For 2026
12. ARRL: PoPping Into 44Net Connect
13. ARRL: ARRL Announces Change in Rocky Mountain Division Leadership
14. ARRL: The Dog Day Radio Amateur Radio Club, KØDOG, Is Back On The Air
15. ARRL: ARRL Online Auction Up and Running
16. ARRL: Nominations Are Open For The 2027 CWOps Award
17. ARRL: Brian Daly, WB7OML, reappointed FCC's Communications Security, and Interoperability Council
18. Apollo Mission Programmer Margaret Hamilton, Passes Away
19. Agreement For Disaster Training Is Signed By West Bengal Amateurs and Officials
20. QCWA Scholarship Applications Period Opens Soon
21. ISS Crew-12 Returns Home From The Space Station / NASA ARISS Sign New Four Year Agreement
22. Pico Balloons Launched By Students In West Virginia
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 discuss how to point and antenna without moving it
* 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, presents a tribute and retrospective look back at the late Hap Holly, KC9RP who produced "The Rain Report" heard around the world for decades before its final transmission
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Website: https://www.twiar.net
Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss
Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss
Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss
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 NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3
Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3
Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.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 [email protected].
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1428
2026/10/10
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1428 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: October 10, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:39:18
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1428
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. ARDC: Volunteer with ARDC in 2027!
2. FCC/ARRL: FCC and HHS Initiate New Proceedings on RF Exposure
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. WIA: US AM Radio For Very Vehicle Act News
5. WIA: Hubble Completes Its 200,000th Orbit Around Earth
6. NASA: NASA's SpaceX Crew‑13 Arrives at Space Station
7. ARD: APRS Connect is Now on iPhone
8. AG: The Sun Is Killing Off StarLink Satellites
9. FCC: The FCC Proposes New Mid-Band Spectrum Auction and Unlocking 800 MegaHertz For Drones
10. ARRL: Gulf Coast Prepares for Isaias
11. ARRL: World Radiosport Team Championship 2022 Results Re-Scored; New Winner Announced
12. ARRL: Radio Scouting Beyond Jamboree On The Air
13. ARRL: Discovering Ham Radio Via Moonbounce
14. ARRL: 2026 ARRL Online Auction
15. Ham Radio Operator Honored As Friend Of Broadcast
16. Early Proponent Of GMRS Becomes A Silent Key
17. Chasing Cornwallis Challenge Final Events
18. Amateurs In Argentina Organize Special Tribute To A Silent Key
19. ARISS Contact Milestone For A Chile High School
20. QSO'S With Readership
21. Zero Retries Conference General Admission Extended
22. Message Of Peace To Be Sent By Historic Transmitter SAQ
23. ARRL: National Fire Prevention Week special event stations on the air
24. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests
25. ARRL: Upcoming regional conventions and hamfest listing
26. AMSAT: OrbitDeck for iOS brings full featured satellite tracking to iPhone platform
27. SAQ: SAQ Grimeton to air United Nations Day Message worldwide
28. Google puts experimental AI data center satellite in orbit
29. FCC: FCC unleashes "Spectrum Abundance" for new uses
30. ARRL: ARRL alerts amateurs to e-mail "Phishing Scams"
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 anoter update on his Bald Yak Project, and in amateur radio you will be surprised at the things you hear if you listen
* 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, returns with another edition of Dead Electrical Dudes. This edition's stiff is Lee DeForest
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Website: https://www.twiar.net
Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss
Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss
Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss
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 NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3
Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3
Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.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 [email protected].
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1427
2026/10/04
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1427 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: October 3, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chria Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:39:01
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1427
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT-DL’s ERMINAZ-2 PocketQube Trio Set for October 1st Launch on Transporter-18
2. AMSAT: OrbitDeck for iOS Brings Full-Featured Satellite Tracking to iPhone and iPad
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over
4. IARU: IARU Region 1 General Conference Concludes in Vienna; New Executive Committee Elected
5. OFCOM: United Kingdom News
6. WIA: FCC ISM Rules May Shatter Lora Mesh Communities
7. WIA: 2032 - FADE TO BLACK - UK TV QRT.
8. FCC: FCC Tells Arizona FM to Get Off Its Old Frequency
9. SAQ: SAQ Grimeton to Air United Nations Day Message
10. California County Makes NOAA Weather Radios A Priority
11. Google Puts Experimental AI Data Center Satellite In Orbit
12. Agencies In The United Nations Plea For RFI Safeguards - Two US Agencies Seek Comments On RF Exposure
13. Radio Signals Are Detected From Another World By Researchers
14. SK: Edward Engleman, KG8CX Co-Founder Of YACHT
15. New Azores Network Unites School Radio Clubs
16. ARRL: Year of the Club … Special Delivery to 7Q (Malawi)
17. ARRL: Year of the Club … Keep on Truckin’
18. ARRL: Ukrainian/Polish Radio Club Celebrates Centennial
19. ARRL: 2026 Collegiate QSO Party is October 3rd and 4th
20. ARRL: Peter Nowinski, W3LIX, of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, Honored
21. FCC: FCC Unleashes Spectrum Abundance for New Uses
22. ARRL: ARRL Warns Amateurs About E-Mail Phising
23. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and On The Events
24. ARRL: Upcoming Regional Conventions and HamFests
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 discuss How To Get Kitted Up with Amateur Radio, and will explain Radio, For The Love Of It
* 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
* Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report
* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with a brand new edition of Dead Electrical Dudes. This edition's stiff is Samuel Morse
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Website: https://www.twiar.net
Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss
Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss
Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss
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 NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3
Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3
Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.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 [email protected].
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1426
2026/09/26
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1426 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: September 26, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:14:54
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1426
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: Call for Presentations: 44th AMSAT Space Symposium
2. AMSAT: AO-7 - OSCAR-7 - Again Captures Attention
3. AMSAT: Satellite Headlines From All Over
4. WIA: Fuel Savings Double Potential Lifetime for NASAs Roman Mission
5. ARRL: FCC and HHS Initiate New Proceedings on RF Exposure
6. ARRL: Morse Code Detectives
7. ARRL: Remembering Four Silent Keys
8. ARRL: Will RADE Be the Next SSB?
9. ARRL: ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, Guest On Episode 103 of The DX Mentor Podcast
10. ARRL: Radio Shorts From All Over
11. Croatia Will Host World Radiosport Team Championships
12. Nationwide Emergency Alert System Test Date Set By The US Government
13. A Summit Activator Assists In Hiker Rescue In Hawaii
14. Disaster Response Veteran Tom Delaney, W8WTD - SK
15. Etiquette Is Not Trivial On This Net
16. Hindu Festival Concludes In Mumbai As Hams Ensure Safety
17. ARRL: W1AW/250 Upcoming Operations/Activations
18. ARRL: Upcoming Section Conventions
19. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests
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 take us through an Emergency Response Reality Check
* 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, returns with a brand new edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio"
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Website: https://www.twiar.net
Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss
Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss
Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss
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 NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3
Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3
Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.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 [email protected].
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1425
2026/09/19
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1425 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: September 19, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:36:54
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1425
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. ARRL: Candidates Named for ARRL Director and Vice Director Elections
2. ARRL: Hamvention Names First Woman as General Chair
3. ARRL: Former ARRL COO Harold Kramer, WJ1B, Silent Key
4. ARRL: Rich Moseson, W2VU, Named ARRL News Editor
5. ARRL: Entrepreneur and Amateur Radio Operator Invests in the Next Generation of Problem Solvers
6. ARRL: 10-Year-Old Receives Ham License and More
7. ARRL: ARISS Receives Challenger-7 Recognition
8. ARRL: FCC Cites GMRS Licensee for Illegal Linked Repeater Network
9. ARRL: New ARRL Maine Section Manager
10. ARRL: ARRL Board Reviews and Approves Potential Alabama Section Move to the Delta Division and More
11. ARRL: New ARRL 10-Band DXCC Award
12. ARRL: Upcoming: 2026 ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET)
13. ARRL: Florida’s Space Coast Expands Digital Communications Infrastructures
14. ARRL: WRTC 2026 Organizers Honored by FOC
15. ARRL: Get Ready for Jamboree on the Air
16. ARRL: AMSAT Youth Initiative Course, ARISS Announces Schedule Deadline
17. Gibralter Amateurs Mark Milestones With New Stamps and Coins
18. 12,000 Year Old Archaeological Site Gets HF Radio
19. Amateur Radio Digital Communications Seeks Volunteers
20. FCC Vote Will Give High Speed Satellite More Spectrum
21. Indonesian Volcano Eruption Activates Emergency Net
22. A Tribute Transmission From Alaska To NYC On September 11th
23. Solar Power From Space To Be Delivered By LASER
24. AMSAT: World Amateur Radio Broadcasting and Send Your Name into Space Campaign
25. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over
26. ARRL: Upcoming Contest Listing and Regional Conventions
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 cover Coronal Mass Ejections, Wind Flares, Solar Flux, and Geomagnetic Storms
* 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, returns with Part One of a brand new edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio"
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Website: https://www.twiar.net
Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss
Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss
Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss
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 NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3
Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3
Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.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 [email protected].
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1424
2026/06/14
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1424 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: June 13, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson. W2PH, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:17:56
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1424
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT Submits Letter of Intent for NASA SLS CubeSat Opportunity on Artemis III, IV, and V
2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over
3. WIA: Canadian Radio Station Forms Amateur Radio Club
4. WIA: OscarWatch Tracker: A New Satellite Tracking Program from MM9SQL
5. ARRL: Washington Governor Highlights Amateur Radio Volunteers Ahead of ARRL Field Day
6. ARRL: Watch Salty Walt’s Portable Antenna Forum
7. ARRL: Get Ready For ARRL Kids Day 2026
8. ARRL: Orlando HamCation is seeking nominations for its 2027 awards
9. ARRL: ARRL Great Lakes Division Director Scott Yonally, N8SY, Guest Speaker
10. ITU Corporation Acquires Ameritron and Mirage RF Amplifier Brands from MFJ Enterprises
11. US Radio Station Copper Thief Is Arrested
12. Ireland Radio Transmitter Society Is Looking For HF World Championship Operators
13. Artemis III Mission Astronauts Are Announced By NASA
14. Amateurs Experimenting With Teletext For Amateur Radio
15. Astronauts Return To The Space Station After Air Leak
16. Reminder: Hamclock Backend Server Switch Coming Up
17. Amateur Radio Digital Communications Has Launched A New Discord Server
18. CubeSats Boost Data Rates With Foldable Antennas
19. AMSAT: AMSAT Field Day 2026
20. FCC: FCC kicks off its first spectrum auction in four years
21. ARRL: The league launches its "Find The Right Rig" new comparison tool for ARRL members
22. China's space station now has a new crew
23. Canada is assked by HamSci to reconsider shutting down its shortwave time signal CHU
24. FCC: Newest warning from the FCC targets unlicensed radio operator
Plus these Special Features This Week:
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News
* 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
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Website: https://www.twiar.net
Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss
Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss
Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss
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 NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3
Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3
Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.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 [email protected].
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1423
2026/06/07
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1423 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: June 6, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:55:40
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1423
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT Field Day 2026
2. AMSAT: RADIANT Project Aims to Bring Delay-Tolerant Networking to Amateur Radio
3. AMSAT: SpaceX Starship V3’s First Test Flight Largely Successful
4. AMSAT: China Launches Shenzhou 23 Spacecraft
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
6. WIA: Radio Frequency Changes Cause Drones To Fall
7. WIA: Japan Amateur Radio League 100th Anniversary
8. WIA: US Space Command Launches War Games
9. WIA: School Is Now In Session
10. RW: Ohio Valley 100,000 Watt FM Signal Is Severed in Broad Daylight
11. RTS: The FCC Plans Tighter Rules That Will Help Undersea Internet Cables
12. FCC: FCC Kicks Off First Spectrum Auction In Four Years
13. ARRL: Find The Right Rig: New Comparison Tool For ARRL Members
14. ARRL: CHU Canada’s Official Shortwave Time Signal To Go Silent
15. ARRL: Florida Field Day Preparations Under Way
16. ARRL: Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation Scholarship 2026 Winner
17. ARRL: International Dog Day On August 26, 2026
18. ARRL: The Lewis and Clark Trail On The Air Special Event
19. China's Space Station Now Has A New Crew
20. Canada Is Asked By Hamsci To Reconsider Shutting Down CHU
21. Microwave Update Conference Registration Is Now Open
22. Newest Warning From The FCC Targets An Unlicensed Radio Operator
23. Youngsters Are Ready For IARU Region 1 Camp
24. ARRL: Senator Ted Cruz praises amateur radio volunteers for Emergency Preparedness
25. AMSAT: AMSAT opens candidate nominations for 2026 Board of Directors Election
26. AMSAT: AMSAT BirdChaser Bingo Summer 2026 adds a new twist to satellite operating
27. WIA: China announces massive break-through battery technology
28. ARRL: RAC/Radio Amateurs of Canada Vice President Brent Taylor, VY2HF, Silent Key
29. ARRL: Registration is open for the 2026 National Convention in Huntsville, Alabama
30. ARRL: Sufflok County New York legislator has designated June as amateur radio month
31. RSGB: A Solar Eclipse will happen in the UK on August 12, 2026
Plus these Special Features This Week:
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO, and get an update from AMSAT and what's new with all those amateur satellites in orbit
* Australia's own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, returns to his Bald Yak Project. This edition is titled "Soapy Audio Adventures"
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more
* We will have the Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL and Space Weather
* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week Will takes us back to the Summer of 1924, which brought the first explorers to the four new, shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July. This is part two of a three part edition titled "DX Records and Shortwave Reflections", or "The Heaviside Road to the Antipode"
* This month's update from The Volunteer Monitoring System
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Website: https://www.twiar.net
Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss
Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss
Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss
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 NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3
Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3
Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.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 [email protected].
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1422
2026/05/31
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1422 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: May 30, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Marv Turner, W0MET, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Ed Johnsen, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:42:22
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1422
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. ARRL: Senator Ted Cruz Praises Amateur Radio Volunteers for Emergency Preparedness
2. AMSAT: OrigamiSat-2 Receives Fuji-OSCAR 126 (FO-126) Designation from AMSAT
3. AMSAT: AMSAT Opens Candidate Nominations For 2026 Board of Directors Election
4. AMSAT: AMSAT's Dayton Forum Covers Education, Operations, and Future Satellite Projects
5. AMSAT: Bird Chaser Bingo Summer 2026 Adds New Twist To Satellite Operating
6. AMSAT: Hamvention 2026 Brings Estimated $35 Million Impact to Xenia Region
7. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
8. WIA: RSGB Exams Team Has Published New Mock Exams
9. WIA: China Announces Massive Breakthrough Battery Technology
10. WIA: Australia's "New National Sport"
11. ARRL: Radio Amateurs of Canada Vice-President Brent Taylor, VY2HF, Silent Key
12. ARRL: Registration Is Open For The 2026 ARRL National Convention In Huntsville, Alabama
13. ARRL: Suffolk County, New York, Legislature Has Designated June As Amateur Radio Month
14. Canada Will Be Taking Time Signal Station CHU Off The Air In June
15. Amateurs In Gibraltar Double Down On Their Celebration
16. Free CW Training For Field Day Is Offered By Long Island CW Club
17. RSGB: Solar Eclipse In The UK On August 12, 2026
18. Presenters Are Sought For Upcoming Electromagnetic Field Festival
19. 38,000 Guests Visited This Year's Dayton HamVention
20. ARRL: Upcoming Contests and Regional Convention Listings
21. AMSAT: AMSAT-DL (Germany) to highlight QO-100 at Friedrichshaven
22. RTBR: House E and C Committee embeds AM radio act into larger vehicle bill
23. ARRL: June is proclaimed Amateur Radio Month in the state of New Hampshire
24. ARRL: The league urges your club to start packing for 2026 Field Day now
25. AWA Communications Museum announces a new on air net
26. Moon-Based Amateur Radio plan is announced by ARISS
27. Engineering student joins the South Georgia Island DXpedition team
Plus these Special Features This Week:
* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News
* Australia's own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio will take a close look at why you should use Logbook of The World
* 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, returns with another edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to the Summer of 1924, which brought the first explorers to the four new, shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July. This is part one of a three part series titled, "DX Records and Shortwave Reflections", or, "The Heaviside Road to the Antipode"
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Website: https://www.twiar.net
Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss
Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss
Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss
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 NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3
Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3
Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.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 [email protected].
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1421
2026/05/24
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1421 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: May 23, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Ed Johnson. W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:23:18
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWiAR1421
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT-DL To Highlight QO-100 At Friedrichshafen
2. AMSAT: Launching Satellites With Zero Emissions
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. WIA: International Women in Engineering Day
5. WIA: Young Drivers Pay Attention To MetaData On Car Screens
6. RTBR: House E and C Committee Embeds AM Radio Act Into Larger Vehicle Bill
7. ARRL: Report From The World’s Largest Hamfest
8. ARRL: Outstanding Contesters and DXers Recognized At HamVention
9. ARRL: June Proclaimed Amateur Radio Month In New Hampshire
10. ARRL: Start Packing for ARRL Field Day
11. Amateur Radio Club Debuts Its Innovative Trailer At Dayton
12. Antique Wireless Association Communications Museum Announces A New Net
13. Moon Based Amateur Radio Plan Is Announced By ARISS
14. Caribbean Girl Guides Earn Licenses
15. Engineering Student Joins The South Georgia Island DXpedition Team
16. Pennsylvania Flood Victims Are Remembered By Ham Community
17. LIMARC Officer Jerry Abrams WB2ZEX - SK
18. ARRL: ARRL CEO David Minster is the guest on the latest DX Mentor podcast
19. BBC to shutdown its longwave transmitters in June
20. ARRL: Upcoming contests and regional convention listing
21. Canada to shut down time signal station CHU
22. ARRL: Nominations for the 2026 ARRL Media and Public Relation Awards are accepted
23. As BBC transmitters are marked for shutdown, amateurs plan corresponding special event stations
24. Australian licenses get a new web site
25. An amateur pursues the mystery of Sporadic-E skip
26. WIA: The WIA asks for changes in the sub-Antarctic call prefixes
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 tell us how "Some Days Are Like Running In Place."
* 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, returns with another edition of "Dead Electrical Dudes". This week's stiff is Heinrich Hertz
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Website: https://www.twiar.net
Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss
Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss
Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss
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 NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3
Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3
Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.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 [email protected].
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1420
2026/05/17
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1420 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: May 16, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnsen. W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:23:25
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1420
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. ARRL: Nominations For 2026 ARRL Media And PR Awards Accepted Through May 31st
2. ARRL: United States Coast Guard Adopted By The Barnstable Amateur Radio Club
3. ARRL: Youth On The Air At Hamvention 2026
4. ARRL: SteppIR Communications Is Serving The Ham Radio Market Once Again
5. ARRL: National WWI Museum and Memorial To Host Special Event Station WW1USA for Memorial Day
6. As BBC Transmitters Marked For Shutdown, UK Hams Plan A Special Tribute
7. Australian Licenses Get A New Website
8. Amateur Pursues The Mystery Of Sporadic E-Skip
9. Cyclone That Hit New Zealand Revs Up Recruitment Drive
10. New Modem Called A Vara Replacement Goes Open Source
11. Wireless Institute of Australia Asks For Changes In Sub-Antartic Call Prefixes
12. SK: Ross Merline WA2WDT Emergency Communications Professional
13. ARRL: Hamvention 2026 Thursday -- Setup Day and Much More
14. ARRL: Hamvention 2026 Friday - Let The Fun Begin
16. AMSAT: NASA completes The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
17. AMSAT: The Artemis II moon astronauts visit The White House and President Trump
18. ARRL: The Boston SDR User Group invites you to come learn more about Software Defined Radio
19. ARRL: Salty Walt goes next level with a brand new antenna book
20. Singer and composer Alan Osmond KN0IZE, SK. (Yes those Osmonds)
21. CW operators are needed to copy CW from a new Japanese CubeSat
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 tell us how to keep track of your adventures
* 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, returns with another special edition of Philip Neidlinger, KA4KOE's "Dead Electrical Dudes". This edition's stiff is Dr. Edwin Howard Armstrong
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Website: https://www.twiar.net
Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss
Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss
Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss
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 NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3
Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3
Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.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 [email protected].
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1419
2026/05/10
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1419 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: May 9, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:24:11
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1419
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: FCC Approves Limited Emergency Use of 70cm Band AST SpaceMobile Satellites Outside US
2. AMSAT: Saudi Amateur Radio Society Sponsors Satthon_2
3. AMSAT: NASA Completes Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
4. AMSAT: SpaceX Rocket Debris to Impact The Moon
5. AMSAT: Artemis 2 Moon Astronauts Visit the White House
6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over
7. WIA: Thousands Of Tiny Dots Could Save First Responders Lives
8. ARRL: The Ham Radio World Heads to Ohio
9. ARRL: Learn More About SDR From The Boston Software Defined Radio User Group
10. ARRL: STEM On and Off the Air
11. ARRL: Salty Walt Goes Next Level With New Portable Antenna Sketchbook
12. SK: Composer And Singer Alan Osmond, KN0IZE
13. CW Operators Needed To Copy Data From Cubesat Built In Tokyo
14. SK: Alaxander Teimurazov, 4L5A, DX News Editor and Top Contester
15. Special Event To Celebrate North American Soccer Tournament
16. The National Council on Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) elects new officers
17. ARRL: Upcoming contests and regional convention listings
18. NASA: Want to help NASA with Space Science? Here is how to volunteer
19. ARRL: The Texas Emergency Management Conference is coming up in a few weeks
20. ARRL: New book release: Satellite Operating For Amateur Radio is now shipping
21. FCC: The FCC modernizes its satellite spectrum sharing rules for high speed broadband from space
22. The Radio Amateurs of Canada are looking for an editor for its magazine The Canadian Amateur
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 tell us "How To Deal With Complexity"
* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to 1924. The summer 1924 brought the first explorers to the four new, shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July. Amateurs anticipated interesting times ahead based on their earlier experimental work that produced the first transatlantic QSOs
This is the final part of a series titled, "DX Records and Shortwave Reflections"
* We will take at look at this months Volunteer Monitoring Enforcement Report
* 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 more
* Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
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Website: https://www.twiar.net
Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss
Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss
Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss
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 NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3
Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3
Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.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 [email protected].
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1418
2026/05/03
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1418 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: May 2, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Ed Johnson, W2PH, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:30:51
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1418
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. NASA: Want To Help NASA With Space Science? Here Is How To Volunteer
2. AMSAT: AMSAT Update Presented At 2026 CubeSat Developers Workshop Available Online
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. WIA: Traces Of Ballpoint Pen Ink Found In Martian Rocks
5. WIA: The International Telecommunications Union Releases New Handbook On Amateur Satellite Services
6. ARRL: FCC Approves Limited Emergency Use Of 70cm Band by AST SpaceMobile Satellites Outside US
7. ARRL: Texas Emergency Management Conference Coming Up In May
8. ARRL: 2025 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Winners Awarded
9. ARRL: Free ARRL Events App Now Live For 2026 Dayton Hamvention
10. ARRL: New Book Release: Satellite Operating for Amateur Radio
11. ARRL: Naval Academy Amateur Radio Club, W3ADO, Will Participate In The DoD's Armed Forces Day
12. FCC: FCC Modernizes Its Satellite Spectrum Sharing Rules to Boost Real-Fast, Space-Based Broadband
13. Canadian Special Events To Highlight Public Safety
14. Amateur Radio Software Award Goes To HamLib For 2026
15. DXpeditions Featureing Remote Activations Are Honored
16. Amateur Radio Instruction Helps Prepare Students For A Adventure
17. Radio Amateurs Of Canada Seek An Editor For Its Canadian Amateur Magazine
18. Recognition For Youth On DxPeditions
19. Japanese Amateurs Give A Warm Reception To Antartic Research
20. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Conventions
21. AMSAT: AMSAT/TAPR Banquet To Feature Ray Roberge, WA1CYB, Update On AMSAT’s SDR Gen 2
22. FCC: FCC Seeking Recent College Grads for Honors Engineer Program
23. FCC: FCC Asked To Adopt Plan Taking Nine UHF Channels From Broadcasters For Reassignment to 6G
24. ARRL: Dayton Hamvention 2026 Offers Forums For Every Ham
25. ARRL: Indiana Company To Manufacture Hy‑Gain And Cushcraft Antennas
26. Frequencies Identified For Expanding 6G On The 2.7 GigaHertz Band
27. SteppIR Antennas Is Returning To The Amateur Radio Market Place
28. ARDC: Amateur Radio Digital Communications Seeking A Software Developer and Technical Writer
29. RSGB Headquarters Station Welcomes Guest Operators During July
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 answer the question "What does amateur radio bring to your life?"
* 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
* Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report
* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to 1924. The summer 1924 brought the first explorers to the four new, shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July. Amateurs anticipated interesting times ahead based on their earlier experimental work that produced the first transatlantic QSOs. This is Part Two of a series titled, "DX Records and Shortwave Reflections"
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Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss
Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss
Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/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 [email protected].
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1417
2026/04/26
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1417 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: April 25, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Mike Nicolich, K9DXM, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnsen, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Josh Marler, AA4WX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:27:31
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1417
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT/TAPR Banquet To Feature Ray Roberge, WA1CYB, Update On AMSAT’s SDR Gen 2
2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
3. FCC: FCC Seeking Recent College Grads for Honors Engineer Program
4. FCC: FCC Asked To Adopt Plan Taking Nine UHF TV Channels From Broadcasters Reassignment to 6G
5. ARRL: Dayton Hamvention 2026 Offers Forums For Every Ham
6. ARRL: Indiana Company To Manufacture Hy‑Gain And Cushcraft Antennas
7. ARRL: Football / Futbol on the Air Amateur Special Event
8. ARRL: World Amateur Radio Day 2026 In Puerto Rico
9. ARRL: Northern California DX Foundation Adds Two Young DXpeditioners To Board
10. FCC: FCC Grants New Satellite Service Frequencies For Use
11. Frequencies Identified For Expanding 6G On The 2.7 GigaHertz Band
12. SteppIR Antennas Is Returning To The Amateur Radio Market Place
13. Historic Mills In The UK To Be Lit Up By Modern Radios
14. One Hundred Reasons To Attend The New Zealand Amateur Radio Convention
15. Former ARI President Graziano Sartori, I0SSH, SK
16. ARDC: Amateur Radio Digital Communications Seeking A Software Developer and Technical Writer
17. RSGB Headquarters Station Welcomes Guest Operators During July
18. AMSAT: AMSAT's Satellite Status Page - The story behind the new colours
19. AMSAT: FO-29 Update
20. The deadline to purchase repaired Econco tubes is approaching
21. ARRL: A below average Hurricane Season predicted for 2026
22. ARRL: League announces changes in the Central Division Leadership
23. New York man arrested after interfering with emergency communications
24. New requirements for radio amateurs are introduced in Moldeva
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 tell us that "You Don't Need An Excuse To Get On The Air and Make Noise"
* 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, returns with another edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to 1924. The summer 1924 brought the first explorers to the four new, shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July. Amateurs anticipated interesting times ahead based on their earlier experimental work that produced the first transatlantic QSOs. This is Part One a series titled, "DX Records and Shortwave Reflections"
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Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss
Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss
Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/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 [email protected].
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1416
2026/04/19
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1416 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: April 16, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Mike Nicolich, K9DXM, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:17:48
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1416
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT Satellite Status Page: The Story Behind the New Colors and Satellite Naming Convention.
2. AMSAT: FO-29 Update
3. RW: The Deadline To Purchase Repaired Econco Tubes Is Approaching
4. ARRL: National Hurricane Conference Amateur Radio Workshop, WD4R, Gets Volunteer Service Award
5. ARRL: World Amateur Radio Day Ready For Activity
6. ARRL: Below-Average Hurricane Season Predicted For 2026
7. ARRL: Helping NASA Track Artemis II’s Orion Spacecraft
8. ARRL: Webinar: Promoting ARRL Field Day, To Be Held On Thursday, Apr 23rd
9. ARRL: More Hams Are On The Air In California
10. ARRL: ARRL Announces Change in Central Division Leadership
11. RACES Hams In Hawaii Activate For Kona Low Storm
12. After The Sale Of MFJ, Hy-Gain and Cushcraft Return To The Ham Radio Marketplace
13. New York Man Arrested After Interfering With Emergency Communications
14. Amateur Satellite Operator In Oman Develops New Satellite Tracking App
15. Register Now For The Upcoming International Marconi Day
16. DXtra.com Announces New Features
17. New requirements for radio amateurs are introduced Moldova
18. ARRL: Upcoming contest listing and regional convention listings
19. FCC: FCC to vote on proposal to ban Chinese labs from tests electronics for use in the United States
20. FCC: The FCC is poised to empower super fast space based broadband
21. FCC: FCC sends Notice Of Unlicensed Operation to a ISP in California
22. ARRL: Elecraft donates a new amateur radio station to W1AW at ARRL HQ
23. ARRL: Register now for the 2026 ARRL Youth Rally at the Dayton Hamvention
24. ARRL: ARRL announces changes in the Central Division leadership
25. AMSAT: ARISS solicits school contacts for 2027
26. An amateur in Florida is experimenting and exploring the use of the 4 and 8 meter bands
27. ATT to upgrade the national Emergency Response Network
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 answer the question, "What Is An S-Unit?"
* 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, returns with another edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to 1924. The summer of 1924 brought the first explorers to the four new, shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July. Amateurs anticipated interesting times ahead based on their earlier experimental work that produced the first Trans-Atlantic QSOs
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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 [email protected].
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
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