PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1404 - LPFM Version (no commercial breaks)
Release Date: January 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, Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Mike Nicolich, K9DXM, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:34:09
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1404LPFM
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
AMSAT: AMSAT Membership Now Includes “Getting Started” GuideAMSAT: Message To U.S. Educators: ARISS Contact Opportunity Call For ProposalsAMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All OverWIA: Chinese National Damages Undersea CableWIA: Communication News ShortsWIA: Hubble Space Telescope Nearing Its End Of LifeWIA: Amateur Issues Call For More Ham Radio Accessible Digital Software DevelopmentARD: SpottedHam.com Launches Custom POTA and Keyword Email AlertsARRL: ARRL Director Tharp, KB7HDX Receives Search-and-Rescue AwardARRL: ARRL Board Approves Funding for Federal Advocacy; Creates New DXCC Single-Band Honor RollARRL: Vandals Strike Ham FactoryARRL: ARRL Honorary Vice President John Cadwallader Kanode, N4MM, Silent KeyARRL: Nominations Are Now Being Accepted For The 2026 Dayton Hamvention Awards.ARRL: Former FCC Official John B. Johnston, W3BE, Of Derwood, Maryland, Silent KeyPY: Amateurs Arrested In Belarus Under Suspicion Of EspionageNASA Artemis Two Spacecraft Is Rolled Out To The Launch PadCongress Agrees To Restore Funding To The Voice Of AmericaHamvention Awards Nomination Window Closes SoonDamage To Taiwanese Undersea Cables Spurs More Interest In Amateur RadioHosting Site For World RadioSport Team Championship 2030 Is Being SoughtHindu Pilgrimage Safety Is Provided By Indian AmateursARRL: 2026 Repeater Directory is now shippingARRL: 2026 Winter Field Day Is up and runningARRL Upcoming radiosport contests and regional convention listingsAMSAT: NASA marks fifty years of the GOES satellitesAMSAT: Two US schools & organizations move forward in the ARISS contact selection processFCC: FCC approves Starlink expansion to 19,000+ satellites with direct to device serviceRW: Financial Traders seek permanency for shortwave data transmissionsARRL: New 60 Meter frequencies will become available as of February 13th, 2026ARRL: The FCC is poised to exempt radio amateurs from Foreign Adversary Reporting SystemARD: DX Look introduces VOACAP view professional HF propagation predictionFutureGeo is the most important amateur radio initiative of the decadeDevice frequency sharing is eyes by Ofcom in the United Kingdom
34: HamCation will be featuring an APRS Digipeater
Plus these Special Features This Week:
Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite NewsAustralia's own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, presents Part Five of his series on "Building A Shack". The episode Onno tackles the problem of "Noise"The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot moreWeekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRLOur own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, with yet another edition of "Dead Electrical Dudes". This week's stiff is Guglielmo MarconiFull 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
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