PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1411 - Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net

Release Date: March 14, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Mike Nicolich, N9OVQ, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Josh Marler, AA4WX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:00:06

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: NASA Reveals Astronaut Who Required Evacuation From ISS

2. WIA: Amazon Reports Drones Damaged Three Facilities In The UAE and Bahrain

3. ARRL: Climbing High and Never Looking Back (Or Down!)

4. ARRL: Start Planning For ARRL Field Day 2026

5. ARRL: Dayton Hamvention 2026 Award Winners Announced

6. ARRL: Spring Section Manager Nomination Results Announced

7. National Flags and Symbols Not Permitted At This Years World RadioSport Team Championship

8. Higher Fees On State Owned Lands Challenged By Australian Amateurs

9. Indiana Amateurs Living Under Homeowners Associations Gain Protection For Antennas and Towers

10. Voice Of America Leadership Gets Ruled Against In Federal Court

11. Hurdy Gurdy Museum Amateur Radio Is Back On The Air

12. FCC: FCC Issues Draft NPRM To Open Up Spectrum For “Weird Space Stuff”

13. RAC: Radio Amateurs of Canada responds to the closure of the Weather Radio Service in Canada

14. ARRL: ClubLog adds to its roster of volunteers

15. ARRL: Tennessee aproves credentials for amateur radio technician licensees

16. The FCC issues its report to Congress on the sixth year of the PIRATE Act and its effectiveness.

17. Australia issues adjestments to their amateur radio band plans

18. A Hot Air Balloon with passengers on board crashes into a cell tower

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Australia's own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, experiences a little set back on one project in an episode he calls "One Step Forward, Three Steps Back"

* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more

* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another new edition of "Dead Electrical Dudes". This week, Will looks back at the life and times of Volta.

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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 Edition #1410 - Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net

Release Date: March 7, 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 Nickolich, K9DXM, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 0:59:58

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: AMSAT Announces Students On The Air Satellite Activity Beginning March

2. AMSAT: ISS Amateur Radio Packet System Activated For Temporary APRS Testing

3. WIA: World Amateur Radio Day

4. RAC: Radio Amateurs of Canada Responds To The Closure Of The Weatheradio Service in Canada

5. ARRL: Hams Help Forecasters With Real-Time Data On Northeast Blizzard

6. ARRL: Indiana Hams Living Under Home Owners Association Gain Antenna Protections

7. ARRL: Tennessee Approves Credentials For Amateur Radio Technician License

8. Amateurs Assist A Girls Emergency Care During A Power Failure In Cuba

9. Australia Issues Adjustments To Their Amateur Band Plans

10. Hot Air Balloon Crashes Into Cell Tower

12. ARRL: Winter 2026 Section Manager Election results are published

13. ARRL: Icom America is named official sponsor of The ARRL Year Of The Club

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Australia's own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, gets back to his The Big Yak building project. In this edition, Part 15, he finds himself Playing With Radio...Now With Software

* Monthly Volunteer Monitor Enforcement Report

* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more

* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another new edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to 1924 where we find that for nearly a year, hams had been operating in their first assigned band of wavelengths, 150 to 200 meters. They had also been experimenting below 150 meters by special government permission. The story continues, in Part Three of a Four Part episode titled, "Six Segments, Sans Spark"

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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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X: https://x.com/TWIAR

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u

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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].

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1409 - Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net

Release Date: February 28, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnsen. W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 0:59:37

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: AMSAT Membership Now Includes Getting Started Guide

2. AMSAT: AMSAT Publishes Satellites In Space Coloring Book As Part Of Its Youth Initiative

3. ARD: 3Y0K DXPedition Departs Cape Town For Bouvet Island

4. ARD: Community HamClock Backend Server Now Available

5. ARRL: Winter 2026 Section Manager Election Results

6. ARRL: Icom America Named Official Sponsor Of The ARRL Year Of The Club

7. BZ: Amateur Astronomers Capture Voyager One's Signal From 25 Billion Kilometers Away

8. ARD: futureGEO Continues To Be A Topic Of Discussion

9. ARRL: Hams Help Forecasters With Real-Time Data On Northeast Blizzard

10. Artemis Two Launch Delayed For At Least A Month Due To Repairs

17. Radio Amateurs Of Canada Select Amateur Of The Year

18. ARRL: Upcoming RadoSport Contests and Regional Convention Listing

19. ARRL: FCC now requires that FRN contact information be updated withing ten days of a change

20. ARRL: NCVEC Question Pool Committee issues revisions to the 2026 thru 2030 technician question pool

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Australia's own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, will tell us how to go about documenting your shack setup

* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more

* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another new edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio", this week, Will takes us back to 1924 where we find that for nearly a year, hams had been operating in their first assigned band of wavelengths, 150 to 200 meters. They had also been experimenting below 150 meters by special government permission. The story continues, in Part Three of a Four-Part episode titled, "Six Segments, Sans Spark"

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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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X: https://x.com/TWIAR

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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].

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1408 - Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net

Release Date: February 21, 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, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 0:59:49

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: AMSAT At Orlando HamCation

2. AMSAT: New Full-Duplex Satellite Capable HT: The Anytone AT-D890UV

3. ARRL: FCC Requires That FRN Contact Information Be Updated Within Ten Days Of A Change

4. ARRL: 2025 ARRL Sweepstakes Icom Dream Station Winner Announced At Orlando HamCation

5. ARRL: Ham Radio Helped During Hawaii Severe Weather

6. ARRL: New Book Release: Digital Networking For Ham Radio

7. ARRL: NCVEC Question Pool Committee Issues Revision To 2026 Thru 2030 Technician Pool

8. ARRL: The World Wide Radio Operators Foundation Has Assumed Responsibility For WRTC.Info

9. ISS Crew 12 Arrives At The International Space Station

10. WIA: Radio Society Of Great Britain publishes new band plans

11. FCC: Amazon gets approval to launch 4500 LEO Satellites for its internet from space network

12. ARRL: Start planning now for the Ham Radio Open House in April, and World Amateur Radio Day

13. Amateur Radio License Plates are poised for approval in the state of New Hampshire

14. FCC: Obsolete Part 97 Rules are offcially deleted

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Australia's own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio will tell us why he has a radio transmitting into a dummy load continously for the last year, on purpose

* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radiosport contests, and a lot more

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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!

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1407 - Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net

Release Date: February 14, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Rich Lawrence, Mike Nicolich, K9DXM, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Steve Sawyer, K1FRC, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:00:12

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: FUJI OSCAR 29 Approaches Full Sunlight

2. AMSAT: SpaceX Grounds Its Falcon 9 Rocket

3. WIA: IARU Region One Issues Clarification On Reports Of Ham Radio Prosecutions In Belarus

4. WIA: Radio Society Of Great Britain Publishes Band Plans

5. WIA: Radio Station Looks To Share WKRP Callsign

6. FCC: Keep Your FRN Information Updated: FCC Fines Could Add Up Quickly

7. FCC: Amazon Gets FCC Approval To Launch 4,500 Leo Internet Satellites

8. ARRL: Start Planning Now For Ham Radio Open House In April - World Amateur Radio Day

9. ARRL: Digital Or Paper?

10. ARRL: ARRL Mourns The Loss Of Sharon Taratula, Awards Manager

11. BBC Shortwave Radio Programs Are Received In Iran

12. Texas Military Base Issues GPS Interference Warning

13. Amateur Radio License Plates Are Poised For Approval In New Hampshire

14. The FCC deletes obsolete Part 97 Rules after their publication in the Federal Register on February 10th

15. FCC: FCC fast-tracks SpaceX plan for one million satellites, and it wants your thoughts

16. ARRL: ARRL joins America250 as a supporting partner for the nations 250th anniversary

17. ARRL: The National Council of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators removes three questions from use

18. ARRL: The league announces that more funding is available for radio clubs

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Australia's own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, will be here with another edition of Foundations of Amateur Radio, This week's program is titled "How to become an amateur today"

* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more

* Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report

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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

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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!

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1406 - Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net

Release Date: February 7, 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, N9OVQ, Steve Sawyer, K1FRC, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 0:59:26

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: NASA Selects Global Tracking Volunteers for Artemis II Lunar Mission

2. WIA: Belarus Threatens Ham Radio Operators With The Death Penalty

3. WIA: Vandals Strike Ham Factory

4. WIA: Earth Hit by Biggest 'Solar Radiation Storm' in 23 Years

5. FCC: FCC Fast-Tracks SpaceX's Plan For One Million Satellites. And It Wants Your Thoughts

6. ARRL: ARRL Joins America250 As A Supporting Partner For The Nation's 250th Anniversary - Pt. 1

7. ARRL: ARRL Joins America250 As A Supporting Partner For The Nation's 250th Anniversary - Pt. 2

8. ARRL: NCVEC Question Pool Committee Removes Three Questions from Use

9. ARRL: Clubs Across The US Will Run Special Event Stations For President's Day and Washington's B'day

10. ARRL: Additional Funding Is Available For Radio Clubs

11. ARD: Open Hamclock Backend Aims To Keep HamClock Ticking

12. Amateurs In Brazil Mark Anniversary With SSTV Special Event Station

13. 16-day event will held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the city of Gdynia, Poland...1926-2026

14. WIA: Iran continues blocking internet traffic

15. ARD: Amateur Radio Digital Communications priority areas of funding offer opportunites for amateurs

16. FCC: FCC Chairman Carr announces vote to expand 900 mHz Band to 10 MegaHertz

17. FR: World Radiocommunication Conference advances to schedule 4th meeting February 18th

18. ARRL: Student Conding Competition is underway with a 25k award

19. ARRL: ARRL to announce the winnerr of the ARRL Icom Dream Station at Orlando HamCation

20. ARRL: IARU issued a clarification on reports of the prosecution of Amateur Radio Operators in Belarus

21. Dayton HamVention announces the theme for the 2026 show - Radio Adventure!

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Australia's own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio will present Part Eight of his series entitled "Building A Shack". This episode is sub-titled "Will It Ever End?"

* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more..

* Monthly Volunteer Monitor Report

* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of "Dead Electrical Dudes". This edition's stiff is Georg Simon Ohm. A German physicist and mathematician.

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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].

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1405 - Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net

Release Date: January 31, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 0:59:34

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1405HR

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: Help Wanted - Feature Story Editors and Video Editor

2. WIA: Iran Continues Blocking Internet Traffic

3. WIA: UK Regulator Ofcom Proposes Device Spectrum Sharing / FCC To Vote On 6 GigaHertz Use

4. ARD: ARDC/Amateur Radio Digital Communcations Priority Areas Of Funding Offer Opportunities

5. FCC: FCC Chairman Carr Announces Vote To Expand 900 MegaHertz Band To 10 MegaHertz

6. SPM: Kenya To Represent Africa In International Space Station ARISS Program 2026

7. NASA: NASA Selects Participants To Track Artemis II Mission

8. FR: World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee Schedules Its 4th Meeting on Feb.19

9. ARRL: Director Famiglio's Recertification Decision

10. ARRL: Student Coding Competition Is Underway With $25,000 Award

11. ARRL: Register Now Ffor HamSCI 2026, Hosted By ARRL

12. ARRL: The Northern Arizona DX Association Announces Dates For Sixth Annual Pluto Discovery

13. ARRL: ARRL To Announce The Winner Of The ARRL Sweepstakes Icom Dream Station at Orlando Fest

14. ARRL: IARU Has Issued A Clarification On The Prosecution Amateur Radio Operators In Belarus

15. Dayton HamVention Announces The Theme For 2026 - Radio Adventure!

16. Space Station Astronaut Captures Aretmis 2 Launch Pad Image

17. WIA: Communications News Shorts

18. ARRL: ARRL Board of Directors approves funding, advocacy, and creates a new DXCC Award

19. ARRL: Vandals strike an amateur radio manufacturers facility

20. ARRL: Nominations are sought for the 2026 Dayton HamVention Awards

21. US Congress agrees to restore funding for the Voice of America and other government broadcasting

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Australia's own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, continues with Part Seven of his series entitled "Building A Shack". In this edition Onno looks a different methods of powering your shack

* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more

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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!

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1404 - Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net

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: 1:00:14

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1404HR

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over

2. WIA: Communication News Shorts

3. WIA: Hubble Space Telescope Nearing Its End Of Life

4. ARD: SpottedHam.com Launches Custom POTA and Keyword Email Alerts

5. ARRL: ARRL Director Tharp, KB7HDX Receives Search-and-Rescue Award

6. ARRL: ARRL Board Approves Funding for Federal Advocacy; Creates New DXCC Single-Band Honor Roll

7. ARRL: Vandals Strike Ham Factory

8. PY: Amateurs Arrested In Belarus Under Suspicion Of Espionage

9. NASA Artemis Two Spacecraft Is Rolled Out To The Launch Pad

10. Congress Agrees To Restore Funding To The Voice Of America

11. Hamvention Awards Nomination Window Closes Soon

12. Damage To Taiwanese Undersea Cables Spurs More Interest In Amateur Radio

13. Hindu Pilgrimage Safety Is Provided By Indian Amateurs

14. ARRL: 2026 Repeater Directory is now shipping

15. AMSAT: NASA marks fifty years of the GOES satellites

16. FCC: FCC approves Starlink expansion to 19,000+ satellites with direct to device service

17. ARRL: New 60 Meter frequencies will become available as of February 13th, 2026

18. ARRL: The FCC is poised to exempt radio amateurs from Foreign Adversary Reporting System

19. FutureGeo is the most important amateur radio initiative of the decade

20. Device frequency sharing is eyes by Ofcom in the United Kingdom

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Australia'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 more

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1403 - Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net

Release Date: January 17, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Mike Nickolich, K9DXM, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 0:59:46

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1403HR

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: NASA Ends Crew 11 Mission Due To 'Medical Concern' With An Astronaut

2. FCC: FCC Approves Starlink Expansion To 19,000+ Satellites With Direct To Device Capability

3. RW: Financial Traders Seek Permanency For Shortwave Data Transmissions

4. ARRL: New 60-Meter Frequencies Available As Of February 13th, 2026

5. ARRL: FCC Poised To Exempt Amateurs From Foreign Adversary Reporting Requirements

6. ARD: DXLook Introduces VOACAP View Professional HF Propagation Prediction

7. FutureGEO Is The Most Important Amateur Radio Initiative Of This Decade

8. Device Frequency Sharing Is Eyed By Ofcom In The UK

9. AMSAT: AMSAT membership now includes 'Getting Started With Amateur Satellites' book.

10. AMSAT: HDMI Converter is installed on the ISS Ham TV System that expands video capabilities

11. WIA: Radio station played a pivotal role in the history of wireless celebrates its 125th anniversary

12. WIA: No time like the present - Maybe - KLOE-AM in Kansas packs it up after tower collapse

13. WIA: Moody Bible Institutes WMBI-FM instructed to lower power due to airport interference

14. FCC: FCC plans to expand unlicensed operations in the six gigahertz band

15. FCC: FCC reminds experimental digital shortwave stations to identify themselves in analog voice or CW

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Australia's own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio continues with Part Five of his series entitled "Building A Shack", this weeks episode is called "Antenna Shenanigans"

* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more..

* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of Dead Electrical Dudes. This episodes stiff is Major Edwin Howard Armstrong

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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 Edition #1402 - Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net

Release Date: January 10, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Steve Sawyer, K1FRC, Mike Nicolich, K9DXM, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Ed Johnsen. W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 0:59:52

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1402HR

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: AMSAT Membership Now Includes “Getting Started with Amateur Satellites” Guide

2. WIA: Radio Station Played A Pivotal Role In The History Of Wireless Is Celebrating Its 125th Anniversary

3. WIA: No Time Like The Present...Maybe - KLOE-AM In Kansas Off The Air Due To Tower Problems

4. WIA: Moody Bible Institute Stand Lowers Power Due To Airport Interference

5. ARD: 52 Week Ham Challenge Returns For 2026

6. FCC: FCC Bans Sale Of All Foreign Drones In The United States

7. FCC: FCC Plans To Expand Unlicensed Operations In 6 GigaHertz Band

8. FCC: FCC Reminds Experimental HF Stations To Identify Themselves

9. ARRL: Join ARRL In Celebrating America's 250th – On the Air!

10. ARRL: Nominations Open For The Three Heritage CQ Magazine Halls of Fame

11. Regulation Changes Also In Store For Drones In The United Kingdom

12. Amateurs In Germany Find Their Access To 70 MegaHertz Is In Limbo

13. FCC: FCC Chairman Carr highlights agency accomplishments in 2025

14. FCC: The FCC has been petitioned to expand GMRS and FRS to include low band VHF

15. ARRL: 2026 is ARRL's Year Of The Club - A celebration of amateur radio clubs - PART ONE

16. ARRL: 2026 is ARRL's Year Of The Club - A celebration of amateur radio clubs - PART TWO

17. ARRL: Amateur Radio Digital Communications introduces "44 Net Connect" for amateurs

18. ARRL: New ARRL Section Managers Take Office in January 2026

19: Amateurs in New Zealand will use ZM prefix for their Centenary year

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Australia's own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, will have Part Four of his series "Building A Shack". This week he takes a look at "Coaxial Cable Alternatives"

* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with a brand new edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This edition takes a look at the use of "CQ", which is used as a general call for initiating a contact. This took time to become an acceptable practice in the early years. Serious operators frowned on its use, mostly because it had been used to excess in the old days among the little boys with squeak boxes, usually in exceedingly long and sparsely identified calls. This will be Part Two of the edition titled, "Call and Card."

* We will have a look at this months Volunteer Monitoring Report

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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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