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RE-PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1418
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: 1:26:37
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARLPFM1418
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
NASA: Want To Help NASA With Space Science? Here Is How To VolunteerAMSAT: AMSAT Update Presented At 2026 CubeSat Developers Workshop Available OnlineAMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All OverWIA: Traces Of Ballpoint Pen Ink Found In Martian RocksWIA: The International Telecommunications Union Releases New Handbook On Amateur Satellite ServicesARRL: FCC Approves Limited Emergency Use Of 70cm Band by AST SpaceMobile Satellites Outside USARRL: Texas Emergency Management Conference Coming Up In MayARRL: 2025 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Winners AwardedARRL: Free ARRL Events App Now Live For 2026 Dayton HamventionARRL: New Book Release: Satellite Operating for Amateur RadioARRL: Naval Academy Amateur Radio Club, W3ADO, Will Participate In The DoD's Armed Forces DayFCC: FCC Modernizes Its Satellite Spectrum Sharing Rules to Boost Real-Fast, Space-Based BroadbandCanadian Special Events To Highlight Public SafetyAmateur Radio Software Award Goes To HamLib For 2026DXpeditions Featureing Remote Activations Are HonoredAmateur Radio Instruction Helps Prepare Students For A AdventureRadio Amateurs Of Canada Seek An Editor For Its Canadian Amateur MagazineRecognition For Youth On DxPeditionsJapanese Amateurs Give A Warm Reception To Antartic ResearchARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional ConventionsAMSAT: AMSAT/TAPR Banquet To Feature Ray Roberge, WA1CYB, Update On AMSAT’s SDR Gen 2FCC: FCC Seeking Recent College Grads for Honors Engineer ProgramFCC: FCC Asked To Adopt Plan Taking Nine UHF Channels From Broadcasters For Reassignment to 6GARRL: Dayton Hamvention 2026 Offers Forums For Every HamARRL: Indiana Company To Manufacture Hy‑Gain And Cushcraft AntennasFrequencies Identified For Expanding 6G On The 2.7 GigaHertz BandSteppIR Antennas Is Returning To The Amateur Radio Market PlaceARDC: Amateur Radio Digital Communications Seeking A Software Developer and Technical WriterRSGB Headquarters Station Welcomes Guest Operators During JulyPlus these Special Features This Week:
Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite NewsAustralia'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 moreWeekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRLMonthly Volunteer Monitoring ReportOur 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"Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss
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