Release Date: April 11, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Mike Nicolich, K9DXM, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
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Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
FCC: FCC To Vote On Proposal To Ban Chinese Labs From Testing US Electronics
FCC: FCC Poised to Empower Super-Fast, Space-Based Broadband
FCC: FCC Sends Notice Of Unlicensed Operation To California ISP/Internet Service Provider
ARRL: 2026 ARRL Field Day Merch Now Shipping -- Celebrate America250 With A Commemorative Design
ARRL: Elecraft Donates Amateur Radio Station To W1AW
ARRL: 2026 Year Of The Club: Amateur Radio on Display!
ARRL: Radio Clubs Activate In April For 2026 World Amateur Radio Day
ARRL: Register Now For The 2026 ARRL Youth Rally At Dayton Hamvention
ARRL: ARRL Announces Change In Central Division Leadership
ARRL: Department of Defense Will Host This Year's Armed Forces Day Crossband Test
ARRL: National Train Day On Saturday, May 9, 2026
AMSAT: ARISS Solicits School Contacts For 2027
AMSAT: ​ARISS and AMSAT: On Track to Track Artemis 2
AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
Florida Amateur Is Experimenting and Exploring The Use Of The 4 Meter and 8 Meter Bands
Silent Key: Rita Wright, KC9CDL, Led The First School ISS Contact/Journalist Carlos Almiron LU7DSY
Growing Space Sectors Need For Spectrum Is Eyed By The FCC
AT and T To Upgrade Emergency Respose Network - FirstNet
NVIS Red Cross Net Draws Regional Response
Tribute To Yuri Gagarin As Cosmonauts Call CQ
ARRL: Upcoming Regional Conventions and Up Coming RadioSport Contest Listing
AMSAT: AMSAT announces a full line up of events and activities for the 2026 Dayton HamVention
WIA: New Regulations for amateur radio in Norway
WIA: The Russian Doomsday shortwave signal has changed from a hum to voice messages
FCC: FCC fimes a Florida resident for pirate radio broadcasting on FM
ARRL: ARRL Dakota Division has a new Vice-Director
An amateur is charged with Emergency Service Interference by the FCC
The Voice of America Museum will extend hours during the Dayton HamVention
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 attempt to answer the question "Where is the spark gap?"
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, Bill Continelli, W2XOY - Silent Key, presents an encore presentation of one of his "Best of The Ancient Amateur Archives", answers the question, "What Was CONELRAD?"
We will have a look at this months Volunteer Monitoring Report
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