This Week in Amateur Radio (LPFM)

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1421 - LPFM Version (no commercial breaks)

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1421 - LPFM Version (no commercial breaks) 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: 1:19:42 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARLPFM1421 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&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 Henrich Hertz ----- 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 w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1420 - LPFM Version (no commercial breaks)

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1420 - LPFM Version (no commercial breaks) 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: 1:19:43 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARLPFM1420 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 ----- 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 w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1419 - LPFM Version (no commercial breaks)

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1419 - LPFM Version (no commercial breaks) 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, Joshua 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: 1:20:29 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARLPFM1419 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 ----- 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 w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1418 - LPFM Version (no commercial breaks)

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1418 - LPFM Version (no commercial breaks) 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 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" ----- 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 w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1417 - LPFM Version (no commercial breaks)

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1417 - LPFM Version (no commercial breaks) 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, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:23:28 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARLPFM1417 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" ----- 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 w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.