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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1414 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)
Release Date: April 4, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Mike Nicolich, K9DXM, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnsen, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:24:18
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1414
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT Announces Full Lineup of Events and Activities for Hamvention 2026
2. AMSAT: New Ground Station Software Streamlines Satellite Tracking and Decoding
3. AMSAT: Artemis II To Deploy International CubeSats Into High Earth Orbit
4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
5. WIA: New Regulations For Hams In Norway
6. WIA: Russian Dooms Day Radio
7. WIA: FCC Fines Florida Resident For Pirate Radio
8. ARRL: Las Vegas Radio Amateur Club Celebrates 65 Years
9. ARRL: ARISS Outlines Opportunities for Space Station Contacts In 2027
10. ARRL: ARRL Dakota Division Has A New Vice Director
11. International Space Station Is Marking Major Moments In Space On Slow Scan TV
12. Amateur Charged With Emergency Service Interference By The FCC
13. Ireland 10 Meter Repeater Is Back On The Air
14. Voice of America Museum Will Extend Hours During HamVention
15. Amateurs In The Azores Have Their First 10 Meter Repeater
16. AMSAT: Digital modes on FO-29 not permitted per licensing restrictions
17. AMSAT: SpaceX's plan for one million satellite data centers in space poses risks for astronomy
18. WIA: Icom UK equips the Radio Society of Great Britians National Radio Center
19. The Dayton HamVention announes the 2026 theme and logo
20. The FCC bans foreign made routers from being sold in the US citing national security concerns
21. The TAT-8 - The first trans-atlantic undersea cable - rises again
22. ARRL: The Intercontinental Amateur Traffic Net is seeking net control operator
23. Get ready for Ham Radio 2026 the 49th International Amateur Radio exhibition in Friedrichshafen Germany
24. Congress gives NOAA funds to expand and upgrade the national Weather Radio Network
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 present the eighteenth chapter in his series on his Bald Yak Project. This edition is titled "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once"
* 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 and Solar Weather from the ARRL
* 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 a year or so after QST first began its International Amateur Radio department, amateurs were discussing linking amateur radio organizations around the world. In a speech at the second ARRL National Convention in late 1923, Hiram Maxim said he believed it was time for an international meeting to organize something he called a World Amateur Radio League. This is where the International Amateur Radio Union was born.
* 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
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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 w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
Release Date: April 4, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Mike Nicolich, K9DXM, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnsen, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:24:18
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1414
Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT Announces Full Lineup of Events and Activities for Hamvention 2026
2. AMSAT: New Ground Station Software Streamlines Satellite Tracking and Decoding
3. AMSAT: Artemis II To Deploy International CubeSats Into High Earth Orbit
4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
5. WIA: New Regulations For Hams In Norway
6. WIA: Russian Dooms Day Radio
7. WIA: FCC Fines Florida Resident For Pirate Radio
8. ARRL: Las Vegas Radio Amateur Club Celebrates 65 Years
9. ARRL: ARISS Outlines Opportunities for Space Station Contacts In 2027
10. ARRL: ARRL Dakota Division Has A New Vice Director
11. International Space Station Is Marking Major Moments In Space On Slow Scan TV
12. Amateur Charged With Emergency Service Interference By The FCC
13. Ireland 10 Meter Repeater Is Back On The Air
14. Voice of America Museum Will Extend Hours During HamVention
15. Amateurs In The Azores Have Their First 10 Meter Repeater
16. AMSAT: Digital modes on FO-29 not permitted per licensing restrictions
17. AMSAT: SpaceX's plan for one million satellite data centers in space poses risks for astronomy
18. WIA: Icom UK equips the Radio Society of Great Britians National Radio Center
19. The Dayton HamVention announes the 2026 theme and logo
20. The FCC bans foreign made routers from being sold in the US citing national security concerns
21. The TAT-8 - The first trans-atlantic undersea cable - rises again
22. ARRL: The Intercontinental Amateur Traffic Net is seeking net control operator
23. Get ready for Ham Radio 2026 the 49th International Amateur Radio exhibition in Friedrichshafen Germany
24. Congress gives NOAA funds to expand and upgrade the national Weather Radio Network
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 present the eighteenth chapter in his series on his Bald Yak Project. This edition is titled "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once"
* 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 and Solar Weather from the ARRL
* 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 a year or so after QST first began its International Amateur Radio department, amateurs were discussing linking amateur radio organizations around the world. In a speech at the second ARRL National Convention in late 1923, Hiram Maxim said he believed it was time for an international meeting to organize something he called a World Amateur Radio League. This is where the International Amateur Radio Union was born.
* Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report
-----
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 w2xbs77@gmail.com.
Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space!
Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.