Release Date: September 19, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:36:54
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1425
Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service
1. ARRL: Candidates Named for ARRL Director and Vice Director Elections
2. ARRL: Hamvention Names First Woman as General Chair
3. ARRL: Former ARRL COO Harold Kramer, WJ1B, Silent Key
4. ARRL: Rich Moseson, W2VU, Named ARRL News Editor
5. ARRL: Entrepreneur and Amateur Radio Operator Invests in the Next Generation of Problem Solvers
6. ARRL: 10-Year-Old Receives Ham License and More
7. ARRL: ARISS Receives Challenger-7 Recognition
8. ARRL: FCC Cites GMRS Licensee for Illegal Linked Repeater Network
9. ARRL: New ARRL Maine Section Manager
10. ARRL: ARRL Board Reviews and Approves Potential Alabama Section Move to the Delta Division & More
11. ARRL: New ARRL 10-Band DXCC Award
12. ARRL: Upcoming: 2026 ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET)
13. ARRL: Florida’s Space Coast Expands Digital Communications Infrastructures
14. ARRL: WRTC 2026 Organizers Honored by FOC
15. ARRL: Get Ready for Jamboree on the Air
16. ARRL: AMSAT Youth Initiative Course, ARISS Announces Schedule Deadline
17. Gibralter Amateurs Mark Milestones With New Stamps and Coins
18. 12,000 Year Old Archaeological Site Gets HF Radio
19. Amateur Radio Digital Communications Seeks Volunteers
20. FCC Vote Will Give High Speed Satellite More Spectrum
21. Indonesian Volcano Eruption Activates Emergency Net
22. A Tribute Transmission From Alaska To NYC On September 11th
23. Solar Power From Space To Be Delivered By LASER
24. AMSAT: World Amateur Radio Broadcasting & Send Your Name into Space Campaign
25. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over
26. ARRL: Upcoming Contest Listing and Regional Conventions
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 cover Coronal Mass Ejections, Wind Flares, Solar Flux, and Geomagnetic Storms
* 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 Part One of a brand new edition of “A Century Of Amateur Radio”
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