Release Date: October 31, 2026
Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:25:21
Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1431
Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service
1. AMSAT: AMSAT Youth Initiative featured in Florida news
2. AMSAT: ERMINAZ-2 satellites receive OSCAR numbers
3. AMSAT: Where does space begin?
4. AMSAT: Falcon 9 launches Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission
5. AMSAT: Satellite shorts from all over
6. WIA: Weird and wonderful
7. REU: US blocks two devices with Chinese-made surveillance chips
8. FCC: FCC affirms $60K in pirate radio fines in the Northeast
9. ARRL: ARRL partners in NASA-funded space weather education initiative
10. ARRL: Venusbounce (with a message)
11. ARRL: How to work VK9XY on 6 meters (hint: extreme long path)
12. ARRL: ARRL Foundation opens applications for 2027 scholarship program
13. ARRL: Voting is now under way for members of the ARRL Board of Directors
14. ARRL: ARRL’s annual Simulated Emergency Test (SET)
15. FCC grants spectrum license transfer to SpaceX
16. Campaign to send Australian of the Year into space
17. Antique Wireless 1929 QSO Party turns back the calendar
18. Yasme Foundation honors the Reverse Beacon Network
19. New England Digital Voice Traffic Net
20. Goodbye to the leap second
21. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport contests
22. ARRL: Upcoming regional conventions and hamfests
23. WIRE: Helicopter pilot killed striking 150-foot amateur radio tower in Florida
24. ARRL: Latest Colvin Grants assist youth-focused DXpeditions
25. ARRL: Amateurs help “run” the Chicago Marathon
26. Homeowners association lobby gives top priority to halting the advancement of amateur radio bill in Congress
27. FCC website is called an “obstacle course” to license renewal and a payment labyrinth
Plus these special features this week:
* Working amateur radio satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO – AMSAT Satellite News
* Australia’s own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, will present his 800th edition of Foundations of Amateur Radio, in a discussion called “800 reflections on a hobby”
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B 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 edition’s stiff is Edwin Armstrong
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