Release Date: November 7, 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, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX
Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS
Approximate Running Time: 1:43:49
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Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service
1. AMSAT: Spacewalkers install seventh roll-out solar array; final installation set for November 5th
2. AMSAT: ARISS SSTV Series 34 concludes
3. AMSAT: UMKA-1 sends telescope images by SSTV
4. AMSAT: ARISS opens new U.S. school contact proposal window
5. AMSAT: FO-29 full-sunlight season enters its final weeks
6. AMSAT: Satellite shorts from all over
7. HOA: HOA lobbying group makes blocking amateur radio antenna bill a top priority
8. WIA: MIT scientists have developed a paper-based battery you can swallow
9. EWTN: EWTN shutters WEWN shortwave service
10. ARD: QSL Shack launches free social network for ham radio operators & enthusiasts
11. ARRL: Radio science in the air – Part 1
12. ARRL: Radio science in the air – Part 2
13. ARRL: AI in the ham shack
14. ARRL: Hams help promote rural repopulation in Spain
15. ARRL: ARRL New England Division leadership change
16. ARRL: News in brief
17. Two shortwave stations in the US encounter changes
18. Amateur radio’s role is showcased at a major tech fair
19. FCC to vote on legalizing cell phone jamming at prisons
20. Kazakhstan students receive messages from “their” satellite
21. Monday, November 9th is Hedy Lamarr Day on the air – 40 years of European DX Foundation
22. Monthly Volunteer Monitor Program report
23. ARRL: Upcoming radiosport contest listings
24. ARRL: Upcoming regional ARRL conventions and hamfests
25. The US government blocks the sale of two devices with Chinese-made surveillance chips
26. FCC: The FCC affirms $60k in pirate radio fines in the Northeast US
27. ARRL: ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program opens the application period for 2027 scholarships
28. ARRL: Voting is underway for members of the ARRL Board of Directors
29. We say goodbye to the leap second
Plus these special features this week:
* Working amateur radio satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO – AMSAT satellite news
* Australia’s own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, of Foundations of Amateur Radio, presents Part 22 of his Bald Yak Project titled “Peer to Peer Radio”
* The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radiosport contests, and a lot more
* Weekly propagation forecast from the ARRL
* Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, presents a new edition of “A Century of Amateur Radio.” This edition is titled “Strays – Traffic, 200, and 20”
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