This Week in Amateur Radio (LPFM)

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1427 - LPFM Version (no commercial breaks)

Release Date: October 3, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chria Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, 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: 1:34:20

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARLPFM1427

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT-DL’s ERMINAZ-2 PocketQube Trio Set for October 1st Launch on Transporter-18
2. AMSAT: OrbitDeck for iOS Brings Full-Featured Satellite Tracking to iPhone and iPad
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over
4. IARU: IARU Region 1 General Conference Concludes in Vienna; New Executive Committee Elected
5. OFCOM: United Kingdom News
6. WIA: FCC ISM Rules May Shatter Lora Mesh Communities
7. WIA: 2032 - FADE TO BLACK - UK TV QRT.
8. FCC: FCC Tells Arizona FM to Get Off Its Old Frequency
9. SAQ: SAQ Grimeton to Air United Nations Day Message
10. California County Makes NOAA Weather Radios A Priority
11. Google Puts Experimental AI Data Center Satellite In Orbit
12. Agencies In The United Nations Plea For RFI Safeguards - Two US Agencies Seek Comments On RF Exposure
13. Radio Signals Are Detected From Another World By Researchers
14. SK: Edward Engleman, KG8CX Co-Founder Of YACHT
15. New Azores Network Unites School Radio Clubs
16. ARRL: Year of the Club … Special Delivery to 7Q (Malawi)
17. ARRL: Year of the Club … Keep on Truckin’
18. ARRL: Ukrainian/Polish Radio Club Celebrates Centennial
19. ARRL: 2026 Collegiate QSO Party is October 3rd and 4th
20. ARRL: Peter Nowinski, W3LIX, of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, Honored
21. FCC: FCC Unleashes Spectrum Abundance for New Uses
22. ARRL: ARRL Warns Amateurs About E-Mail Phising
23. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and On The Events
24. ARRL: Upcoming Regional Conventions and HamFests

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 discuss How To Get Kitted Up with Amateur Radio, and will explain Radio, For The Love Of It
* 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 a brand new edition of Dead Electrical Dudes. This edition's stiff is Samuel Morse

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Website: https://www.twiar.net
Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss
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Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss
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Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u
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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.

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1425 - LPFM Version (no commercial breaks)

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: 1:31:53

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARLPFM1425

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 and 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 and 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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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 Edition #1426 - LPFM Version (no commercial breaks)

Release Date: September 26, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:11:09

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARLPFM1426

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: Call for Presentations: 44th AMSAT Space Symposium
2. AMSAT: AO-7 - OSCAR-7 - Again Captures Attention
3. AMSAT: Satellite Headlines From All Over
4. WIA: Fuel Savings Double Potential Lifetime for NASAs Roman Mission
5. ARRL: FCC and HHS Initiate New Proceedings on RF Exposure
6. ARRL: Morse Code Detectives
7. ARRL: Remembering Four Silent Keys
8. ARRL: Will RADE Be the Next SSB?
9. ARRL: ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, Guest On Episode 103 of The DX Mentor Podcast
10. ARRL: Radio Shorts From All Over
11. Croatia Will Host World Radiosport Team Championships
12. Nationwide Emergency Alert System Test Date Set By The US Government
13. A Summit Activator Assists In Hiker Rescue In Hawaii
14. Disaster Response Veteran Tom Delaney, W8WTD - SK
15. Etiquette Is Not Trivial On This Net
16. Hindu Festival Concludes In Mumbai As Hams Ensure Safety
17. ARRL: W1AW/250 Upcoming Operations/Activations
18. ARRL: Upcoming Section Conventions
19. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests

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 take us through an Emergency Response Reality Check
* 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 a brand new edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio"

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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 Edition #1424 - LPFM Version (no commercial breaks)

Release Date: June 13, 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, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:14:12

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARLPFM1424

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: AMSAT Submits Letter of Intent for NASA SLS CubeSat Opportunity on Artemis III, IV, and V
2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over
3. WIA: Canadian Radio Station Forms Amateur Radio Club
4. WIA: OscarWatch Tracker: A New Satellite Tracking Program from MM9SQL
5. ARRL: Washington Governor Highlights Amateur Radio Volunteers Ahead of ARRL Field Day
6. ARRL: Watch Salty Walt’s Portable Antenna Forum
7. ARRL: Get Ready For ARRL Kids Day 2026
8. ARRL: Orlando HamCation is seeking nominations for its 2027 awards
9. ARRL: ARRL Great Lakes Division Director Scott Yonally, N8SY, Guest Speaker
10. ITU Corporation Acquires Ameritron and Mirage RF Amplifier Brands from MFJ Enterprises
11. US Radio Station Copper Thief Is Arrested
12. Ireland Radio Transmitter Society Is Looking For HF World Championship Operators
13. Artemis III Mission Astronauts Are Announced By NASA
14. Amateurs Experimenting With Teletext For Amateur Radio
15. Astronauts Return To The Space Station After Air Leak
16. Reminder: Hamclock Backend Server Switch Coming Up
17. Amateur Radio Digital Communications Has Launched A New Discord Server
18. CubeSats Boost Data Rates With Foldable Antennas
19. AMSAT: AMSAT Field Day 2026
20. FCC: FCC kicks off its first spectrum auction in four years
21. ARRL: The league launches its "Find The Right Rig" new comparison tool for ARRL members
22. China's space station now has a new crew
23. Canada is assked by HamSci to reconsider shutting down its shortwave time signal CHU
24. FCC: Newest warning from the FCC targets unlicensed radio operator

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News
* 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

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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 Edition #1423 - LPFM Version (no commercial breaks)

Release Date: June 6, 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, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:50:30

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARLPFM1423

Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service

1. AMSAT: AMSAT Field Day 2026
2. AMSAT: RADIANT Project Aims to Bring Delay-Tolerant Networking to Amateur Radio
3. AMSAT: SpaceX Starship V3’s First Test Flight Largely Successful
4. AMSAT: China Launches Shenzhou 23 Spacecraft
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
6. WIA: Radio Frequency Changes Cause Drones To Fall
7. WIA: Japan Amateur Radio League 100th Anniversary
8. WIA: US Space Command Launches War Games
9. WIA: School Is Now In Session
10. RW: Ohio Valley 100,000 Watt FM Signal Is Severed in Broad Daylight
11. RTS: The FCC Plans Tighter Rules That Will Help Undersea Internet Cables
12. FCC: FCC Kicks Off First Spectrum Auction In Four Years
13. ARRL: Find The Right Rig: New Comparison Tool For ARRL Members
14. ARRL: CHU Canada’s Official Shortwave Time Signal To Go Silent
15. ARRL: Florida Field Day Preparations Under Way
16. ARRL: Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation Scholarship 2026 Winner
17. ARRL: International Dog Day On August 26, 2026
18. ARRL: The Lewis and Clark Trail On The Air Special Event
19. China's Space Station Now Has A New Crew
20. Canada Is Asked By Hamsci To Reconsider Shutting Down CHU
21. Microwave Update Conference Registration Is Now Open
22. Newest Warning From The FCC Targets An Unlicensed Radio Operator
23. Youngsters Are Ready For IARU Region 1 Camp
24. ARRL: Senator Ted Cruz praises amateur radio volunteers for Emergency Preparedness
25. AMSAT: AMSAT opens candidate nominations for 2026 Board of Directors Election
26. AMSAT: AMSAT BirdChaser Bingo Summer 2026 adds a new twist to satellite operating
27. WIA: China announces massive break-through battery technology
28. ARRL: RAC/Radio Amateurs of Canada Vice President Brent Taylor, VY2HF, Silent Key
29. ARRL: Registration is open for the 2026 National Convention in Huntsville, Alabama
30. ARRL: Sufflok County New York legislator has designated June as amateur radio month
31. RSGB: A Solar Eclipse will happen in the UK on August 12, 2026

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO, and get an update from AMSAT and what's new with all those amateur satellites in orbit
* Australia's own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, returns to his Bald Yak Project. This edition is titled "Soapy Audio 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
* We will have the Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL and Space Weather
* 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 the Summer of 1924, which brought the first explorers to the four new, shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July. This is part two of a three part edition titled "DX Records and Shortwave Reflections", or "The Heaviside Road to the Antipode"
* This month's update from The Volunteer Monitoring System

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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.