PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1402 – Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net

Release Date: January 10, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Steve Sawyer, K1FRC, Mike Nicolich, K9DXM, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Ed Johnsen. W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 0:59:52

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1402HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. AMSAT: AMSAT Membership Now Includes “Getting Started with Amateur Satellites” Guide
2. WIA: Radio Station Played A Pivotal Role In The History Of Wireless Is Celebrating Its 125th Anniversary
3. WIA: No Time Like The Present…Maybe – KLOE-AM In Kansas Off The Air Due To Tower Problems
4. WIA: Moody Bible Institute Stand Lowers Power Due To Airport Interference
5. ARD: 52 Week Ham Challenge Returns For 2026
6. FCC: FCC Bans Sale Of All Foreign Drones In The United States
7. FCC: FCC Plans To Expand Unlicensed Operations In 6 GigaHertz Band
8. FCC: FCC Reminds Experimental HF Stations To Identify Themselves
9. ARRL: Join ARRL In Celebrating America’s 250th – On the Air!
10. ARRL: Nominations Open For The Three Heritage CQ Magazine Halls of Fame
11. Regulation Changes Also In Store For Drones In The United Kingdom
12. Amateurs In Germany Find Their Access To 70 MegaHertz Is In Limbo
13. FCC: FCC Chairman Carr highlights agency accomplishments in 2025
14. FCC: The FCC has been petitioned to expand GMRS and FRS to include low band VHF
15. ARRL: 2026 is ARRL’s Year Of The Club – A celebration of amateur radio clubs – PART ONE
16. ARRL: 2026 is ARRL’s Year Of The Club – A celebration of amateur radio clubs – PART TWO
17. ARRL: Amateur Radio Digital Communications introduces “44 Net Connect” for amateurs
18. ARRL: New ARRL Section Managers Take Office in January 2026
    19: Amateurs in New Zealand will use ZM prefix for their Centenary year

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Australia’s own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, will have Part Four of his series “Building A Shack”. This week he takes a look at “Coaxial Cable Alternatives”
• Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with a brand new edition of “A Century Of Amateur Radio”. This edition takes a look at the use of “CQ”, which is used as a general call for initiating a contact. This took time to become an acceptable practice in the early years. Serious operators frowned on its use, mostly because it had been used to excess in the old days among the little boys with squeak boxes, usually in exceedingly long and sparsely identified calls. This will be Part Two of the edition titled, “Call & Card.”
• We will have a look at this months Volunteer Monitoring Report

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