PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1411 – 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: March 14, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Mike Nicolich, N9OVQ, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Josh Marler, AA4WX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:00:06

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1HR1411

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. AMSAT: NASA Reveals Astronaut Who Required Evacuation From ISS
2. WIA: Amazon Reports Drones Damaged Three Facilities In The UAE and Bahrain
3. ARRL: Climbing High and Never Looking Back (Or Down!)
4. ARRL: Start Planning For ARRL Field Day 2026
5. ARRL: Dayton Hamvention 2026 Award Winners Announced
6. ARRL: Spring Section Manager Nomination Results Announced
7. National Flags and Symbols Not Permitted At This Years World RadioSport Team Championship
8. Higher Fees On State Owned Lands Challenged By Australian Amateurs
9. Indiana Amateurs Living Under Homeowners Associations Gain Protection For Antennas and Towers
10. Voice Of America Leadership Gets Ruled Against In Federal Court
11. Hurdy Gurdy Museum Amateur Radio Is Back On The Air
12. FCC: FCC Issues Draft NPRM To Open Up Spectrum For “Weird Space Stuff”
13. RAC: Radio Amateurs of Canada responds to the closure of the Weather Radio Service in Canada
14. ARRL: ClubLog adds to its roster of volunteers
15. ARRL: Tennessee aproves credentials for amateur radio technician licensees
16. The FCC issues its report to Congress on the sixth year of the PIRATE Act and its effectiveness.
17. Australia issues adjestments to their amateur radio band plans
18. A Hot Air Balloon with passengers on board crashes into a cell tower

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Australia’s own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, experiences a little set back on one project in an episode he calls “One Step Forward, Three Steps Back.
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more..
• Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another new edition of “Dead Electrical Dudes”. This week, Will looks back at the life and times of Volta.

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