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This Week in Amateur Radio

North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1412 – 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 21, 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, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Lamas, KC2OXJ, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 0:59:54

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1412HR

  1. ARRL: ARRL Hosts Successful HamSCI 2026 Workshop
  2. ARRL: The Heritage CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Inductees
  3. ARRL: Growing An Army Of Young Hams In New York
  4. ARRL: Come Work For The ARRL
  5. ARRL: The Hurricane Warch Net Is Seeking Net Control Operators
  6. High Frequency Communications Testing In Alaska By The US Military
  7. Calling CQ For The Second Year Is The SKYWARN Youth Net
  8. Voice Of America Ordered Back On The Air By Federal Judge
  9. Updating Electronics Is Required On Certain Airliners Due To CW Interference
  10. New Film Documentary About MFJ and Martin F Jue Is In Process
  11. AMSAT: NASA reveals which astronaut required medical evacuation from the Space Station
  12. WIA: Amazon reports that drones damaged three facilities in Bahrain and the UAE
  13. ARRL: The league says it is not too early to begin planning your Field Day 2026.
  14. ARRL: The spring Section Manager election results are announced
  15. National flags and symbols will not be displayed at the 2026 World RadioSport Team Championships 2026
  16. Indiana amateurs living under HOA rules have gain protection for antennas and towers
  17. FCC: FCC draft NPRM will open up spectrum for “Weird Space Stuff”

Plus these Special Features This Week:

  • Australia’s own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio continues with Part Sixteen of his Bald Yak Project, this time out he answers the question “How do you decode FM?”
    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 edition of Dead Electrical Dudes. This editions stiff is none other than Henrich Hertz

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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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