PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1415 – Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)

Release Date: April 11, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Mike Nicolich, K9DXM, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:30:59

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1415

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. FCC: FCC To Vote On Proposal To Ban Chinese Labs From Testing US Electronics
2. FCC: FCC Poised to Empower Super-Fast, Space-Based Broadband
3. FCC: FCC Sends Notice Of Unlicensed Operation To California ISP/Internet Service Provider
4. ARRL: 2026 ARRL Field Day Merch Now Shipping — Celebrate America250 With A Commemorative Design
5. ARRL: Elecraft Donates Amateur Radio Station To W1AW
6. ARRL: 2026 Year Of The Club: Amateur Radio on Display!
7. ARRL: Radio Clubs Activate In April For 2026 World Amateur Radio Day
8. ARRL: Register Now For The 2026 ARRL Youth Rally At Dayton Hamvention
9. ARRL: ARRL Announces Change In Central Division Leadership
10. ARRL: Department of Defense Will Host This Year’s Armed Forces Day Crossband Test
11. ARRL: National Train Day On Saturday, May 9, 2026
12. AMSAT: ARISS Solicits School Contacts For 2027
13. AMSAT: ​ARISS and AMSAT: On Track to Track Artemis 2
14. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
15. Florida Amateur Is Experimenting and Exploring The Use Of The 4 Meter and 8 Meter Bands
16. Silent Key: Rita Wright, KC9CDL, Led The First School ISS Contact/Journalist Carlos Almiron LU7DSY
17. Growing Space Sectors Need For Spectrum Is Eyed By The FCC
18. AT and T To Upgrade Emergency Respose Network – FirstNet
19. NVIS Red Cross Net Draws Regional Response
20. Tribute To Yuri Gagarin As Cosmonauts Call CQ
21. ARRL: Upcoming Regional Conventions and Up Coming RadioSport Contest Listing
22. AMSAT: AMSAT announces a full line up of events and activities for the 2026 Dayton HamVention
23. WIA: New Regulations for amateur radio in Norway
24. WIA: The Russian Doomsday shortwave signal has changed from a hum to voice messages
25. FCC: FCC fimes a Florida resident for pirate radio broadcasting on FM
26. ARRL: ARRL Dakota Division has a new Vice-Director
27. An amateur is charged with Emergency Service Interference by the FCC
28. The Voice of America Museum will extend hours during the Dayton HamVention

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 attempt to answer the question “Where is the spark gap?”
• 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, Bill Continelli, W2XOY – Silent Key, presents an encore presentation of one of his “Best of The Ancient Amateur Archives”, answers the question, “What Was CONELRAD?”
• We will have a look at this months Volunteer Monitoring Report

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