PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1415 – 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: 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: 0:59:58

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARHR1415

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: Elecraft Donates Amateur Radio Station To W1AW
5. ARRL: Radio Clubs Activate In April For 2026 World Amateur Radio Day
6. ARRL: Register Now For The 2026 ARRL Youth Rally At Dayton Hamvention
7. ARRL: ARRL Announces Change In Central Division Leadership
8. ARRL: Department of Defense Will Host This Year’s Armed Forces Day Crossband Test
9. AMSAT: ARISS Solicits School Contacts For 2027
10. AMSAT: ​ARISS and AMSAT: On Track to Track Artemis 2
11. Florida Amateur Is Experimenting and Exploring The Use Of The 4 Meter and 8 Meter Bands
12. AMSAT: AMSAT announces a full line up of events and activities for the 2026 Dayton HamVention
13. WIA: New Regulations for amateur radio in Norway
14. WIA: The Russian Doomsday shortwave signal has changed from a hum to voice messages
15. FCC: FCC fimes a Florida resident for pirate radio broadcasting on FM
16. ARRL: ARRL Dakota Division has a new Vice Director
17. An amateur is charged with Emergency Service Interference by the FCC
18. The Voice of America Museum will extend hours during the Dayton HamVention

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers
• Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
• Our own amateur radio historian, Bill Continelli, W2XOP – 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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