PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1416 – LPFM Version (no commercial breaks)

Release Date: April 18, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Mike Nicolich, K9DXM, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:14:06

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARLPFM1416

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. AMSAT: AMSAT Satellite Status Page: The Story Behind the New Colors and Satellite Naming Convention.
2. AMSAT: FO-29 Update
3. RW: The Deadline To Purchase Repaired Econco Tubes Is Approaching
4. ARRL: National Hurricane Conference Amateur Radio Workshop, WD4R, Gets Volunteer Service Award
5. ARRL: World Amateur Radio Day Ready For Activity
6. ARRL: Below-Average Hurricane Season Predicted For 2026
7. ARRL: Helping NASA Track Artemis II’s Orion Spacecraft
8. ARRL: Webinar: Promoting ARRL Field Day, To Be Held On Thursday, Apr 23rd
9. ARRL: More Hams Are On The Air In California
10. ARRL: ARRL Announces Change in Central Division Leadership
11. RACES Hams In Hawaii Activate For Kona Low Storm
12. After The Sale Of MFJ, Hy-Gain and Cushcraft Return To The Ham Radio Marketplace
13. New York Man Arrested After Interfering With Emergency Communications
14. Amateur Satellite Operator In Oman Develops New Satellite Tracking App
15. Register Now For The Upcoming International Marconi Day
16. DXtra.com Announces New Features
17. New requirements for radio amateurs are introduced in Moldova
18. ARRL: Upcoming contest listing and regional convention listings
19. FCC: FCC to vote on proposal to ban Chinese labs from tests electronics for use in the United States
20. FCC: The FCC is poised to empower super fast space based broadband
21. FCC: FCC sends Notice Of Unlicensed Operation to a ISP in California
22. ARRL: Elecraft donates a new amateur radio station to W1AW at ARRL HQ
23. ARRL: Register now for the 2026 ARRL Youth Rally at the Dayton Hamvention
24. ARRL: ARRL announces changes in the Central Division leadership
25. AMSAT: ARISS solicits school contacts for 2027
26. An amateur in Florida is experimenting and exploring the use of the 4 and 8 meter bands
27. ATT to upgrade the national Emergency Response Network

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 answer the question, “What Is An S-Unit?”
• 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, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of “A Century Of Amateur Radio”. This week, Will takes us back to 1924. The summer of 1924 brought the first explorers to the four new, shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July. Amateurs anticipated interesting times ahead based on their earlier experimental work that produced the first Trans-Atlantic QSOs

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