PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1423 – LPFM Version (no commercial breaks)

Release Date: June 6, 2026

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

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:50:30

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARLPFM1423

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. AMSAT: AMSAT Field Day 2026
2. AMSAT: RADIANT Project Aims to Bring Delay-Tolerant Networking to Amateur Radio
3. AMSAT: SpaceX Starship V3’s First Test Flight Largely Successful
4. AMSAT: China Launches Shenzhou 23 Spacecraft
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
6. WIA: Radio Frequency Changes Cause Drones To Fall
7. WIA: Japan Amateur Radio League 100th Anniversary
8. WIA: US Space Command Launches War Games
9. WIA: School Is Now In Session
10. RW: Ohio Valley 100,000 Watt FM Signal Is Severed in Broad Daylight
11. RTS: The FCC Plans Tighter Rules That Will Help Undersea Internet Cables
12. FCC: FCC Kicks Off First Spectrum Auction In Four Years
13. ARRL: Find The Right Rig: New Comparison Tool For ARRL Members
14. ARRL: CHU Canada’s Official Shortwave Time Signal To Go Silent
15. ARRL: Florida Field Day Preparations Under Way
16. ARRL: Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation Scholarship 2026 Winner
17. ARRL: International Dog Day On August 26, 2026
18. ARRL: The Lewis and Clark Trail On The Air Special Event
19. China’s Space Station Now Has A New Crew
20. Canada Is Asked By Hamsci To Reconsider Shutting Down CHU
21. Microwave Update Conference Registration Is Now Open
22. Newest Warning From The FCC Targets An Unlicensed Radio Operator
23. Youngsters Are Ready For IARU Region 1 Camp
24. ARRL: Senator Ted Cruz praises amateur radio volunteers for Emergency Preparedness
25. AMSAT: AMSAT opens candidate nominations for 2026 Board of Directors Election
26. AMSAT: AMSAT BirdChaser Bingo Summer 2026 adds a new twist to satellite operating
27. WIA: China announces massive break-through battery technology
28. ARRL: RAC/Radio Amateurs of Canada Vice President Brent Taylor, VY2HF, Silent Key
29. ARRL: Registration is open for the 2026 National Convention in Huntsville, Alabama
30. ARRL: Sufflok County New York legislator has designated June as amateur radio month
31. RSGB: A Solar Eclipse will happen in the UK on August 12, 2026

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO, and get an update from AMSAT and what’s new with all those amateur satellites in orbit
• Australia’s own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, returns to his Bald Yak Project. This edition is titled “Soapy Audio Adventures”
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more
• We will have the Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL and Space Weather
• 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 the Summer of 1924, which brought the first explorers to the four new, shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July. This is part two of a three part edition titled “DX Records and Shortwave Reflections”, or “The Heaviside Road to the Antipode”
• This month’s update from The Volunteer Monitoring System

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