June 14, 2026

This Week in Amateur Radio

North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1423 – 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: 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: 1:00:07

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARHR1423

  1. AMSAT: AMSAT Field Day 2026
  2. WIA: Radio Frequency Changes Cause Drones To Fall
  3. WIA: Japan Amateur Radio League 100th Anniversary
  4. WIA: US Space Command Launches War Games
  5. WIA: School Is Now In Session
  6. RW: Ohio Valley 100,000 Watt FM Signal Is Severed in Broad Daylight
  7. RTS: The FCC Plans Tighter Rules That Will Help Undersea Internet Cables
  8. FCC: FCC Kicks Off First Spectrum Auction In Four Years
  9. ARRL: Find The Right Rig: New Comparison Tool For ARRL Members
  10. ARRL: CHU Canada’s Official Shortwave Time Signal To Go Silent
  11. ARRL: Florida Field Day Preparations Under Way
  12. ARRL: Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation Scholarship 2026 Winner
  13. Canada Is Asked By Hamsci To Reconsider Shuting Down CHU
  14. Newest Warning From The FCC Targets An Unlicensed Radio Operator
  15. Youngsters Are Ready For IARU Region 1 Camp
  16. ARRL: Senator Ted Cruz praises amateur radio volunteers for Emergency Preparedness
  17. ARRL: Sufflok County New York legislator has designated June as amateur radio month

Plus these Special Features This Week:

  • 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
  • And, we will have this months update from The Volunteer Monitoring System

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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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