PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1429 – Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)

Release Date: October 17, 2026

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

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:38:57

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1429

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. AMSAT: AMSAT Board of Directors Re-Elects Senior Officers for 2027
2. AMSAT: KENSAT Showcases Individual-Built Amateur Radio CubeSat
3. AMSAT: Google’s Project Suncatcher Begins Testing AI Computing in Orbit
4. AMSAT: Blue Origin Unveils 65-Foot Solar Power Tower for Lunar Operations
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over
6. IR/VOA/WIA: Voice Of America Radio Still Costs $1.6 Million Weekly After Trump Administration Cuts
7. COV: FCC Proposes to Auction Spectrum for Terrestrial and Space-Based Broadband Services
8. SPACE-X: SpaceX Gets FCC Green Light For 15,000 Direct-To-Device Satellites
9. ARRL: Florida Hams Provide Communications Support During Hurricane Isaias
10. ARRL: eBay Restricts Listings Of Radio Equipment, But Exempts Ham-Band-Only Gear
11. ARRL: Radio Club of America Announces Awards And Fellows For 2026
12. ARRL: PoPping Into 44Net Connect
13. ARRL: ARRL Announces Change in Rocky Mountain Division Leadership
14. ARRL: The Dog Day Radio Amateur Radio Club, KØDOG, Is Back On The Air
15. ARRL: ARRL Online Auction Up and Running
16. ARRL: Nominations Are Open For The 2027 CWOps Award
17. ARRL: Brian Daly, WB7OML, reappointed FCC’s Communications Security, and Interoperability Council
18. Apollo Mission Programmer Margaret Hamilton, Passes Away
19. Agreement For Disaster Training Is Signed By West Bengal Amateurs and Officials
20. QCWA Scholarship Applications Period Opens Soon
21. ISS Crew-12 Returns Home From The Space Station / NASA ARISS Sign New Four Year Agreement
22. Pico Balloons Launched By Students In West Virginia

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 discuss how to point and antenna without moving it
• 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, presents a tribute and retrospective look back at the late Hap Holly, KC9RP who produced “The Rain Report” heard around the world for decades before its final transmission

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