PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1430 – 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: October 24, 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, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 0:59:53

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1HR1430

1. ARD: Icom Receives Good Design Award
2. WIRE: Helicopter Pilot Killed Striking 150 Foot Amateur Radio Tower
3. AMSAT: AMSAT 44th Annual Symposium Highlights
4. AMSAT: AMSAT Director Appoints Three New Ambassadors to Volunteer Network
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over
6. ARRL: Latest Colvin Grants Assist Youth-Focused DXpeditions
7. ARRL: Hams Help “Run” the Chicago Marathon
8. ARRL: October 31 Is The Deadline For Schools To Apply For Grants From ARRL’s Education and Tech Program
9. Home Owners Association Gives Top Priority To Halting Amateur Radio Antenna Bill
10. Private Cube Sat Transmits AI Experiments
11. FCC Obstacle To License Renewals Is Called A Payment Labyrinth
12. AMSAT: AMSAT Board of Directors re-elects senior officers for 2027
13. AMSAT: Google project SunCatcher begins testing AI computing in orbit
14. The FCC proposes to auction spectrum for terrestrial and space based broadband operations
15. ARRL: eBay restricts listings of radio equipment that transmits, but exempts amateur radio gear
16. ARRL: ARRL announces changes in the Rocky Mountain Division
17. QCWA Scholarship application period opens soon

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Australia’s own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, explains what I/Q has to do with amateur radio
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more
• Our own amateur radio historian Will Rogers, K5WLR, presents a brand new edition of “A Century Of Amateur Radio”

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