PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1431 – 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 31, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 0:59:29

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1HR1431

1. AMSAT: Falcon 9 launches Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission
2. AMSAT: Satellite shorts from all over
3. WIA: Weird and wonderful
4. REU: US blocks two devices with Chinese-made surveillance chips
5. FCC: FCC affirms $60K in pirate radio fines in the Northeast
6. ARRL: ARRL partners in NASA-funded space weather education initiative
7. ARRL: Venusbounce (with a message)
8. ARRL: How to work VK9XY on 6 meters (hint: extreme long path)
9. ARRL: ARRL Foundation opens applications for 2027 scholarship program
10. ARRL: Voting is now under way for members of the ARRL Board of Directors
11. ARRL: ARRL’s annual Simulated Emergency Test (SET)
12. FCC grants spectrum license transfer to SpaceX
13. Antique Wireless 1929 QSO Party turns back the calendar
14. Goodbye to the leap second
15. WIRE: Helicopter pilot killed striking 150-foot amateur radio tower in Florida
16. ARRL: Latest Colvin Grants assist youth-focused DXpeditions
17. ARRL: Amateurs help “run” the Chicago Marathon
18. Homeowners association lobby gives top priority to halting the advancement of amateur radio bill in Congress

Plus these special features this week:

• Australia’s own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, will present his 800th edition of Foundations of Amateur Radio, in a discussion called 800 reflections on a hobby
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more
• Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of “Dead Electrical Dudes.” This edition’s stiff is Edwin Armstrong.

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