PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1393 – LPFM Version (no commercial breaks)

Release Date: November 8, 2025

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Alan Shepard, WK8W, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:43:44

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1393LPFM

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. AMSAT: AMSAT Receives Two ARDC Grants for Youth Initiative Program
2. AMSAT: Alan Johnston, KU2Y, Presents CubeSat Simulator 2025 Updates
3. AMSAT: ARISS 2025 Highlights Presented by Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
5. CP: Neighbor Objects To Sixty Foot Ham Radio Tower, Cites Notice and Safety Concerns
6. SPACE: Ukraine Destroys Giant Radio Telescope Used By Russian Military
7. WIA: Amateur Radio Digital Communications, ARDC, Is Accepting Grant Applications
8. WIA: Youngsters In The Air Month Is Coming Up
9. ARD: ISS SSTV Event To Celebrate 25 Years Of The International Space Station
10. ARRL: Time Is Running Out To Vote In ARRL Division Elections
11. ARRL: New ARRL Technician Class LIVE Video Course For Ham Radio Licensing
12. ARRL: Special Event Unites Two Pennsylvania Colleges and Amateur Station W3USR
13. ARRL: Radiogram Changes Are Announced
14. ARRL: ICOM Dream Station: Have You Earned All Your Sweepstakes Entries?
15. ARRL: The 6th Annual Youth Dream Rig Essay Contest Is About To Get Underway!
16. ARRL: On Air Commemorations And Special Events For Veterans Day 2025
17. Proposed Australian Band Plan Seeks A Review By Amateurs
18. Sunlight On Demand Will Come From A Proposed New Satellite Constellation
19. YASME Excellence Award For Work With Young Amateurs Are Given Out
20. Quicksilver Radio Products John Bartscherer, N1GNV, SK
21. Summits On The Air Enthusiast Robert Hannan G4RQJ, SK
22. Silent Keys Trust Endows Library At His Alma Mater
23. Mountain Radio Challenge Will Test Your Skills
24. ARRL: ARRL now has new ways for amateurs and GMRS users to help pass the HOA Bill in Congress
25. The BBC proposes shutting down its long wave transmitters
26. ARRL: Upcoming radio sport contest listings and regional conventions
27. AMSAT: New AMSAT President outlines future directions for the organization
28. AMSAT: Is AO-7 still the oldest satellite?
29. AMSAT: Amateur radio receiver reveals global satellite transmissions privacy issue
30. ARRL: 2026 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program is now accepting applications
31. ARRL: ARRL calls General Mobile Radio Service operators to help pass Emergency Preparedness Act
32. Europe’s ham radio Friedrichshafen to debut astronomy trade
33. ARRL: ARRL to feature club photos in every QST issue during 2026

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report
• Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO – AMSAT Satellite News
• Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us about the origins of The RF Circulator
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming Radio sport contests, and more
• Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
• Will Rogers – K5WLR – A Century Of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1923, where amateurs were making trans-oceanic contacts and experimenting with the shorter wavelengths. This is part two of a two part episode titled “The Fourth Time’s The Charm”

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