PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1393 – 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: 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: 0:59:26

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1393HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. AMSAT: AMSAT Receives Two ARDC Grants for Youth Initiative Program
2. CP: Neighbor Objects To Sixty Foot Ham Radio Tower, Cites Notice and Safety Concerns
3. ARRL: Time Is Running Out To Vote In ARRL Division Elections
4. ARRL: New ARRL Technician Class LIVE Video Course For Ham Radio Licensing
5. ARRL: Special Event Unites Two Pennsylvania Colleges and Amateur Station W3USR
6. ARRL: Radiogram Changes Are Announced
7. ARRL: ICOM Dream Station: Have You Earned All Your Sweepstakes Entries?
8. Proposed Australian Band Plan Seeks A Review By Amateurs
9. Sunlight On Demand Will Come From A Proposed New Satellite Constellation
10. The BBC proposes shutting down its long wave transmitters
11. AMSAT: Amateur radio receiver reveals global satellite transmissions privacy issue
12. ARRL: 2026 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program is now accepting applications
13. ARRL: ARRL calls General Mobile Radio Service operators to help pass Emergency Preparedness Act
14. ARRL: ARRL to feature club photos in every QST issue during 2026

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming Radio sport contests, and more
• 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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