November 23, 2025

This Week in Amateur Radio

North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1395 – 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 22, 2025

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Mike Nicolich, N9OVQ, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:00:02

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1395HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

  1. ARD: High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program Campaign Focuses On HF and VLF Propagation
  2. AMSAT: Alarm Over Reductions At Goddard Space Flight Center
  3. RSGB: Radio Society Of Great Britain Announces Amateur Radio Construction Competition
  4. WIA: Space Debris Is Now Officially A Problem
  5. ARRL: ARRL VEC Ready To File 2,500+ Ham Radio License Applications; FCC Extends Deadlines
  6. ARRL: Call For Technical Manuscripts
  7. ARRL: Amateur Radio Digital Communications Funding Opportunities
  8. ARRL: Several Prominent Hams Among 2025 Radio Club of America Awardees
  9. ARRL: SKYWARN Recognition Day 2025 Cancelled
  10. RW: Spain’s Radio Nacional de España To Shut Down AM Transmitters
  11. How About A Season’s Transition Field Day?
  12. HACK: Internet Archive Hits One Trillion Web Pages
  13. AMSAT: Digital Library Of Amateur Radio and Communications adds AMSAT Publications
  14. AMSAT: AI fix from earth restores The James Webb Telescope, no astronauts needed
  15. AP: FCC proposes auctioning additional spectrum to expand wireless services
  16. RSGB: 146 thru 147 MegaHertz NoV extension agreed to by Ofcom in the UK
  17. HACK: A treasure trove of Random Vintage Technology Resources
  18. ARRL: ARRL has published its 2024 Annual Report, and has open positions available
  19. ARDC: Student satellite courses are funded through an ARDC grant.

Plus these Special Features This Week:

  • Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us a story entitled “A New Year With New Services To The Public In 1905”
  • The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, 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 back to Thanksgiving week in November of 1923 as we witness amateurs setting new records, and view the MacMillan Expedition to the north pole operating station WNP, in Part One called “Scooped”

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