PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1403 – Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)

Release Date: January 17, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Steven Sawyer, K1FRC, Mike Nickolich, K9DXM, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:46:38

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1403

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. AMSAT: NASA Ends Crew 11 Mission Due To ‘Medical Concern’ With An Astronaut
2. AMSAT: NASA Marks 50 Years Of GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
3. AMSAT: Two U.S. Schools and Organizations Moved Forward In ARISS Selection Process
4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
5. FCC: FCC Approves Starlink Expansion To 19,000+ Satellites With Direct To Device Capability
6. ITB: KernWi-Fi Builds Carrier Grade Yaesu Internet-linked Multi-Repeater System Network
7. CWU: Case Amateur Radio Club W8EDU Receives DXCC Trident National Award
8. RW: Financial Traders Seek Permanency For Shortwave Data Transmissions
9. ARRL: New 60-Meter Frequencies Available As Of February 13th, 2026
10. ARRL: FCC Poised To Exempt Amateurs From Foreign Adversary Reporting Requirements
11. ARRL: Bob Jones, VE7RWJ, Silent Key — Former ITU Official and IARU Expert
12. ARRL: Texas Ham Radio Repeaters Now Solar-Powered
13. ARD: DXLook Introduces VOACAP View Professional HF Propagation Prediction
14. FutureGEO Is The Most Important Amateur Radio Initiative Of This Decade
15. Device Frequency Sharing Is Eyed By Ofcom In The UK
16. Airlines Grounded In Greece — Cancelled Due To Radio Noise
17. Winter Field Day Is Expanded By California Amateurs
18. HamCation To Feature An APRS Digipeater
19. Silent Key: VU2AF, Adolf Shepherd and Linux In The HamShack Host Russ Woodman K5TUX – SK
20. ARRL: ARISS is seeking contact schools and organization proposals
21. ARRL: Upcoming contests and regional convention listings
22. AMSAT: AMSAT membership now includes ‘Getting Started With Amateur Satellites’ book
23. AMSAT: HDMI Converter is installed on the ISS Ham TV System that expands video capabilities
24. WIA: Radio station played a pivotal role in the history of wireless celebrates its 125th anniversary
25. WIA: No time like the present – Maybe – KLOE-AM in Kansas packs it up after tower collapse
26. WIA: Moody Bible Institutes WMBI-FM instructed to lower power due to airport interference
27. ARD: 52 Week Amateur Radio Challenge returns for 2026
28. FCC: FCC bans sale of all foreign made drones in the US
29. FCC: FCC plans to expand unlicensed operations in the six gigahertz band
30. FCC: FCC reminds experimental digital shortwave stations to identify themselves in analog voice or CW
31. ARRL: Join the ARRL in celebrating Americas 250th anniversary – on the air
32. ARRL: The nomination period is open for the three Heritage CQ Magazine Hall of Fame
33. Amateurs in Germany find their access to 70 megaHertz is in limbo

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO – AMSAT Satellite News
• Australia’s own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio continues with Part Five of his series entitled “Building A Shack”, this weeks episode is called “Antenna Shenanigans”
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more
• Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL
• Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of Dead Electrical Dudes. This episodes stiff is Major Edwin Howard Armstrong

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