PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1404 – 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: January 24, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Mike Nicolich, K9DXM, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:00:14

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1404HR

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
2. WIA: Communication News Shorts
3. WIA: Hubble Space Telescope Nearing Its End Of Life
4. ARD: SpottedHam.com Launches Custom POTA and Keyword Email Alerts
5. ARRL: ARRL Director Tharp, KB7HDX Receives Search-and-Rescue Award
6. ARRL: ARRL Board Approves Funding for Federal Advocacy; Creates New DXCC Single-Band Honor Roll
7. ARRL: Vandals Strike Ham Factory
8. PY: Amateurs Arrested In Belarus Under Suspicion Of Espionage
9. NASA Artemis Two Spacecraft Is Rolled Out To The Launch Pad
10. Congress Agrees To Restore Funding To The Voice Of America
11. Hamvention Awards Nomination Window Closes Soon
12. Damage To Taiwanese Undersea Cables Spurs More Interest In Amateur Radio
13. Hindu Pilgrimage Safety Is Provided By Indian Amateurs
14. ARRL: 2026 Repeater Directory is now shipping
15. AMSAT: NASA marks fifty years of the GOES satellites
16. FCC: FCC approves Starlink expansion to 19,000+ satellites with direct to device service
17. ARRL: New 60 Meter frequencies will become available as of February 13th, 2026
18. ARRL: The FCC is poised to exempt radio amateurs from Foreign Adversary Reporting System
19. FutureGeo is the most important amateur radio initiative of the decade
20. Device frequency sharing is eyes by Ofcom in the United Kingdom

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Australia’s own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, presents Part Five of his series on “Building A Shack”. The episode Onno tackles the problem of “Noise”
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more

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