PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1406 – Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)

Release Date: February 7, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Mike Nikolich, N9OVQ, Steve Sawyer, K1FRC, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:44:10

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1406

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. AMSAT: NASA Selects Global Tracking Volunteers for Artemis II Lunar Mission
2. AMSAT: Thailand’s KNACKSAT-2 CubeSat Preparing For Deployment From The ISS
3. AMSAT: Open.Space Phased Array Project Targets Low-Cost Earth-Moon-Earth For Hams
4. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over
5. WIA: Belarus Threatens Ham Radio Operators With The Death Penalty
6. WIA: Vandals Strike Ham Factory
7. WIA: Earth Hit by Biggest ‘Solar Radiation Storm’ in 23 Years
8. WIA: Artemis II Mission Crew Enters Quarantine Before Flying To The Moon
9. FCC: FCC Requires Disclosure Of Foreign Adversaries’ Interests In Entities With FCC Licenses
10. FCC: FCC Fast-Tracks SpaceX’s Plan For One Million Satellites. And It Wants Your Thoughts
11. ARRL: ARRL Joins America250 As A Supporting Partner For The Nation’s 250th Anniversary – Pt. 1
12. ARRL: ARRL Joins America250 As A Supporting Partner For The Nation’s 250th Anniversary – Pt. 2
13. ARRL: NCVEC Question Pool Committee Removes Three Questions from Use
14. ARRL: Chasing Balloons Around the World
15. ARRL: Clubs Across The US Will Run Special Event Stations For Presidents Day & Washington’s B’day
16. ARRL: Additional Funding Is Available For Radio Clubs
17. ARD: Open Hamclock Backend Aims To Keep HamClock Ticking
18. Amateurs In Brazil Mark Anniversary With SSTV Special Event Station
19. Four Amateurs Are Among Those Chosen To Track Artemis 2 Flight
20. HamSci March Workshop Opens For Registration
21. Historic Satellite QSO Is Celebrated
22. Young Ladies Radio League Scholarships Are Available
23. 16-day event will held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the city of Gdynia, Poland…1926-2026
24. ARRL: Upcoming contests and regional amateur conventions
25. AMSAT: Help wanted: Feature story editors and video editors
26. WIA: Iran continues blocking internet traffic
27. ARD: Amateur Radio Digital Communications priority areas of funding offer opportunites for amateurs
28. ARD: IP400 project chooses modulation method for SuperNode
29. FCC: FCC Chairman Carr announces vote to expand 900 mHz Band to 10 MegaHertz
30. SPM: Kenya will represent Africa in ISS ARISS program during 2026
31. FR: World Radiocommunication Conference advances to schedule 4th meeting February 18th
32. ARRL: ARRL Director Famiglio’s Recertification decision
33. ARRL: Student Conding Competition is underway with a 25k award
34. ARRL: Register now for HamSCI 2026 hosted by the ARRL
35. ARRL: ARRL to announce the winnerr of the ARRL Icom Dream Station at Orlando HamCation
36. ARRL: IARU issued a clarification on reports of the prosecution of Amateur Radio Operators in Belarus
37. Dayton HamVention announces the theme for the 2026 show – Radio Adventure!
38. Plane crash in Australia takes the life of amateur radio business owner

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO – AMSAT Satellite News
• Australia’s own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio will present Part Eight of his series titled “Building A Shack”. This episode is sub-titled “Will It Ever End?”
• 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
• Monthly Volunteer Monitor Report
• Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of “Dead Electrical Dudes”. This edition’s stiff is Georg Simon Ohm. A German physicist and mathematician

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