PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1407 – LPFM Version (no commercial breaks)

Release Date: February 14, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Rich Lawrence, Mike Nicolich, K9DXM, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Steve Sawyer, K1FRC, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:40:43

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARLPFM1407

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. AMSAT: FUJI OSCAR 29 Approaches Full Sunlight
2. AMSAT: SpaceX Grounds Its Falcon 9 Rocket
3. AMSAT: Declassifying JUMPSEAT: An American Pioneer In Space
4. AMSAT: Kenya To Represent Africa In The ARISS Program During 2026
5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
6. WIA: New Comedy Podcast Tackles Ham Radio’s “Gatekeeping Problem” With Humour and Education
7. WIA: IARU Region One Issues Clarification On Reports Of Ham Radio Prosecutions In Belarus
8. WIA: Radio Society Of Great Britain Publishes Band Plans
9. WIA: Radio Station Looks To Share WKRP Callsign
10. FCC: Keep Your FRN Information Updated: FCC Fines Could Add Up Quickly
11. FCC: Amazon Gets FCC Approval To Launch 4,500 Leo Internet Satellites
12. ARRL: Start Planning Now For Ham Radio Open House In April – World Amateur Radio Day
13. ARRL: Digital Or Paper?
14. ARRL: Special Event Station Will Be Honoring The Titanic Radio Men
15. ARRL: ARRL Mourns The Loss Of Sharon Taratula, Awards Manager
16. ARRL: William Reed Whitten, AB4W, SK
17. BBC Shortwave Radio Programs Are Received In Iran
18. Amateur In Scotland Gets Approval For Installation Of A Tower
19. Texas Military Base Issues GPS Interference Warning
20. Advanced Class US Operators To Host A Popular Net
21. Amateur Radio License Plates Are Poised For Approval In New Hampshire
22. The Maker Community Eyes A Contruction Competition In The UK
23. The FCC deletes obsolete Part 97 Rules after their publication in the Federal Register on February 10th
24. ARRL: Irvine Disaster Emergency Communications offering a Technician-level licensing course
25. ARRL: Upcoming Contests and Regional Convention Listings
26. AMSAT: NASA selects global tracking volunteers for the upcoming Artemis II mission
27. AMSAT: OpenSpace Phased Array antenna project targets low cost Earth Moon Earth for amateurs
28. FCC: FCC requires disclosure of Foreign Adversaries interest, exempts amateurs
29. FCC: FCC fast-tracks SpaceX plan for one million satellites, and it wants your thoughts
30. ARRL: ARRL joins America250 as a supporting partner for the nations 250th anniversary
31. ARRL: The National Council of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators removes three questions from use
32. ARRL: The league announces that more funding is available for radio clubs
33. ARD: Open HamClock backend aims to keep HamClock ticking

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO – AMSAT Satellite News
• Australia’s own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, will be here with another edition of Foundations of Amateur Radio, This week’s program is titled “How to become an amateur today”
• 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 Monitoring Report
• Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another new edition of “A Century Of Amateur Radio”, this week, Will takes us back to 1924 where we find that for nearly a year, hams had been operating in their first assigned band of wavelengths, 150 to 200 meters. They had also been experimenting below 150 meters by special government permission. We will hear all about in this episode titled, “Six Segments, Sans Spark”

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