PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1420 – 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: May 16, 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, K9DXM, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ
Ed Johnsen. W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:01:26

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARHR1420

1. ARRL: Nominations For 2026 ARRL Media And PR Awards Accepted Through May 31st
2. ARRL: United States Coast Guard Adopted By The Barnstable Amateur Radio Club
3. ARRL: Youth On The Air At Hamvention 2026
4. ARRL: SteppIR Communications Is Serving The Ham Radio Market Once Again
5. ARRL: National WWI Museum and Memorial To Host Special Event Station WW1USA for Memorial Day
6. As BBC Transmitters Marked For Shutdown, UK Hams Plan A Special Tribute
7. Australian Licenses Get A New Website
8. Amateur Pursues The Mystery Of Sporadic E-Skip
9. Wireless Institute of Australia Asks For Changes In Sub-Antartic Call Prefixes
10. ARRL: Hamvention 2026 Thursday — Setup Day and Much More
11. ARRL: Hamvention 2026 Friday – Let The Fun Begin
12. AMSAT: The Artemis II moon astronauts visit The White House and President Trump
13. ARRL: The Boston SDR User Group invites you to come learn more about Software Defined Radio
14. Singer and composer Alan Osmond KN0IZE, SK. (Yes those Osmonds)

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Australia’s own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and “Foundations of Amateur Radio”, will tell us all how to keep track of your adventures
• The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more
• Our own amateur radio historian Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another special edition of Philip Neidlinger, KA4KOE’s “Dead Electrical Dudes”. This edition’s stiff is Dr. Edwin Howard Armstrong

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