PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1421 – 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 23, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Ed Johnson. W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 0:59:29

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARHR1421

1. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
2. RTBR: House E&C Committee Embeds AM Radio Act Into Larger Vehicle Bill
3. ARRL: Report From The World’s Largest Hamfest
4. ARRL: Outstanding Contesters and DXers Recognized At HamVention
5. ARRL: June Proclaimed Amateur Radio Month In New Hampshire
6. ARRL: Start Packing for ARRL Field Day
7. Amateur Radio Club Debuts Its Innovative Trailer At Dayton
8. Antique Wireless Association Communications Museum Announces A New Net
9. Moon Based Amateur Radio Plan Is Announced By ARISS
10. ARRL: ARRL CEO David Minster is the gueast on the laterst DX Mentor podcast
11. BBC to shutdown its longwave transmitters in June
12. Canada to shut down time signal station CHU
13. ARRL: Nominations for the 2026 ARRL Media and Public Relation Awards are accepted
14. As BBC transmitters are marked for shutdown, amateurs plan corresponding special event stations
15. WIA: The WIA asks for changes in the sub-Antarctic call prefixes

Plus these Special Features This Week:

• Australia’s own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio will tell us how “Some Days Are Like Running In Place.”
• 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 edition of “Dead Electical Dudes”. This week’s stiff is Henrich Hertz

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