June 2, 2026

This Week in Amateur Radio

North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1422 – 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 30, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Marv Turner, W0MET, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Ed Johnsen, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 0:59:30

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARHR1422

  1. ARRL: Senator Ted Cruz Praises Amateur Radio Volunteers for Emergency Preparedness
  2. AMSAT: AMSAT’s Dayton Forum Covers Education, Operations, and Future Satellite Projects
  3. AMSAT: Bird Chaser Bingo Summer 2026 Adds New Twist To Satellite Operating
  4. AMSAT: Hamvention 2026 Brings Estimated $35 Million Impact to Xenia Region
  5. WIA: China Announces Massive Breakthrough Battery Technology
  6. WIA: Australia’s “New National Sport”
  7. ARRL: Radio Amateurs of Canada Vice-President Brent Taylor, VY2HF, Silent Key
  8. ARRL: Registration Is Open For The 2026 ARRL National Convention In Huntsville, Alabama
  9. Canada Will Be Taking Time Signal Station CHU Off The Air In June
  10. 38,000 Guests Visited This Year’s Dayton HamVention
  11. ARRL: Upcoming Contests and Regional Convention Listings
  12. AMSAT: AMSAT-DL (Germany) to highlight QO-100 at Friedrichshafen
  13. ARRL: June is proclaimed Amateur Radio Month in the state of New Hampshire
  14. ARRL: The league urges your club to start packing for 2026 Field Day now
  15. AWA Communications Museum announces a new on air net

Plus these Special Features This Week:

  • Australia’s own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio will take a close look at why you should use Logbook of The World
  • 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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This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com.

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