PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1428 – Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes)

Release Date: October 10, 2026

Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in Amateur Radio. This week’s edition is anchored by Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX

Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS

Approximate Running Time: 1:39:18

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1428

Trending headlines in this week’s bulletin service

1. ARDC: Volunteer with ARDC in 2027!
2. FCC/ARRL: FCC and HHS Initiate New Proceedings on RF Exposure
3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over
4. WIA: US AM Radio For Very Vehicle Act News
5. WIA: Hubble Completes Its 200,000th Orbit Around Earth
6. NASA: NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑13 Arrives at Space Station
7. ARD: APRS Connect is Now on iPhone
8. AG: The Sun Is Killing Off StarLink Satellites
9. FCC: The FCC Proposes New Mid-Band Spectrum Auction and Unlocking 800 MegaHertz For Drones
10. ARRL: Gulf Coast Prepares for Isaias
11. ARRL: World Radiosport Team Championship 2022 Results Re-Scored; New Winner Announced
12. ARRL: Radio Scouting Beyond Jamboree On The Air
13. ARRL: Discovering Ham Radio Via Moonbounce
14. ARRL: 2026 ARRL Online Auction
15. Ham Radio Operator Honored As Friend Of Broadcast
16. Early Proponent Of GMRS Becomes A Silent Key
17. Chasing Cornwallis Challenge Final Events
18. Amateurs In Argentina Organize Special Tribute To A Silent Key
19. ARISS Contact Milestone For A Chile High School
20. QSO’S With Readership
21. Zero Retries Conference General Admission Extended
22. Message Of Peace To Be Sent By Historic Transmitter SAQ
23. ARRL: National Fire Prevention Week special event stations on the air
24. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests
25. ARRL: Upcoming regional conventions and hamfest listing
26. AMSAT: OrbitDeck for iOS brings full featured satellite tracking to iPhone platform
27. SAQ: SAQ Grimeton to air United Nations Day Message worldwide
28. Google puts experimental AI data center satellite in orbit
29. FCC: FCC unleashes “Spectrum Abundance” for new uses
30. ARRL: ARRL alerts amateurs to e-mail “Phishing Scams”

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 anoter update on his Bald Yak Project, and in amateur radio you will be surprised at the things you hear if you listen
• 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
• Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of Dead Electrical Dudes. This edition’s stiff is Lee DeForest

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