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ARRL Audio News August 28, 2026

ARRL Audio News August 21, 2026

A weekly podcast of current news and events in the world of amateur radio, prepared by ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® in the US. This podcasts contains no music, so it can be aired over amateur radio repeaters.

Foundations of Amateur Radio Recently I explored the nature of amateur radio emergency response. I received a few replies providing an insight into the on the ground reality and it encouraged me to dig into this a little more. I'll start with some context. Early in my amateur adventures I became aware of the Wireless Institute of Australia's efforts in encouraging people to become familiar with emergency procedures. It introduced a course titled "Introduction to Public Safety Training for Radio Amateurs", specifically to achieve a Certificate II in Public Safety. I dutifully downloaded the materials, went to my local office supply store and had the documents printed out. The bill was hundreds of dollars as I recall, as much as I paid for my new FT-857d, because the dozens of PDF documents had little colour logos scattered throughout, because of course they did. After getting over the bill shock, I discovered that you could only do this course if you had an advanced amateur license. Not that this requirement makes any sense, since you're not operating on amateur radio frequencies or using amateur radio equipment, but I digress. To add insult to injury, today I dug up that 2011 manual, well, one of the four volumes sitting on my shelf, and discovered that for example, the module for "Communication in the Workplace" is actually a standard training module offered throughout Australia. In other words, the Wireless Institute's attempt at linking amateur radio to emergency response was a set of training modules that made you into an Emergency Communications Officer with, I might add, no guarantee of engagement by your local emergency service. As far as I can tell, this is no longer offered but the evidence shows that it continues to shape amateur radio emergency policy a decade and a half later. I set out to discover if things had improved, starting with a search for "WICEN procedures", WICEN being the Wireless Institute Civil Emergency Network, the equivalent of ARES, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service in the United States, RAYNET, Radio Amateurs Emergency Network in the United Kingdom, DARES, Dutch Amateur Radio Emergency Service and many others. I was pleasantly surprised to find many pages with results. Less pleasant was to discover that many, if not most of them, hadn't been updated since 2011, that's if they were dated at all. As an aside, dating this kind of information is in my opinion crucial. A list of repeater frequencies is absolutely irrelevant if it's more than a year old, but if the information has no date, you have no idea if you're dealing with a current list or one written when Netscape was still in business. For example, the WICEN Tasmania (South) website has lots of information, but there's absolutely no indication of how old it is, unless you take the "Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported" in the header as a sign that it was last updated before 2017 when Flash was depreciated. Their "Equine Endurance Ride Tracking" has a version number, but no indication of when it was updated. I did find a Voice Procedure Training Module dated 16 June 2011, so that's something. Lest you think I'm picking on Tasmania, WICEN Victoria has plenty of information, all dated 2011, well, apart from the 1994 and 1998 manuals. WICEN Bundaberg has information, at least some of it dated, but published in August 2012. WICEN WA has a snazzy website which contains the outlines of something, but it's unclear where it's at and their homepage states that it's in a "rebuilding phase". I'll note that the main wicen.org.au domain links to eight WICEN organisations, but the list is nascent at best and while it serves as the Australian WICEN landing page, it has no other information. Not even the Wireless Institute itself provides a full list of its own WICEN affiliated clubs and associations. Age and accuracy aside, one thing all these results appear to have in common is the unstated burning desire to become official Emergency Communications Officers, with instructions on pro-words, standard phrases, voice procedures and integration with the rest of the official Emergency Communication community. While I get that this was the Wireless Institute aim back in 2011, is that still relevant today? Is being a radio amateur the starting point for becoming an operator in an emergency radio bunker, or is that a parallel path that radio amateurs might take? Let me be explicit here. Are we as radio amateurs best suited to train other radio amateurs to become certified State Emergency Service volunteers, or should we join the local SES and participate in their training? It goes back to the underlying premise and its current implementation, such as it is, amateur radio's attempt at claiming an emergency communications role in order to justify its use of radio spectrum. Don't get me wrong. I have no beef with providing emergency communications, but effectiveness is important. Volunteer hours are a strictly limited resource and it seems to me that the path we've been on since at least 2011 is attempting to duplicate an existing system with, I suspect, very limited real world application. So, what should we do about it? Although it's incomplete, undated and without version numbers, the WICEN WA website has a list of how emergency communications are activated, who does what and when and in which order. That's the only place I've ever seen such a list. It's a start. It appears that some parts of WICEN are attempting to roll out a permanent HF data network. The choice of band is curious, 80m, a band not known for local communications, daytime communications, or small and easily deployable antennas, ask any portable operator. In contrast, the Philippine Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network, PAREDN or DX1PRD, uses 2m and 70cm for most of its network which also has an active status dashboard, something which I have yet to discover anywhere in Australia. Within the various emergency systems across the globe, two proprietary tools seem to have taken hold, Winlink and VARA. The first providing a mechanism for message exchange with an associated global network of receivers, the latter a way of transmitting it across radio. Together they claim to provide the basics of a parallel Internet for "when the Internet goes down, mobile phone networks fail or natural disasters isolate communities". Frankly, bandwidth considerations alone will reveal that it's the same kind of absurd claim that the ARRL made famous: "When all else fails" The tools, Winlink and VARA, are claimed to be cross-platform, but all links supplied by WICEN sites I found are for Windows only, closed source, or worse, stuck behind a user account login. There are efforts underway for open source replacements for both VARA and Winlink, according to GitHub both replacement projects started in 2023, but this software is in active development and I see little evidence of wide adoption of either at this stage, that's not to say it won't be, just that it isn't yet. As soon as the proprietary tools change protocol, these projects will stop working until the new protocol has been reverse engineered. Hardly a recipe for robustness. In case you think this is a new effort, the WICEN Victoria website has Winlink presentations as recent as 2012. I'll leave you to contemplate if any of this makes sense. Unrelated, I'm recovering from a cold and some wondered recently if I was experimenting with voice cloning. It's a question that's been put to me in other forms as well, several people over the years articulating that they thought I was a bot. Let me point out that the whole point of my contribution here is to learn, document and share it with you. If I used Assumed Intelligence, or AI, and Unsupervised Text Extruders, or LLMs to do that, there's no learning for me and subsequently no reason for spending time with you. As an aside, I tend to use "my cat" as a phrase to replace any instance of OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Co-pilot and based on the growing list of companies focused on this, I find it helps retain my sanity. I'll leave you with a question. While the WIA claims that WICEN is "totally independent from the WIA", even though it obviously has its fingerprints all over it, who is running this show and perhaps more importantly, who is helping? I'm Onno VK6FLAB

ARRL Audio News August 7, 2026

ハムのラジオ第709回の配信です。 (2026/8/2 ラジオ成田から放送) 特集はリスナーの皆様に英語に親しんでいただく企画「ハムハムイングリッシュ」です。 今月は The ARRL Letter、Amateur Radio Daily から話題をピックアップしました。 ★ 以下のURLで、英語スピーチの原文をご覧いただくことができます。参考にしてください。 (1)YOTAアメリカキャンプ成功 https://www.arrl.org/arrlletterissue?issue=2026-07-02#Bookmark_AEE8B1D0E (2)16歳のARRL会員が、学生コーディングコンテストに優勝 https://www.arrl.org/arrlletterissue?issue=2026-07-09#Bookmark_AC6EC9458 (3)フロリダスペースコーストでデジタル通信網の拡充 https://www.arrl.org/arrlletterissue?issue=2026-07-09#Bookmark_A01778CD5 (4)aprs.world, フリーで使え、11か国語に対応した、APRSマップのご紹介 https://daily.hamweekly.com/2026/07/aprs-world-modern-live-aprs-map-11-languages/ 番組では、皆様からのメッセージをお待ちしております。 ご意見、ご感想、お叱り、雑談、無線以外の話題でも結構です。 メッセージを送るには、ホームページの「お便りはこちらから」のページから、 あるいはham(アットマーク)hamsradio.net宛に電子メールでお送りください。 ハムのラジオは、このページの他、Apple Podcast、Amazon Music、Youtubeで配信中！ 「ハムのラジオ」と日本語で検索してください。 お気に入り登録、チャンネル登録もお忘れなく！！ ハムのラジオ　制作担当　JA1WTO　よしはら

ARRL Audio News July 31, 2026

ARRL Audio News July 24, 2026

Amateur Radio News and Information in the Greater Cincinnati, Tri-State, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Areas for the Week of July 24, 2026.This weeks Topics Include:TIME.....  Final CountdownUnion, Ky Ham Radio ProclamationKR4KS Award for Field Day Chairman WorkGREAT MESHCORE presentationKR4NAQ now EXTRA, KQ4QIS Now GENERALQSO1.netKE4KY Card CheckerScouts RadioARRL America 250 EventNominations for KY Amateur of The YearYoungs Jersey Dairy Charity Bike TourKY POTA EventKY COMMS ShowcaseOMISS BoothRepeater ListHamfestsExamsSign Out....... 73

ARRL Audio News July 17, 2026

Amateur Radio News and Information in the Greater Cincinnati, Tri-State, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Areas for the Week of July 17, 2026.This weeks topics include:The Little EventW4TOY Silent KeyMuseum of Radio and TechnologyNew Question Pool for Technician ExamWide Area Repeater NetDan Beard Council Radio Committee Scout TrainingARRL America 2502026 Ky. amateur Of the Year NominationsNKARC Breakfast ClubMONIX MeetingMeshcore Presentation at NKARC MeetingSTEM Day Camp for KidsYoungs Jersey Dairy Chairity Bike tourRepeater ListHamfestExams

ARRL Audio News July 10, 2026

ARRL Audio News July 3, 2026

Is amateur radio really dying? In this video, I react to the viral "What Happened to Ham Radio?" documentary and break down the real FCC and ARRL license data showing strong growth from the 1970s to over 700,000 US hams today. I address the exaggerations about the "golden age," highlight active communities, Field Day, Parks on the Air, emergency comms, and why the hobby remains thriving. Perfect for new and experienced hams — get on the air and join the fun!

ARRL Audio News June 26, 2026

ARRL Audio News June 19, 2026

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1424 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: June 13, 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, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson. W2PH, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:17:56 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1424 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT Submits Letter of Intent for NASA SLS CubeSat Opportunity on Artemis III, IV, and V 2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over 3. WIA: Canadian Radio Station Forms Amateur Radio Club 4. WIA: OscarWatch Tracker: A New Satellite Tracking Program from MM9SQL 5. ARRL: Washington Governor Highlights Amateur Radio Volunteers Ahead of ARRL Field Day 6. ARRL: Watch Salty Walt's Portable Antenna Forum 7. ARRL: Get Ready For ARRL Kids Day 2026 8. ARRL: Orlando HamCation is seeking nominations for its 2027 awards 9. ARRL: ARRL Great Lakes Division Director Scott Yonally, N8SY, Guest Speaker 10. ITU Corporation Acquires Ameritron and Mirage RF Amplifier Brands from MFJ Enterprises 11. US Radio Station Copper Thief Is Arrested 12. Ireland Radio Transmitter Society Is Looking For HF World Championship Operators 13. Artemis III Mission Astronauts Are Announced By NASA 14. Amateurs Experimenting With Teletext For Amateur Radio 15. Astronauts Return To The Space Station After Air Leak 16. Reminder: Hamclock Backend Server Switch Coming Up 17. Amateur Radio Digital Communications Has Launched A New Discord Server 18. CubeSats Boost Data Rates With Foldable Antennas 19. AMSAT: AMSAT Field Day 2026 20. FCC: FCC kicks off its first spectrum auction in four years 21. ARRL: The league launches its "Find The Right Rig" new comparison tool for ARRL members 22. China's space station now has a new crew 23. Canada is assked by HamSci to reconsider shutting down its shortwave time signal CHU 24. FCC: Newest warning from the FCC targets unlicensed radio operator Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * 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 ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3 Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.mp3 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. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

REPORTERS VK2LAW, VK4FUQ, VK3GTV, VK2COD along with VK5PAS, KC0DGY N5PRE and acknowledge AMSAT NA, AMSAT DL, NEWSLINE, RSGB, ARRL and CAROLE PARK.

ARRL Audio News June 12, 2026

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1423 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: June 6, 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, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:55:40 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1423 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT Field Day 2026 2. AMSAT: RADIANT Project Aims to Bring Delay-Tolerant Networking to Amateur Radio 3. AMSAT: SpaceX Starship V3's First Test Flight Largely Successful 4. AMSAT: China Launches Shenzhou 23 Spacecraft 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. WIA: Radio Frequency Changes Cause Drones To Fall 7. WIA: Japan Amateur Radio League 100th Anniversary 8. WIA: US Space Command Launches War Games 9. WIA: School Is Now In Session 10. RW: Ohio Valley 100,000 Watt FM Signal Is Severed in Broad Daylight 11. RTS: The FCC Plans Tighter Rules That Will Help Undersea Internet Cables 12. FCC: FCC Kicks Off First Spectrum Auction In Four Years 13. ARRL: Find The Right Rig: New Comparison Tool For ARRL Members 14. ARRL: CHU Canada's Official Shortwave Time Signal To Go Silent 15. ARRL: Florida Field Day Preparations Under Way 16. ARRL: Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation Scholarship 2026 Winner 17. ARRL: International Dog Day On August 26, 2026 18. ARRL: The Lewis and Clark Trail On The Air Special Event 19. China's Space Station Now Has A New Crew 20. Canada Is Asked By Hamsci To Reconsider Shutting Down CHU 21. Microwave Update Conference Registration Is Now Open 22. Newest Warning From The FCC Targets An Unlicensed Radio Operator 23. Youngsters Are Ready For IARU Region 1 Camp 24. ARRL: Senator Ted Cruz praises amateur radio volunteers for Emergency Preparedness 25. AMSAT: AMSAT opens candidate nominations for 2026 Board of Directors Election 26. AMSAT: AMSAT BirdChaser Bingo Summer 2026 adds a new twist to satellite operating 27. WIA: China announces massive break-through battery technology 28. ARRL: RAC/Radio Amateurs of Canada Vice President Brent Taylor, VY2HF, Silent Key 29. ARRL: Registration is open for the 2026 National Convention in Huntsville, Alabama 30. ARRL: Sufflok County New York legislator has designated June as amateur radio month 31. RSGB: A Solar Eclipse will happen in the UK on August 12, 2026 Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO, and get an update from AMSAT and what's new with all those amateur satellites in orbit * Australia's own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, returns to his Bald Yak Project. This edition is titled "Soapy Audio 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 * We will have the Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL and Space Weather * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week Will takes us back to the Summer of 1924, which brought the first explorers to the four new, shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July. This is part two of a three part edition titled "DX Records and Shortwave Reflections", or "The Heaviside Road to the Antipode" * This month's update from The Volunteer Monitoring System ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3 Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.mp3 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. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

ARRL Audio News June 5, 2026

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1422 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) 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: 1:42:22 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1422 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. ARRL: Senator Ted Cruz Praises Amateur Radio Volunteers for Emergency Preparedness 2. AMSAT: OrigamiSat-2 Receives Fuji-OSCAR 126 (FO-126) Designation from AMSAT 3. AMSAT: AMSAT Opens Candidate Nominations For 2026 Board of Directors Election 4. AMSAT: AMSAT's Dayton Forum Covers Education, Operations, and Future Satellite Projects 5. AMSAT: Bird Chaser Bingo Summer 2026 Adds New Twist To Satellite Operating 6. AMSAT: Hamvention 2026 Brings Estimated $35 Million Impact to Xenia Region 7. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 8. WIA: RSGB Exams Team Has Published New Mock Exams 9. WIA: China Announces Massive Breakthrough Battery Technology 10. WIA: Australia's "New National Sport" 11. ARRL: Radio Amateurs of Canada Vice-President Brent Taylor, VY2HF, Silent Key 12. ARRL: Registration Is Open For The 2026 ARRL National Convention In Huntsville, Alabama 13. ARRL: Suffolk County, New York, Legislature Has Designated June As Amateur Radio Month 14. Canada Will Be Taking Time Signal Station CHU Off The Air In June 15. Amateurs In Gibraltar Double Down On Their Celebration 16. Free CW Training For Field Day Is Offered By Long Island CW Club 17. RSGB: Solar Eclipse In The UK On August 12, 2026 18. Presenters Are Sought For Upcoming Electromagnetic Field Festival 19. 38,000 Guests Visited This Year's Dayton HamVention 20. ARRL: Upcoming Contests and Regional Convention Listings 21. AMSAT: AMSAT-DL (Germany) to highlight QO-100 at Friedrichshaven 22. RTBR: House E and C Committee embeds AM radio act into larger vehicle bill 23. ARRL: June is proclaimed Amateur Radio Month in the state of New Hampshire 24. ARRL: The league urges your club to start packing for 2026 Field Day now 25. AWA Communications Museum announces a new on air net 26. Moon-Based Amateur Radio plan is announced by ARISS 27. Engineering student joins the South Georgia Island DXpedition team Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * 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 * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to the Summer of 1924, which brought the first explorers to the four new, shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July. This is part one of a three part series titled, "DX Records and Shortwave Reflections", or, "The Heaviside Road to the Antipode" ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3 Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.mp3 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. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

ARRL Audio News May 29, 2026

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1421 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) 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: 1:23:18 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWiAR1421 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT-DL To Highlight QO-100 At Friedrichshafen 2. AMSAT: Launching Satellites With Zero Emissions 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: International Women in Engineering Day 5. WIA: Young Drivers Pay Attention To MetaData On Car Screens 6. RTBR: House E and C Committee Embeds AM Radio Act Into Larger Vehicle Bill 7. ARRL: Report From The World's Largest Hamfest 8. ARRL: Outstanding Contesters and DXers Recognized At HamVention 9. ARRL: June Proclaimed Amateur Radio Month In New Hampshire 10. ARRL: Start Packing for ARRL Field Day 11. Amateur Radio Club Debuts Its Innovative Trailer At Dayton 12. Antique Wireless Association Communications Museum Announces A New Net 13. Moon Based Amateur Radio Plan Is Announced By ARISS 14. Caribbean Girl Guides Earn Licenses 15. Engineering Student Joins The South Georgia Island DXpedition Team 16. Pennsylvania Flood Victims Are Remembered By Ham Community 17. LIMARC Officer Jerry Abrams WB2ZEX - SK 18. ARRL: ARRL CEO David Minster is the guest on the latest DX Mentor podcast 19. BBC to shutdown its longwave transmitters in June 20. ARRL: Upcoming contests and regional convention listing 21. Canada to shut down time signal station CHU 22. ARRL: Nominations for the 2026 ARRL Media and Public Relation Awards are accepted 23. As BBC transmitters are marked for shutdown, amateurs plan corresponding special event stations 24. Australian licenses get a new web site 25. An amateur pursues the mystery of Sporadic-E skip 26. WIA: The WIA asks for changes in the sub-Antarctic call prefixes 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 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 * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of "Dead Electrical Dudes". This week's stiff is Heinrich Hertz ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3 Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.mp3 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. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

Foundations of Amateur Radio The other day I witnessed a fellow amateur attempting to guilt another into using LoTW with comments about how their QSO partner would appreciate confirmation via the service, even if they didn't care for it. Before I continue, if you're unfamiliar, when two amateurs make a contact, or a QSO, with each other, then there's generally a log entry at both ends to record the event. Some amateurs, myself included, save up these contacts and count how many continents, countries, states and other entities are recorded in the log. Several amateur radio organisations allow you to claim an award for such a record. However, before they accept your word for it, they require confirmation of the contact, something that the amateur community refers to as a QSL. To recap, a QSO is the contact, a QSL is the confirmation of that contact. Traditionally this was achieved with postcards, known as QSL cards, transported across the globe through various postal services, and coordinated by so-called QSL bureaus, often run by the amateur radio peak body in each country. With the advent of the Internet, much of this process has turned electronic. LoTW is an example of an electronic QSL service, run by the ARRL, the American Radio Relay League. It's not the only such service, but today I'm looking specifically at the Logbook of The World, or LoTW. As I said, LoTW is not the only service and anyone telling you that you must use it is selling you something. Now, that's not why I don't use it, and again, you're free to, but you're not required to. For me there are several issues with LoTW. Having used it for a period, I feel comfortable in expressing some of its shortcomings, but I note that the last time I used it was almost a decade ago. I'll acknowledge that things might have improved or changed, but I have no evidence to suggest that it did. Let's start with how it works. You create a log in a specified format, using an application called TQSL you sign that log, ostensibly linking your identity to that log, then you upload that signed log to LoTW and wait for confirmations of contacts with other LoTW users. Signing is a process where you add information to a file that proves to the recipient that the log was created by you and wasn't modified in transit, which requires that you have a file called a certificate, which is created and sent to you via email by the ARRL, after they've authenticated you. So, first of all, in my opinion, the level of security is absurd and exceeds that of my bank, or my tax department. In addition, proving your identity comes with hurdles if you're not in America where an amateur who registers receives a postcard with an authentication code, made possible by the central database held by the FCC. For everyone else, the ARRL requires that you: "must send a copy of his/her Amateur Radio operating authorization in addition to a copy of one other government-issued document indicating his/her identity", via the post, snail mail, stamp, envelope, the whole thing. I'd also like to observe that at no time has the ARRL linked your identity to your email address, since they haven't asked for it at any point in the verification process. If that's not enough of a security nightmare, in Australia and other parts of the world, amateurs no longer hold a personal license, instead they are members of a so-called class license. There's no public record stating my ownership of my callsign, just that it's allocated. With increased privacy concerns, this is happening elsewhere too. In other words, proving that you are who you say you are is getting increasingly difficult and even if you did, you're sending that information to the ARRL, who you might recall paid a ransom to hackers who infiltrated their network. I've asked and never received a response about what actually happened to the information they continue to hold in relation to me, well that and an email from 2013 which states that "Data is never removed from LoTW." Even so, let's say that you are comfortable sending your information to the ARRL, the process of signing a certificate requires renewal on a regular basis and if you manage to forget, you have the privilege of starting all over again. Let's move on. It's important to remember that this process is to confirm a radio contact between two radio amateurs in order to get a piece of paper to hang on your wall saying that you did so. How do you know that the person you made contact with on-air is the same person who confirmed your contact? Radio isn't authenticated in any way, why should the confirmation be? Remember, before the Internet, this was done with postcards. Security and authentication aside, there's plenty more issues. I hold the callsign VK6FLAB. Several times a year, that callsign is permitted to be AX6FLAB. I like to operate portable in many different locations. Sometimes I sign "/QRP" for low power, generally if the other station is very high power and they're struggling, adding QRP can sometimes act as an incentive to complete the contact. Sometimes I sign Portable, or Mobile, depending on the situation and when I'm moving, I'm not in a specific location. Why am I raising this you ask? Well, turns out that you need to make a new location for every single one you're operating from. You also need to register each callsign and each variation, since apparently VK6FLAB and VK6FLAB/QRP are two different stations and if I sign with AX6FLAB, I need to request another certificate. So, this is increased convenience .. apparently. Then there's the argument that you're missing out. Let's get this straight. As far as I can tell, the bulk of LoTW users are American. For me, a contact with America is a single log entry to add to my continent and country list. Tell me again why I should care about this when I'm not in America? There's a list of 340 DXCC entities, which you can buy from the ARRL for $5.95 plus shipping, because of course in this digital age there's a shipping charge. In other words, this is the ARRL attempting to own the notion of confirming contacts between radio amateurs and in my opinion, being obnoxious about it. Here's another issue. If this was really so marvellous, why hasn't any other peak body adopted the Logbook of The World for their system? Why is there not a WIA version, an RSGB one and for each of the various countries who have closed their local QSL bureau due to lack of funding, since the postal burden on them has exploded to become nonviable? I think that LoTW is a solution looking for a problem, peddled by people who have something to sell and while there was a time that it might have been bleeding edge, that ship has sailed. You're free to use it, but I wouldn't recommend it. If you have never stepped into this, alternatives to explore include ClubLog, eQSL, QRZ, OQRS and plenty of print on demand QSL card services. And if you're searching, apparently QSL is also Queensland Sugar Limited, so pay attention. I should also mention that there's SOTA, Summits, POTA, Parks and other On The Air services that will happily take your log and confirm contacts. Here's a thought, how about we use the fediverse to federate and decentralise the process, or perhaps we might use something as mundane as email. If you want to use LoTW, by all means, go right ahead, but I won't and if I knew how, I'd get the ARRL to remove all my records from it, mind you, I'd have to trust them at their word, because I can't log in to check. I'm Onno VK6FLAB

ARRL Audio News May 22, 2026

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1420 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) 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: 1:23:25 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1420 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 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. Cyclone That Hit New Zealand Revs Up Recruitment Drive 10. New Modem Called A Vara Replacement Goes Open Source 11. Wireless Institute of Australia Asks For Changes In Sub-Antartic Call Prefixes 12. SK: Ross Merline WA2WDT Emergency Communications Professional 13. ARRL: Hamvention 2026 Thursday -- Setup Day and Much More 14. ARRL: Hamvention 2026 Friday - Let The Fun Begin 16. AMSAT: NASA completes The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope 17. AMSAT: The Artemis II moon astronauts visit The White House and President Trump 18. ARRL: The Boston SDR User Group invites you to come learn more about Software Defined Radio 19. ARRL: Salty Walt goes next level with a brand new antenna book 20. Singer and composer Alan Osmond KN0IZE, SK. (Yes those Osmonds) 21. CW operators are needed to copy CW from a new Japanese CubeSat 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 tell us 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 * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * 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 ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3 Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.mp3 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. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

ARRL Audio News May 15, 2026

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1419 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: May 9, 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, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:24:11 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1419 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: FCC Approves Limited Emergency Use of 70cm Band AST SpaceMobile Satellites Outside US 2. AMSAT: Saudi Amateur Radio Society Sponsors Satthon_2 3. AMSAT: NASA Completes Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope 4. AMSAT: SpaceX Rocket Debris to Impact The Moon 5. AMSAT: Artemis 2 Moon Astronauts Visit the White House 6. AMSAT:Satellite Shorts from All Over 7. WIA: Thousands Of Tiny Dots Could Save First Responders Lives 8. ARRL: The Ham Radio World Heads to Ohio 9. ARRL: Learn More About SDR From The Boston Software Defined Radio User Group 10. ARRL: STEM On and Off the Air 11. ARRL: Salty Walt Goes Next Level With New Portable Antenna Sketchbook 12. SK: Composer And Singer Alan Osmond, KN0IZE 13. CW Operators Needed To Copy Data From Cubesat Built In Tokyo 14. SK: Alaxander Teimurazov, 4L5A, DX News Editior and Top Contester 15. Special Event To Celebrate North American Soccer Tournament 16. The National Council on Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) elects new officers 17. ARRL: Upcoming contests and regional convention listings 18. NASA: Want to help NASA with Space Science? Here is how to volunteer 19. ARRL: The Texas Emergency Management Conference is coming up in a few weeks 20. ARRL: New book release: Satellite Operating For Amateur Radio is now shipping 21. FCC: The FCC modernizes its satellite spectrum sharing rules for high speed broadband from space 22. The Radio Amateurs of Canada are looking for an editor for its magazine The Canadian Amateur 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 tell us How To Deal With Complexity" * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to 1924. The summer 1924 brought the first explorers to the four new, shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July. Amateurs anticipated interesting times ahead based on their earlier experimental work that produced the first transatlantic QSOs This is the final part of a series titled, "DX Records and Shortwave Reflections" * We will take at look at this months Volunteer Monitoring Enforcement Report * We will stop by and visit with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 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. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

ARRL Audio News May 8, 2026

Amateur Radio News and Information in the Greater Cincinnati, Tri-State, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Areas for the Week of May 8, 2026.This weeks topics include:Flying Pig Marathon a Big Success!ISS at HamventionIndy Clubs at HamventionMid South Multi Mode NetworkLewis and Clark EventARRL America 250 EventFREE Technician Class on ZOOMKy Severe Weather New NOW on ALLSTAR too!VOA Museum Hamvention HoursDOD MARS Cross Band Event Armed Forces DayNKARC BreakfastBrunch BunchFirst Responder Special EventARRL Youth Rally at HamventionNKARC meeting with information on Easy VHF/UHF Antenna You can Build!2026 Field DayRepeater ListHamfestsExams

In this episode we meet Conrad Trautmann, N2YCH, Technical Editor at the ARRL.  Conrad had a distinguished career as a broadcast engineering executive and now works for the ARRL and is responsible for techincal content in QST and other publications.  Conrad's extensive experience in electronics, radio, antenna systems, station construction and management gives him a great perspective on everything from determining what would make for a good technical read to the technical details.  We learn about his role at the ARRL and some of them most interesting topics he has worked on.   We had such a great time with Conrad, we will have him on in future episodes.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1418 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: May 2, 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, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Ed Johnson, W2PH, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:30:51 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1418 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. NASA: Want To Help NASA With Space Science? Here Is How To Volunteer 2. AMSAT: AMSAT Update Presented At 2026 CubeSat Developers Workshop Available Online 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: Traces Of Ballpoint Pen Ink Found In Martian Rocks 5. WIA: The International Telecommunications Union Releases New Handbook On Amateur Satellite Services 6. ARRL: FCC Approves Limited Emergency Use Of 70cm Band by AST SpaceMobile Satellites Outside US 7. ARRL: Texas Emergency Management Conference Coming Up In May 8. ARRL: 2025 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Winners Awarded 9. ARRL: Free ARRL Events App Now Live For 2026 Dayton Hamvention 10. ARRL: New Book Release: Satellite Operating for Amateur Radio 11. ARRL: Naval Academy Amateur Radio Club, W3ADO, Will Participate In The DoD's Armed Forces Day 12. FCC: FCC Modernizes Its Satellite Spectrum Sharing Rules to Boost Real-Fast, Space-Based Broadband 13. Canadian Special Events To Highlight Public Safety 14. Amateur Radio Software Award Goes To HamLib For 2026 15. DXpeditions Featureing Remote Activations Are Honored 16. Amateur Radio Instruction Helps Prepare Students For A Adventure 17. Radio Amateurs Of Canada Seek An Editor For Its Canadian Amateur Magazine 18. Recognition For Youth On DxPeditions 19. Japanese Amateurs Give A Warm Reception To Antartic Research 20. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests and Regional Conventions 21. AMSAT: AMSAT/TAPR Banquet To Feature Ray Roberge, WA1CYB, Update On AMSAT's SDR Gen 2 22. FCC: FCC Seeking Recent College Grads for Honors Engineer Program 23. FCC: FCC Asked To Adopt Plan Taking Nine UHF Channels From Broadcasters For Reassignment to 6G 24. ARRL: Dayton Hamvention 2026 Offers Forums For Every Ham 25. ARRL: Indiana Company To Manufacture Hy‑Gain And Cushcraft Antennas 26. Frequencies Identified For Expanding 6G On The 2.7 GigaHertz Band 27. SteppIR Antennas Is Returning To The Amateur Radio Market Place 28. ARDC: Amateur Radio Digital Communications Seeking A Software Developer and Technical Writer 29. RSGB Headquarters Station Welcomes Guest Operators During July 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 answer the question "What does amateur radio bring to your life?" * 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 edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to 1924. The summer 1924 brought the first explorers to the four new, shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July. Amateurs anticipated interesting times ahead based on their earlier experimental work that produced the first transatlantic QSOs. This is Part Two of a series titled, "DX Records and Shortwave Reflections" ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 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. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

ARRL Audio News May 1, 2026

Amateur Radio News and Information in the Greater Cincinnati, Tri-State, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Areas for the Week of May 1, 2026.This weeks topics include:FREE Ham RAdio Technician Class on ZoomKY4X Fusion Net returnsARRL America 250 EventKY Severe Storm Weather NetVOA Hamvention HoursNKARC Simplex Net on 146.580 on New Day and TimeDOD MARS Cross Band TestNKARC BreakfastBrunch BunchPolice and EMS Special EventDayton Hamvention ARRL Yourh Rally2026 Field DayRepeater ListHamfestsExams

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1417 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: April 25, 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 Nicolich, K9DXM, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnsen, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Denny Haight, NZ8D, Josh Marler, AA4WX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:27:31 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1417 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT/TAPR Banquet To Feature Ray Roberge, WA1CYB, Update On AMSAT's SDR Gen 2 2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 3. FCC: FCC Seeking Recent College Grads for Honors Engineer Program 4. FCC: FCC Asked To Adopt Plan Taking Nine UHF TV Channels From Broadcasters Reassignment to 6G 5. ARRL: Dayton Hamvention 2026 Offers Forums For Every Ham 6. ARRL: Indiana Company To Manufacture Hy‑Gain And Cushcraft Antennas 7. ARRL: Football / Futbol on the Air Amateur Special Event 8. ARRL: World Amateur Radio Day 2026 In Puerto Rico 9. ARRL: Northern California DX Foundation Adds Two Young DXpeditioners To Board 10. FCC: FCC Grants New Satellite Service Frequencies For Use 11. Frequencies Identified For Expanding 6G On The 2.7 GigaHertz Band 12. SteppIR Antennas Is Returning To The Amateur Radio Market Place 13. Historic Mills In The UK To Be Lit Up By Modern Radios 14. One Hundred Reasons To Attend The New Zealand Amateur Radio Convention 15. Former ARI President Graziano Sartori, I0SSH, SK 16. ARDC: Amateur Radio Digital Communications Seeking A Software Developer and Technical Writer 17. RSGB Headquarters Station Welcomes Guest Operators During July 18. AMSAT: AMSAT's Satellite Status Page - The story behind the new colours 19. AMSAT: FO-29 Update 20. The deadline to purchase repaired Econco tubes is approaching 21. ARRL: A below average Hurricane Season predicted for 2026 22. ARRL: League announces changes in the Central Division Leadership 23. New York man arrested after interfering with emergency communications 24. New requirements for radio amateurs are introduced in Moldeva 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 tell us that "You Don't Need An Excuse To Get On The Air and Make Noise" * 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 "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to 1924. The summer 1924 brought the first explorers to the four new, shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July. Amateurs anticipated interesting times ahead based on their earlier experimental work that produced the first transatlantic QSOs. This is Part One a series titled, "DX Records and Shortwave Reflections" ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 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. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

ARRL Audio News April 24, 2026

Amateur Radio News and Information in the Greater Cincinnati, Tri-State, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Areas for the Week of April 24, 2026.This weeks topics include:National Robotics and Ham RadioIndiana Hams Win over HOAPaintsville Hams Get RecognitionNKARC Shares Ham Radio Prep DiscountKYARES.org websiteKy Severe Storm Weather NetNWS interactive Mobile alert SystemARRL America 250 EventKy America 250 EventOhio America 250 EventVOA Museum Hamvention HoursOhio NVIS DayMONIX MeetingField DayDOD/MARS Armed Forces Day EventRepeater ListMighty 745 W9AMTHamfestsExams

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1416 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: April 16, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Mike Nicolich, K9DXM, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:17:48 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1416 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT Satellite Status Page: The Story Behind the New Colors and Satellite Naming Convention. 2. AMSAT: FO-29 Update 3. RW: The Deadline To Purchase Repaired Econco Tubes Is Approaching 4. ARRL: National Hurricane Conference Amateur Radio Workshop, WD4R, Gets Volunteer Service Award 5. ARRL: World Amateur Radio Day Ready For Activity 6. ARRL: Below-Average Hurricane Season Predicted For 2026 7. ARRL: Helping NASA Track Artemis II's Orion Spacecraft 8. ARRL: Webinar: Promoting ARRL Field Day, To Be Held On Thursday, Apr 23rd 9. ARRL: More Hams Are On The Air In California 10. ARRL: ARRL Announces Change in Central Division Leadership 11. RACES Hams In Hawaii Activate For Kona Low Storm 12. After The Sale Of MFJ, Hy-Gain and Cushcraft Return To The Ham Radio Marketplace 13. New York Man Arrested After Interfering With Emergency Communications 14. Amateur Satellite Operator In Oman Develops New Satellite Tracking App 15. Register Now For The Upcoming International Marconi Day 16. DXtra.com Announces New Features 17. New requirements for radio amateurs are introduced Moldova 18. ARRL: Upcoming contest listing and regional convention listings 19. FCC: FCC to vote on proposal to ban Chinese labs from tests electronics for use in the United States 20. FCC: The FCC is poised to empower super fast space based broadband 21. FCC: FCC sends Notice Of Unlicensed Operation to a ISP in California 22. ARRL: Elecraft donates a new amateur radio station to W1AW at ARRL HQ 23. ARRL: Register now for the 2026 ARRL Youth Rally at the Dayton Hamvention 24. ARRL: ARRL announces changes in the Central Division leadership 25. AMSAT: ARISS solicits school contacts for 2027 26. An amateur in Florida is experimenting and exploring the use of the 4 and 8 meter bands 27. ATT to upgrade the national Emergency Response Network 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 answer the question, "What Is An S-Unit?" * 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 "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to 1924. The summer of 1924 brought the first explorers to the four new, shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July. Amateurs anticipated interesting times ahead based on their earlier experimental work that produced the first Trans-Atlantic QSOs ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/twiarpodcast60.rss Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 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. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

ARRL Audio News April 17, 2026

Amateur Radio News and Information in the Greater Cincinnati, Tri-State, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Areas for the Week of April 17, 2026.This weeks topics include:The Little Event celebrates 40 checkinsVanity Callsign Seach at KF8EKW.comWorld Radio DayNKARC Ham Radio Prep Discount CodeHy-Gain, Cushcraft, & STEPPIR is BACK!!!!Ky. Severe WX Net2026 Ky. Amateur  of the Year nominationsARRL America 250 eventVOA Museum Hamvention ScheduleFlying PigNKARC Meeting Field Day the questions you were afraid to ask and more....NWS Storm Spotter Training ClassOHIO NVIS DayField Day - Stubblefield Repeater ClubRepeater ListP25 on 145.370 K8YOJ RepeaterHamfestsExams

ARRL Audio News April 10, 2026

ARRL Audio News April 10, 2026

Amateur Radio News and Information in the Greater Cincinnati, Tri-State, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Areas for the Week of April 10, 2026.This weeks Topics Include:The Riddle NetVOA Hamvention HoursMcCreary Gravel RallyKentucky ARES Website and ALLSTAR NODEKy. Severe Weather NetKy. Amateur of the Year NominationsFlying PigAmerica 250 EventNKARC BreakfastBrunch BunchNKARC Meeting: Learn all about Field Day!Storm Spotter TrainingOhio NVIS Day & QCENRepeater ListHamfestsExams

Welcome to Episode 215 of Inside The Line: The Catskill Mountains Podcast! This week, Mike Volpe joins the show to talk about bringing ham radios into the Catskills—and why hiking isn't always as “off the grid” as you think. We get into the gear, the tech, and what it actually takes to become a licensed ham radio operator. We also dive into a real rescue on Blackhead Mountain, swap some brutally honest tick prevention tips, and take a look at the latest regulations hitting Mount Everest. Make sure to subscribe on your favorite platform, share the show, donate if you feel like it… or just keep tuning in. I'm just grateful you're here. And as always... VOLUNTEER!!!!Links for the Podcast: https://linktr.ee/ISLCatskillsPodcast, Donate a coffee to support the show! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ITLCatskills, Like to be a sponsor or monthly supporter of the show? Go here! - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ITLCatskills/membershipThanks to the sponsors of the show: Outdoor chronicles photography - https://www.outdoorchroniclesphotography.com/, Trailbound Project - https://www.trailboundproject.com/, Camp Catskill - https://campcatskill.co/, Another Summit - https://www.guardianrevival.org/programs/another-summitLinks: Mike's Facebook, Mike's Youtube, Summits on the air, Marine Corps League, AERS - Amerature Radio Emergency Services, ARRL, Ham Radio Prep Volunteer Opportunities: Trailhead stewards for 3500 Club -https://www.catskill3500club.org/trailhead-stewardship, Catskills Trail Crew - https://www.nynjtc.org/trailcrew/catskills-trail-crew, NYNJTC Volunteering - https://www.nynjtc.org/catskills, Catskill Center - https://catskillcenter.org/, Catskill Mountain Club - https://catskillmountainclub.org/about-us/, Catskill Mountainkeeper - https://www.catskillmountainkeeper.org/ Post Hike Brews and Bites - Seven Tribesman, Hudson North, Woodstock Brewery, Kaaterskill Hazy IPA, #hamradio #radiocontacts #radio #catskillmountains #hudsonvalley #hudsonvalleyhiking #NYC #history #husdonvalley #hikingNY #kaaterskill #bluehole #catskillhiking #visitcatskills #catskillstrails #catskillmountains #3500 #catskills #catskillpark #catskillshiker #catskillmountainsnewyork #hiking #catskill3500club #catskill3500 #hikethecatskills #hikehudson

ARRL Audio News April 3, 2026

Amateur Radio News and Information in the Greater Cincinnati, Tri-State, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Areas for the Week of April 3, 2026.This weeks topics include:KYARES.orgOwensboro Fox HuntVOA Museum Hamvention HoursMcCreary Gravel RallyScouts get Radio Merit BadgeScouts and EMS SKYWARN EventN4RJH Silent KeyKy Severe Weather Net2026 Amateur of the Year NominationsFlying PigARRL America 250 WAS EventBrunch BunchField Day Presentation at NKARC MeetingWeather Spotter Training CourseOHIO NVIS DayRepeater ListWW4KY DSTAR Repeater newsHamfestsExams

A special panel of guests discuss and review the recent press release from the ARRL regarding D-STAR and its' inclusion in the DXCC Process

ARRL Audio News March 27, 2026

ARRL Audio News March 20, 2026