PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1416 - Truncated 1 hour version

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1416 - 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: April 18, 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, 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: 1:00:49

Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIARHR1416

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: World Amateur Radio Day Ready For Activity 5. ARRL: Below-Average Hurricane Season Predicted For 2026 6. ARRL: ARRL Announces Change in Central Division Leadership 7. After the Sale Of MFJ, Hy-Gain and Cushcraft Return To The Ham Radio Marketplace 8. New York Man Arrested After Interfering With Emergency Communications 9. DXtra.com Announces New Features 10. ARRL: Elecraft donates a new amateur radio station to W1AW at ARRL HQ

Plus these Special Features This Week:

* 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 * 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

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